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With summer fast approaching, the expectation from a number of NHL executives is that the trade market will be hotter than free agency.

July 1 isn’t widely viewed as a place where general managers can find enough fixes for their rosters.

So, with the salary cap set to make another major big leap for 2026-27, they’ll have to search out solutions amongst themselves. Expect trade talk to start heating up with 32 front offices descending on Buffalo next week for the NHL Draft Combine.

With that in mind, the Big Board returns.

As always, players and assets are listed by how closely they demand watching, based on their potential impact and the current amount of buzz around them.

Out with the old and in with the new 🔄

Equipement sale

Pinto had 8 first place vote for the Selke, Amadio also got some vote

IIHF tournament final day

[FREE TO READ] NHL offseason trade board: Early look at summer’s top targets, from Trocheck to Knies to Robertson

Jack Roslovic

[SVK 0 - CAN (1)] Sidney Crosby, from below the goal line, gets the puck up to Dylan Cozens who opens the scoring

[NOR 3 - CAN (4)] Dylan Cozens with a great effort to score shorthanded and give Canada it's first lead of the game