The Sharks had a busy 2025 NHL free-agency period, and their addition of multiple veterans gives them a solid grade for the summer.

The 2025 NHL draft included 224 prospects finding new homes, and the weekend included trades for Noah Dobson, Charlie Coyle and John Gibson. On Monday, a slew of re-signings, and the trade of Mitch Marner, took several big names off the free agent big board.

There are still some trades and smaller free-agent signings to be made around the NHL this summer, but the bulk of the major moves have already been made.

The NHL's free agency period has begun and here's where every major name has signed so far after the first day.

After scouring the league's signings, here are 10 of the best contracts that teams have inked in free agency so far.

NHL franchises tend to have short memories. The Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs are perfect examples of it as they have gone from trade partners to competing for the same player in hopes of helping out Elias Pettersson and Auston Matthews,

After a disappointing campaign last year, the Predators needed to make moves in NHL free agency, but did they do enough for a solid grade?

The salary cap is a monetary threshold (in dollars allotted to its roster) a team cannot cross. A player’s salary-cap hit is the dollars averaged out per year over the life of his contract. The salary cap’s upper limit for 2025-26 is $95.5 million U.S. and the lower limit is $70.6 million.