If you’re Tyler Myers, pondering free agency discussions with NHL teams beginning next Sunday, it’s still full-steam ahead. The thing is, just as Myers hitting free agency has appeared inevitable for some time, Trouba being shipped out also seemed inevitable. Myers was always going to chase a big ticket deal on the open market. General manager Jim Benning is on the hunt for new defencemen, either on the trade market or through free agency. With Erik Karlsson off the free agency table, Trouba and Radko Gudas now traded, the list of available defencemen has shifted.

Source: National Post June 18, 2019 23:03 UTC