The NHL offseason comes at you quick.
The Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils made big trades in between Video games 5 and 6 of the Stanley Cup Remaining. The NHL draft is subsequent week. Lower than 48 hours after the second day of the draft ends inside Sphere in Las Vegas, the offseason free agent frenzy begins on July 1.
It’s anybody’s guess how lots of the names on our 2024 NHL free agent tiers will make it to the open market, or what number of extra names could possibly be added by buyouts and groups strolling away from restricted free brokers.
As talked about in our offseason primer, the wage cap being set at $88 million means more cash within the system for groups to signal depth gamers — or add some further {dollars} to offers that entice bigger-name free brokers to hitch their groups.
“The free agent market is what it’s, however now there’s more cash within the system,” one crew govt mentioned. “I believe you may see contracts the place you are going to go, ‘Oh my god’ primarily based on the final 5 years beneath the cap.”
Here is a take a look at near 100 gamers within the unrestricted free agent discipline, organized into seven completely different tiers.