The expectation is that the NHLPA and NHL will vote this week to announce the 2021 season. What has been settled is a 56 game schedule starting between January 13 or 16.
NHL and NHLPA hammering out details
Last night on Insider Trading, they broke down some of the “devil in the details” still outstanding.
- Roster size
- Taxi Squads
- Impact to AHL
- Impact to salary cap
- Will there be waivers for taxi squad
- How many times are teams allowed to use the taxi squad
“We’re told that at this point it would seem to be like a normal AHL transaction in the sense that no, the player is not leaving town but his salary cap hit would come off the books unless it’s one of those larger salaries that you’re trying to bury,” Frank Seravalli explained.