EP Rinkside mailbag: At the cabin

Now that the Erik Karlsson trade is finally completed, I think it's fair to say very little is going to happen in the NHL until we get to the start of training camp or so. All the arbitration dates are taken care of, only 13 restricted free agents remain unsigned (and only two or three of them are likely to get anything close to a Big deal), and whatever unrestricted free agents are still out there will probably find themselves waiting for a tryout offer.

So now is the absolute perfect time to take stock of where we are and answer some questions.

Let’s get to it: