The National Hockey League has become a young man’s game since the lockout of 2004-05. The hard cap has made the mercenary-laden 1990s a distant memory, re-lived only through anecdotes, YouTube, DVDs and the NHL Network.
Now, general managers must adhere to a league-mandated salary-cap range. Front-off ...
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