Don’t expect the Flyers to be active today
Anthony Di Marco: Don’t expect the Philadelphia Flyers to be active in free agency today. They have $10.3 million in projected cap space, not including the potential $2.5 million once the Tony DeAngelo trade with the Hurricanes goes through,
Could see the Flyers looking for a depth forward or two, maybe a fourth-line center.
Panthers eyeing puck moving defensemen
David Pagnotta: The Florida Panthers are looking for a puck moving defenseman. Shayne Gostisbehere is one player they have on their radar.
Golden Knights will be working quickly when free agency opens
Danny Webster: Vegas Golden Knights GM Kelly McCrimmon on the start of free agency: “We expect to button up our business pretty quickly tomorrow.”
Blake Wheeler wants to play in the East
Darren Dreger: Blake Wheeler is wanting to play in the Eastern Conference next year. Could see the Boston Bruins being a fit and the Florida Panthers could be interested as well. The Panthers may be focusing more on their blue line though. Wheeler will have options.
The Top 30 unrestricted free agents
Mike Stephens of The Hockey News: Ranking the top 30 unrestricted free agents
Dmitry Orlov – D – Age: 31
Tyler Bertuzzi – RW – Age: 28
Ryan O’Reilly – C – Age: 32
Patrick Kane – RW – Age: 34
Vladimir Tarasenko – RW – Age: 31
MATT DUCHENE – C – Age: 32
Blake Wheeler – RW – Age: 36
J.T. Compher – C – Age: 28
Michael Bunting – RW – Age: 27
Max Pacioretty – LW – Age: 34
Jason Zucker – LW – Age: 31
Tristan Jarry – G – Age: 28
Scott Mayfield – D – Age: 30
Evan Rodrigues – C – Age: 29
Alex Killorn – RW/LW – Age: 33
Tomas Tatar – LW/RW – Age: 32
Luke Schenn – D – Age: 33
Carson Soucy – D – Age: 28
Jonathan Toews – C – Age: 35
Jesper Fast – RW – Age: 31
Frederik Andersen – G – Age: 33
Shayne Gostisbehere – D – Age: 30
Radko Gudas – D – Age: 33
Max Domi – C/LW – Age: 28
Matt Dumba – D – Age: 28
Joonas Korpisalo – G – Age: 29
John Klingberg – D – Age: 30
Pierre Engvall – RW/LW – Age: 27
Noel Acciari – C/RW – Age: 31
Kailer Yamamoto – RW – Age: 24