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- MARK SPECTOR: Lucic signing is a legitimate game-changer for Oilers (Sportsnet)
- GARY LAWLESS: General managers seem determined to repeat past mistakes (TSN)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Maple Leafs happy to leave July 1 big spending to others (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Free agents who teams won't instantly regret signing (ESPN)Paywall to view
- ERIC FRANCIS: With expensive extensions looming, Flames target role players (Sportsnet)
- JAMES MIRTLE: In a weird off-season: meet the new Leafs … same as the old Leafs? (Globe & Mail)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: NHL free agency: A very expensive game of musical chairs (Globe & Mail)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: Better days ahead for Sabres as rebuild nears finish (Buffalo News)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Pistons move ahead while Wings meander (Detroit News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Free-agent signing Troy Brouwer addresses Calgary Flames needs (Calgary Sun)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: Canucks enter the Eriksson years, signing top free agent to a six-year, $36-million deal (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Steve Yzerman catches Lightning in bottle with shrewd signings (Toronto Sun)
- FLUTO SHINZAWA: Bruins give ex-Blues captain David Backes five-year deal (Boston Globe)
- GREGG KRUPA: Wings should not hit brakes on wheeling, dealing (Detroit News)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Eriksson makes Canucks better, but Lucic would have rebranded them (Vancouver Sun)
- DAN BARNES: On Milan Lucic: Big term. Big money. Big left winger. (Edmonton Journal)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Deals won’t heal everything for Bruins (Boston Herald)
- JEFF GORDON: Blues trend younger as Backes, Brouwer leave (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Frenzy shows free agency favours the free (Toronto Star)
- SCOTT CRUICKSHANK: Flames GM wants his newcomer to bring the noise (Calgary Herald)
- BEN KUZMA: How Swede it is: World Cup of Hockey will help Eriksson rekindle chemistry with Sedins (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: As defense deals go, Ristolainen figures to cash in (Buffalo News)
- MIKE HEIKA: Why the Dan Hamhuis signing makes sense for the Stars (Dallas Morning News)
- BOB DUFF: The more Wings change, the more they stay the same (Windsor Star)
- GREGG KRUPA: Nielsen fills big hole in Wings' offense (Detroit News)
- KEN WARREN: Staying quiet on July 1 just might make sense for Sens (Ottawa Citizen)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Oh, Canada: Breaking down signings by teams north of border (Toronto Sun)
- BEN KUZMA: Competitive Stars were always going to be a ‘great fit’ for Hamhuis (Vancouver Province)
- TERRY JONES: Lucic goes with Connor and Peter in search for Stanley (Edmonton Sun)
- ROB ROSSI: Pens' time now, so Rutherford fits (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- PAT LEONARD: Rangers haven't exactly put on free agent fireworks display (New York Daily News)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Pretty tough day for Blues fans (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
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- KEN CAMPBELL: Will Canadiens rue the day they traded P.K. Subban? (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Yzerman and Stamkos ensure Lightning will have an extended stay at top of the NHL (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: Can we make any sense of the Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson trade? (The Hockey News)
- ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: 30 Thoughts: Why couldn’t Oilers and Canadiens make a deal? (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: The craziest 23 minutes in NHL history (TSN)
- MARK SPECTOR: Taylor Hall trade a tough sell for Oilers fans... for now (Sportsnet)
- SEAN GENTILLE: Canadiens trade P.K. Subban for Shea Weber (The Sporting News)
- ALLAN MUIR: Despite flurry of action, little change for Canadiens, Oilers (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Stamkos, Weber arrivals tip power for the East (ESPN)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Staying with Lightning was right choice for Stamkos all along (Sportsnet)
- SEAN GENTILLE: Oilers trade Taylor Hall to Devils, make large mistake (The Sporting News)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Eric Staal says he's still got what it takes (ESPN)
- MICHAEL GRANGE: Maple Leafs fans should be relieved they dodged Stamkos bullet (Sportsnet)
- ADAM GRETZ: 60 minutes of madness: How 5 NHL teams dramatically changed their future (CBS Sportsline)
- JAMES MIRTLE: Lightning strikes deal with Steven Stamkos (Globe & Mail)
- KEVIN ALLEN: Steven Stamkos had no reason to leave Lightning (USA Today)
- LARRY BROOKS: Devils pull off NHL trade robbery in getting Taylor Hall (New York Post)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Rutherford gets name on Stanley Cup again … and last word (Raleigh News & Observer)
- LARRY BROOKS: P.K. Subban trade is Canadiens purging NHL’s biggest persona (New York Post)
- BRENDAN KELLY: P.K. Subban trade worst move by Habs since the Patrick Roy deal (Montreal Gazette)
- SAM DONNELLON: Put Recchi in Hall of Fame alongside Lindros (Philadelphia Daily News)
- JOE REXRODE: Shea Weber for P.K. Subban? Actually, yeah (The Tennessean)
- SCOTT CRUICKSHANK: Hard-luck defender is ready for move to Senators' system (Calgary Herald)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Blockbuster deals set off NHL fireworks ahead of free agency (Ottawa Sun)
- TERRY JONES: The Oilers may have lost the Taylor Hall trade but they could start next season a much better team (Edmonton Sun)
- BUCKY GLEASON: Stamkos’ return to Lightning was blessing to Sabres (Buffalo News)
- TOM JONES: Re-signing Steven Stamkos makes it a great day (Tampa Bay Times)
- FLUTO SHINZAWA: Claude Julien has a plan for next season’s Bruins (Boston Globe)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Trades, Stamkos signing takes fans on wild and wacky ride (Toronto Sun)
- JEFF GORDON: NHL buzzes with blockbuster trades (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- JACK TODD: Subban's brash, confident style was never a fit with Habs (Montreal Gazette)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Once again, Blue Jackets pay big price for potential (Columbus Dispatch)
- LARRY BROOKS: Steven Stamkos’ Isles-thwarting megadeal reveals NHL’s top GM (New York Post)
- GENE COLLIER: There's one person Penguins can't lose ... David Morehouse (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- PAT HICKEY: Canadiens cut ties with larger-than-life P.K. Subban (Montreal Gazette)
- DAN BARNES: Market for D leads to Oilers' Hall trade (Edmonton Journal)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Canada might be the loser in seismic NHL day (Toronto Star)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: No offense to Sabres, Leafs or Wings but Tampa remained Stamkos' best chance to win (Buffalo News)
- GREGG KRUPA: Wings left with slim pickings minus Stamkos (Detroit News)
- PAUL WIECEK: Will big, bad Bruins bully Jets? (Winnipeg Free Press)
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