The difficult salary cap situation may force Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning to say goodbye to multiple key contributors in the offseason.
Forwards Jake Virtanen and Adam Gaudette need new contracts. Goalie Jacob Markstrom is a pending UFA. So are blueliners Chris Tanev and Oscar Fantenberg. Trade deadline acquisition Tyler Toffoli, too. Troy Stecher is a pending RFA.
Other than that, nothing is complicated.
Add it all up, and you can see why Benning is going to have to make some difficult decisions.