NHL Insider Says Salary Cap For 2025-26 Season May See a Significant Jump, Which is Big for the Canucks

"One of the stories we've been following this week is the salary cap for next year and at this time of year, the Players Association meets with all the players as part of its fall tour and it's taken on added importance because there's going to be CBA negotiations next year." Friedman said.

He added, "One of the things they're talking about is the salary cap - which is supposed to be about $92.5 million for next year. Now when this deal was done, we were in the middle of COVID, we had no idea what the world was going to look like and there were very careful guardrails put in place on the salary cap just in case things didn't recover.

Well fortunately for the NHL, revenues have been strong, they've been very good - they've outpaced the guardrails on that salary cap. So basically we have two paths to follow here. Number one is they keep the cap next year around $92.5 million and then there's a huge jump the year after in 2026-27. Or what the players say they've kind of been told about is the possibility that the cap moves higher next year, probably around the 95-97 area. Now there's no confirmation yet of which one is going to happen, but I'm hearing it's definitely going to be discussed and there is some optimism that they can find a way to do it, but nothing will get done, until it's done. It's definitely out there and the players have definitely been told about the possibility."