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Reading Assignments
- Professional sports: win a championship Sunday, throw a parade Wednesday, get fired Thursday. Also: how did the Canes end up with a Stanley Cup-winning goaltending coach a week after he won the Cup? [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
- The 2017-18 salary cap numbers are out: $75.0 million is the cap, $55.4 million is the floor. [NHLPA]
- So, how does this affect the Canes? Funny you should ask. This doesn’t include any of the forthcoming roster moves (expansion draft, potential buyouts, etc.):
Canes are currently at $48.5m per @CapFriendly so they have to spend a minimum of $6.9m to get to the floor. https://t.co/U0vd53URK2
— Brian LeBlanc (@bdleblanc) June 18, 2017
- There weren’t many people expecting to see Eric Staal left off the Wild’s protected list, but here we are. [StarTribune]
- The Golden Knights could play kingmaker in the goaltender market this offseason, and not just because of who they plan to keep on their roster. [ProHockeyTalk]
- What are the best and worst case scenarios for every team in the expansion draft? [SBNation.com]
- And what would a draft of any sort be without a report card immediately following? [SBNation.com]
- John Tortorella’s contract is up after next season, and he won’t come cheap. [Columbus Dispatch]
- What is a sports hernia and why is it the bane of so many athletes’ existence? [AP Sports]