NHL projects this season's revenue to around $6.8 billion

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The NHL projects that revenue for this season will be about $6.8 billion, commissioner Gary Bettman said on Tuesday.

Bettman, speaking at the NHL Board of Governor meetings, said that's on track with what the NHL was expecting and should not change the salary cap figures the NHL and NHLPA have already agreed to for the next two seasons.

The salary cap is calculated based off of a formula that takes into account the previous season's hockey related revenue. Last January, the NHL and NHLPA announced salary cap ranges for the next three seasons -- a rare move, which the sides said would to "provide increased predictability on core salary cap…