Blues owner Tom Stillman discussed next year’s spending plan with Jeremy Rutherford over at The Athletic (subscription required), and to no one’s shock, the Blues plan to spend to the salary cap. The cap next season is expected to stay the same as it was this year ($81.5 million) to accommodate lost revenue due to the Covid-19 shortened season.
Don’t worry for the league and its teams, though. Teams will get a cut of the Seattle Kraken’s $650 million expansion fee as well as a portion of the new broadcast deals with ESPN and Turner, so they’ll be financially fine next year.