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Deal almost done - The Boston Globe
We'd all heard 90% as the number.. Bedard is now reporting it's 89%. Not a big difference, but still different.
The fact that expanded season rosters is still on the table is interesting.
Greg Bedard said:The salary cap will be $120 million, with an additional $21 million paid to player benefit programs. The owners agreed to increase the minimum cash payroll of 89 percent of the cap, ESPN.com reported;
Rosters are likely to be expanded for training camp from the current 80-man limit. It is possible the regular-season 53-man rosters will also be expanded.
We'd all heard 90% as the number.. Bedard is now reporting it's 89%. Not a big difference, but still different.
The fact that expanded season rosters is still on the table is interesting.