Gary Bettman announces major change to the salary cap
Earlier this afternoon, NHL insider Elliotte Friedman broke massive news about the future of the salary cap. According the report, the salary cap will jump to $87.675 Million.
That's a much more significant increase to the salary cap than the NHL has seen in recent years. Through the pandemic and afterwards, an increase of $1M was the standard, so to see an increase of over $4M next season is extremely encouraging.
Evidently, the league is going to begin seeing the financial benefits of the recent expansion franchises, and the NHL as a league seems to be stable and growing. For teams, analysts, and fans, this means more available money to sign players - directly impacting the game for the better.
Hopefully, some of the cap-strapped contending teams can find relief from this significant increase by retaining their current talent, and adding some more to fill out their rosters.
| POLL | ||
DECEMBRE 4 | 174 ANSWERS Gary Bettman announces major change to the salary cap Do you think this is a good increase? | ||
| No, teams need the cap to remain equals | 34 | 19.5 % |
| Yes, it's fair and needed | 62 | 35.6 % |
| It's long overdue, and should've been more | 78 | 44.8 % |
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