The NHL salary cap will increase by $4.5 million to $88 million next season.
The league and the NHL Players’ Association made the announcement on Saturday.
This is the first significant increase in several years. Increases of one million, to 82.5 million for 2022-2023 and 83.5 million for 2023-2024, had taken place following the financial consequences of the pandemic.
The salary floor next season will be 65 million.
“General managers and teams are eager to have more cap space,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said during his annual press conference, a few hours before the start of Saturday night’s game. This means that the income is good. »
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