NHL free agency 2023: Guide to all 32 teams - ESPN

The NHL free agent signing period will officially begin Saturday at noon ET, but much of this offseason's business has already taken place.

A number of key players have been traded, including Ivan Provorov and Damon Severson to the Columbus Blue Jackets, Ryan Johansen to the Colorado Avalanche, Taylor Hall to the Chicago Blackhawks, Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Los Angeles Kings and Tyler Toffoli to the New Jersey Devils.

Meanwhile, some unrestricted free agents have re-signed with their 2022-23 teams, including Ivan Barbashev of the Vegas Golden Knights.

But many other players are poised to find new homes in the coming days, with every team looking to upgrade. Here's a guide to all 32 NHL teams, their free agents and what they should be doing as the signing period officially begins.

Note: Advanced statistics are from Natural Stat Trick and Evolving Hockey. Cap and contract information is from CapFriendly. Kristen Shilton covered the Atlantic and Metro teams, while Ryan S. Clark previewed the Central and Pacific clubs.

Jump to a team:ANA | ARI | BOS | BUFCGY | CAR | CHI | COLCBJ | DAL | DET | EDMFLA | LA | MIN | MTLNSH | NJ | NYI | NYROTT | PHI | PIT | SJSEA | STL | TB | TORVAN | VGS | WSH | WPG

Key players hitting unrestricted free agency (UFA): F Patrice Bergeron, F Tyler Bertuzzi, F David Krejci, F Tomas Nosek, D Connor Clifton, D Dmitry OrlovKey players hitting restricted free agency (RFA): F Trent Frederic, G Jeremy SwaymanCap space: $10,937,500

What they should do: GM Don Sweeney had to create cap space before Boston could really do anything at all. He got that business started by shipping Taylor Hall (and pending UFA Nick Foligno) to Chicago last week, moving $6 million off the Bruins' books. That breathing room was