from NHL.com,

The NHL's general managers open a busy 48-hour window here with their annual end-of-season meeting Tuesday afternoon.

This is the first time the general managers will meet in Las Vegas. Generally this meeting takes place during the Stanley Cup Final, in one of the participating cities.

The managers are expected to find out Tuesday what the salary cap is for the 2015-16 season. During his State of the League address at the Final, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the range will most likely be between $70 and $71 million.

Once the ceiling is set, the managers will begin the process of getting their rosters cap-compliant for the upcoming season. Several teams are expected to have to shed some salary and that process will likely begin at these meetings as teams discuss potential trades, which could be consummated before the 2015 NHL Draft in Sunrise, Fla., this weekend or after the start of free agency on July 1.

"Everybody's sort of trying to get a real good solid view of the landscape ahead of each and every one of us heading into the draft," said Don Sweeney, the new general manager of the Boston Bruins.

There will be an update Tuesday on the work being done by the competition committee on a new overtime format. The discussion about the look of that format will continue after the committee asked for more time to discuss the issue. The managers proposed a form of 3-on-3 overtime at their last meeting in March.

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