NHL Salary Cap Could Rise to $73.8 Million
Based on Gary Bettman’s comments from New Jersey on Wednesday, the NHL salary cap could rise as high as $73.8 million this summer.
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Next NHL CBA, not Playoff Exit, Will Set Course for Penguins’ Offseason
As far as the Pittsburgh Penguins are concerned, any meaningful trade talk in the wake of another postseason letdown will have to be suspended until at least September 15. That’s…
Are You Trading….Crosby, Malkin or Staal?
The city of Pittsburgh is still trying to recover from the complete melt down the Pittsburgh Penguins had in the Eastern Conference Quarter-finalsagainst the Philadelphia Flyers. The fans have not…
Set Phasers to Negotiate – Bettman Ready to Meet With Players Union
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is ready, willing and able to meet with the players union in order to negotiate a new contract between the two, however, Bettman has stated that…
8 Ways To (legally) Circumvent The NHL Salary Cap
In the era of the salary cap ($64,300,000 this season), some NHL teams must juggle with numbers to find a way to stay under the maximum salary payroll allowed by…
Boston Bruins, Believing in the Future
First, before discussing the future a declaration on the recent past: We are 2011 Stanley Cup Champions! I say ‘We’ because as long time Bruins fans, this is a collective accomplishment,…
What Really Happened With Eric Tangradi?
As the Pittsburgh Penguins prepared for the start of the regular season on Wednesday, 21-year-old Eric Tangradi was on cloud nine. “I will be there tomorrow. Nothing but smiles since…
The Kovalchuk Rejection is the Best Thing to Happen to the Players Union
This morning, Jim Neveau wrote an excellent piece on the various dynamics at play in the Ilya Kovalchuk saga that is now entering it’s sixth week. In it, he likened…