Around the NHL 2025-26

[TrueBlue4ever]

19 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Def kick the can on this cat but whats the contract you would offer him? No way hes getting 16m/yr from me with his injury record. Plus 16 is like MCD money. Im a 100k a point person but willing to go a mil or 2 over.

The $100K per point is a good guideline, but was based on when the cap was flat at $80 million during the COVID years. Extrapolating for the current increase, it works out now to $110,000 per point last year, and $120,000 per point this year. So a 100 point player should clock in at $12 million per year. By 2027-28 and the projected cap increase to $113.5 million per team, it would be just over $140,000 per point, so last year’s $10 million/year player would warrant $14 million/year in the next 3 years. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

 

Penguins' Rutger McGroarty: Not ready for main camp.

[HardCoreBlue]

Here's hoping the headings for the 2025/2026 NHL season 20 games in read 'What's wrong with the Knights, Panthers, Wild and Maple Leafs?'.