Ladies and gentlemen, start your cap calculators!
The NHL and the NHLPA announced on Tuesday that the salary cap for the 2015-16 season will be $71.4 million, with an adjusted midpoint of $62.1 million and a lower limit (a.k.a. cap floor) of $52.8 million.
The cap is right around where Gary Bettman had projected it to be a few months ago. Earlier this month, he expressed some doubt that the NHL would get the cap up over $71 million due to negotiation with the Players’ Association.
“We obviously have to have a discussion with the players’ association as we’ve said all along,” Bettman said before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.