NHL free agency has arrived, and that means teams around the league will be looking to make upgrades to their rosters for the 2025-26 season. Many teams have already taken care of business before July 1 by re-signing key players to extensions.

Forward Nikolaj Ehlers was the last big fish on the National Hockey League’s free agent market. In the end, he waited until two days after the market opened to decide on his new destination: the Carolina Hurricanes,