Red Light newsletter 🏒 | This is The Athletic’s hockey newsletter. Sign up here to receive Red Light directly in your inbox.So, the wait is over — hockey is back. Rookie camps, prospect tournaments, golf tournaments, media day, training camp and preseason are all queued up beginning, well, today, which means we’ll have a wall of coverage up at The Athletic NHL.Key DatesWhat’s coming on the hockey calendarWe’ll dig into your burning questions in a second, but first I wanted to lay out what to expect around the league in the coming days. There are usually some minor differences from team to team with some of these dates, but based on our information, here’s a look at a condensed fall calendar for the NHL. (And be sure to check out Pierre LeBrun’s preseason rumblings, too.)Today and tomorrow: Rookie camps open across the league, with prospect tourneys to follow between Saturday and Tuesday. Twenty-nine of the 32 teams are set to take part in prospect games across North America; Chris Peters has a comprehensive list of the schedule for those here.Next Wednesday and Thursday (Sept. 16-17): Training camps open across the league. Teams typically have an off-ice media day before on-ice sessions on Day 2, when we’ll start to see revamped rosters take shape. (Related: Our list of players who might not make the cut around the league.) The NHL’s new CBA also kicks in Sept. 16, bringing with it the end of eight-year contracts, among other tweaks.Next Saturday (Sept. 19): NHL preseason opens with seven games. The league has cut preseason back to just 65 total games — down from 104 last year — as it moves the start of the regular season up (to Sept. 29) and extends the season by two games, to 84.So, it’s going to be a breakneck pace this year, with one of the shorter training camps and preseasons we’ve seen in the NHL in decades. The good news? The playoffs will start earlier, which should help avoid the condensed Stanley Cup Final ➡️ NHL Draft ➡️ free-agency logjam we had this past summer.Question TimeCan one team get two Hughes brothers?Welcome to my first ever mailbag, newsletter edition. Last week, we put the call out for your questions, and you flooded our redlight@theathletic.com address with plenty of gold. Plus, some copper, zinc and pyrite. (Questions edited for clarity and brevity.)Let’s dive into the Mirtbag, starting with this one …Chris asks: “With the Quinn Hughes drama, and talk of him synchronizing his contract with Jack’s, there’s the fact that no team can afford to sign both players in the same contract year. Say they are each worth $20 million, and as UFAs, any team signing them wouldn’t be giving up any salaries in a trade. Which team has $40 million in cap space and still field a decent team?” So, just for those who aren’t following every thread from this (huge) story in Minnesota, Quinn Hughes is in the final year of his contract. Brother Jack in New Jersey, however, is under contract until 2030. So one possible outcome that’s been speculated of late is maybe Quinn could sign a three-year extension and then head to UFA with Jack down the line.Let’s be clear: There’s no guarantee that’s how things will play out, as this is very much a developing situation. But the first thing I’d point out is that $40 million in 2030 is going to be a lot different than $40 million this season with how fast the salary cap is set to escalate. Some sources believe it could be as high as $140 million, meaning $40 million would be the equivalent of what $27 million was last season. (That said, it’s possible the Hugheses are looking for even more than that by then.)