NHL Salary Cap to rise to $59.4 million for 2010-11

by Dirk Hoag on Jun 23, 2010 4:17 PM EDT

TSN's Bob McKenzie just tweeted that the salary cap is going up for the 2010-11 season:

Given the Nashville Predators' recent history of spending around $4-5 million above the floor in recent seasons (a trend which is likely to continue), I would suggest targeting a value of $47 million or so*** for roster speculation purposes this summer - David Poile will need to keep some budget flexibility available for a possible acquisition during the season if the team has a chance to make a playoff run.

This goes in line with some of the guesswork I engaged in over the weekend.

***The NHL's revenue sharing system (Article 49 of the CBA) is designed to allow a recipient team with an average cost structure to afford a payroll about 25% of the way from the salary floor to the salary cap.

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midpoint?

I thought we had to be at the midpoint of the salary floor/cap to get full revenue sharing (which would be $51.4). Am I remembering that wrong?

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by pwnicholson on Jun 23, 2010 4:22 PM EDT reply actions

No

The mid-point comes into play on a second round of revenue sharing funds, which are limited to the point that they won’t help a team spend above the midpoint. That acts as a soft ceiling on the team’s spending.

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by Dirk Hoag on Jun 23, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Gotcha. I knew there was something in there about that. Makes sense. Teams can’t make other teams subsidize their overspending.

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by pwnicholson on Jun 23, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

right

Gotcha. I knew there was something in there about that. Makes sense. Teams can’t make other teams subsidize their overspending.

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by pwnicholson on Jun 23, 2010 4:28 PM EDT reply actions