Cap Horizon | NHL Salary Cap Analysis

CAP HORIZON · ISSUE 002 · COLORADO AVALANCHE · OCTOBER 29, 2026 Colorado's next roster decision needs two budgets: the room available for a move today, and the money required to complete next season's team. All amounts below are U.S. dollars. Database figures are a public snapshot checked October 29, not official club accounting. The calculations are transparent planning exercises, not a prediction of a transaction. Team Horizon: a narrow present, an unfinished future PuckPedia's snapshot lists projected space of $265,453, current space of $312,108 and deadline space of $1,256,046. Its roster is 21/23. It separately displays a $557,195 LTIR pool and $2,291,841 in bonus overages. Those labels answer different questions. Do not add the LTIR pool to current space or describe deadline room as money available for a transaction today. The displayed current-space definition is the annual cap hit that can be added on the selected date, assuming no other roster moves. Transact...

INDEPENDENT NHL ANALYSIS · MAZEN SAMHAT CAP HORIZON Every dollar. Every roster. Every season. ISSUE 001 · TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS · OCTOBER 28, 2026 · ALL MONEY IN US DOLLARS A cap-space figure needs a date, a definition and a roster. Leave one out, and a useful number becomes a misleading headline. Toronto is a useful first case for Cap Horizon, a daily series examining how NHL contracts and rules shape decisions across seasons. The question today is narrow: what can a cap snapshot tell us about flexibility, and where does it stop being an answer? Three numbers that should never be added together PuckPedia’s October 28 snapshot reports a $112,183,990 projected cap hit, −$8,183,990 projected space, $2,387,500 current space and a $10,867,882 LTIR pool. These are public estimates, not the league’s internal compliance accounts. PROJECTED CAP SPACE −$8.184M Full-season projection; not the same measure as current room. CURRENT CAP SPACE $2.388M Source-reported current room, with its roste...