What are we talking about? Good question. Basically, we are going to attempt to break down the salary cap for 2020-21 and dissect what that will exactly mean for the Vegas Golden Knights.
First, let’s start with some good news. The salary cap should increase in 2020 and it could be significantly more than the $81.5 million ceiling this year. Now there’s more good news because, as it stands, the Golden Knights are projected to have $15,925,000 in cap space next year.
That opens up a lot of doors and it will be a far cry from this off-season where the Knights were right up against the cap and had to pull the trigger on a slew of trades, sending Nikita Gusev to the New Jersey Devils, Colin Miller to the Buffalo Sabres and Erik Haula to the Carolina Hurricanes in order to be compliant with the cap.