Jeff Skinner to Oilers, Lizotte to Pens, Girgensons to Bolts, Record Day for the NHL 

You need a Principle Skinner magnet for Oilers recaps

Just to put how good Skinner is at scoring goals over the past 3 seasons he’s scored 1.25 goals per hour with Buffalo which is in the top 10 players in the NHL… now he’s playing with the best passer in the NHL in Leon or Connor. Put overs on him scoring 40 goals.

You've been crushing it with these videos today, Shannon!

Hawks basically signed up a new team today, and with a new play-by-play caller in the legendary Rick Ball, next season is going to feel very different than last, noice

Skinner is the type of player who can perform at an elite level IF he’s got the right players with him. He’s not the type to carry offence on his own, but if you put him on a top 6 with McDavid, Draisaitl, Hyman, and RNH, then you can expect a solid 30-35 goal scorer. If he scored 40 again with Edmonton, I wouldn’t be surprised. Great signing.

A person named Cooley playing for the Flames? That makes sense.

Lizotte might be my favorite player, so I wish him the best in Pittsburgh. That guy doesn't quit, and makes the entire team better when he's on the bench. At first I thought he was just lucky at getting his stick on the puck, but he consistently breaks up plays with his last minute stick moves. It goes back to him never quitting on the play. I think the Kings are going to miss him more than they realize.

Welcome to the mercenary stage of Jeff Skinner’s career, still a 20-35 goal scorer, now with McDavid, Draisatl and the Edmonton Oilers, he’s almost bound to bounce back, enough for a cup ? Mercenary Perry is back as well.

Jeff Skinner and Zemgus Girgensons will finally get to experience playoff hockey

1st line Hyman mcdavid Hopkins 2nd line Skinner draisaitl arvidsson 3rd line halloway McLeod kane 4th line brown henrique janmark...Perry 13th forwards...lethal.... amazing pp and pk and scoring from all 4 lines....

Jeff skinner will be good for us, and our "bad depth"

This has been my favourite NHL Free Agent Frenzy Day in a while. Fascinating moves everywhere 😀

One of the TSN guys mentioned Jeff Skinner has never played a playoff game at both junior or NHL If Connor and Leon can’t get you into the playoffs Jeff, it’s proof you’re the most cursed active player in the NHL

Skinner might be the most underrated signing of this off-season and Edmonton is looking pretty good. Henrique may not be on his prime but is a great addition if you place him on the third line. I think Edmonton has a good shot again at a cup final.

Blackhawks fan here… I like what has occurred today. I hope our young guys get some real chances to play and learn at the NHL level with all these veterans added. EDM looks very tough… NAS will be tough as well.

Must be fun being a fan of a team with a competent GM making signings that will actually help them win. Unfortunately I can’t relate rn 😭

I hate the Oilers but those are 2 good signings. Skinner adds even more scoring depth and Janmark was a beast for them in the bottom 6, especially the final

Between two Skinners should be the new show

Jannmark contract is steal for sure. Not bad skinner either.

Vancouver Canucks actually signed a notable Canadian player today... Thats the most surprising thing of the day. They love their yanks and euros in Canuck Land!

On Girgensons: "he's a hard worker". Me who regularly watch Latvians play hockey. "Well no sh#t.." Those guys are insane, not always with an NHL skill set but that work ethic is something else and pretty much nation wide.

BREAKING: Oilers sign Principal Seymour Skinner to a 3-year deal.

Adam henrique signs for another 2 years in edmonton. Oilers look strong.

We'll miss you in Buffalo, Girgs 💔

Crazy day, great coverage Shannon

Edmonton wants all the Skinners

Edmonton is going for the Sabres charm signing Skinner. Sabres are growing a reputation in players that go to other teams soon find their name on Lord Stanley's Cup.

THG You probably didn’t see my comment during the livestream today. If you’re still interested in the Kings (now) previous away jersey in prime green, the Kings team store has it listed at $180 & not their previous price at $250.

Seeing the signings the Oilers are pulling off, I may be too optimistic, but it tells me guys see a good chance of winning with them.

Man screw a GM, Jeff Jackson can be ceo and gm. Besides the questionable draft trade to pick 32, I’ve been so satisfied with this free agency and signings. If he can get a Drai extension done by September, I’m pleased. A Bouchard extension can wait for a little because he’s a rfa.

Amazing work!!!

Skinner bringing thoes steamed hams to Edmonton! ♨️🍔

NBA players are signing 5 yr $300 million dollar deals let’s not get too amazed by the nhl numbers. Hardly keeping up with inflation

I did NOT have Edmonton adding two former 30+ goal scorers on the bingo card today, just crazy. The Oilers have an outrageous top 6 now (which seems crazy to say), with some options to swap guys in and out, particularly at LW. The Oilers have 7 forwards who have scored at least 30 goals in a season over the last 5ish years. Edmonton is now with a proper set of players at each wing for the first time in the McDavid era. Say what you want, but this is a dramatic turn around from 4ish years ago where Edmonton had nobody proven who wasn't named Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to play with McDavid and Draisaitl.

Today feels like Christmas! 😊

Welcome to the Playoffs Jeff Skinner.

Skinny was a defensive liability on most nights but he is a beauty and we will miss him.

The Oil kinda went thermonuclear signing some money deals today

You're doing OT! tysm

Both my Oilers and my Capitals made a lot of seemingly great moves and no real bad ones (apart from re-signing Perry), and this scares me. It's suspicious, like something bad's going to happen now.

What a day for Ducks GM to call out sick....

Oilers killing it today, they even got Henrique back. If they don't mess this up by hiring that GM who covered up all that abuse stuff then I am really going to look forward to next season.

I’d have loved Skinner in Boston at that number, would’ve been a perfect fit

Klingberg would be great in Vancouver when he's healthy. Hes a RHD, exactly what the Canucks need!

This is good for NHL marketing. Skinner will be the man to make McDavid entertaining when he is OFF the ice.

Lots of interesting activitiy around the league.

Great signing for Oilers.

No talk about isles signing duclair to 4 years?

I told my brother, “Skinner is going to the oilers so they can have 2 Skinner’s”. It seems I may have been right.

I liked arvidsson alot wen he played. But the problem is he doesnt always play

As sabres fan this is hilarious, now we will see Skinner win the cup next year. He is a great player, with Drai on second line I bet he gets 35-40 goals.

Congrats to the Oilers because if you follow the Sabres you know we send our guys out to win cups lol. I’ll miss skinner.

Unless you get Skinner to play defense & backcheck, your just getting the same player Canes traded for a road flare and Buffalo just bought out...so there's that.

Not a clue who thei Kelly guy is but hey excited to see him on the ice to see what we're looking at.

Might there be team by team Free Agent signing breakdowns coming? Or a team by team review of how free agency went? Love the content Shannon

Nashville looking scary

First POs for Skinner! :)

I have a feeling holloways going to have a breakout season. He gained alot of confidence in the play-offs. Went from a boy to a man.

Shannon, we appreciate you. Can you do a summary of salary cap strapped teams next? There will be a lot of high priced players waived next, correct?

I wrote a long reply to a Vancouver faan who was not happy about edmonton doing all the good signings, but when I tried to post my reply, it said entity was not available, and I tried, several times. However, since I took the time to write such a long reply, I will post it here instead (about Vancouver signings first day of free agency). I happened to listen to some random nhl youtube commentary channel (that consisted of several guys with different perspectives discussing) that turned out to be really good (I will subscribe to it). Anyway, they realized Vancouver is building a team arround.... Tocchet (with responsible and really tough players to play against, like Tocchet also was) to be best in the playoff. And all their 5 signings yesterday (including the bargain / low cost once) were like that (the best / 'worst'/most uncomfortable player to play against from each of the teams from which they came/signed). So they were very impressed by Vancouver signings (and it was not a pro Vancouver channel, but based in Toronto). And Vancouver had also used their playoff opponents to be opportunities to scout for the most uncomfortable/good players to have on their own team this year. All 5 players signed by Vancouver yesterday were Tocchet kind of players fitting well into his system. So that is, why they realized Vancouver is building a team, not around some player, but around Tocchet. And the channel was based in Toronto, and I don't remember which player, but they were happy Vancouver had signed a player in Toronto's division, so that Toronto would not need to face him anymore, that is how uncomfortable that player was to play against. And the same with the player (one of the defensmen) Vancouver signed from, I believe Nashville? And they said, just ask Hughes, that he would be happy to have him on the team instead of having to play against him. So that is what Vancouver has been up to lately, really preparing in the best way for the playoff (not the regular season to show off), and perhaps going somewhat below the radar. Vancouver also did not sign any old available players, they noticed.

Oilers are looking like the best team in the league after today. Took it to G7 in the cup finals with last year's team, and their team is definitively stronger after their Skinner and Arvidsson signings. A lot can happen though I'm impressed with their free agency moves so far and feeling a spicy upcoming year

Pleasantly surprised by Skinner signing. His defense is questionable but that scoring is immaculate.

Time for me to check cap friendly to see Edmonton's cap situation... oh wait...

Edmonton and Nashville will be favourites for the Stanley cup finals. And panthers ofc

honestly most of the contracts handed out this free agency have been remarkably good.

From Buffalo, will Skinner and Girgensons finally make the playoffs?

Skinner can easily outscore the combined third and fourth lines of the Sabre's as they exist today. Good signing. Thanks for nothing but heartache Terry

Crazy that pat verbeek slept all day

The Oilers are going to break the goals per game meter next year.

The Pens have had a sneaky good offseason. If Rakell can bounce back and Bunting and Malkin keep up what they started last season, the top two parings will be solid. And they added a lot of good depth. Sure they are old, but aside from Karlson, their cap hits are great for their production. Seems like big name players aren't interested in signing there, but they're making good depth signings.

Ducks did nothing. Third to last place, 31 million in cap space, and no Free Agent signings. I’m surprised, frustrated, and confused.

Honestly the panthers have great goalies all around with the experience up front with Bobs and I like Driedger A LOT, meet him back when he was with the thunderbirds playing the Binghamton devils (t-birds was Florida’s AHL team at the time) and he’s a great guy. Then Knight isn’t too bad either. Florida is set in the goalie dept for now

Last year: "we need two solid goaltenders", - Detroit: "let's make it three". This year: "all teams looking for three goaltenders" - Detroit: "Hold my beer"

Hi Shannon !...

As an Ontario Reign fan I’m happy to see Dreidger move on!!

Vancouver could really have needed Edmonton's Skinner and Arvidsson good top 6 forwards - or perhaps they are not Rick Tocchet type players? And edmonton signing Janmark 3 years for 1.5 m a year is really an insult to Janmark (he was one of their best players in the final series against Florida, both scoring goals and amazing box play. So yeah edmonton has really done some good value signings.

Thanks for the videos! Are you not worried of getting a burn out by putting so much time on hockey?

All these moves by Tampa has me wishing the season started tomorrow!! RIP stamkos and sergy :'((( The new additions will help a ton come April.. Go bolts

First of all, thanks for your devotion! Though you would miss a few free agent signings, you'd focus on the key ones, and you're human-I understand. But keep it up, you'd be better than those on TSN or ESPN. Now, to focus on Devin Cooley, it is a shame that he'd leave for money to go to Calgary after some games with the Sharks--he's a hometown-raised player and is similar to Auston Matthews for defunct (or possibly revived?) Coyotes. I feel it's traitorous, but at least he'll be with Devin Wolf who is also from the SF Bay Area.

As a VGK fan I need a video on what you think their plan is after what they gave up today compared to what they got back 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Detroits Blueline gives me anxiety 😅

for the two players without the cap hit. Parker Kelly is 2 years at 825k and Jesse Ylonen is at league minimum 775k

Oh!

Going to miss seeing Lizotte on the Kings roster, but at least his departure frees up cap space to try & sign Byfield.

We need some cooling off time to digest all this. Can you call up the league and ask for a couple days moratorium?

Love u thg hope Winnipeg starts adding a 2c and some defense

Shannon I love what Blackhawks did bring in Vets to win now and teach young kids how to win

Sad to see Gost leave Detroit. Him and Perron gone and no big names replacing the wing looks like a lot less points will be scored

Wolf better be as good as advertised or the Flames will be in it next year for the top pick.

I think the Oilers may need a video of their own to recap everything they've pulled off today

EDM got a Buffalo player? well, they're winning next season!

Skinner will only look good cause of his Center, like always, Giregensons will be missed but necessary. The signings Adams made were smart cause you need a more rugged bottom 6 F group and we will see that. Lot of compete down there to drive the play up in the top 6. Off-season isn't over though, gotta find a way to get a top Winger so we don't have to play Zucker up there as much, if at all

Prediction: Canes make the the playoffs in the first wild card spot.

My Blues have done Nothing and we have 16 million in Cap Space. Our cup win 5 years ago is still keeping me going.

Probably the best Top 6 the Oilers have ever had

$ has gone totally bonkers in NHL signings for 07/01/2024!

The coil think buyout skinner is going to help them is pure hilarity

Will Phil Kessel be signed Will Josh Bailey be signed Will Alex Chaisson be signed Will Jonathan Toews be signed. Ur thoughts

I'm gonna miss Driedger but hopefully dude has a fucking year in Florida.

Why was Winnipeg so quiet? A great video would be the teams (Ducks) that hardly did anything .