2022 Free Agent Frenzy is Going to be Absolutely Bananas

The list of available free agents this summer is kind of ridiculous. The Free Agent Frenzy of July 1 is an annual event celebrated all over the hockey world. This is the day when teams are able to officially offer contracts to free agents & typically when rumors are either confirmed or dismantled. Each year there is a landslide of signings that is often difficult to track. Well, this year's free agent list is riddled with high-end talent. At the same time, team purses have never been more tightly managed, so surely it will be an interesting series of developments.

The following players are currently without contracts & set to enter UFA status July 1:

- Johnny Gaudreau (CGY)
- Nazam Kadri (COL)
- Filip Forsberg (NSH)
- Kris Letang (PIT)
- Claude Giroux (FLA)
- Andre Burakovsky (COL)
- Bryan Rust (PIT)
- David Perron (STL)
- Ryan Strome (NYR)
- Valeri Nichushkin (COL)
- Phil Kessel (ARI)
- Evgeni Malkin (PIT)
- Vincent Trocheck (CAR)
- Ondrej Palat (TBL)
- John Klingberg (DAL)
- Nino Niederreiter (CAR)
- Evan Rodrigues (PIT)
- Paul Stastny (WIN)
- Max Domi (CAR)
- Evander Kane (EDM)
- Reilly Smith (VGK)
- Mark Giordano (TOR)
- Frank Vatrano (NYR)
- Ilya Mikheyev (TOR)
- Nick Paul (TBL)
- Calle Jarnkrok (CGY)
- Ben Chiarot (FLA)
- Vlad Namestnikov (DAL)
- Justin Schultz (WSH)
- Ian Cole (CAR)
- Josh Manson (COL)
- Erik Gudbranson (CGY)
- Curtis Lazar (BOS)
- Zach Aston-Reese (ANA)
- Nick Leddy (STL)

Plus a few dozen others not notable enough to list, but you get where I'm going with this. Absolutely loaded with talent, it's a great time to have space on one's salary cap this summer.

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