The draft and free agency are in the rearview mirror and soon folks across the NHL will pack up for their lake houses and get lost for a few weeks (sources say a few are already off to a head start).
Though this offseason doesn't project to be a particularly newsy one in the NHL, there are several things on the docket to monitor:
Erik Karlsson
All season we heard murmurs of Erik Karlsson being plucked away from Ottawa; hey, wasn't it supposed to happen at the trade deadline? And then the draft? And then maybe on the eve of free agency?