NHL Free-Agent Targets: One Fit Every Team Can Chase

The market opens with the usual blend of urgency, wishcasting, and a few front offices pretending they are above the frenzy. This kind of rundown matters because every team sees the same summer and somehow still comes to wildly different conclusions about what fixes a roster. The smart move is usually the boring one, but that rarely stops a GM from shopping for the shiny object. This is where the real league conversation starts, long before the first contract gets signed.