Frank Seravalli of TSN: Next seasons’ salary cap is potentially going up to between $84 and $88.2 million. That is up from this years $81.5 million.
What it ends up being is dependant on negotiations with the NHLPA.
GMs are being a little conservative with those projections as last year the cap was projected to be $83 million and it ended up being $81.5 million.
Bill Daly and the NHL are also negotiating with the NHLPA about finding a system to better set future salary cap numbers.
“Part of our discussion with the players’ association has been to see if we can come up with a formula that would provide more predictability for the clubs on an advanced basis, which currently isn’t the case,” Daly said.