NEW YORK – The NHL wage cap goes up considerably subsequent season, with even larger will increase set for the approaching years.
The league and the Gamers’ Affiliation on Friday launched the cap numbers for the following three seasons: $95.5 million in 2025-26, $104 million in ’26-27 and $113.5 million in ’27-28. The cap is $88 million this season, and every leap is the largest because it was carried out in 2005 at $39 million.
Income reaching new document highs due to U.S. media rights offers, jersey and board ads and different sources are the explanations for the will increase.
The perimeters agreed on the numbers to “present elevated predictability on core wage cap economics,” they mentioned in a joint information launch. The cap ground is about at $70.6 million in ‘25-26, $76.9 million in ’26-27 and $83.9 million in ’27-28.
The projections for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 season are topic to potential minor changes up or down. The league and union additionally intend to fulfill to talk about different collective bargaining issues that may have to be modified.
The present CBA expires after subsequent season, although it is attainable an extension is finished nicely forward of that deadline.
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