In December, Bettman predicted that the NHL salary cap for next will be $83m.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-projects-83m-salary-cap-2019-20-season/ Given that the project range was $78-82m for this year and we landed right in the middle at $80m (real NHL $79.5m), I'm going to trust that $83m should be fairly accurate. That could change if the players use their escalator to increase the cap further, but that means more escrow.
Per the 2018-2019 Deadlines, FA will close on January 25, at 12am ET. I will work having all projected 2019-2020 projected cap space updates by then.
The first extension period officially begins on January 28th. But since it's All-Star weekend and there are no games Thursday-Sunday, feel free to start posting extensions on Thursday, Jan 24.