NHL free agency doesn't open until noon on Tuesday, July 1, but general managers decided to get a lot of their work done early. According to reports, Mitch Marner is heading to the Vegas Golden Knights in a trade and will get an eight-year, $96 million contract. Nicolas Roy will go to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the trade.

The Rangers opened the vaults for the best available UFA defenseman, Vladislav Gavrikov, on a seven-year contract that carries a $7-million cap hit. When it came to their own free-agent defenseman, youngster K’Andre Miller, the Blueshirts decided to move on from the RFA. But they did manage to keep another RFA, Will Cuylle.