NHL Free Agency Watch: The July 1 Tiers That Could Reset the Market

The July 1 market always looks cleaner from a distance than it does when GMs start calling around at midnight. ESPN’s tiers of available players point to the kind of free-agent class that can make front offices nervous, because every decision comes with cap math, term risk, and a little bit of self-deception. The real intrigue is not just who lands where, but which names can force teams to choose between patience and panic.