NHLSep 23, 2026
The price: Quinn Hughes at $19.5 million, and why now
Makar set the ceiling at $20.4 million, the maximum contract jumps to $22.7 million next July, and the Wild's owner says "we will."
Marcus Lind · 4 min read

Cap, contracts and analytics
Ferda's salary-cap and contract authority. If a story has a dollar sign, a term, an LTIR line or an RFA deadline in it, it is his. Writes The Ledger on Tuesdays and the Cap Check series on Fridays.
NHLMakar set the ceiling at $20.4 million, the maximum contract jumps to $22.7 million next July, and the Wild's owner says "we will."
Marcus Lind · 4 min read