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Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and Rory Boylen reported Tuesday that NHL teams have received guidance from the league regarding salary-cap projections over the next four seasons.
According to Sportsnet, “NHL teams have been given some guidance on where the cap could be going over the next few seasons. These are projections and possibilities and an educated guess on where we could be going, not a guarantee of where things will be.”
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$87.5 million – $88 million |
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Approximately $92 million |
Early in 2021, commissioner Gary Bettman asserted that the league had suffered losses of more than $1 billion, while Forbes pegged the shortfall at $720 million.
“I’ve seen some preliminary estimates recently which would make me more optimistic on the cap going up sooner whether that’s in two seasons or three seasons, I think it’s more likely than not two seasons rather than three,” Bill Daly said on the 32 Thoughts podcast this month.
The $81.5 million salary-cap ceiling from the 2019-20 season was held steady in the 2020 and 2021 offseasons, then bumped up by just $1 million this summer.
By Jon Sorensen
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