Salary cap

[tanti9]

If the Cap goes up by 9 million, do you believe it will be feasible for the Canucks (and other teams) to look at long term contracts differently? I mean players like Colton Parayko who have more term or even EK or Seth Jones, could they be targeted by the Canucks? Especially if the cap is up to 100 million in 2 years. I think the Canucks could be proactive and look at players of this ilk. Only problem is they would be screwed if the Cap does not go up as rumored lol. Thoghts?

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[Canucker]

Bad deals now will still be bad deals even if the cap jumps up a large amount. If the cap goes up a significant amount its going to cost more to re-sign your players and UFA's, I wouldn't use my space frivolously.

 

[Siludin]

Over the next season, the Canucks will be also hit with an additional ~$2.4m in cap penalties due to OEL buyout, which will counterweigh some of the cap increase.
It's the same amount of penalty the following season, so a larger cap bump the season after would be nice, for the payroll to feel the full effects
Starting 2027-2028, the buyout penalty reduces again and the Canucks will get another $2.6m in cap space back, on top of whatever the cap increase is that year. The Canucks have proven they are willing to put up $100m+ payrolls so they will likely be spending all their money as much as they can.

During big contract renegotiation years with star players, I noticed a lot of high-payroll teams don't like to keep large chunks of cap space open if they can help it, because they don't want player agents getting ahead of themselves and stalling negotiations just because of available cap space.
I expect the Canucks will spend to the cap every year, and will be aggressive in UFA every year while Pettersson/Hughes are competitive.