In 2013-14, the NHL salary cap will dip to $64.3 million from $70.2 million. The Bruins will have to approach that ceiling, and perhaps exceed it, to re-sign Nathan Horton and Tuukka Rask.
The hockey operations department has ownership’s blessing to do so.
“The Bruins will spend to the cap,” owner Jeremy Jacobs said during a press conference on Friday at TD Garden. “The Bruins are going to spend to the cap.”
Owner Jeremy Jacobs termed the cap decrease a temporary blip because of the lockout. Teams are assuming, based on projected league revenue, that the 2014-15 cap will increase. The Bruins, like the other clubs, have to survive a bridge season. Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.
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