There aren't any marquee NHL free agents left. We're into the second week of July now, and anyone with considerable upside has been snatched up by a general manager who was probably overpaying for those services.
A market that was thin in the first place has been whittled down to the slim pickings that we see before us now. Yet there's something to be said for adding the right low-cost piece as the days of summer slide off of the calendar.
For example, the Columbus Blue Jackets recently snagged 22-year-old Anthony Duclair on a one-year deal worth the league minimum of $650,000.