NHL Announces Salary Cap for 19-20

Courtesy of capfriendly.com, we can see below where each team stands.

As you can see, this projection puts a few teams in quite a predicament. The Vegas Golden Knights could have to part ways with a talented player, as they are currently over the projection and have William Karlson yet to be signed. The Lightning, Penguins, Capitals and Leafs could also look to make moves to accommodate salaries and retool the organizations.

Why So Low?

But we kept hearing that the Cap was going to be $83M, what happened to the extra money? So the projections in February was that the cap would be higher, however the finality of the Hockey Related Revenue (HRR) cannot be calculated until the Stanley Cup Finals…