Eric Macramalla: “With escrow firm at 20% and prorated salary risk, tax implications will have an impact on where some NHL players sign. Zero income tax NHL states are FL, TX, TN, WAS and NV. Canadians teams not out of it. Can do bonus laden deal for non-Canadian resident or sell benefits of RCA.”
Crawford won’t be back
Scott Powers: Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman announced that they won’t be re-signing Corey Crawford.
A Honka return?
Sean Shapiro: Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill said that defenseman Julius Honka would like to return to Dallas.