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

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You know who probably went from the hardest job to the easiest job with this news? Brandon Pridham
 
League will ned to balance out revenue sharing well, perhaps change how it works or this will become the top 8-10 teams competing for the cup and the rest of the league will just be feeder teams developing rookies for the big clubs which would make the league unwatchable and boring.
 
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Jozay said:
Small market fans just fell to their knees
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Welcome to Capitslism! Wealthy markets to the left where champagne and caviar will be served upon seating. Poor markets to the right where you will find the paperwork releasing your team to a wealthy market, along with a minor league application. Oh, and a flyer entitled, "Orlando Thanks You!"
 
Nogatco Rd said:
If you consider it a problem that 1/4 of the league has missed the playoffs over the last 5 years, I don’t see how striving for a cap that’s “higher than half the teams are willing to spend” would improve parity?
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NBA teams have a much more fair and flexible salary cap that allows teams to spend their way out of bad situations. The NFL has very flexible contract and cap rules allowing teams more strategies st their disposal to make the cap work for them when they need it to to get out of bad situations and extend good ones.

The hard cap tailored to the smallest markets like hockey does in the name of "growing the game", is basically a prison for teams in bad situations. It sucks and it's bad for the game. Not to mention how much worse the luck dependent and extremely overpowered draft lottery makes it.

And yes, I'm well aware that every league has a handful of chronically bad and poorly run franchises. The NHL doesn't have "uniquely more of them" than any of the other leagues though, if anything, it has fewer of them, so don't even try and go there next.
 
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Welp, there goes "Colorado couldn't afford Rantanen". I'm curious as to how this will effect parity going forward. I can't imagine all teams will be able to spend to the cap, and those who aren't contending will try to stay as far away from it as possible. The blockbuster signing threads are going to be a thing to behold. Who will be the first team to have $150M worth of players 'ready' for the playoffs?
 
WaW said:
NBA teams have a much more fair and flexible salary cap that allows teams to spend their way out of bad situations. The NFL has very flexible contract and cap rules allowing teams more strategies st their disposal to make the cap work for them when they need it to to get out of bad situations and extend good ones.
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Yep the NFL method, is non guaranteed contracts.
The NBA the roster is half the size.
 
as a detroit fan im hoping yzerman doesnt go after big ufa as it might upset team attitude when guys like larkness monster/brinx/sides/rayz are getting paid way less than a marner/rantanen or whomever . not to mention giving huge cap space to one guy can wreck chances if he gets injured or isnt able to keep producing like in the past . ide rather sign medium talent type ufa to build excellent team depth instead of becoming top heavy , win by having better 3rd pairings n bottom 6 lines . then with the saved cap space sign my young draftees to long term contracts , the young guys get life time security early , and yes they might not become as good as you hope but if they do your getting more valuable cap space saved . this way my rosters real happy , i dont want nothin to do with the big gamble contracts
 
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