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Because of the slumping CAD, the salary cap may not rise much next year...or at all.
http://m.ottawasun.com/2014/11/08/slumping-canuck-dollar-could-affect-salary-cap
http://nypost.com/2014/11/08/theres-a-good-chance-the-nhl-salary-cap-wont-increase/
The falling Canadian dollar has caught the attention of the NHL’s head office in New York and the NHLPA’s headquarters in Toronto.
With the dollar hovering around 90 cents U.S., the revenues may not be nearly as much as was projected this season and that means the salary cap could only rise slightly, stay status quo or, heaven forbid, fall below the $69.3 million threshold it’s at this season.
The latter doesn’t seem probable.
The league’s board of governors will get an update on where the cap may go during next month’s meeting in Boca Raton, Fla., but one league executive noted Saturday he doubts “it will go down†because of what teams will receive in the new TV deal with Rogers.
“It would have a tough time going down. There’s so much money there,†he said. “I could see it only going up slightly or staying the same. It may not go up as much as people projected that’s all.â€
http://m.ottawasun.com/2014/11/08/slumping-canuck-dollar-could-affect-salary-cap
TORONTO — NHL general managers are no longer operating under the assumption that the cap is going to increase next season.
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Given the fixation of escrow under which the players currently are having 14 percent of their pay withheld, it certainly is a realistic possibility the NHLPA will not exercise a 5-percent escalator for 2015-16.
That might mean a stagnant cap in the $69 million range, which fall some $5 million to $6 million shy of previous optimistic projections.
http://nypost.com/2014/11/08/theres-a-good-chance-the-nhl-salary-cap-wont-increase/