Did the schedule prompt all these signings ?

[fisi]

3 Free agent signees in less than 24 hours after the schedule was released ? Did the GMs just looked at the schedule and go " whooo we need depth to make it through the tough December schedule." ?

 

[artdnj]

Don't think the schedule release surprised them, they knew what they are up against in 16

 

[FSU Truth]

A week before the draft...filling out depth...Jennings came down in price

 

[JTC111]

3 Free agent signees in less than 24 hours after the schedule was released ? Did the GMs just looked at the schedule and go " whooo we need depth to make it through the tough December schedule." ?

We've known for a while who we will be playing. I'm not sure why the order of the games would require different or additional signings that were weren't already anticipating. We've known we've needed to add depth. Signing low-priced free agents now provides us with that depth and allows us to make more targeted picks in the later rounds knowing where we're still lacking in depth.

 

[ChambersWI]

think it was just more to sign bodies now to get them into OTAs