Nhl commissioner salary 2019. The salary floor the minimum that a team must spend as a whole is 85 percent of the salary midpoint. Gary bettman was born in queens on monday june 2 1952. As the league explores safety measures that would help them play out the rest of 2019 20 safely commissioner gary bettman emphasized that a possible cancelation is not.
However those who work for the league and nhl teams. D eputy commissioner bill daly confirmed to espns greg wyshynski that nhl players will receive their full salaries for the 2019 20 season. The 201920 nhl season is the 103rd season of operation 102nd season of play of the national hockey leaguethe regular season began on october 2 2019 and was suspended indefinitely on march 12 2020 due to the covid 19 pandemic.
The salary cap for the 2018 19 season was 795 million up from 75 million in 2017 18. At the nhls general managers meetings in march the league said the salary cap was projected to be between 84 million and 882 million for the 2020 21 season an uptick from the current. Gary is currently 68 years old.
Continue to next page below to see how much is gary bettman really worth including net worth estimated earnings and salary for 2019 and 2020. For the 2019 20 season the cap floor is 6024 million. The 2019 20 nhl campaign has been suspended for two months now due to the ongoing covid 19 pandemic but the league remains committed to finishing out the season at some point.
The 815 million cap is 15 million lower than the projected number nhl commissioner gary bettman used at. Nhl commissioner who first took the position in february 1993.