The best NHL free agents still seeking new contracts

The NHL free agency frenzy has calmed in recent days, as general managers retreat to their cottages and teams calculate their remaining salary-cap space.

There are still significant names available on the unrestricted free agent market, including some who could be game-changers for the right team. Will they find the contracts they're seeking with the teams they want to join? Or are they going to have to take what they can get?

Here's glance at some of the more compelling players still on the market:

Nazem Kadri, C, Colorado Avalanche

Age: 31 | 2021-22 cap hit: $4.5 million

Kadri is the biggest name available, coming off a career-best 87-point season and a Stanley Cup championship. He would be an…