One of the blessings and/or curses of the salary-cap system, depending on perspective, is that it's awfully difficult for a strong team to stay strong. Franchises that collect good players and win lots of games generally end up having to pay those players exorbitant amounts of money to stick around, and the trouble with a cap system is that there are only so many dollars available to each club.
Therefore, teams must sacrifice.
All four of the clubs still alive in the NHL playoffs have to do this to some extent. But the pressures are particularly strong for New York and Chicago—teams that have already had to either stand idly by as key support players signed elsewhere or faced a situation that forced them to proactively move expensive skaters.
Which playoff contributors might find themselves facing the ax of financial necessity this summer? Read on for a list of possible candidates.
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