86m cap Yep but it aint real money

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: May 21, 2020

Published: May 21, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

I believe the cap for 2020/21 will be set at the pre Covid prediction of 86m. But the reality of the 2019/20 shortened season makes the revenues of and a true cap of 70m. The owners and NHLPA will agree to base contract negotiations, arbitrations, qualifying offers, offer sheets on this 86m pre Covid projection. The NHLPA members the majority of who are mid to low paying players and who new contracts to be signed this year or in the next couple of years aren't going to allow the pre Covid contracts to keep all their money and the "new" players get scraps. As a result I think ALL salaries will be reduced 20% to get to from 86m pre Covid prediction, to the 70m revenue reality . Think 70m is too low, wait for the reality of the 2021/22 actual cap. May not play a 82 game season, arenas won't be full because of crowd fear and social distancing, recession causes lower ticket seasons and a reduction in other revenues like merchandise sales. The actual cap for 2021/22 could be 45m.
So I'll do a Leaf roster based on 86m cap, but the reality is all player take 20% pay cut. For the 2022/23, the negotiations cap is 90m but the revenue cap is 45m so all players take a 50%. cut. Let's pray for everyone that the Covid crisis doesn't affect ever day life years from now.