Jack Eichel is going to be with the Golden Knights for the next nine seasons.

The Knights are making it clear that Eichel is the face of the franchise after signing him to an eight-year, $108 million deal Wednesday.

Salaries are in place, and the Knights will be spending top dollar for the foreseeable future, especially with Eichel and right wing Mitch Marner ($12 million cap hit) at the forefront.

Now it’s time to look ahead.

The NHL salary cap is expected to see an $8.5 million increase next season, going from $95.5 million to $104 million. There are reports that the upper limit could see a slight bump from that.

We’ll work under the presumption that the Knights carry $5.23 million of cap space into next summer — $59.3 million to 10 forwards, $33.23 million for five defensemen and $

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