The NHL free agency period opened on July 1 and teams wasted little time bolstering their rosters for 2023-24 and beyond.
This year's class wasn't one of the most loaded ones in recent memory, but still featured a number of impact players including Dmitry Orlov (2-year, $15.5-million deal with Hurricanes), Ryan O'Reilly (4-year, $18-million contract with Predators, Tyler Bertuzzi (1-year, $5.5-million deal with Maple Leafs) and others who found new homes amid a strange landscape featuring plenty of short-term contracts for some pretty big-name players.
With the draft in the rearview, only a couple of impact free agents left and the cap situations much more clear for many clubs, attention will now mostly shift to the trade market and the few gems available there.