Oilers GM Stan Bowman has scathing comment on rising NHL salary cap
Oilers general manager Stan Bowman was a guest on TSN's OverDrive where he was asked on his thoughts of the new salary cap numbers that will be for the next three seasons and Bowman gave a scathing comment regarding this change.
Bowman expressed that all NHL teams will need to adapt to their new reality as the abundance of salary cap numbers will change the landscape in terms of the contracts being given, potential buyouts and even trades with retention.
Bowman feels there will be more flexibility for teams who are at the cap
He then explained with a cheeky response that he's quite certain that the agents will just want more money for their clients. This comment led to laughter right across the board as this means the contracts will be going up much higher and the agents will get more money out of the deal.
This rise in the salary cap has been long-awaited by fans, general managers and the players as the COVID-19 flat cap is now a distant memory and the NHS will see explosive growth in terms of revenues and teams ability to add more players to their rosters.
Other teams aren't thrilled with the cap rise
On the flip side, other teams in the NHL are not too thrilled with the idea of a $113,500,000 salary cap as this would mean the team would be over $80 million on the cap floor and some owners are not willing to go that high.
This news would be great for the Oilers as the team is looking to lock up two key stars in the next two years and with the cap on the steady increase, it's likely they'll be able to retain players like Evan Bouchard and Connor Mcdavid without any issues.
It's a new era for the NHL and fans get to see teams change their rosters accordingly and potentially see even super teams starting to form with owners willing to spend to the cap in order to acquire as much talent as possible.
