OPINION
- RYAN KENNEDY: Devils Go Big, Grab Dougie Hamilton (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: Phillip Danault's Ripple Effect Will Change the Kings' Identity (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: Blake Coleman Cements the Flames' Shift to 'Darryl Sutter Hockey' (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: Are the Hurricanes Actually 'Safer' in Net with Andersen and Raanta? (The Hockey News)
- LYLE RICHARDSON: NHL Trade Market Overshadowed by Free Agency (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames add 'Sutter-type' forward Blake Coleman to fill middle-six gap (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens emerge transformed from wild opening day of free agency (Sportsnet)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks will be better after additions, but impossible to say how much (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Molson, Canadiens must take meaningful action to repair damage of Mailloux pick (Sportsnet)
- SALIM VALJI: Sutter-ization of Flames continues with recent acquisitions (TSN)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Can the Maple Leafs win a Stanley Cup without a big-name, big-contract goalie? (National Post)
- SEAN KEELER: With Avalanche chasing Stanley Cup dreams, Darcy Kuemper was worth taking a flier on. But did Joe Sakic just take a flying leap? (Denver Post)
- JEFF GORDON: Kraken take Schwartz from Blues, Grubauer from Avs (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Ottawa Senators coach D.J. Smith gets some security after signing two-year contract extension (Ottawa Sun)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Kuraly signing sets Blue Jackets' roster (Columbus Dispatch)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Hurricanes signing Tony DeAngelo shows they really do want to be a ‘Bunch of Jerks’ (Raleigh News & Observer)
- STEVE POLITI: Dougie Hamilton gives Devils fan base hope that this rebuild will finally end (NJ.com)
- LARRY BROOKS: Rangers GM should not panic in Jack Eichel trade talks (New York Post)
- JOHN ROMANO: The Lightning just lost six players, but not their superiority (Tampa Bay Times)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: The Ottawa Senators get busy reshaping their roster by acquiring defenceman Nick Holden from Vegas (Ottawa Sun)
- MIKE McINTYRE: Jets in the driver's seat (Winnipeg Free Press)
- TERRY JONES: Oilers definitely got better in free agency, but is it enough? (Edmonton Sun)
- RICK BELL: Jeff Davison, council's arena man, takes heat on his big day (Calgary Sun)