Obviously we knew about some of these already – Nick Shore, Kenny Agostino – but it was nevertheless surprising when the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that they had signed seven players.
While most of these names are either already known or two-way contracts for no-namer players, the surprising pick up of Pontus Aberg was pretty cool.
The reason for not officially announcing contracts until now is pretty obviously to do with the salary cap, which seems to get more complicated by the day, but I’ll leave those details to the nerds – they don’t really concern me.