NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly drops hint on potential rule changes for LTIR, salary cap issue during playoffs

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly drops hint on potential rule changes for LTIR, salary cap issue during playoffs

In hockey, the long-term injured reserve, or LTIR, is an issue that NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly is aware of.

Daly: NHL, NHLPA Have Made "Good Progress" On CBA Talks

The 2025-26 NHL season is the last one under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, which has been in place since the 2012 lockout and was extended/modified in 2020. The relationship between the league and the NHLPA has been on solid footing since the latter appointed former U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh as its executive director, and reporting throughout the past few months indicated negotiations on a new CBA were expected to go smo…