This NHL offseason may end up being the most memorable in NHL history.  Now that the new CBA is in place and there are significantly new rules on team payroll and free agency, I expect to see a lot of high-profile NHL'ers being shuffled around before the season starts in October.  Teams like the New York Rangers, Detroit, Dallas, Colorado, and Philadelphia will have some difficult decisions to make in the next few months [1].  A team like the Red Wings that is loaded with high-caliber and high-priced stars won't be able to keep them all because of the  new salary cap. 

TSN has a 2005 Transaction Log that shows all of the activity so far.  I expect this list to grow very quickly within the next month as teams make their decisions on who to let go and who to keep.  So far, it's interesting to see what teams have been doing.  Teams like Detroit and Philly have been buying out some of their older and higher paid players (e.g. LeClair and Hatcher).  I'm interested in seeing where players like that end up.  It'd be very weird to see great players like that not get signed by another team.  After all the teams in the league trim the fat off their payroll this offseason, I think there will be a lot of formerly high-paid players looking for work.  Unless they're willing to take a pay cut, they'll be out of a job. 

In particular, I'm curious to see who the Rangers let go: Jagr, Lindros, Messier, Holik, Weeks, Dunham, Kasparaitis...  they can't keep all of them.  And if those players are willing to take a pay cut, can you imagine somebody like Jagr playing for a team that has room to grow in their payroll (e.g. Nashville or Minnesota)?

[1] Team payrolls: http://www.hockeyzoneplus.com/$maseq_e.htm