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I need to think about this one some more... I don’t like changing a fundamental rule like FNHL salary cap alignment with the NHL. However, I do recall how the Vegas expansion draft gave teams extra cap space and that coupled with a higher cap lead to a poor FA crop. Is it a big problem... let me sleep on it!
My vote is to keep it aligned with the NHL salary cap like we do today ... keeps it simple and isn't really an issue that needs "fixed". I think the increased salary bans will cause more free agency / player movement organically ... and we do already have quite a bit of trade activity.My $0.02
Perhaps consider rolling back the 2021-22 salary cap to below 81.5 million, even below $78.0 million.WHY?With FNHL adding the Seattle Kraken for the 2021-22 season, the 32nd team will absorb lots of existing salary. My understanding is the skater increases this year were to a) keep value current with actual NHL player contracts and b) create the necessary cap tension in this league to allow for a more robust Free Agency annually. So I think it would be good for our league (FNHL) to reduce, not just maintain the salary cap ceiling if we want to create some proper player movement and incent owners toward making more transactions.Full disclosure, my Habs are going to easily need WAY MORE cap space starting now through next year so this recommendation does NOT benefit my team at all - in fact it will negatively impact my Habs.