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Last summer the NHL watched as the Florida Panthers spent wildly to reach the salary-cap floor. This season has lacked similar spending sprees, largely because teams seem convinced the floor will change with the new CBA.

Blog | Conversation | July 03, 2012

The Anaheim Ducks signed defenseman Sheldon Souray to a three-year, $11 million deal and agreed to terms with defenseman Bryan Allen on another three-year deal Sunday, significantly upgrading their spotty defense with two veteran free agents.

Here's a look at the status of the Dallas Stars roster. The Stars have 13 regular players from this season's roster under contract for next season at a cap hit of a little more than $40.5 million. Next season's cap, which is expected to be announc...

The Stars signed Michael Ryder, Vernon Fiddler, Radek Dvorak, Adam Pardy, Sheldon Souray and Jake Dowell on Friday.

Who's on track to become a free agent in the summers of 2011 and 2012? We've got the lists.

E.J. Hradek reacts to the blitz that is the first day of free agency, breaking down the biggest signings on the blue line, a theme that dominated the first day of the NHL's free-agent signing period.

Blog | Conversation | July 01, 2010

Want the latest free agency whispers on Anton Volchenkov? We've got them all right here. Keep checking back for updates.

Story | Conversation | June 01, 2010

Sean Allen helps all 30 NHL teams formulate fantasy-friendly resolutions for the rest of the season.

General managers mortgaged millions of dollars and committed to longer terms than most marriages during the first week of free agency. Here's a look at where the Western Conference teams stack up.

With the free agent frenzy dwindling to a free agent fizzle, Rob Vollman looks at which teams helped themselves the most this offseason, and which lost the most production from their previous campaign.

Story | Conversation | July 10, 2012

A year ago, Jaromir Jagr's return to the NHL was one of the great sideshows of the free-agency period. The five-time NHL scoring champion went to ground after professing his love of Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins. His agent, Petr Sv...

FRISCO -- This season hasn't gone the way Adam Pardy was expecting. Pardy, who signed a two-year, $ 4 million contract with the Dallas Stars as a free agent in July, has been scratched more times than he has been in the lineup. But he was in the l...

With the NHL season nearing the midpoint, Timo Seppa of Hockey Prospectus looks back at the offseason free-agent signings and determines which players have, and have not, been worth the money.

Story | Conversation | January 04, 2012

Here's a look at the how the 2011-12 Dallas Stars were built. The team includes 11 free agent signings, 10 draft picks and three players acquired via trade. How the Stars were built How each player on the Dallas Stars' 2011-12 roster was acq...

FRISCO -- The first of the Dallas Stars free agent signings from this summer has arrived in town. Defenseman Sheldon Souray hit the ice Wednesday morning in Frisco with several other Stars players who are skating on their own. Souray said he wante...

Victoria Matiash discusses the risers, fallers and injuries among defensemen, from a fantasy perspective, after the initial wave of free-agent signings. and updates her top 75 rankings for the 2011-12 season.