Salary cap to increase by 5 million
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:14 am
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=369480
I'm not suprised, 5 million seems like the standard every year. But i'm really starting to hate this rising cap thing, as it stands right now we're pretty much where we were 7 years ago. Except the teams on the lower are being forced to overpay players just to meet the minimum.
When does this thing top out? I mean teams are just anticipating this rise every year and spending accordingly. I think we need a hard cap number and we need to lower or even eliminate the cap floor.
Clubs and agents are being told next year's salary cap will be set at an upper limit of $64 million with a floor of $48 million.
During the 2010-11 season, the salary cap had an upper limit of $59.4 million.
The league's cap - entering its seven season under the current collective bargaining agreement - has risen every year since the end of the NHL lockout when the cap was set at $39-million.
I'm not suprised, 5 million seems like the standard every year. But i'm really starting to hate this rising cap thing, as it stands right now we're pretty much where we were 7 years ago. Except the teams on the lower are being forced to overpay players just to meet the minimum.
When does this thing top out? I mean teams are just anticipating this rise every year and spending accordingly. I think we need a hard cap number and we need to lower or even eliminate the cap floor.