Sources: NHL Expediting CBA Playoff Cap Change

Sources: NHL expediting CBA playoff cap change

The NHL and NHLPA have agreed to expedite a playoff salary cap and changes to long-term injured reserve rules for the 2025-26 season.

The NHL Is Reportedly Closing Its Massive Playoff Payroll Loophole

The NHL's biggest loophole that allowed teams to circumvent the salary cap once the postseason got underway is reportedly going to be closed as soon as this season.For the last few years, there has been quite a bit of talk about teams placing highly-paid players who are on Long-Term Injured Reserve (LTIR), which means the player's salary doesn't count toward the salary cap while they're out. Pack your bags, football fans! OutKick is sending one …

Wednesday's FTB: CBA news

It's my fault, I complained about no news, so the NHL obliged with some of the boring and tedious news they love to dump out on us.The transition rules for the new CBA will be formally announced soon, but at time of writing, PuckPedia has the details. First, to refresh your memory, the current CBA is in effect until next September. The new deal announced this summer will take full effect then. When a new CBA takes over for an old one, there is a…

An escalated timeline on salary cap changes has an effect on the Wild

The Minnesota Wild will have to deal with some new changes to how the money is handled.

NHL officially rushes new salary cap rules into place for the upcoming season

This just in from NHL insider Frank Seravalli, the NHL and the NHLPA have agreed to fast track some of their new operating changes for the upcoming season.Previously, the league and the union agreed to a "rolling schedule" to implement CBA changes, but Seravalli reports today that the new changes to the league's playoff salary cap system will go into effect for the upcoming season. This means that teams will have to be under the salary cap for b…

Changes To LTIR Will Take Effect For 2025-26, Other CBA Changes Moved Up

A handful of changes outlined in the CBA extension and new Memorandum of Understanding that were ratified over the summer will go into effect earlier than expected. While the full extent of the agreement won’t take effect until the current CBA expires on September 15, 2026, some of the new rules and regulations in the new agreement will have an effect on league operations for 2025-26. Chief among them is the major overhaul to long-term injured r…