While hockey fans spent the holiday weekend grilling and celebrating, NHL general managers were still working on their respective offseason blueprints and constructing rosters.
After big-name free agents like Loui Eriksson (Vancouver Canucks), Milan Lucic (Edmonton Oilers), Kyle Okposo (Buffalo Sabres), Andrew Ladd (New York Islanders), David Backes (Boston Bruins) and Frans Nielsen (Detroit Red Wings) all signed on July 1, other unrestricted and restricted free agents agreed to their own deals the last couple of days.