The 2019-20 NHL season has been suspended for almost four weeks now, and the Vancouver Canucks have more time to think over their plans for the offseason.
If the season is canceled, it’s hard to imagine the NHL increasing its salary cap for the 2020-21 campaign. The league would have to find some alternatives to accommodate teams who will be hit hard with cap woes this offseason.
In a previous interview with Bob Stauffer on Oilers Now (h/t Bruce McCurdy of the Edmonton Journal), Sportsnet analyst and former NHL general manager Brian Burke said he’s “heard discussion of compliance buyouts to help teams get to this new cap, to solve some of their problems.