NHL free agency has arrived, and that means teams around the league will be looking to make upgrades to their rosters for the 2025-26 season. Many teams have already taken care of business before July 1 by re-signing key players to extensions.

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed and traded star right winger Mitch Marner to the Vegas Golden Knights Monday, ending the 100-point player's stint with the team and leaving a massive hole at a key position on the offensive side of the puck.

It feels like the Hurricanes have quietly longed for a player exactly like Ehlers — fast, dynamic, creative, chaotic — for a while now. A true game-breaker, but one who isn’t a liability without the puck.