Earlier this afternoon, NHL insider Elliotte Friedman broke massive news about the future of the salary cap. According the report, the salary cap will jump to $87.675 Million.
That's a much more significant increase to the salary cap than the NHL has seen in recent years. Through the pandemic and afterwards, an increase of $1M was the standard, so to see an increase of over $4M next season is extremely encouraging.
Evidently, the league is going to begin seeing the financial benefits of the recent expansion franchises, and the NHL as a league seems to be stable and growing. For teams, analysts, and fans, this means more available money to sign players - directly impacting the game for the better.
Hopefully, some of the cap-strapped contending teams can find relief from this significant increase by retaining their current talent, and adding some more to fill out their rosters.
