Is it tho? The new normal.. It seems its not.. It seems a few select teams tend to overpay a couple guys but then a couple guys who should get more get less... Eichel at 10 is insane.. Ehlers and pastrnak at 6 is a bargain. There are tons of teams losing money every year... The cap is stagnant and the only reason it has gone up is the players using the escalator thing... If not.. The cap would actually be way less... NHL doesn't make a ton of money compared to the other big 3.. I almost wanna say big 4 cuz i bet MLS does better in terms of cash than the nhl does in the states.