LeBrun: Johnny Gaudreau, Evgeni Malkin, Ilya Mikheyev and other pending UFA updates - The Athletic

With just over five weeks until NHL free agency opens, how far along are conversations between teams and the league's top UFAs?

There are just over five weeks until the opening of NHL free agency and you get the sense things are about to escalate on a number of fronts. Just not quite yet, though. The posturing might last ju… [+9873 chars]

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