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Bargains or busts? Reevaluating five top 2016-17 NHL free agent deals a year later

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There was good, bad and some ugly from this summer's NHL free agency, a rather quiet one outside of some preceding trades and a long-anticipated union between Kevin Shattenkirk and the New York Rangers.

Shattenkirk, among other high-profile veterans, made headlines more for pursuing a contender instead of taking more money. So there was hardly an excessive amount of lucrative deals, even if guys like Dan Girardi coaxed more of a salary cap commitment than they might have deserved.