NHL free agency 2026 live updates: Rumors, trades, reaction and latest news ahead of official start
Every NHL team’s salary-cap situation, ranked from best to worst
For the last several offseasons, we’ve assembled this cheat sheet to give some insight into how active NHL teams can be on July 1.
This summer, things have been a little different; a brutal UFA class and a ton of pre-draft trade activity led to a whole lot more cutting, deleting and recalculating than we’d like to admit.
Fun as all that action might have been, 32 teams still have some crucial work ahead.









