NHL/NHLPA announce Salary Cap increases for the next 3 seasons (2025-26: $95.5M, 2026-27: $104M, 2027-28: $113.5M)

[Koivu11]

Click to read more...

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Holy crap

 

[eojsmada]

Said it in the Business forum...but how did McFarland not have an inkling that this was coming. Even with an internal budget, there's no way they couldn't afford Rantanen's extension.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Rantanen to Oilers confirmed.

 

[red devil]

 

[eojsmada]

So the cap floor will be:

81.5 for 25-26

88.4 for 26-27

96.475 for 27-28

 

[Folignos Helmet]

Friedman mentioned on his pod the cap will go up, but now will probably not see all teams spend to it, this year there is only a handful of teams not right up against the cap, i think that will grow to well more than half the league.

The potential benefit of this will be more trades, as more teams should have space to facilitate trades.

 

[Jets]

RIP Winnipeg. Was a fun couple decades.

 

[OilersFanatics505]

Said it in the Business forum...but how did McFarland not have an inkling that this was coming. Even with an internal budget, there's no way they couldn't afford Rantanen's extension.

You’re forgetting that Kroenke is a cheap owner

 

[Il Stugotz]

Love this for me
Hope your dirtbag owner doesn't have an internal cap tho

 

[eojsmada]

You’re forgetting that Kroenke is a cheap owner

But he has to reach the floor, which would still make Rantanen affordable.

 

[Some Other Flame]

McDavid getting 20M a year for sure now

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

Makes the Rantanen trade look bad. If he was willing to take what 13$? That's a steal with these projections.

 

[Cup or Bust]

Definitely good news for the Oilers.

 

[leafsfan5]

Rantanen and Marner are about to cash in

 

[eojsmada]

Rantanen and Marner are about to cash in

Also means they can afford to resign Tavares at 10M+ a year

 

[TheTotalPackage]

So the cap floor will be:

81.5 for 25-26

88.4 for 26-27

96.475 for 27-28

Love this. Force any cheap ass owners to pay up.

 

[FissionFire]

Great news for big market teams that will spend to the cap. They can bury a lot more mistakes now and have their money be an advantage over teams who can’t/won’t spend as much.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Wow, we might live in a world where todays superstars make Sakic and Jagr money. The future is bright!

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Almost $20 over 2 years is pretty wild.

 

[WaW]

Friedman mentioned on his pod the cap will go up, but now will probably not see all teams spend to it, this year there is only a handful of teams not right up against the cap, i think that will grow to well more than half the league.

The potential benefit of this will be more trades, as more teams should have space to facilitate trades.

Good. In reality the cap should be higher than half the teams are willing to spend. The NHL has a massive parity problem, as over a quarter of the league hasn't been to the playoffs in 5 years, which is frankly horrible, and by far the worst of the big 4 leagues. Rebuilding is way too difficult in this league.

It's pretty crazy that there was actually more parity the pre-cap era.

 

[Koivu11]

 

[Soundwave]

I said this in the summer and got my head chewed off by the "salary cap experts" here, the cap is lagging way behind revenue and would go up a ton in the next few years but the "experts" kept saying it wouldn't happen, lol.

 

[Leafidelity]

Damn, Colorado has expensive egg on their faces right now

 

[Larry Hanson]

Seems ridiculous to have the cap go up that much that quickly. Didn't the NBA do that and it caused problems?
You'd think they'd want to keep it lower and eliminate the possibility of escrow.