DETROIT — This NHL offseason promised to be wild and woolly and, so far, hasn't disappointed.
Another flat salary cap has forced teams — and players — to adjust accordingly, with a flurry of movement. Some teams have taken advantage much more than others.
In many cases, teams had to let go of younger restricted free agents just to keep some older veterans they deemed more important. That deepened the free-agent class and some teams shrewdly took advantage.