Pierre LeBrun

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OverDrive · OverDrive - June 22, 2026 - Hour 2 - Pierre LeBrun · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

And the reality is it's harder for the Winnipeg Jets to get guys, for the Ottawa Senators to get guys, for the Columbus Blue Jackets to get guys.

That's the reality.

I mean, the salary cap has gone a long way to even the playing field financially, but they're not going to even the playing field in terms of where people want to play and live.

I mean, that's still part of all this.

And here's the tough part.

is that now that the salary cap is escalating in a very dramatic way over the next few years, that is going to add to the have and have-nots too, because not every team is going to stay right at the cap.

We've had two-thirds of the league spending to the cap for the last seven, eight years.

That's going to diminish.

We're going to have a smaller group of teams now being comfortable going at that very high number in two, three years.

Some teams may even surprise you, by the way, that are talking internally about having a budget suddenly and not being a cap team.

So that's going to be a layer on top of all the fact that you got players taking ownership of their careers and wanting to play in certain places.

So we're headed in a very interesting era, I think.

Someone joked with me today, sure, we'll convince, you know, the NHL will convince the NHLPA to get rid of no trades and no moves, and then the NHLPA will turn around and say, fine, let's get rid of the salary cap.

I mean, listen, I mean, that's that's an extreme response.

But but those no trades and no moves are that's those are CBA negotiated items that the PA cares a lot about, that the players care a lot about because it gives them leverage and protection.

I get why that conversation is out there, obviously, in the wake of Brady Kachuk.

forcing his way to Florida.

But good luck getting the PA to relinquish on that.

I mean, what would you have to give up if you're the owners to clean the slate on no trade clause?

That means you don't get the player in most cases.

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