Article: Why did the Wild play a man short in their win in Montreal?

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-wild-beat-montreal-nhl-rules-salary-cap-relief/600313046/

Overview: the Minnesota Wild, professional hockey team, played with one less player on their team on Tuesday, but it did not seem to matter as the Wild took care of the Montreal Canadians pretty easily. The article suggests the Minnesota Wild have had a slew of injuries impacting their roster, and to begin the season they have been dealing with a tight cap space (amount of money they can spend on players), and most teams around the league are dealing with cap space issues. This is important news to Minnesota Wild fans, but also to National Hockey League fans. Other teams are dealing and will deal with similar situations this season. The cap space has been issue in the league for years, but since Covid the cap has not increased as expected. The cap is forced, so the league can be profitable, and so the teams who have the best fan bases and support, have bigger caps than smaller market teams. The cap usually increases each year, but the past couple of years it has not gone up as much as some have hoped for. Overall The NHL might run into some serious roster issues with every team. This is also important news to sports fans in general, as the situation discusses cap space, which really translates to viewership. It shows the state of the league, and if the cap is not going up the NHL is not growing.