This was supposed to be a free agency preview, but it appears that the Edmonton Oilers like Zach Hyman so much that have jumped the line and agreed to a deal ahead of July 28th.

Hyman, who has played for the Toronto Maple Leafs for his entire career and spent the majority of his tenure playing in the Leafs' top-six with Auston Matthews or John Tavares, recently turned 29 and appears to be set to sign a deal that will see him through most if not all of the remainder of his NHL career.

There are very interesting aspects of Hyman’s backstory that have been somewhat lost to time -- did you know that his dad developed a habit of buying every minor league team he played for, culminating in his purchasing the International Scouting Service? Now, I'm not saying that the story of how Hyman made the N