This Week in Sportsball: 2024 NHL Free Agency Edition 

Corey Perry is the Buffalo Bills of players 4 appearances in a final in 5 years, 0 championships

It's a shame that you didn't mention Washington signing CapFriendly to a massive deal. That was one of the most ballsiest Free Agent signings that's causing outrage to the entire league.

Paul Maurice with that speech wearing that t-shirt….legendary

Utah in just 6 months has already come to a sports entertainment complex agreement. Something that the coyotes and Arizona just could never come to grips with

Goodbye Stamkos, thanks for giving me tons of great memories. Farewell Captain.

I love how Boston’s goal horn was quietly played right after he said Toronto comes after Boston 😂

The Lightings offer to Stamkos was borderline insulting, glad he got a reasonable payday in Nashville.

Nashville turned salary cap off smh

You have to love Paul Maurice and his enthusiasm! I thought his on Ice interviews during the game this past season were pure gold

Also, screw you Capitals ownership for killing off CapFriendly.

Please, never get rid of that intro. - The Biggest Fan of Intros.

Timestamps Florida Panthers - 1:52 Edmonton Oilers - 2:48 Tampa Bay Lightning - 3:55 Nashville Predators - 5:20 Washington Capitals - 6:17 Atlantic: Boston Bruins - 7:07 Toronto Maple Leafs - 8:02 Ottawa Senators - 8:50 Detroit Red Wings - 9:10 Montreal Canadiens - 9:33 Buffalo Sabres - 9:47 New Jersey Devils - 10:26 Metropolitan: Carolina Hurricanes - 11:30 Philadelphia Flyers - 12:25 New York Islanders - 12:57 New York Rangers - 13:15 Pittsburgh Penguins - 13:40 Columbus Blue Jackets - 14:10 Central Utah Hockey Team - 14:45 Colorado Avalanche - 15:48 Winnipeg Jets - 15:57 St. Louis Blues - 16:13 Minnesota Wilds - 16:36 Chicago Blackhawks - 16:56 Dallas Stars - 17:18 Pacific: Vancouver Canucks - 17:42 Seattle Kraken - 18:33 Calgary Flames - 19:36 Vegas Golden Knights - 20:00 Los Angels Kings - 20:17 San Jose Sharks - 20:44 Anaheim Ducks - 21:05

THE CULTURE IS STILL DAMN GOOD

Love when tree talks hockey let's fuckin go

"Good God, we need a bigger cap!" 😂😂😂

Idk about you, but I still prefer the old sportsball intro. The magic it holds is beautiful

Last time I was this early, Arizona still had a hockey team.

THIS WEEK IN SPORTSPUCK 🔥🔥

I'm just happy Paul Maurice is a Stanley Cup Champion. Absolutely well deserved.

Really sad to see Marchy go, and it sounds like Vegas didn't want to keep him like they wanted to get rid of flower. Wish him all the luck in Nashville

Considering the Canes spent half a decade with two top Blue Lines, it's remarkable how well they did to replace Skjei & Pesce. Walker & Gostisbehere are perfect fits.

Farewell, Stamkos. Thank you for everything you did for the Lightning. Go get paid and go send another team on a championship run!

I have learned that sports doesn't care about player loyalty, it wants results. Perfect examples: Vegas and Tampa Bay. Welcome to sportsball 2024. Have a nice day.

To add to the saga of the Yotes, yesterday Meruelo signed off on some papers that relinquished any and all rights he has to the NHL franchise of the Yotes.

I am ready for the penguins to menatlly and emotionally hurt me again 😂

every Leafs segment this year should just be TD Garden

Always love the nods to Ace Combat and F-Zero for the background music. Tree4prez

Goodbye Capfriendly, you will be missed

We've all been waiting for this one. Let us feast.

As a Preds fan, I'm excited for next season with our new acquisitions, but I am also afraid about the potential cap hell if this doesn't turn out well. It's cup or bust at this point.

I clicked on this video faster then some of these teams signing the free agents.

Ok, lets be real, the new Anaheim logo is S-tier. Maybe it'll have a winning-effect on the team?

Nashville printing money and I’m here for it

13:54 The youngest center AT 32?! The Pens should be renamed as the Pensioners.

Not a Nashville fan, but can't wait for the 2024/25 Stamkos/Marchessault Revenge Tour.

Matvei Michkov coming over is the best thing that’s happened to the Flyers in over a decade. I’m not expecting immediate success though. This will take some time, and the kid will have a lot of unfair pressure on him to immediately be the face of a long-suffering franchise. But there’s real hope and excitement again.

Hadn’t seen the Panthers celebration yet. Paul Maurice does not disappoint!

Nashville Predators hope they better become the Apex Predators of the Central with those FA signings.

Been waiting for this vid. Thanks for the always and continuous laughs, UTree.

Extreme G and 1080 Snowboarding music? Based AF

21:18 My favorite NHL rookie, Bennett Sennecke

Please make a new Wings video, we need a jinx

Yeah the thing with vegas is that their replacements for Martinez and Stephenson include Hanafin and Hertl. The trade deadline line last year acted as a way to bolster the team for the playoffs while also looking ahead to what will occur during freee agency. KM is a great gm

The biggest loss this year was Cap Friendly. And the Caps. Sigh.

As a Preds fan I’m thinking we’re gonna be less Honda Accord, more Acura Integra. (The “sporty, cooler Accord, but honestly still an Accord)

As a Sabres fan honestly Savoie was the easiest for us to lose. His injuries pushed him from possibly elite to top 6 and they haven't stopped. It's more or less the argument of he's elite but he's not going to last. Regardless they did what really was needed. It isn't flashy, but aside from trading for someone if Quinn gets injured the bottom 6 was the problem. We couldn't have anyone we could truly say was reliable in the bottom 6 to shut down anyone's top line. That's what cost us games. Skinner also would've ended up a 9m healthy scratch under Ruff

11:20 Is he using the music from Death Rally in the background? I'm watching a hockey video and suddenly I get all nostalgic for MSDOS games.

Love this format with the team logos in the corners. Great video flow. Thanks Tree!

Buffalo players leaving and winning a cup curse vs Correy perrys Cup curse, which one will come out on top?

The best case scenario for the DeBrusk signing would be for him to be the Bertuzzi to Pettersson's Naslund. I'm really hoping for him to be good at least, because the reason why Jake was so streaky in Boston is that he and the coaches the Bruins had did not mesh well together. Tocchet aligns with DeBrusk's wavelength way more on paper, and I hope it's the same in action. He's a really good defensive player, though, and he always comes in clutch in the playoffs.

I still need that Sabres legacy of failure like a baby needs milk

Never thought I'd ever see Stammer leave. Kind of sad but I'm not buying the tear jerking editorials talking about how the franchise screwed him over. He's made over a hundred million through his contracts, it's not like he's hurting for cash. There's something more to the story that we don't know yet.

All hail the everlasting tree

This offseason is taking forever.

Boston and Vancouver essentially exchanging players was something I did not see happening this offseason

STILLERS GAHNTA SOOPER BAHL

take care of Marchy, Nashville. Dude's a fucking legend

Jeannot to skid row in LA ))))

I actually like what Edmonton is doing this offseason. If Henrique, Skinner, and Arvidsson pan out, we’re looking at them competing for the cup again next year.

Stamkos: So that's it, after 16 years, "so long, good luck"? Tampa: I don't recall saying good luck

Calgary for once did not overpay this summer… it’s amazing!

Bring back the Arizona Coyotes!

Thank you for calling out Bylsma, it was painful watching those powerplays.

Been waiting for this

What am I supposed to use now instead of Capfriendly? Puckpedia? Spotrac? *_ESPN?!_*

as a jackets fan… the term is long for monahan but if he can get gaudreau going and stay back in form, it’s an overpay but when you’re the blue jackets you kinda have to. its more about whether fantilli, lindstrom and/or sillinger develop properly.

As a Lightning fan I’m going to miss Steven Stamkos, he was the heart and soul of the team for so many years. I wish him the best of luck in Nashville and it would be great for his career if he not only put one team back on the top like he did with the Lightning but also get another team that’s never been there like the Predators.

Goodbye CapFriendly 😢

Welcoming Utah Hockey Club is a surprise to watch, the 1st NHL relocation in 13 years!

You're such a W for using Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere music.

You make Hockey fun to pay attention to. Also, it was a pleasant surprise to suddenly hear the soundtrack to Death Rally halfway through the vid. Keep it up!

Dude, I don't care if we end up being the Blizzard or the Yeti or the Outlaws - I am beyond stoked that the NHL is in Utah. I'm a little miffed that we didn't get to keep the Coyotes mascot, but whatever. I'm so looking forward to having a hometown team to cheer for.

The Pens forgot to tell the Caps that they were gonna ride off into the sunset of irrelevancy together lol

The Wild have to get through this coming season then they can actually pay players as those buyouts will finally be over, but they also have a good chunk of current players with deals coming up as well. Super Mid Season again here we come.

God Tree its so nice to see the OG opening ❤❤❤

“Canada continues to seethe” What, you thought we wanted the Oilers to win? What’s next? Thinking we want the Leafs to win?

Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere (one of my favorite games) soundtrack to the Avs part (my favorite team), awesome!

I am not a hockey fan, but this is how I receive the news about my local team

As a Kings fan I’m terrified to watch

I'm really excited to see Elias Lindholm and Zadorov play in Boston. Also Tree, Matt Grzelcyk is either really good or really bad with no in between. Here's something that's funny and true: Charlie McAvoy is now the shortest defenseman on the Bruins at 6 foot 1

Guentzel is gonna hear the boo birds when he plays in Raleigh

I know it is free agency, but there is one thing for the Rangers and Sharks you forgot to mention. Barclay Goodrow. Barclay Goodrow was bought out by the Rangers despite a surprising playoff run. He was grossly overpaid, and his performance in the regular season was worse. With Lindgren and Schneider expecting a new contract, we needed cap space to extend them both. Goodrow is definitely not worth $3.6 million for 6 years. After 3 years, the team had enough. The Rangers put him on waivers. Knowing what Goodrow brings, it was only a matter of time before someone claimed him. That team did. The San Jose Sharks claimed Barclay Goodrow. He is going back to the Sharks where it all started. We can't call the Sharks idiots desperate enough to get the Goodrow contract off our hands. He still is good and can definitely help with the Sharks depth (especially depth last season was a bunch of "Who the hell are these guys?"). It sucks to see Goodrow go, but it had to be done. The worst contract in Rangers history is officially off our hands. The Sharks will have him for 3 more years (which is the contract we SHOULD HAVE given Goodrow, not 6!!), and he should help with the Sharks. Although, I will admit how we handled it was wrong.

Oilers got to game 7 and got even better. We got even better and all we need now really is a TOP 4D

the unexpected boston-vancouver multiswap was slightly confusing haha. happy for drouin. and i kind of get what buffalo was doing with the savoie for mcleod trade, but i also don’t get it at all.

I genuinely felt bad for the penguins to hear that kevin hayes is their youngest center. Jesus

the Utah hockey club + Utah Sports Commission is an interesting Rabbit Hole

You missed the most important move for dallas. Ryan Suter is gone! Hallelujah!

damn Utah got a hockey team before atlanta again. WHEN WILL WE HAVE HOCKEY AGAINNNNN (and maybe with semi decent ownership)

Carter Hart, welcome to CSKA Moscow!!!!

"Where does _THIS_ Cup Run go? That's right, it goes in the _square_ hole." -The Bruins

Utah Hockey Club LOL

Extreme-G soundtrack. Exquisite taste as usual, Tree

I AM DEAD INSIDE IN ARIZONA 😭

Who’s ready for the sequel to the 2016 Free Agency video?

As a Bruins fan, I'm just shocked we signed a Russian to a long-term deal. Boston City Hall usually scares them away.

Thank you for everything Marshy, i wasnt a fan of a vegas team that was barely hanging on in February to buy large at the deadline and this is why, it just wasn't worth it.

Fuck yeah paul maurice!

I don't know why people are surprised Marner is still with the Leafs, if there were no rules it would obviously be time to move on. However with NMC/NTC and a 10+ million dollar contract I'm not sure how people expected that to get done.

Flyers aren't that close Tree. I gotta be honest here. Michkov here is awesome, but our team is still in the beginning to middle stages of a rebuild. Having some younger guys with great potential is awesome, but def aren't close yet. (Having 3 1sts and potentially 3 early 2nds next year though is really nice :D)

Kings gave up the third-least goals against, ninth in goal differential, 16th in goal for. They did upgrade the net but did not get additional offense unless Foegele plays really well. Arvidsson is a great player but gets hurt a lot. I agree on the overpaying Edmundson, that hurt. Kings aren't lost if Byfield keeps producing and Clarke makes an impact.