Every offseason, NHL teams award major contracts hoping those players become long-term building blocks and core roster members. Those deals can come through free agency, following a trade acquisition or by retaining an existing player. In some cases ...

Mavrik Bourque's play is likely to outperform his contract in his first year with the Nashville Predators. Stacy Revere / Getty Images This year’s free-agent class was one of the worst in NHL history. There were hardly any true difference-makers ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two of the Colorado Avalanche’s most important players are eligible to sign new contracts Wednesday, but what those deals might look like is a big unknown in the NHL’s new financial landscape. Joe Sakic said ...

Since free agency became such a publicized event on the NHL calendar, a tradition that has come along with it is watching general managers spill their wallets in an attempt to get the best players left on the market. The bidding war for a market mostly ...