You might have heard this a time or 87 of late, but, as part of the NHL’s new CBA and return to play, the league and NHLPA agreed to keep the salary cap ceiling flat at $81.5 million until league revenues reach certain pre-pandemic levels. That will likely mean that ceiling is here to stay through at least the 2021-22 season.
You may have also heard this, but the Hurricanes have some big contracts coming up in the 2021 offseason. The flat cap’s going to make that pretty tough, right? Well … yes, but not as tough as you might think.