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Expansion? Please  the National Hockey League isn't going to add two teams any time soon. So with its Board of Governors Maury Wills Jersey  meeting this week, talks will focus on an i sue more important to the NHL.Money.Primary on the agenda in Pebble Beach, Calif., the league's new Canadian television deal with Rogers SportsNet and setting a salary cap for the 2014-15 season. Talks are set for Monday and Tuesday.The deal is for $4.9 billion over 12 years and will go into effect with the governors' expected rubber stamp.Commi sioner Gary Bettman isn't about to let this Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey  windfall blow away; neither are team executives. With revenue already looking strong, the NHL is banking on more cash.Chief operating officer John Collins recently made reference to the Kenley Jansen Jersey  NHL being a $4 billion busine s, The Canadian Pre s reported. Even if that's a number the league hits in the near future, the trend for the salary cap is upward  and fast.The NHL's alignment seems to fit 32 teams better than 30, but Bettman has said there are no plans for expansion."I don't envision right now going through a formal expansion proce s," he said. "We get expre sions of interest all the time. Those are informal conversations that we have, but in terms of a formal bid proce s, I'm not focused on doing anything like that right now."After all, the league just got things straightened out with the Phoenix Coyotes and has Justin Turner Jersey  other problem franchises. Adding two more teams would only dilute the talent pool.Governors will get the update on the 2014-15 salary cap, which will be a substantial raise from the $64.3 million limit this season. That number is expected to be around $ Kirk Gibson Jersey 70 million, which means the cap gets to its pre-lockout level in the second full season after the work stoppage.

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