NHL Salary Cap going up to $52M not 48M? like everyone is saying

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

Slap Shots has been told that the NHLPA is planning to exercise its right under the CBA to request that a full five-percent bump be built into next season's cap. If 2006-07 league revenues come it at $2.36B - Gary Bettman on Monday said he thought the number would be close to $2.4B - a five-percent bump would bring next season's upper limit to approximately $52M.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06032007/sports/rangers/fire_and_ice_rangers_larry_brooks.htm?page=0

scroll down it's in the middle of the page

[YardRat]

Re: NHL Salary Cap going up to $52M not 48M? like everyone is saying

I though it's been reported all along that the cap would be between 48 and 52?

Regardless, it doesn't guarantee one or both definitely coming back. Every other club that may be looking to sign one of them got the increae, also, and can use it to lure them away.

[Ebenezer]

Re: NHL Salary Cap going up to $52M not 48M? like everyone is saying

if it goes up to $52 mil then each team has $4mil more to spend...the maximum contract will also go up to almost $9mil...you might not get Drury for under $8 mil.

[camelcowboy]

Re: NHL Salary Cap going up to $52M not 48M? like everyone is saying

Nhl hasn't learned its lesson at all. Didn't we have a lock out over this crap?

[Ebenezer]

Re: NHL Salary Cap going up to $52M not 48M? like everyone is saying

the money is there and the NHL is being open...why would they lie and say revenues were higher? by contract they must set a salary cap at some percentage of revenues.

[RockStar36]

Re: NHL Salary Cap going up to $52M not 48M? like everyone is saying

It doesn't really matter if the cap goes up by 4 mil more. The Sabres have already stated that they have their own budget.

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

Re: NHL Salary Cap going up to $52M not 48M? like everyone is saying

Nhl hasn't learned its lesson at all. Didn't we have a lock out over this crap?

[Michael82]

Re: NHL Salary Cap going up to $52M not 48M? like everyone is saying

Is it just me or was that lockout all for nothing? WTF! The NHL will never learn, even if it happens again....

[Ebenezer]

Re: NHL Salary Cap going up to $52M not 48M? like everyone is saying

the money is there and the NHL is being open...why would they lie and say revenues were higher? by contract they must set a salary cap at some percentage of revenues.

doesn't anybody read?? the salary cap was negotiated into the CBA...the owners don't arbitrarily set the cap - it is a certain percentage of the revenues (like football) there is nothing the owners can do. If the cap is going up it is because 1) that was the way it was negotiated and 2) then revenues are going up...us *****ing about it won't do a thing...

...and if we lived in a major market where they won't worry about the cap no fan here would be *****ing anyway.