Here in the Centre of the Hockey Universe, NHL free agency was being overshadowed for the first time by NBA free agency. NBA free agency often massively alters the league’s balance of power. In the NHL, free agency rarely has that impact. That tells you a lot about how free agency usually works. With free agency, there just doesn’t seem to be much along the lines of careful and intelligent team building.

Source: thestar July 02, 2019 00:56 UTC