It's been a season unlike any other. And for all but three of the National Hockey League's 31 teams, a just-as-unusual offseason is already underway as well.
Given that only the Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders and Dallas Stars still have skin in the game as it relates to the chase for the Stanley Cup in Edmonton's pandemic-resistant bubble, big questions regarding the future are already being posed to the other 28 organizations.
And let's not kid anyone: Regardless of how their championship story winds up, the Lightning are going to have some challenging things to deal with, too, thanks to the league's fifth-least amount of available salary-cap space heading into 2020-21.