NHL Offseason Blueprints Put GMs on the Clock

The offseason always starts with a whiteboard in one hand and a phone in the other, and this one is no different. ESPN’s rundown of team needs points straight at the pressure points that matter most - free agency, the draft, and the spots where a GM can get cute and wind up explaining himself by July. Every front office knows the league never really sleeps, and the clubs that misread their own roster now usually spend the next season paying for it.