Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times: There is about to be a lesson on the value of cap space. It will feature an outcome that will not be known for some time. The flat cap combined with a ridiculous load of free agents creates natural chaos and unnatural chaos as well.
How the Chicago Blackhawks negotiate this summer will have repercussions for a long time. That 32nd team, the Seattle Kraken, expects to set the bar for what flexible cap space is like. After all, they have a clean slate and $81.5 million to spend.