It’s a Monday in July, and pretty much all of the sexy free agents are off the market. That leaves a lot of scraps who may be waiting for scraps.
But an RFA-to-be has gotten his desired trade destination and cashed in big, completing a story that dominated NHL headlines for the past week — including reports that the Islanders were “pursuing,” though it was always hard to figure how that was going to work.
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- What main unmet need does each team still have a week into free agency? Kurz says “another scorer” for the Isles, though obviously their cap does not allow for that without a trade that moves considerable money out.