The NHL calendar is set up slightly differently than the rest of the sports world. The season just endd a couple of weeks ago when Vegas defeated Florida for the Stanley Cup, and now starting tomorrow, we will have the NHL draft. Free agency will then explode on the 1st, last a couple of days, and then be over. After that, the offseason is pretty quiet, without a lot of prolonged intrigue.
For the league, the hot and heavy business of the free agency period has a much more immediate impact on teams, and really on interest in the league. I love hearing about trades and free agency, don't you? For the players, though, there will be no more significant moment than the one when they hear their name called on draft night. None of the trades or contracts come until after you have been drafted (usually). The draft is where dreams come true.
That's right, for at least a few young men, their prayers will be answered when they are told they have to move to Columbus.
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