*Day one of Free Agency sure was a wild one. Danny Briere did a bunch of Things, none of them huge or particularly groundbreaking, but some solid low-level signings that should shore some things up next season. Like, for example, bringing in Dan Vladar to try and get the goaltending back to like… average. [BSH]
*He also brought in center Christian Dvorak, who, most notably, can win a faceoff. That will be helpful. [BSH]
*The rest of the signings were depth moves, really. A couple of defenseman were brought in on one year deals; we’ve got former Canuck Noah Juulson… [BSH]
*… and then former Senator Dennis Gilbert. One assumes one of these guys will be the seven. Gilbert bring some size, which we know the Flyers felt was lacking on defense. [BSH]
*Last up was a little bit of center depth for the Phantoms, mostly, in the form of former member of the Oilers organization Lane Pederson. [BSH]
*Jackie’s got a little more info on the New Guys over at the Inky. [Inquirer]
*If you take a little perusal at the full list of signings that were made yesterday, you could argue that Danny Briere’s best move was not doing something completely insane like signing Cody Ceci for over $5m. [Sportsnet]
*In addition to the FA signings there were quite a lot of trades made. Some better than others. [ESPN]
*There was, of course, a Danny Briere presser following all of today’s activities. [BSH]
*And finally, in case you missed it, looks like Tyson Foerster might miss a bit of time to start the season. Which is less than ideal. [BSH]
