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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman pushed back against speculation the league could significantly increase its salary cap for the 2025-26 season.
"I don't know where that came from," Bettman said Tuesday, per Julian McKenzie of The Athletic. "The numbers that were being thrown around were not accurate and any change would require an agreement between us, the league and the Players Association in terms of how it's computed. We haven't had those discussions. So somebody, I think, floated something on a slow news day."
The comment comes after Elliotte Friedman of Sportnet reported on Saturday there will be "conversations" about increasing the 2025-26 salary cap beyond the estimated $92.