Salary Cap: New official projections: 25-26: $95.5M, 26-27: $104M, 27-28: $113.5M

[Gabrielor]

Pegula's already having the team project the 1 year remaining cap dump types that'll be hurt a la Ben Bishop so insurance can cover it.

He isn't spending 100 million on this team.

 

[BFLO]

The gap between cap floor teams and cap limit teams will grow.

The Sabres will be even worse under the increased cap than they have been under a flat cap.

The flat cap over the last 5 years was one of the main things keeping the Sabres as competitive(relatively) as they were.

Without a major shake up in strategy from Terry I think we'll be competing for #1 in the draft each of the next 3 seasons as the cap explodes.

 

[HOOats]

How much of the rather drastic cap increases are just straight inflation-tied projections of revenue growth?

Are there metrics (capital investment, attendance, viewership, social eyeballs) that indicate that the league is actually in good and improving health?

This all feels a bit like a bubble. The NBA is hemorrhaging fan interest this year. Disposable income is fairly tight. I don't quite understand where hockey is getting this boost from.