Is an increased cap going to ease the pressure on the Minnesota Wild or will it see bloated contracts signed, akin to those of Ryan Suter and Zach Parise?
Reports from day one of the meeting, per ESPN, have the NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman quoted as expected the increase to be to $83 million. That is a neat $3.5 million more than the current salary cap figure.
Now, there will obviously be a drive to go out and spend the additional money, but the Minnesota Wild would be wiser to sit and wait, should the NHLPA, of course, approve such an increase.