2025-26 Roster…too soon?

[TLEH]

The cap has been supressed artificially due to COVID and escrow. Now that is paid off it’s going up due to past revenues. The economy is definitely going south but I think the cap will still rise aggressively.

Most of the discussions have been around the weak Canadian dollar causing issues for Canadian teams that pay their players US Dollars.

 

[BHawks77]

Yep.

Me and Disgruntled (who has disappeared from here recently, hope he's alright) sort of touched on the topic of tariffs a month or two ago and what it could do to the league and, in turn, the salary cap.

In fact, here's an article from today about Gary Bettman discussing how tariffs could affect the league's future revenue.

NHL commissioner says U.S.-Canada tariffs could affect league

Gary Bettman says that 25% of the NHL's revenue comes from its seven Canadian teams and that all players are paid in U.S. dollars.

www.nbcnews.com

Hope DHF is all right!?

 

[Muffinalt]

The forwards situation is fluid, but the D seems very straight forward.

Vlasic - Crevier
Del Mastro - Murphy
Young guy* - Vet RHD
Brodie

* Camp battle between Korchinski, Allan and Kaiser.

I think we only have one spot open for the young LHDs with Del Mastro solidifying his so far this season.

It's good for the competition, but I wish we could have a spot for both Korchinski and Allan in case both are ready.

Maybe Vlasic - Del Mastro could be tried after the TDL and have Crevier bottom pairing with one of those guys?

Still that's probably too green for an NHL GM, Crevier I guess is still more of an unknown than a for sure stable guy.

As for the RHD we bring in, well doesn't really matter, just be better than Brodie, and decent enough to hold down the fort if Murphy gets injured or traded. Maybe decent enough to be an option with Vlasic if needed too. 1 year deal max until Lev & Rinzel time.