from Frank Seravalli of TSN,

Will any players be moved at the end of training camp as salary cap casualties?

Last year, Johnny Boychuk and Nick Leddy were traded from the Bruins and Blackhawks to the Islanders on the eve of the regular season, with the managers of those two teams waiting until the last possible moment to make their clubs salary cap compliant. Will any players be on the move this year? Heading into camp, nearly half the league (12 teams) are within $2 million of the $71.4 million limit, and few of them have the full complement of 23 players signed. The Kings, for instance, could be forced to make a move if Mike Richards were to win his grievance for wrongful contract termination. Or, even if the Kings are found to have wrongfully terminated his contract, but are then permitted to follow through with an ordinary course buyout, there would still be salary cap consequences for this season. Chicago remains in salary cap jail, even after Kris Versteeg’s salary dump to Carolina, and doesn’t have much wiggle room to sign one of the many tryout players they have in camp to a contract.

How many veteran tryouts will earn a contract in camp?

It was a bad summer to be a free agent. With the salary cap ceiling only slightly climbing, more teams are placing an emphasis on production from younger players. The result is more talented, dependable veterans trying to earn a job on a tryout than ever before. Sergei Gonchar (PIT), Curtis Glencross (TOR), Brad Boyes (TOR), Jan Hejda (CHI), David Booth (FLA) and Scottie Upshall (STL) are just a few of the names this fall heading to camp on tryout offers. Some players, like Jiri Tlusty and Sean Bergenheim, are not accepting tryout offers in an attempt to hold out for a guaranteed contract.

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