"There’s a number of teams that — there’s just really big decisions to be made," former Lightning general manager Brian Lawton said. "Now it’s fast and furious trying to figure out what they can get done." Lawton, now an NHL Network analyst, said it's going to feel like the shortest offseason in league history. It will soon be a far cry from a team president joking to Lawton, "This is like the Not Happening League: nothing happening." For the Lightning and 31 other NHL teams, the reality is everything will happen fast.

Source: Fox News July 10, 2021 13:41 UTC