On this episode, Jared and Tyler discuss the NHL draft and the official start of free agency. 

After being hyped up as one of the busiest draft days we have seen in a long time, day 1 of the draft was a dud. With just a single trade that only involved teams swapping picks it was quite the let down. Day 2 saw some actual player movement before and during the draft but the damage was already done for the weekend. 

William Karlsson was the first big RFA to come off the board this week as Vegas inked him to an eight-year, $5.9 million dollar per season deal. This will probably be one of those pretty good team friendly deals when all is said and done. 

Next up, we discuss the bulk of the NHL’s list of RFAs that need new contracts this summer. There’s lots of Canadian content on this list but definitely a couple of surprises as well. Offer sheets are also top of mind when it comes to this list as most of the media has brought up time and time again and we give our thoughts on what we think will happen. 

Last but not least, the UFA class of 2019 ends our episode. Seems a little lackluster without Erik Karlsson topping that list but there is still plenty of talent looking to get overpaid this year. As was said multiple times in the episode, the amount of NHL defenseman this year is driving the price through the roof, so it’s definitely not a good time to be a team struggling with your back end. 

Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy the episode.