The Cap Explosion: How Free Agents Are About to Cash In Big

The NHL's record salary cap is about to trigger the most lucrative free agency period in league history, and the players who hit the market are positioned to make a killing. Teams with cap space are sitting on war chests they haven't had in years, which means the bidding wars for top talent are going to get absolutely vicious. General managers know they have the ammunition to spend, and the agents representing free agents certainly know it too.