from Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen,

In a labour of hockey love, the Ottawa born and bred brothers – Ryan, 28, Jamie, 24, and Chris, 23 — spend their evenings and weekends updating hockeyscap.com, their slick website which tracks player salaries and allows fans an insight into the financial puzzles faced by general managers.

“From the get go, we’ve worked very hard to make it an easy to use website,” says Jamie Davis, who designed the site.

“Anytime there’s a transaction or a signing in the NHL, a GM has to look at the salary cap situation to see how cap compliant a team is. As a fan, I want to know what opportunities are available to teams.”

The limits of the salary cap, which is expected to land somewhere in the $70 million — $71 million range for the 2015-16 season, mean rosters are always in flux.

With the NHL draft this weekend and free agency beginning July 1, it’s a busy few weeks for general managers in trying to figure out the future.

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