On this day I'm typically refreshing my Twitter feed every second looking or news on New York Islanders signings. Thankfully, I can enjoy July 1 by celebrating Canada and not being disappointed by inactivity, poor decisions, or missed opportunities by the Islanders on free agent frenzy day.
It's not to say that we don't find good free agents, Thomas Greiss was a great free agency pick up. As was fellow goalie Robin Lehner a few years after Greiss.
But when it comes to free agency the top guys, the game changers, either don't choose the Islanders, chose to leave, or the Isles sign the guys that get big money but do little else.