![]() The Rangers have made a couple of moves and may be done. Will there be any takers? Probably not without some sort of sweetener. It’s easy to point to what they may want to shed themselves of, if salary retention doesn’t cut it: Cal Petersen’s $5 million cap hit that they’re only burying a portion of by putting them in the minors. But if Los Angeles wants to go big - and there’s reason to think management might - then they need a little more cap flexibility. As it stands, they’re projected to have about $3.5 million in deadline space, which is enough for a handful of teams to work with. The Kings aren’t as up against it as other teams. So which teams may find themselves in a position to cut cap in order to improve their team for a playoff run? Let’s dive in, with the help of an essential hockey resource, CapFriendly. Even those outside the bottom of the standings, like the Senators, Red Wings, Sabres and Wild can leverage their cap space. Teams like the Ducks, Coyotes and Blackhawks all can absorb cap space to make a deal happen. Dump a contract via trade, whether in the deadline deal that’s causing a cap crunch or to another team entirely. ![]() Pay another team to join the fold as an intermediary (think the Wild’s role in the Ryan O’Reilly trade).Sprinkle in extra pieces in the return for salary retention.Spend within budget, and only within budget.Before we get into who may have some tough decisions ahead, let’s look at their options. That makes adding players at the deadline a challenge for some.
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