NHL free agencydoesn't open until noon on Tuesday, July 1, but there will be plenty of action on Monday, June 30. Teams will take another shot at re-signing their unrestricted free agents before they hit the open market. Restricted free agents could also land new deals. The 30th is also the deadline for teams to buy out players' contracts and also to decide whether to give a pending restricted free agent a qualifying offer. Players become unrestricted free agents if they are bought out or don't get a qualifying offer. There also could be trades, and theNashville PredatorsandVegas Golden Knightsannounced one. Here's a look at the action on June 30 heading into the July 1 start of NHL free agency: The Mammoth get a conditional 2027 third round pick in return. Maccelli, 24, gets a fresh start after dropping to 18 points in 55 games this past season. But he can provide secondary scoring for Toronto after totaling 106 points over the two seasons before that. If he gets 51 points this season and the Maple Leafs make the playoffs, the third rounder becomes a 2029 second-round pick. Tarasenko has won two Stanley Cup titles but he disappointed with 33 points in his lone season in Detroit while averaging less than 15 minutes a game. He has another year on his contract at $4.75 million. Detroit gets future considerations in the deal. His one-year contract is worth $1.3 million. Hescored the series-clinching goalagainst theGolden Knightsinovertimeand finished the playoffs with three goals and three assists in 12 games. The Oilers had claimed him off waivers in November. TheNashville Predatorsacquire defenseman Nicolas Hague and a conditional third-round pick from the Golden Knights in exchange for forward Colton Sissons and defenseman Jeremy Lauzon. Nashville will retain 50 percent of Sissons' salary. If Vegas wins two rounds in the 2026 playoffs, the Golden Knights will move a second-round pick instead. Hague was a restricted free agent and Vegas needs to clear out cap space to prepare for free agency. He signed a four-year, $22 million contract with Nashville after the trade. He was the Golden Knights' second round pick in 2017 and is a physical player with 572 hits. Sissons and Lauzon are entering the final years of their contracts. The Boston Bruins re-signed defenseman Henri Jokiharju (three years, $3 million average), forward John Beecher (one year, $900,000) and goaltender Michael DiPietro (two years, $812,500 average). Jokiharju averaged more than 21 minutes a game and had four assists in 18 games after arriving in a trade from theBuffalo Sabres. Beecher had 11 points in 78 games and DiPietro was the American Hockey League goalie of the year. Boston's Morgan Geekie signed a six-year contract ($5.5 million average) after a breakout 33-goal season. Ottawa Senatorsforward Claude Giroux signed a bonus-laden one-year deal with a $2 million base salary. The contract can be worth another $2.75 million in bonuses. Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Dante Fabbro will average $4.125 million in his four-year deal. Playoff MVP Sam Bennett and other pending free agents havealready re-signed. Here's alist of the top 20available players. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:NHL free agency live: Tracking moves made before opening day
