It's almost time for the NHL's 2016 free-agency window to open.
Starting Saturday, June 25, NHL teams will have permission to start interviewing potential unrestricted free agents, discussing "the potential interest in as well as general parameters of a potential future contractual relationship," according to a league memo transcribed by Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune transcribed in 2014. The interview window for restricted free agents opens on June 28.
In both cases, teams and players can speak about the length of a contract and how much it would pay, but no one can sign on the dotted line until free agency officially begins on July 1.
Some big names are on their way toward hitting the market this summer, but the free-agency period is about much more than which player hits the biggest jackpot.
Here are some of the most intriguing questions swirling in the run-up to NHL free agency.
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