The news was good for NHL’s business last year in terms of making money. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Athletic:
“I would say we exceeded our expectations this year on revenue,” Daly said. “And even our forecast, which is done fairly late in the season, we exceeded pretty dramatically. So a lot of the escrow balance actually got paid back this year, certainly more of it than we had originally projected.”
And Sportsnet reported more as far as what that could mean for the future.
The NHL salary cap rose for the first time in three seasons this year, setting at $82.