NHL 2024 free agency: Live tracker, rumors, news and contracts on Day 1 originally appeared in NBC Sports Boston
The 2024 NHL offseason ramps up on Monday with the start of free agency.
Teams can begin agreeing to new deals and signing free agents to contracts at noon ET.
This year’s free agent market is expected to be filled with stars and proven veteran players, including Steven Stamkos, Sam Reinhart, Jake Guentzel, Elias Lindholm, Chandler Stephenson, Brandon Montour, Jonathan Marchessault, Matt Duchene, Brady Skjei and Tyler Toffoli , between others. .
One team to watch is the Boston Bruins, who won a playoff round in May for the first time since 2021 and have about $21.67 million in salary cap space, by CapFriendly. The B’s need at least one top-six forward, a proven scorer on the wing and a left-shot defenseman. They also I need to figure out a long-term extension with restricted free agent goaltender Jeremy Swayman.
It should be a very busy and exciting Monday as teams use their space to make roster updates.
Keep it right here with our NHL free agency live blog for all the latest rumors, news and completed contracts from day one.
7:48 am: Tyler Bertuzzi is headed to the Chicago Blackhawks.
Bertuzzi’s 4-year contract with Chicago will come with a $5.5 million AAV
-David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) July 1, 2024
7:45 a.m. ET: Here are some rumors and reports from the weekend to get the action started.
One item to watch: #NHLBruins issued a qualified offer today to Jeremy Swayman, of course.
But it appears the Bruins and Swayman haven’t made much progress on a new deal. And they already went through a full arbitration process to reach an agreement last year through a binding decision.
-Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 30, 2024
Tyler Bertuzzi will not return to the Maple Leafs. His value exceeded Toronto’s price. He’ll make a deal elsewhere in Year 4 and more than $5 million per territory.
-Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 1, 2024
Sources say RFA Nick Robertson has no plans to re-sign with the #sheets this summer and informed the team that he would like to be traded.
-Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) July 1, 2024
The Cup champion Panthers have agreed to an eight-year contract with Sam Reinhart.
Expected to be announced on Monday.-Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) July 1, 2024
It’s not surprising given Tampa’s trade for the rights to Jake Guentzel earlier today, but there has been silence between the Lightning and Steven Stamkos thus far. Never say never, but the Don Meehan-led Stamkos camp is working on other market options.
-Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 30, 2024
One item to watch: #NHLBruins issued a qualified offer today to Jeremy Swayman, of course.
But it appears the Bruins and Swayman haven’t made much progress on a new deal. And they already went through a full arbitration process to reach an agreement last year through a binding decision.
-Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 30, 2024
Friedman on Zadorov/OEL and Leafs (32TP): “I think they’ll have competition from Boston for Nikita Zadorov, they’re also into Oliver Ekman-Larsson, but I think there are some teams that are looking at that as well”
– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) June 30, 2024
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