Salary Cap: CAP set to explode over next 3 seasons to 113M in 27/28

[Kevin Musto]

Trading him at the draft for another 1st would be so hype.

In a weak draft year, teams will be very eager to move those picks for legit pieces

 

[WarriorofTime]

what you could now so is make a hockey trade IE trade him for a NHL player that is sub 25, something like dylan cozens. the good thing is you would not have to retain.

Trade him to his old pal Torts for Michkov

 

[WarriorofTime]

I don't ever remember the league going that far out into the future. They tend to keep it really close to the vest. They must have gotten some crazy projection on the Canadian TV contract, impact of gambling advertising, or something else, because that's a crazy increase.

This is really more of a catch-up. COVID messed up the revenues with empty arenas and the like, so the League had to go into debt to stay operational and avoid having to lower the salary cap.

 

[Kevin Musto]

With the proposed cap increase, both the Lightning and Panthers could add Seth Jones in the offseason.

I bet he waives his NMC to play in sunny Florida with no income tax.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

That was more of a hope or expectation toward the middle or end of their 10.5 millionz Stunley blunders, while the projections coming out now are more based in facts about the next several season....the projection for the '25/26 cap is based almost all on stuff that has already occured (ie this seasons revenue which is 2/3rds already in the bank) and the '26/27 projection is based on the Canadian TV money which is virtually to the finish line. The cap is going up 25-30 million in the next 3 seasons and 20 of it is basically done deal at this point.

They aren't facts until they're real. For now they're projections. And if tariffs kill the Canadian dollar another fifteen cents that 20 million isn't 20 million anymore.

The cap is going to go up. How much remains to be seen.

 

[hawksfan50]

So where is the extra HRR co ing from?
Did ticket prices rise that mich?
No...I think it is because the NHL embraced betting and is getting a cut pff the bets plus from rights deals with the online betting sites and from the casinos taking soirts bets..

So even if the can dollar dropped from 70cents u.s. to 60 cents u s.,what in the past was a major problem with declining HRR from the revenues generated by Canadian teans, now is more than offeset if not now overwhelmed by spectacular growth in jockey betting which before thecNHL got no revenue from bit now is getting bushels of dough from this source.

 

[Pez68]

Is this pre-trade war with Canada, or post? Because I don't believe it.