Free Agent Frenzy Primer

Photo by (Josh Lavallee/NHLI via Getty ImagesWelcome to perhaps the biggest Free Agency Start Day in several years.

A combination of the highest cap increase in NHL history—$4.5 million per team—as well as a number of big names that had set their contracts to expire for this specific season, has set us up to see movement like no other day in the league.

The Canes have already been busy leading up to today. As is usual during this time of year, no one on either side officially confirms anything, so fans are left to get the stories from the reporters who are tapped into the teams and their agents to have an idea as to what’s going on. Freshly home from Las Vegas, the Hurricanes have a ton of…