Theoretical Salary Cap (2013-14) MOD - if full 12-13 season & not defined in CBA

[TOGuy14]

Just wondering, but does anyone have any idea what the salary cap would have been this year if it weren't artificially suppressed by the CBA?

I am wondering as some sort of guide for how much we can expect it to go up for next year...

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[tsanuri]

The best guess it to take growth from the last full year which was 3.3B. So even at 5% growth it would take it to 66.41M. And that doesn't include the 5% that the NHLPA can add. Not sure exactly how that provision works. But 5% is a very low guess should expect 7% at min really.

 

[Jumptheshark]

current cap 64.5 I predict 70mill

 

[mouser]

Depends on what you think the year to year % growth from 2011-2012 to 2012-2013 was. It's impossible to calculate for certain given the partial season.

Assuming the reported 2011-2012 revenue of $3.28B is accurate, the following growth rates would have yielded the following caps

0% - $62.0M
1% - $63.3M
2% - $64.6M
3% - $66.0M
4% - $67.4M
5% - $68.8M
6% - $70.1M
7% - $71.5M

One thing to consider is that the compliance buyouts count against the player share and that historically the players have usually lost $ due to escrow. So even if the cap "should" have technically been set higher that could still result in the players simply losing more $ via escrow.

 

[Betamax*]

Does anyone know when typically the NHL officially or via unofficial channels release their estimates for what next season's i.e. 2014/15 Salary Cap upper limit will be?

 

[mouser]

No later then June 30th. Usually the last week or two of June.

 

[Delicious Dangles*]

There are usually people that can do pretty accurate calculations somewhere around the 2/3 mark of the season though. obviously non-officially.