The cap is set to rise from $88 million this season to $95.5 million this summer, and then hit $104 million in 2026-27 and $113.5 million in 2027-28 ...

is short at least three scoring forwards — including a first-line pivot. Boston’s beefed-up D corps has been prone to critical lapses in the team’s own end of the ice, eroding what has long ...