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All Things UFA today

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Lots of action already with teams locking up recently acquired players. Free agency opens at 11am, but I expect some big trades versus lots of big signings. Won't repeat the extensions from all the other threads, but here's one I just saw.

VGK - extended Lauzon for 6 years @ $4.0m. They have $3.375m (pre-LTIR) of space left to fill 7 roster spots. Somebody will get traded.
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TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:22 am Lots of action already with teams locking up recently acquired players. Free agency opens at 11am, but I expect some big trades versus lots of big signings. Won't repeat the extensions from all the other threads, but here's one I just saw.

VGK - extended Lauzon for 6 years @ $4.0m. They have $3.375m (pre-LTIR) of space left to fill 7 roster spots. Somebody will get traded.
My bad on VGK....just looked at PuckPedia and they already have plans to LTIR both Petro and Karlsson (wrist).
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TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:25 am
TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:22 am Lots of action already with teams locking up recently acquired players. Free agency opens at 11am, but I expect some big trades versus lots of big signings. Won't repeat the extensions from all the other threads, but here's one I just saw.

VGK - extended Lauzon for 6 years @ $4.0m. They have $3.375m (pre-LTIR) of space left to fill 7 roster spots. Somebody will get traded.
My bad on VGK....just looked at PuckPedia and they already have plans to LTIR both Petro and Karlsson (wrist).
They can only go 10% over the cap in the off season and have to be cap compliant on opening night. Karlsson isn't going to be on LTIR all season. They will absolutely have to deal some more players and I would imagine someone is going to get Hertl or barby for basically nothing.
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Panthers signing Gudas until he’s 108…ok, really, until he’s 42. Still. What a joke.
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Backesdraft wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:48 am Panthers signing Gudas until he’s 108…ok, really, until he’s 42. Still. What a joke.
Yep, they always find a way! LOL. They reupped Luostarinen as well at $5.0 x 8 yrs. He's only 27, so that's more realistic.
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TheJackBurton wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:33 am
TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:25 am
TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:22 am Lots of action already with teams locking up recently acquired players. Free agency opens at 11am, but I expect some big trades versus lots of big signings. Won't repeat the extensions from all the other threads, but here's one I just saw.

VGK - extended Lauzon for 6 years @ $4.0m. They have $3.375m (pre-LTIR) of space left to fill 7 roster spots. Somebody will get traded.
My bad on VGK....just looked at PuckPedia and they already have plans to LTIR both Petro and Karlsson (wrist).
They can only go 10% over the cap in the off season and have to be cap compliant on opening night. Karlsson isn't going to be on LTIR all season. They will absolutely have to deal some more players and I would imagine someone is going to get Hertl or barby for basically nothing.
Why would they get them for nothing?
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skilles wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:55 am
TheJackBurton wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:33 am
TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:25 am
TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 10:22 am Lots of action already with teams locking up recently acquired players. Free agency opens at 11am, but I expect some big trades versus lots of big signings. Won't repeat the extensions from all the other threads, but here's one I just saw.

VGK - extended Lauzon for 6 years @ $4.0m. They have $3.375m (pre-LTIR) of space left to fill 7 roster spots. Somebody will get traded.
My bad on VGK....just looked at PuckPedia and they already have plans to LTIR both Petro and Karlsson (wrist).
They can only go 10% over the cap in the off season and have to be cap compliant on opening night. Karlsson isn't going to be on LTIR all season. They will absolutely have to deal some more players and I would imagine someone is going to get Hertl or barby for basically nothing.
Why would they get them for nothing?
Vegas can't take on salary. The return will be low level prospects or low level players making league minimum. Not literal nothing thus the qualifier "basically"
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Here's a good link to follow along on the activity.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/free-agency/
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Hischier extends with New Jersey for $11.7 x 5 years. Good deal for NJ.
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somni wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:07 am Here's a good link to follow along on the activity.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/free-agency/
Thanks. This is a good one as well that I've been reading.

https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/free-age ... -blog-2026
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We are signing Ross Johnston from Anaheim
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sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:17 am We are signing Ross Johnston from Anaheim
If so, that spells the end for Toro or Walker. Johnston will be a much better 4th line menace than either of those two.
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sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:17 am We are signing Ross Johnston from Anaheim
I like that a lot….we needed some toughness
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TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:19 am
sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:17 am We are signing Ross Johnston from Anaheim
If so, that spells the end for Toro or Walker. Johnston will be a much better 4th line menace than either of those two.
He probably doesn’t even make the team.
Other than PIM’s, he doesn’t add much.
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Jaden Schwartz to Colorado 🤮
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sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:30 am Jaden Schwartz to Colorado 🤮
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