Ilya Kovalchuk is Officially Off Devils’ Books Daniel Amoia | July 1, 2025 The Ilya Kovalchuk deal that led to absolute catastrophe for the New Jersey Devils is officially a thing of the past. At 12:00 PM EDT on Jul. 1, 2025, with…
Minnesota Wild Can Really Capitalize With Salary Cap Increases Mariah E. Stark (Holland) | February 17, 2025 The NHL has been discussing raising the salary cap for quite some time, but now they’ve made it official that it will be happening. In 2025-26, it will increase to…
Red Wings Ready to Capitalize on Rising Salary Cap Tony Wolak | February 3, 2025 The Detroit Red Wings received some encouraging news on Friday when the NHL and NHLPA jointly announced salary cap projections for the next three seasons. This is a significant jump…
Devils Can Greatly Benefit From Salary Cap Increase Daniel Amoia | February 1, 2025 On Friday, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced in a memo that each team’s cap space upper limit would increase from $88 million to $95.5 million in 2025-26, another $8.5…
NHL/NHLPA Estimate Cap Increase of $25.5 Million Over Next 3 Seasons Jacob Billington | January 31, 2025 The NHL and NHL Players Associate (NHLPA) have released their estimates for the salary cap for each of the next three seasons. The projected cap for the 2025-26 season is…
NHL Player Agent Allan Walsh States the Salary Cap Will Be $97 Million Jacob Billington | January 10, 2025 In the latest episode of Agent Provocateur, a podcast hosted by SDPN, NHL agent Allan Walsh reported that the NHL’s salary cap will have an upper limit of $97 million…
Report: NHL Salary Cap Could Increase by $9 Million Next Season Jim Bay | November 16, 2024 The NHL and NHLPA will discuss the possibility of increasing the salary cap by between $7 million and $9 million for the 2025-26 season, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on Hockey…
Sharks Could Take Advantage of Oilers’ Desperation With Ceci Trade Jesse Courville-Lynch | August 16, 2024 The Edmonton Oilers were recently blindsided after the St. Louis Blues successfully sent offer sheets to restricted free agents (RFAs) Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg who both chose to sign…
Red Wings Should Retain Salary at the Trade Deadline Logan Horn | February 16, 2023 The NHL Trade Deadline is roughly two weeks away, and while I don’t expect the Detroit Red Wings to be the most active team at this year’s trade deadline, either…
Blues Will Face a Cap Crunch Even With Rumored Cap Increase Mike Meyer | October 20, 2022 NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced Tuesday that the NHL could see a sizable increase to the league’s salary cap by $4 million for the 2023-24 season. When asked about the…
Red Wings’ 2022-23 Salary Cap Outlook Tony Wolak | October 10, 2022 Last season, the Detroit Red Wings were among the league leaders in salary cap space. General manager Steve Yzerman had been frugal since joining the organization, opting to only sign…
Penguins’ Cap Troubles Actually an Advantage in the Trade Market Ben Wagner | September 15, 2022 Before NHL Free Agency began on July 13, the Pittsburgh Penguins were in an extremely precarious position. Long-time icons Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang were un-signed, and general manager Ron…