It’s looking like the 2017-18 NHL salary cap will be only slightly increased, or perhaps even flat, as compared to last season’s cap of $73 million.
“Projections really haven’t changed,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said on Monday night. “You’re looking at a flatter or slightly upped cap with no inflator. Then you can run it out to 77 [million dollars] and change if you apply the 5 percent inflator. That’s a discussion we have to have with the Players’ Association. We’re actually scheduled to talk about it for the first time this coming week. We’ll see where they are.