2022 NHL Free Agency Live Feed
Welcome everyone to the craziest day in hockey.
Hockey’s craziest rodeo is upon us, as Wednesday noon kicks off the signing period for unrestricted free agents in the NHL.
There will be tons of storylines across the league — and also certainly a few surrounding the Carolina Hurricanes — as non-contract players search for their new homes.
When it comes to the Hurricanes, there are quite a few places Carolina will need to take a few steps to fill out the roster. The Canes have 16 players who were under contract last season who will enter free agency at midday (including the three RFAs who have not had extended qualifying offers).
This list is: Nino Niederreiter, Vincent Trocheck, Max Domi, Ian Cole, Brendan Smith, Derek Stepan, Josh Leivo, Sam Miletic, Andrew Poturalski, Spencer Smallman, C.J. Smith, Josh Jacobs, Alex Lyon, Beck Warm, Jack LaFontaine and David Cotton.
Along with extending qualifying offers to eight players, the Hurricanes have also already signed UFA Stefan Noesen to a two-year, two-way extension.
But now the real free agency frenzy is about to begin, and we’re going to follow it here.
We’ll have updates throughout the day on Carolina-specific free agency news and league-wide free agency news. Any major deals with Canes will appear here in the thread and will also receive a separate post.
A lot has already happened as some big-name potential free agents have decided to re-sign with their current teams.
As a reminder, we’ll mark all reported trusted signings with [REPORT] linked to the tweet, and we’ll update things as the teams formalize the deals.
Buckle up, guys!
