NHL’s Summer Trade Market Could Get Wild Fast

The annual rumor mill is already heating up, and the league knows this is the part of the calendar when one call can flip a contender’s whole blueprint. Front offices are lining up cap space, no-trade lists, and leverage, because the biggest deals usually start long before the first official move. If this summer goes the way these situations usually do, a few GMs are about to earn their keep in a hurry.