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PuckPedia Cap Central 4/17: Playoff Salary Cap + Insane Cap Space & Bonus Overages

Apr 17, 2026 · 37 min · Ep 417

For Episode 17 of PuckPedia Cap Central, Keith Kavanaugh and Hart Levine dive into the pressing topics of the NHL salary cap world.

They start the episode talking about playoff matchups as the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs start this weekend (2:00). Then they dive into the salary cap bonus overages teams incurred this season that will be on the books for next season (4:00). Eight teams will have bonus overages, potentially as many as 10.

Then they talk about the new feature on PuckPedia’s website that shows the playoff salary cap and how it is calculated (8:00). Then they discuss the Pittsburgh Penguins terminating Matt Dumba’s contract and explain why it happened when it did (16:00).

Then they go over how teams actually had over $1 BILLION in cap space yesterday on the last day of the regular season (22:00). They wrap up the episode doing another NHL Draft simulation (28:00).

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