“I’m not going to close the door automatically to that,” new NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh said on The Athletic Hockey Show this week.
The next few weeks are key in negotiations to see if there could be wiggle room to address this before figures are announced around the NHL Draft.
If it only goes up $1 million this year because players still owe escrow payments to owners, that could mean sharp increases the following two years, creating an uneven playing field for free agents this year versus in 20. Some around the league estimate that the cap could be due to go up between $10 million and $12 million over the next three years, based on revenue.
But in talking to players and league sources this week, the number doesn’t appear to be final - at least, not yet.
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