Nearly 200 players have signed contracts since NHL free agency opened July 1. Here’s how free agency has impacted every team in the Western Conference.

Contracts are listed in parentheses (h/t Spotrac) with years and average annual value (AAV).

Anaheim Ducks: The Ducks are oozing cap space; in fact, they still need to add more than $4 million in salary to reach the cap floor even after signing forward Mikael Granlund (three years, $7M AAV). Signing restricted free-agent center Mason McTavish probably solves that problem, but there’s room for the Ducks to get creative if they still want to add this summer. 

Calgary Flames: The Flames have been quiet, with goaltender Ivan Prosvetov (one year, $950,000) as their only likely full-time NHL signee. There are questions lingering about the future of defenseman Rasmus Andersson as he enters a contract year for a Flames team sitting with around $15.4 million in cap space, according to PuckPedia. 

Chicago Blackhawks: The Hawks had a quieter free agency than many expected, doing most of their work on the secondary trade market before July 1. If they want to do something to support 2023 No. 1 overall pick Connor Bedard, PuckPedia has Chicago with about $22.3 million in cap space. 

Colorado Avalanche: Most of Colorado’s big work came at the trade deadline and before July 1. Still, the Avalanche made a savvy bet on defenseman Brent Burns (one year, $1M AAV) in a bonus-laden deal that won’t impact their cap sheet until next season. 

Dallas Stars: The Stars only major July move was to reunite with former bottom six stalwart Radek Faksa (three years, $2M AAV), which is curious for a team that is $1.79 million over the cap, according to PuckPedia. Assuming Dallas doesn’t have an LTIR stash coming, it will need to do something to reach cap compliance. 

Edmonton Oilers: A couple of savvy signings like depth forward Curtis Lazar (one year, $775,000 AAV) and the return of former Calgary winger Andrew Mangiapane (two years, $3.6M AAV) to Alberta to play for the Flames archrival marked an otherwise-quiet July. Edmonton’s tight to the cap, which could make in-season acquisitions difficult for a team that has made no noteworthy changes in net. 

Los Angeles Kings: The Kings’ July might feel catastrophic to some fans, after they loaded up on bottom-of-the-lineup signings in the form of defensemen Brian Dumoulin (three years, $4M AAV) and Cody Ceci (four years, $4.5M AAV), as well as forwards Corey Perry (one year, $2M AAV) and Joel Armia (two years, $2.5M AAV) and backup goalie Anton Forsberg (two years, $2.25M AAV). The message from new GM Ken Holland seems clear: The Kings aren’t hitting the panic button on a team that has been eliminated by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round for four consecutive seasons.

Minnesota Wild: The standard bearer for the State of Hockey decided not to spend much despite a world of cap flexibility brought on by the end of the worst parts of the dual 2021 buyouts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. The Wild responded to the return of the nearly $15 million in cap space by signing only a single player to a contract more than $800,000 yearly (forward Nico Sturm, two years at $2M AAV) and playing hardball with forward Marco Rossi, a 60-point scorer and restricted free agent without a contract who has been connected to persistent trade rumors. 

Nashville Predators: Nashville appears to be responding to the Hindenburg of a year by beefing up defensively, adding 6-foot-6 Nicolas Hague (four years, $5.5M AAV) on the left and 6-foot-4 Nick Perbix (two years, $2.75M AAV) on the right. The Predators pipeline is much stronger than it was two years ago, which could wind up driving Nashville to make some in-season moves to open up roster spots if things don’t go well again this season.

San Jose Sharks: San Jose signed forwards Philipp Kurashev (one year, $1.2M AAV) and Adam Gaudette (two years, $2M AAV) while also adding defensemen John Klingberg (one year, $4M AAV), Dmitry Orlov (two years, $6.5M AAV) and Nick Leddy (waiver claim with $4M remaining for one season) just to barely squeak above the $70.6M cap floor. The likely outcome is San Jose tries to turn some of these players into assets in-season. 

Seattle Kraken: It’s hard to really see what Seattle’s identity is at the moment after its lone major July addition of tough-as-nails defender Ryan Lindgren (four years, $4.5M AAV). From inception, the Kraken’s front office has never had qualms about spending in free agency, and now they need all those bets to pay off in the aggregate to supplement the potential core pieces of Matthew Beniers, Kaapo Kakko, Shane Wright and the high-end pieces in the farm system (forwards Berkly Catton and Jake O’Brien).

St. Louis Blues: The Blues made a couple of smart additions, highlighted by the signing of center Pius Suter (two years, $4.125M AAV) — an all-situations center who can provide real utility both down the lineup and on special teams. Nick Bjugstad (two years, $1.75M AAV) looks like an ideal fit at fourth-line center. The addition of 22-year-old defenseman Logan Mailloux, acquired in a trade from Montreal for equally promising forward Zach Bolduc, is a good lesson in how to properly capitalize on years of asset accumulation.

Utah Mammoth: The biggest bet for the Mammoth came in the JJ Peterka trade before free agency, but smaller additions of speedy forechecking winger Brandon Tanev (three years, $2.5M AAV), defenseman Nate Schmidt (three years, $3.5M AAV) and backup goaltender Vitek Vanecek (one year, $1.5M AAV) add some serious juice to a young team ready to compete. Third-line center Jack McBain is an unsigned restricted free agent, but Utah has the cap space to either sign McBain or potentially swing bigger if something shakes loose this summer elsewhere. 

Vancouver Canucks: The Canucks’ biggest moves were all about keeping as much of the band together as possible, re-signing forward Brock Boeser (seven years, $7.25M AAV) and then handing out contract extensions a year early to winger Conor Garland and goaltender Thatcher Demko. A summer of change has been something of a dud for Vancouver, perhaps signaling that the organization feels stability is its best pitch to extending defenseman Quinn Hughes next summer.

Vegas Golden Knights: The Knights saved it all up for one really big splash in the sign-and trade of winger Mitch Marner (eight years, $12M AAV) from Toronto. Trades of defenseman Nicolas Hague and center Nicolas Roy helped facilitate the deal. 

Winnipeg Jets: It was mostly organizational depth for the Jets, though they did officially sign Jonathan Toews (one year, $2M AAV) after announcing his bonus laden deal at the end of June. Additions of forwards Tanner Pearson (one year, $1 million) and Gustav Nyquist (one year, $3.25 million) will be necessary to try to offset the loss of 63-point scorer and longtime Jet Nikolaj Ehlers to Carolina.