Here we are in mid-summer with negotiations happening between the NHLPA and the NHL with a September 15 CBA expiration date and it is business as usual for NHL General Managers. While the 2012 NHL Free Agent list was not as happening as in previous years, there have still been a number of signings this summer.
Here is another installment of hockey pool tips for the 2012-2013 NHL season.
Hockey Pool Tips: NHL Free Agent Signings 2012
| Date | Player | Signed By | Previous Team |
| Aug-08 | D Marc-Andre Bourdon | Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
| Aug-02 | D Alex Biega | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Jul-31 | F Patrick Kaleta | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Jul-30 | F Guillaume Desbiens | Vancouver | Calgary |
| Jul-30 | D Mark Fraser | Toronto | Toronto |
| Jul-27 | G Leland Irving | Calgary | Calgary |
| Jul-26 | D Mark Fayne | New Jersey | New Jersey |
| Jul-26 | D Matt Corrente | New Jersey | New Jersey |
| Jul-26 | F Phil DeSimone | New Jersey | Montreal |
| Jul-26 | D Anton Stralman | NY Rangers | NY Rangers |
| Jul-26 | F Alexander Semin | Carolina | Washington |
| Jul-26 | D Alex Plante | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Jul-26 | F Chris VandeVelde | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Jul-25 | F Dale Weise | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Jul-25 | D Jordie Benn | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-25 | D Drew Schiestel | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Jul-25 | F Stephane Da Costa | Ottawa | Ottawa |
| Jul-25 | D Nathan McIver | NY Islanders | Boston |
| Jul-24 | D Shea Weber | Nashville | Nashville |
| Jul-24 | F Keith Aucoin | Toronto | Washington |
| Jul-24 | D Simon Gysbers | Toronto | Toronto |
| Jul-24 | F Colin Wilson | Nashville | Nashville |
| Jul-24 | F Zach Boychuk | Carolina | Carolina |
| Jul-23 | F Kaspars Daugavins | Ottawa | Ottawa |
| Jul-23 | F Sergei Kostitsyn | Nashville | Nashville |
| Jul-23 | F Drayson Bowman | Carolina | Carolina |
| Jul-23 | F Maxime Macenauer | Winnipeg | Winnipeg |
| Jul-23 | F Kris Versteeg | Florida | Florida |
| Jul-22 | D Mark Fistric | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-20 | F Jerome Samson | Carolina | Carolina |
| Jul-20 | F Daniel Winnik | Anaheim | San Jose |
| Jul-20 | F Nikolai Kulemin | Toronto | Toronto |
| Jul-20 | F Sam Gagner | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Jul-19 | F T.J. Oshie | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| Jul-19 | F Tim Wallace | Carolina | Tampa Bay |
| Jul-18 | D Ty Wishart | NY Islanders | NY Islanders |
| Jul-18 | D Kyle Quincey | Detroit | Detroit |
| Jul-18 | D Chris Summers | Phoenix | Phoenix |
| Jul-18 | F Jim O’Brien | Ottawa | Ottawa |
| Jul-18 | D Eric Gryba | Ottawa | Ottawa |
| Jul-18 | D Aaron Johnson | Boston | Columbus |
| Jul-17 | G Brian Foster | Florida | Florida |
| Jul-17 | D Michael Caruso | Florida | Florida |
| Jul-17 | C James Wright | Florida | Florida |
| Jul-17 | G Jeremy Smith | Nashville | Nashville |
| Jul-17 | D Thomas Hickey | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| Jul-17 | F Stefan Legein | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| Jul-17 | F David Meckler | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| Jul-17 | D Jake Muzzin | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| Jul-17 | D T.J. Brennan | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Jul-16 | F Luke Gazdic | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-16 | F Ryan Garbutt | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-16 | F Dwight King | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| Jul-16 | F Chris Porter | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| Jul-16 | F Anthony Peluso | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| Jul-16 | F Brett Sonne | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| Jul-16 | D Matt Pelech | San Jose | San Jose |
| Jul-16 | G Nathan Lawson | Ottawa | Montreal |
| Jul-16 | D Mike Green | Washington | Washington |
| Jul-16 | D Theo Peckham | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Jul-16 | F Blake Geoffrion | Montreal | Montreal |
| Jul-13 | D Paul Postma | Winnipeg | Winnipeg |
| Jul-13 | F Kyle Wellwood | Winnipeg | Winnipeg |
| Jul-13 | F Jamie McGinn | Colorado | Colorado |
| Jul-13 | D Philip Larsen | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-13 | D Maxime Fortunus | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-13 | F Chris Terry | Carolina | Carolina |
| Jul-13 | D Raphael Diaz | Montreal | Montreal |
| Jul-13 | F Nick Bonino | Anaheim | Anaheim |
| Jul-13 | F Benn Ferriero | Pittsburgh | San Jose |
| Jul-12 | D Matt Bartkowski | Boston | Boston |
| Jul-12 | RW Nick Johnson | Phoenix | Minnesota |
| Jul-12 | F Colton Sceviour | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-12 | G Richard Bachman | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-12 | F Jonathan Matsumoto | San Jose | Florida |
| Jul-12 | F Frazer McLaren | San Jose | San Jose |
| Jul-12 | F John McCarthy | San Jose | San Jose |
| Jul-12 | F T.J. Galiardi | San Jose | San Jose |
| Jul-12 | F Teemu Selanne | Anaheim | Anaheim |
| Jul-12 | F Peter Mueller | Florida | Colorado |
| Jul-12 | F Aaron Palushaj | Montreal | Montreal |
| Jul-11 | F Lane MacDermid | Boston | Boston |
| Jul-11 | D Garnet Exelby | Boston | Detroit |
| Jul-11 | F Wojtek Wolski | Washington | Florida |
| Jul-11 | F Joel Rechlicz | Phoenix | Washington |
| Jul-11 | D Marc-Andre Gragnani | Carolina | Vancouver |
| Jul-11 | F Brandon Segal | NY Rangers | Tampa Bay |
| Jul-11 | F Zach Hamill | Washington | Washington |
| Jul-10 | D Krys Barch | New Jersey | Florida |
| Jul-10 | D Tyler Eckford | Ottawa | Phoenix |
| Jul-10 | F Jamie Langenbrunner | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| Jul-10 | F Jeff Halpern | NY Rangers | Washington |
| Jul-09 | F Christian Hanson | Boston | Washington |
| Jul-09 | F Mason Raymond | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Jul-07 | F Ryan Stoa | Washington | Colorado |
| Jul-06 | D Andrew Bodnarchuk | Los Angeles | Boston |
| Jul-06 | D Brian Connelly | Minnesota | Calgary |
| Jul-06 | G David Leggio | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Jul-06 | F Kevin Porter | Buffalo | Colorado |
| Jul-06 | F Mark Mancari | Buffalo | Vancouver |
| Jul-06 | F Lars Eller | Montreal | Montreal |
| Jul-06 | D Tyler Sloan | Dallas | Nashville |
| Jul-06 | F Tom Wandell | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-06 | G Anders Lindback | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| Jul-06 | D Keaton Ellerby | Florida | Florida |
| Jul-06 | D Matt Taormina | Tampa Bay | New Jersey |
| Jul-06 | F Ben Maxwell | Winnipeg | Winnipeg |
| Jul-06 | G Mark Dekanich | Winnipeg | Columbus |
| Jul-06 | F Andrew Murray | St. Louis | Detroit |
| Jul-06 | F Kyle Chipchura | Phoenix | Phoenix |
| Jul-06 | F Nick Foligno | Columbus | Columbus |
| Jul-05 | G Devan Dubnyk | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Jul-05 | D Jeff Petry | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Jul-05 | F Jay Beagle | Washington | Washington |
| Jul-05 | F David Perron | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| Jul-05 | C Mikael Backlund | Calgary | Calgary |
| Jul-05 | D Derek Joslin | Vancouver | Carolina |
| Jul-05 | D Patrick Mullen | Vancouver | Los Angeles |
| Jul-05 | D Frederic St.-Denis | Montreal | Montreal |
| Jul-05 | D Bruno Gervais | Philadelphia | Tampa Bay |
| Jul-05 | F Ruslan Fedotenko | Philadelphia | NY Rangers |
| Jul-05 | C Mathieu Perreault | Washington | Washington |
| Jul-05 | F Philippe Dupuis | Pittsburgh | Toronto |
| Jul-05 | LW Dane Byers | Edmonton | Columbus |
| Jul-05 | F Jean-Francois Jacques | Florida | Anaheim |
| Jul-04 | D Matt Carle | Tampa Bay | Philadelphia |
| Jul-04 | F Paul Byron | Calgary | Calgary |
| Jul-04 | F Akim Aliu | Calgary | Calgary |
| Jul-04 | G Al Montoya | Winnipeg | NY Islanders |
| Jul-04 | F Steve Sullivan | Phoenix | Pittsburgh |
| Jul-04 | F Zach Parise | Minnesota | New Jersey |
| Jul-04 | D Ryan Suter | Minnesota | Nashville |
| Jul-04 | F Jake Dowell | Minnesota | Dallas |
| Jul-03 | F Taylor Pyatt | NY Rangers | Phoenix |
| Jul-03 | F Jaromir Jagr | Dallas | Philadelphia |
| Jul-03 | D Andrew Campbell | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| Jul-03 | F Kris Newbury | NY Rangers | NY Rangers |
| Jul-03 | F Rob Klinkhammer | Phoenix | Ottawa |
| Jul-03 | D Mike Moore | Nashville | San Jose |
| Jul-03 | F Mike Testwuide | Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
| Jul-03 | D Danny Syvret | Philadelphia | St. Louis |
| Jul-03 | D Cullen Eddy | Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
| Jul-03 | D Bryce Salvador | New Jersey | New Jersey |
| Jul-03 | D Erik Johnson | Colorado | Colorado |
| Jul-03 | D Jack Hillen | Washington | Nashville |
| Jul-02 | C Olli Jokinen | Winnipeg | Calgary |
| Jul-02 | F Martin St. Pierre | Chicago | Columbus |
| Jul-02 | D Matt Smaby | Anaheim | Anaheim |
| Jul-02 | F Chris Conner | Phoenix | Detroit |
| Jul-02 | F Alexandre Bolduc | Phoenix | Phoenix |
| Jul-02 | F Jiri Hudler | Calgary | Detroit |
| Jul-02 | F Steve Pinnizotto | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Jul-02 | F Andrew Ebbett | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Jul-02 | F Eric Boulton | NY Islanders | New Jersey |
| Jul-02 | F Toby Petersen | Dallas | Dallas |
| Jul-02 | F Bracken Kearns | San Jose | Florida |
| Jul-02 | G Alex Stalock | San Jose | San Jose |
| Jul-02 | F Jeff Woywitka | St. Louis | NY Rangers |
| Jul-02 | G Johan Hedberg | New Jersey | New Jersey |
| Jul-02 | G Martin Brodeur | New Jersey | New Jersey |
| Jul-02 | F Joey Crabb | Washington | Toronto |
| Jul-02 | D Garrett Stafford | Washington | Montreal |
| Jul-02 | D Kevin Marshall | Washington | Washington |
| Jul-01 | D Francis Bouillon | Montreal | Nashville |
| Jul-01 | D Bryan Allen | Anaheim | Carolina |
| Jul-01 | F Trevor Smith | Pittsburgh | Lightning |
| Jul-01 | F John Scott | Buffalo | NY Rangers |
| Jul-01 | RW Brad Staubitz | Anaheim | Montreal |
| Jul-01 | D Sami Salo | Tampa Bay | Vancouver |
| Jul-01 | F Brian McGrattan | Nashville | Nashville |
| Jul-01 | F Paul Gaustad | Nashville | Nashville |
| Jul-01 | G Chris Mason | Nashville | Winnipeg |
| Jul-01 | D Jason Garrison | Vancouver | Florida |
| Jul-01 | D Sheldon Souray | Anaheim | Dallas |
| Jul-01 | F Warren Peters | Pittsburgh | Minnesota |
| Jul-01 | G Cedric Desjardins | Montreal | Colorado |
| Jul-01 | F Michael Blunden | Montreal | Montreal |
| Jul-01 | D Aaron Rome | Dallas | Vancouver |
| Jul-01 | F Jordin Tootoo | Detroit | Nashville |
| Jul-01 | F Brandon Prust | Montreal | NY Rangers |
| Jul-01 | C Jay McClement | Toronto | Colorado |
| Jul-01 | D Mike Kostka | Toronto | Tampa Bay |
| Jul-01 | F Mikael Samuelsson | Detroit | Florida |
| Jul-01 | D Scott Ford | St. Louis | Nashville |
| Jul-01 | D Taylor Chorney | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| Jul-01 | G Mike McKenna | St. Louis | Ottawa |
| Jul-01 | D Greg Zanon | Colorado | Minnesota |
| Jul-01 | F Matt Frattin | Toronto | Toronto |
| Jul-01 | F Ryan Hamilton | Toronto | Toronto |
| Jul-01 | G Jussi Rynnas | Toronto | Toronto |
| Jul-01 | D Dylan Reese | Pittsburgh | NY Islanders |
| Jul-01 | D Adrian Aucoin | Columbus | Phoenix |
| Jul-01 | F PA Parenteau | Colorado | NY Islanders |
| Jul-01 | F Alexei Ponikarovsky | Winnipeg | New Jersey |
| Jul-01 | F George Parros | Florida | Anaheim |
| Jul-01 | F Micheal Haley | NY Rangers | NY Islanders |
| Jul-01 | F Darcy Hordichuk | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Jul-01 | D Sheldon Brookbank | Chicago | Anaheim |
| Jul-01 | F Dustin Penner | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| Jul-01 | D Matt Carkner | NY Islanders | Ottawa |
| Jul-01 | G Chad Johnson | Phoenix | NY Rangers |
| Jul-01 | F Arron Asham | NY Rangers | Pittsburgh |
| Jul-01 | F Guillaume Latendresse | Ottawa | Minnesota |
| Jul-01 | F David Moss | Phoenix | Calgary |
| Jul-01 | D Filip Kuba | Florida | Ottawa |
| Jul-01 | F Tanner Glass | Pittsburgh | Winnipeg |
| Jul-01 | F Riley Holzapfel | Pittsburgh | Winnipeg |
| Jul-01 | G Jeff Zatkoff | Pittsburgh | Los Angeles |
| Jul-01 | F Chris Kelly | Boston | Boston |
| Jul-01 | G Tuukka Rask | Boston | Boston |
| Jul-01 | G Curtis McElhinney | Columbus | Phoenix |
| Jul-01 | F Adam Burish | San Jose | Dallas |
| Jul-01 | F Brad Boyes | NY Islanders | Buffalo |
| Jul-01 | F Steve MacIntyre | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Jul-01 | F Ray Whitney | Dallas | Phoenix |
| Jul-01 | F Torrey Mitchell | Minnesota | San Jose |
| Jul-01 | F Colby Armstrong | Montreal | Toronto |
| Jul-01 | F Brett Sutter | Carolina | Carolina |
| Jul-01 | F Zenon Konopka | Minnesota | Ottawa |
| Jul-01 | G Jonas Gustavsson | Detroit | Toronto |
| Jul-01 | G Michael Leighton | Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
| Jul-01 | D Mike Lundin | Ottawa | Minnesota |
| Jul-01 | D Joe Corvo | Carolina | Boston |
| Jul-01 | G Justin Peters | Carolina | Carolina |
| Jul-01 | F John Mitchell | Colorado | NY Rangers |
| Jul-01 | D Stu Bickell | NY Rangers | NY Rangers |
| Jul-01 | F Benoit Pouliot | Tampa Bay | Boston |
| Jul-01 | G Yann Danis | Edmonton | Edmonton |
 There are still some notable free agents available so look for a few more signings to happen in the upcoming weeks.
