2016 IIHF World Championship
(Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia)
May 6-22 | Here | | 2016 Memorial Cup (Red Deer, Alberta) | May 19-29 |
| Draft Combine (Buffalo) | May 29-June 4 |
| Deadline for signing Unsigned Draft Choices | June 1 |
| Last possible day for Stanley Cup Final | June 18 |
| First Buy-Out Period Begins and Deadline for first club-elected arbitration | Later of June 15 of 48 hours after conclusion or SCF |
| NHL Awards (Las Vegas) | June 22 | Here |
| 2016 NHL Draft (Buffalo, New York) | June 24-25 |
| UFAs may meet with potential new Clubs | June 25-July 1 |
| Deadline for tendering qualifying offers to RFAs, first buyout period ends | June 30 |
| Setting of Upper/Lower Limits of 2016-17 Salary Cap | June 30 |
| Free agency begins (11 a. |
