Any discussion of how the Carolina Hurricanes might build a winning team for next season and beyond must necessarily descend a little bit into the weeds of a team payroll, salary cap, and salary floor. Hopefully it isn't too painful, but that's where we're going to start. The first big assumption is that the salary cap is going to be about $74 million. Bill Daly, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Legal Officer of the NHL, came out in March and alluded to this number. The way the salary cap is calculated, if I understand it correctly, is to take all Hockey Related Revenue (HRR) from all 30 teams, split it 50/50 between the players and the team ownership, and divide that number by 30.
Salary Cap, Salary Floor, Team Payroll - How Do the Hurricanes Build a Playoff Team.
