The NHL's free-agent signing period officially opened on Tuesday, and a lot of teams did really well to make themselves better.

The Rangers got their man by signing coveted free agent defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov out of Los Angeles shortly after the market opened at noon. The contract for the 29-year-old Russian, who is slated to become Adam Fox’s partner on what should be the club’s matchup pair,

NHL free-agent market opens at noon ET on Tuesday. However, several teams are avoiding the rush by re-signing their pending unrestricted free agents, and in one case, signing and trading him to another team.