The Colorado Avalanche traded center Charlie Coyle and left-winger Miles Wood to the Columbus Blue Jackets for forward Gavin Brindley, a 2025 third-round draft pick and a 2027 conditional second-round draft pick.

NBA free agency is here. Players can officially begin negotiating with teams across the league beginning at 6 p.m. ET on Monday evening. There will be a flurry of activity this week. But many of the biggest names who could've been part of the free-agent pool stayed put without testing the waters.

The Minnesota Wild got two-time Stanley Cup champion Vladimir Tarasenko for nothing on the eve of NHL free agency

The Red Wings agreed to a trade on Monday, June 30 to send Vladimir Tarasenko to the Minnesota Wild. That the trade yielded only future considerations in return – hockey code speak for nothing – isn't as important as the fact the Wings don't retain any of Tarasenko's $4.

The situation with Rasmus Andersson has some layers to it, to be sure. The 28-year-old right-shot top-four Calgary Flames defenseman doesn’t have a full no-trade clause (he has a modified one), but the 2026 unrestricted free agent’s ultimate hammer is that he controls which team he would be interested in extending with as part of a trade-and-sign scenario.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Mitch Marner are headed for a divorce this off-season, with several teams emerging as potential landing spots for the 28-year-old right winger.

The Red Wings added some stability to their crease while the Ducks finally moved on from their former franchise goalie.

The Detroit Red Wings have acquired veteran goaltender John Gibson from the Anaheim Ducks. Detroit sent backup goalie Petr Mrazek, a 2027 second-round pick and a 2026 fourth-rounder to Anaheim for a player whose name has been in trade rumors for several years.

Our favorite part of the NHL Draft weekend, aside from seeing all the great young players land with their new organizations, is the trades.

NHL Draft concluded, we end our coverage of this draft by way of draft grades. These grades are based on how I think the clubs did, based on my knowledge of the players selected. The only way I can fairly and reasonably go about this exercise is to assign grades based on which team added the most by way of draft picks to the organization.