Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Saturday Headlines on the NHL wage cap going ahead and the way it may get an additional bump.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “So one of many tales that we’ve been following this week is, is the wage cap for subsequent 12 months. And at the moment of 12 months, the Gamers Affiliation meets with all of the gamers as a part of its fall tour, and it’s taken that quantity of significance, as a result of there’s going to be a CBA negotiation subsequent 12 months.
And one of many issues they’re speaking about is the wage cap, which is meant to be about 92 and a half for subsequent 12 months.
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Now, when this deal was achieved, we had been in the midst of COVID. We had no concept what the world was going to seem like, and there have been very cautious guardrails, put it on the wage cap, simply in case issues didn’t get well.
Nicely, luckily for the NHL, revenues have been robust. They’ve been excellent. They’ve outpaced the guardrails on that wage cap.
So mainly, now we have two paths to comply with right here. Primary is that they maintain the cap subsequent 12 months at round 92 and a half, after which there’s an enormous soar the 12 months after in 2026-27, or what the gamers say they’ve form of been instructed about is the chance that the cap strikes increased subsequent 12 months, in all probability across the 95 to 97 space.
Now there’s no affirmation but of which one goes to occur, however I’m listening to that it’s undoubtedly going to be mentioned, and there’s some optimism that they’ll discover a solution to do it, however nothing will get achieved till it’s achieved. It’s undoubtedly on the market, and the gamers have undoubtedly been instructed in regards to the risk.”
Maclean: “And (Paul Bissonnette) being a participant needed to know is that this being 84 video games later, going to 84.”
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Friedman: “I don’t know any of that stuff but. I’m similar to, one factor at a time, Biz, one factor at a time. I don’t, I don’t have your scatterbrain detention span.”
Maclean: “Yeah, he desires one versus eight and 84 video games. if you wish to know.”
