[News] NHL and NHLPA release salary cap estimates for next 3 years

[sureLoss]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1885360392907461028

[Paulie Walnuts]

Crazy they are forecasting a cap and no Canadian TV deal and a lockout looming after the 25/26 season.

[underGRADFlame]

[Fire]

Where is this extra revenue coming from? Mostly higher ticket revenue?

[Enoch Root]

Those are huge numbers. CGY's $18M of cap space is worth almost nothing now.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Crazy they are forecasting a cap and no Canadian TV deal and a lockout looming after the 25/26 season.

What information is there that suggests there is a "lockout looming"?

[Locke]

Holy ####!

Those are big numbers!!

Remember when it was $39M?

[Shazam]

It's all Bettman's fault.

[Claes]

What is the cap floor in relation to the ceiling? I'm guessing it's a percentage of the ceiling.

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[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

What information is there that suggests there is a "lockout looming"?

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/travis-yost-n...gular%20season.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

What information is there that suggests there is a "lockout looming"?

There hasn't been much out there to suggest that the two sides have major fundamental differences to work through so I guess people are just assuming because the CBA expires September 2026.

[browna]

As mentioned on Friedman's spot on HNIC last week, he said because of these large increased (now official) numbers, many teams were going to start to have an internal cap, not being altogether comfortable as things sailed above $100M.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Players will demand more $’s and even itself out. If they’re smart they’ll try and sign a contract % similar to what they signed for in their previous deal, assuming they’re playing up to standard.

I do wonder if ELCs make a good bump too.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Crazy they are forecasting a cap and no Canadian TV deal and a lockout looming after the 25/26 season.

Which is probably a good sign they're not anticipating any problems with getting the next CBA done. At this point, things are cruising along well, so it will probably be minor tweaks to the CBA and no major hurdles.

Originally Posted by Fire

Where is this extra revenue coming from? Mostly higher ticket revenue?

They already have it. Last year's revenue was projected at $6.2 billion and this year is expected to come in around $6.6 billion. With the players' share being 50% of revenue, that's over $100 million per team on average.

This is why the players are no longer paying escrow and will likely get bonuses at the end of the season.

[PepsiFree]

We’re going to give Cale Makar 20 million dollars

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by browna

As mentioned on Friedman's spot on HNIC last week, he said because of these large increased (now official) numbers, many teams were going to start to have an internal cap, not being altogether comfortable as things sailed above $100M.

It's not going to be ideal if there's a growth of teams with internal caps as it will slant things in favor of the wealthy organizations for outspending the competition. I can't imagine a number over $100 million will be great for a team like the Jets or maybe even Flames although the opening of the new arena could soften that blow.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by getbak

Which is probably a good sign they're not anticipating any problems with getting the next CBA done. At this point, things are cruising along well, so it will probably be minor tweaks to the CBA and no major hurdles.


They already have it. Last year's revenue was projected at $6.2 billion and this year is expected to come in around $6.6 billion. With the players' share being 50% of revenue, that's over $100 million per team on average.

This is why the players are no longer paying escrow and will likely get bonuses at the end of the season.

Hard to trust them yet, outside of Covid they have always had a lockout even when things seemed to be running smooth.

Also with Freidmen saying teams are not comfortable with a 100M cap.

[Red_Baron]

Yikes. Going to be crazy when some players are making 20+ million and a journeyman will still be under a million.
GM's are still going to find a way to mess things up and be up against the cap.

[browna]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It's not going to be ideal if there's a growth of teams with internal caps as it will slant things in favor of the wealthy organizations for outspending the competition. I can't imagine a number over $100 million will be great for a team like the Jets or maybe even Flames although the opening of the new arena could soften that blow.

Obviously the cap number is rising because the overall league or hockey related revenue, adjusted with or by whatever they do to factor it in to all markets, supports that, in theory, for all teams. But yes, all franchises, cities, revenue streams for franchise owners outside of HR and g&a structures aren't the same.

Such a big increase percentage wise too, is somewhat new, and takes some digesting for teams for their internal budgets, nothing to do with player salaries.

[You Need a Thneed]

That growing fast, Players coming up for new deals are going to get some big $.