We are smack dab in the middle of the rumor mill season which is even stronger than usual for a couple of reasons in 2017.
The first and biggest reason the rumor mill season is huge is because this is a expansion draft year which makes everything a bit more crazy.
With Vegas getting a special 3 day period to sign people and make deals, it gives the old rumor mill extra time to really get rolling! Unlike previous times in NHL history that there was an expansion draft, this is the first time there has been a salary cap so things are even more pressured to get salaries off certain teams books now.