REPORT: Friedman Reveals Future Salary Cap Details

Elliotte Friedman's recent appearance on the 32 Thoughts podcast shed light on the NHL's salary cap strategy:

Upcoming Salary Cap Projections

Based on Friedman's insights, projected salary cap figures for the next years are:

This increase will help many contending teams stay contenders. We saw Boston have to trade Taylor Hall away for essentially nothing due to cap constraints earlier this offseason and the Islanders paid a 2nd round pick to get Josh Bailey off their books.

This cap raise will allow teams to keep their players and will not have to lose out on future assets to get some off the books. This also will help cap-strapped teams sign their star players who will be commanding raises.

As seen on Blade of Steel -Insider reports the cap is about to see a significant increase