I know this year/summer might not be the best time to make these comments as many more free agency decisions than normal seemed to be "predicted" this year, however there were clearly "signs" in almost all of these situations that made these predictions not very bold.
But for that, I will leave out Panarin as an example of quite literally ZERO link (or even thought), as I believe there was no talk of that in any way, other than probably the highest of people in each organization.
But, what about just this year and Nyquist (and MANY other guys over time) that have signed without essentially and "link" or "rumor", other than people thinking about "fit" or CBJ/other teams possibly going after them?
Just wait for the, Werenski -for- ????!!!!!!!???? blockbuster trade that was never "linked".