July 1 is always a busy day in the NHL, and this year was no different. The start of the 2015 free-agent season saw a flurry of signings and some pretty big trades as players shifted teams.
What it didn't see much of was terrible contracts. Maybe it was the relatively low salary cap, maybe it was the growing influence of analytics or maybe it was something else entirely, but general managers were remarkably restrained in their offers to free agents.
This made it an uncommonly good time for managers with a little bit of cap space and some money in their pockets to add talent.
How did your favourite team do? Read on for our early grades, based on talent acquired and the dollars spent on those acquisitions. We're looking solely at the new players who can expect to be in the NHL next season and only including moves from July 1 on.
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NHL Free Agency 2015: Early Grades for Every Team
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