In less than a week, NHL teams will be backing armored cars full of cash onto the front lawns of unrestricted free agents, dumping dollars into the laps of players they hope make a difference next season and beyond.
Since this is free agency, there will be just as many poor decisions, if not more, than there will be smart ones.
There are a few UFAs who are obvious risks, more than the others, and this will be our attempt at warning GMs about these poor gambles. There are red flags on just about any player in his late 20s or early 30s but this group has far more than any other players on the market.