How about that home opener, eh? It’s been an interesting start to the season already. Injuries, upsets and jobs on the line and we’re barely a week in! Let’s take a quick tour around the league to catch the latest and greatest updates.
- The Tampa Bay Lightning will no longer need to sacrifice one of its star players to LTIR in order to circumvent the cap for the playoffs. Gary Bettman announced this week that the salary cap could increase by $4 million in the 2023/2024 season if the escrow debt is paid in full which he believes it will be.