<p>The NHL's weakest free-agent market in recent memory, strongest trade market in recent memory and fastest-rising salary cap in history creates a strange dynamic heading into Wednesday.</p><p>That dynamic is particularly strange for the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks?_gl=1*1cia8zd*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjA4MzQ4OTAyNy4xNzgyODU2NzUw*_ga_K0F0MB46T8*czE3ODI4NTY3NDkkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODI4NTY3NTIkajU3JGwwJGgw" target="_blank" >Blackhawks</a> as general manager Kyle Davidson tries to straddle the line between building for the future and accelerating the timeline.</p><p>The opening of free agency at 11 a.m. CT on July 1 is typically a seismic event in the hockey calendar, and it may still be this year —&nbsp;but not for the usual reason.</p><p>Plenty of free agents will still sign with new teams, but few are major-impact players. It's telling that the highest-scoring UFAs available are Anthony Mantha, who's&nbsp;far from a household name, and Alex Ovechkin, a household name who's 40 years old.</p><p>The highest-scoring free agent under the age of 31 is Matias Maccelli, who tallied all of 39 points last season.