The calendar has flipped to June, which means we’re into NHL free agency talk in a big way for the next four weeks.
And in a shallow year for UFAs, Mitch Marner is going to be the big fish that most of the league pursues on July 1. By my count, as many as 15 teams make sense at the moment for a Marner bid, and that may be a conservative number.
Taking into consideration teams’ roster needs, cap situations and likelihood of pursuing him, as well as Marner’s potential desired landing spots, here’s my look at all 32 teams and how they will likely approach one of the biggest names making it to free agency since John Tavares (seven years at $11 million a season) in 2018 and Artemi Panarin (seven years at $11.6 million) in…