NHL CBA Negotiations: NHL Wants $58 Million Cap

Depressed enough yet? OK, we'll stop. Or, we move on.

Puck Daddy then reported some of the details leaking out through various sources. The big news here? The NHL wants a salary cap of $58 million, with no salary rollbacks presented.

Let that wash over you, step back from the ledge, and join us after the jump.

From the Puck Daddy piece, is a quote from Kevin Allen of USA today:

Emphasis mine.

The PA is not likely to agree to this massive of a cap cut, and it strikes me as bizarre that the owners are pushing this cut. According to CapGeek (and as mention in the PD piece), 16 of the 30 teams are above the $58 million mark. Even if they go with amnesty buyouts, the owners still have to pay out the money, saving them absolutely nothing. It makes zero sense.

"Hey guys, I have a great idea how we can save some money. What we do is cut the salary cap and buyout all of the contracts we want under an amnesty program, paying out every penny we owe the players anyway." Good stuff.

So Now What?

If the CBA were settled today, and this were the cap, the Wild would need to trim just over 10.8 million from this year's cap hit. Assuming no change in the way the cap hit of players is determined, that means the Wild need to lose a marquis player or two.

There are plenty of scenarios to make it happen, the question is... what do you do?

Let's hear it, Wilderness. Check out the Wild's cap situation, then give us how you get the team under the $58 million hypothetical salary cap.