<p>The National Hockey League and its players&#8217; association announced Thursday that the salary cap for the 2022–23 season will be set at $82.5 million.</p>
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<p>The new figure represents a raise of $1 million from the $81.5 million salary cap seen in 2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021–22. All 32 NHL teams will additionally be required to spend more than $61 million next season (the &#8220;lower limit&#8221;).</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NHLPA</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NHL</a> announced today the Team Payroll Range established for the 2022-23 League Year. <a href="https://t.co/rhDeexMawT">https://t.co/rhDeexMawT</a> <a href="https://t.co/sViO7uTdu4">pic.twitter.com/sViO7uTdu4</a></p>
<p>&mdash; NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1537556429187567617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>According to <a href="https://puckpedia.com/teams">PuckPedia</a>, the Vancouver Canucks already have a projected $71.9 million total cap hit for next year — albeit with only one major pending restricted free agent (Brock Boeser) to sign.</p>
<p>The NHL first introduced the salary cap back in the 2005–06 season, setting a spending limit of $39 million for all 30 of its teams. The cap has grown relatively consistently since, with the only long periods of stagnation coming around the 2012 lockout and the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
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The National Hockey League and its players' association announced Thursday that the salary cap for the 2022–23 season will be set at $82.5 million.



The new figure represents a raise of $1 million from the $81.5 million salary cap seen in 2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021–22. All 32 NHL teams will additionally be required to spend more than $61 million next season (the "lower limit").

https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1537556429187567617

According to <a href="https://puckpedia.com/teams">PuckPedia</a>, the Vancouver Canucks already have a projected $71.9 million total cap hit for next year — albeit with only one major pending restricted free agent (Brock Boeser) to sign.

The NHL first introduced the salary cap back in the 2005–06 season, setting a spending limit of $39 million for all 30 of its teams. The cap has grown relatively consistently since, with the only long periods of stagnation coming around the 2012 lockout and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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