So maybe BoG leaks here but idrc since it's tests I proposed lmao.
Ran tests with a max 15 gap and Vancouver still won the league in s80, although not as heavily. Like 70-100 less GD. Thing is s80 vancouver with 84pa 99sc wouldn't exist with the cap rules. Restricting gap helps to make things a bit more competitive, but it also comes with other problems that need to be looked at like the cap issues. Can't really just quick-fix it with a gap restriction, takes time to actually iron out problems with it. I also just want to say that Moscow this season, last season, and Chicago last season, were all close to coinflip series imo with Vancouver, so it can definitely be competed with.