Wednesday, November 21, 2012  NHL Payroll Range implications
The NHLPA proposal includes the following:  What does this mean?
Based on the original numbers for 2012/13, the Upper Limit was
70.2M which meant that the Lower Limit was 54.2M and the
midpoint was 62.2M. At the 50% midpoint, the midpoint would fall
to 54.56M (+ an additional 182M/30 teams to equal about 60.6M)
Under the PA's proposal the range would widen significantly. 
For example, it the midpoint was 60M next year, the Upper Limit
would be 72M and the Lower Limit would be 48M.  This would be a
range of 24M, vs the 16M that exists today.   The higher the
midpoint goes, the wider the range would become (the opposite
would hold true as the midpoint becomes smaller).  It would
always be larger than the current $16M as long as the midpoint
stayed above $40M (as 20% of 40M is $8M).  The PA's clause that
the Upper Limit would not fall below 67.25M would become
relevant if the midpoint dropped below $56.0416M (120% of
$56.0416 is $67.25); the midpoin