NHL free agency is about to enter its third month, and most of the big names in this year's class have found homes around the league. There are, however, a surprising number of bona fide major league players still on the market, as salary-cap concerns have prompted teams to be restrained in their offseason shopping.
The following slideshow looks at the list of available players and attempts to match one to every team.
Some teams have an obvious hole that matches up nicely to an available player, but most don't. Many teams have problems but either no money or no realistic fix available through free agency. Other teams have no obvious holes. Further complicating the issue is that we've used 30 different players here; Cody Franson might be the best available fit for multiple teams, but he can only sign with one.
Our solution has been to identify a need on each team, or failing that to at least spot a position where the club might consider bringing a veteran to camp on a tryout deal. We've also sorted through the list of free agents to try to identify useful players who might plausibly sign for (and be affordable to) the indivi ...
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