Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand and Aaron Ekblad all re-upped with the Florida Panthers, and Marner went to the Vegas Golden Knights in a sign-and-trade.

The Detroit Red Wings are counting on newly acquired goaltender John Gibson to help improve their team goals-against average, which ranked 21st at 3.16. A better defense would help. General manager Steve Yzerman will look to upgrade his blue line with a top-four defenseman in free agency, which begins Tuesday at noon.

As players re-upped with their own teams before the start of free agency, the Detroit Red Wings' target list took several hits.