One more piece of the Philadelphia Flyers salary cap puzzled was answered yesterday, as the NHL finalized next season’s salary cap at $73 million. This is only a minor increase from last season’s $71.4 million cap. Indeed, revenues were flat, but options to utilize “growth factors” led to a minor rise.
With this news, the Flyers are inching towards answering their salary cap questions for this season. In the last week or so, RJ Umberger was officially bought out, and Vincent Lecavalier announced his retirement.
Plugging these decisions into the Flyers salary cap, the Flyers have just under $17 million in cap space.