NHL general managers preparing for new economic realities brought on by COVID-19

TORONTO — NHL general managers left their annual March meetings in Florida filled with optimism. The salary cap was projected to hit at least US$84 million in 2020-21 — a bump of $2.5 million from the current season — and had the potential to rise to $88.2 million if the NHL Players’ Association maxed out the escalator clause in the collective […]