I’m curious if you tested this over multiple different franchise’s.
I know the last few years no matter what the cap would raise the same amount every year, but prior to I believe NHL 20 every time we started a new franchise the cap would rise at different rates. Maybe this is the case this year?
Interesting, you should fill out a bug report just in case that’s what this is.
I remember when they introduced custom leagues, literally the only thing I was looking forward to doing is having a little more control on the cap from year to year.
I honestly prefer this unpredictable volatility to 23 when you could be guaranteed that the cap would be near $100mil by year 8.
I prefer having low cap increases myself, but it’s honestly a lose-lose scenario no matter what.
In 21, 22 and 23 if I was using a rebuilding team, I would have to drastically overpay all my players just to reach the cap floor it was so high.
Back in NHL 19 and 20, the biggest problems with the cap not going up enough was a lot of the best RFA’s would sit out an entire year or more because the AI GM’s were so horrible.
I’ve seen nothing in this game recently that doesn’t tell me that’s how it’s going to work in 24 if that’s how little the cap goes up.
Personally I would prefer if there were options for how you want the cap to change.
