As eight teams shift into offseason mode, let’s take a look at what their losses say about their future trajectories.

Carolina is just the 13th team in National Hockey League history to begin a postseason with seven consecutive wins, and the third in the last 30 years, joining the 2024 New York Rangers and 2008 Pittsburgh Penguins, per NHL.com's Adam Kimelman.

Penguins defenseman Parker Wotherspoon will represent Team Canada at the 2026 IIHF World Championship, it was announced today by Hockey Canada. Wotherspoon joins Pittsburgh’s Jason Spezza, who is serving as Team Canada’s Assistant General Manager,

The upcoming UFA class is a little short on headline names, but there are plenty of quality players eligible to hit the market on July 1.

The NHL's salary cap will reach a record of $104 million per team in 2026-27, the league and the NHL Players Association announced Thursday. That figure is an increase of $8.5 million (8.9%) from the 2025-26 cap.

The NHL informed of its teams on Wednesday of the 2026-27 salary cap figures, and as expected the cap is going to rise up to $104 million for next season.

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