"Cap space" is one of the most talked about commodities in today's NHL. Who's got it, who hasn't, how you use it well or (more often) how you use it badly.
It's a conversation that has become very pertinent in New England recently, particularly with regard to how the Boston management will work a way to sign key forward Loui Eriksson this offseason and whether or not that money would be better spent elsewhere.
News has emerged that the Bruins are beginning discussions with Eriksson, according to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun:
Preliminary contract discussions have begun between the Bruins and pending unrestricted free-agent winger Loui Eriksson.