How Does NHL Salary Cap Work? Complete 2026 Guide
The 2025-26 NHL salary cap is $95.5 million, rising to $104 million in 2026-27. This complete guide explains the 50-50 Engine formula, LTIR...
By Mike Johnson · 14 min read
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The 2025-26 NHL salary cap is $95.5 million, rising to $104 million in 2026-27. This complete guide explains the 50-50 Engine formula, LTIR...
By Mike Johnson · 14 min read
Tom Fitzgerald fired after a 29-point decline from 112 to 83 points. The Deadline Deficit — three years of trade deadline inaction — sealed...
By Mike Johnson · 11 min read
Brendan Shanahan and Marc Bergevin are linked as a president-GM tandem to Nashville. The Islanders rejected this pairing in 2025. The Insula...
By Mike Johnson · 12 min read
T.J. Hughes is the most wanted college free agent in the NHL — and every team offers the exact same deal. The Zero-Dollar Bidding War scores...
By Mike Johnson · 11 min read
Toronto has hired five GMs since 2008. Each one represented the opposite philosophy of the last. Burke was toughness. Dubas was data. Treliv...
By Mike Johnson · 11 min read
Bruce Cassidy won't coach the Maple Leafs, per TSN's Darren Dreger. His career pattern — championships in Year 1-3, locker room fractures by...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
John Chayka — the former Coyotes GM suspended by the NHL in 2021 — interviewed with Toronto in February and is now a legitimate candidate. H...
By Mike Johnson · 14 min read
Friedman proposed moving Yzerman to president and promoting Draper or Horcoff to GM. But the Sakic Model worked because Sakic won first — Yz...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
Conroy sold Andersson, Weegar, and Kadri for 26 draft picks. Now Coleman, Frost, and Whitecloud are next — but the Saddledome Exit Strategy...
By Mike Johnson · 12 min read
Shesterkin beat Markstrom at MSG after training with undefeated pro boxer Sergey Novikov. Three goalie fights in ten weeks after a six-year...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Cale Makar left Colorado's 9-2 win over Calgary with an upper-body injury and will miss the final 6 regular-season games. But this isn't a c...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Bobby McMann has 7 goals in 8 games since joining Seattle. The Kraken want to extend him, but is his explosive start sustainable enough to j...
By Mike Johnson · 12 min read
Three Hurricanes not expected back next season. At 96 points and first in the Metro, Carolina must shed cap to keep its championship core in...
By Mike Johnson · 7 min read
The Robert Thomas trade is coming this summer per LeBrun. The Blues want 4 first-round equivalents — but his full NTC suppresses the bidding...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Three Predators not expected back next season, but the NMC Trap complicates everything. Marchessault wants out, Stamkos refused to waive, an...
By Mike Johnson · 8 min read
Ovechkin scored his 1,000th career goal, joining Gretzky as the only player to reach the milestone. But Gretzky's combined record of 1,016 i...
By Mike Johnson · 7 min read
The Jordan Kyrou trade is coming this summer, but his production collapse from 36 goals to 14 changes everything. Full NTC, $8.125M AAV, and...
By Mike Johnson · 7 min read
Bobrovsky's Panthers extension will be a 2-3 year deal at $4-5M AAV — a 50% pay cut from his $10M. The worst season of his career meets the...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read