Day 1 of NHL free agency is in the books and Day 2 is underway.
Stanley Cup-winning goalies Frederik Andersen and Sergei Bobrovsky moved to the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs, respectively, on the opening day.
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The New York Rangers traded Vincent Trocheck to the Utah Mammoth, getting back defenseman Sean Durzi as part of the deal. They later traded for defenseman Marcus Pettersson to boost their blue line. The San Jose Sharks added Jacob Trouba and Darnell Nurse to their defense.
Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski made clear he wanted to stay in Columbus. Rasmus Andersson got a seven-year deal to stay with the Vegas Golden Knights and the Chicago Blackhawks gave Bowen Byram a six-year extension that makes him the top-paid defenseman.
Follow along on Thursday, July 2 for Day 2 of NHL free agency with signings, trades, news and rumors:
NHL free agency: Winners and losers from Day 1
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No. 1 Toronto Maple Leafs: Gavin McKenna
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No. 1 Toronto Maple Leafs: Gavin McKenna
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No. 2 San Jose Sharks: Ivar Stenberg
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No. 3 Vancouver Canucks: Caleb Malhotra
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No. 4 Buffalo Sabres: Daxon Rudolph
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No. 5 New York Rangers: Alberts Smits
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No. 6 Calgary Flames: Carson Carels
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No. 7 Seattle Kraken: Chase Reid
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No. 8 Winnipeg Jets: Viggo Bjorck
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No. 9 San Jose Sharks: Keaton Verhoeff
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No. 10 Nashville Predators: Wyatt Cullen
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No. 11 St. Louis Blues: Tynan Lawrence
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No. 12 New Jersey Devils: Alexander Command
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No. 13 New York Islanders: Malte Gustafsson
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No. 14 Columbus Blue Jackets: Oscar Hemming
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No. 15 Anaheim Ducks: Nikita Klepov
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No. 16 St. Louis Blues: Maddox Dagenais
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No. 17 Utah Mammoth: Ethan Belchetz
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No. 18 Washington Capitals: Oliver Suvanto
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No. 19 Los Angeles Kings: Elton Hermansson
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No. 20 Buffalo Sabres: Ilia Morozov
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No. 21 San Jose Sharks: Ryan Lin
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No. 22 Pittsburgh Penguins: Liam Ruck
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No. 23 Detroit Red Wings: J.P. Hurlbert
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No. 24 Vancouver Canucks: Adam Novotny
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No. 25 Ottawa Senators: Jonas Lagerberg Hoen
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No. 26 Montreal Canadiens: Gleb Pugachyov
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No. 27 Philadelphia Flyers: Maksim Sokolovskii
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No. 28 Anaheim Ducks: Marcus Nordmark
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No. 29 Vegas Golden Knights: Juho Piiparinen
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No. 30 Calgary Flames: Jack Hextall
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No. 31 Nashville Predators: Tommy Bleyl
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No..32 Ottawa Senators: Jaxson Cover
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Minnesota Wild re-sign Nick Foligno
He gets one year at $900,000. He gets to spend a full season with brother Marcus after coming over in a trade from the Blackhawks last season. He is a former captain of the Blackhawks and Blue Jackets.
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Toronto Maple Leafs sign Brandon Duhaime
He gets three years. The Maple Leafs continue remaking their bottom six after adding Nick Paul, Jack Roslovic, Colton Sissons and Teddy Blueger Duhaime totaled 324 hits in his two seasons with the Capitals and has topped 200 twice.
Colorado Avalanche sign Jaden Schwartz
He gets a three-year deal. After moving out some depth scoring in Ross Colton and Jack Drury, the Avalanche add back. Schwartz is a six-time 20-goal scorer and had 26 goals in 2024-25 with the Kraken.
Who are the best remaining free agents?
Claude Giroux, Patrick Kane, Anthony Mantha, Vladimir Tarasenko, Michael Bunting, John Klingberg, Logan Stanley and others are still out there.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NHL free agency live tracker: Latest signings, trades, news, rumors on Day 2
