The first day of the 2012 NHL free-agency period is in the books, and it was a busy one. Although none of the big-name free agents signed any deals—Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Jaromir Jagr—there were still plenty of players switching zip codes. Here is a complete rundown of the players who signed deals with new teams.
| DATE | PLAYER | 2012-13 TEAM | 2011-12 TEAM | |
| JULY 1 | D Francis Bouillon | Montreal | Nashville | |
| JULY 1 | D Bryan Allen | Florida | Carolina | |
| JULY 1 | F Trevor Smith | Pittsburgh | Lightning | |
| JULY 1 | F John Scott | Buffalo | NY Rangers | |
| JULY 1 | RW Brad Staubitz | Anaheim | Montreal | |
| JULY 1 | D Sami Salo | Tampa Bay | Vancouver | |
| JULY 1 | F Brian McGrattan | Nashville | Nashville | |
| JULY 1 | F Paul Gaustad | Nashville | Nashville | |
| JULY 1 | G Chris Mason | Nashville | Winnipeg | |
| JULY 1 | D Jason Garrison | Vancouver | Florida | |
| JULY 1 | D Sheldon Souray | Anaheim | Dallas | |
| JULY 1 | F Warren Peters | Pittsburgh | Minnesota | |
| JULY 1 | G Cedric Desjardins | Montreal | Colorado | |
| JULY 1 | F Michael Blunden | Montreal | Montreal | |
| JULY 1 | D Aaron Rome | Dallas | Vancouver | |
| JULY 1 | W Jordin Tootoo | Detroit | Nashville | |
| JULY 1 | F Brandon Prust | Montreal | NY Rangers | |
| JULY 1 | C Jay McClement | Toronto | Colorado | |
| JULY 1 | D Mike Kostka | Toronto | Tampa Bay | |
| JULY 1 | F Mikael Samuelsson | Detroit | Florida | |
| JULY 1 | D Scott Ford | St. Louis | Nashville | |
| JULY 1 | D Taylor Chorney | St. Louis | St. Louis | |
| JULY 1 | G Mike McKenna | St. Louis | Ottawa | |
| JULY 1 | D Greg Zanon | Colorado | Minnesota | |
| JULY 1 | F Matt Frattin | Toronto | Toronto | |
| JULY 1 | F Ryan Hamilton | Toronto | Toronto | |
| JULY 1 | G Jussi Rynnas | Toronto | Toronto | |
| JULY 1 | D Dylan Reese | Pittsburgh | NY Islanders | |
| JULY 1 | D Adrian Aucoin | Columbus | Phoenix | |
| JULY 1 | F P.A. Parenteau | Colorado | NY Islanders | |
| JULY 1 | F Alexei Ponikarovky | Winnipeg | New Jersey | |
| JULY 1 | F George Parros | Florida | Anaheim | |
| JULY 1 | F Micheal Haley | NY Rangers | NY Islanders | |
| JULY 1 | F Darcy Hordichuk | Edmonton | Edmonton | |
| JULY 1 | D Sheldon Brookbank | Chicago | Anaheim | |
| JULY 1 | F Dustin Penner | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | |
| JULY 1 | D Matt Carkner | NY Islanders | Ottawa | |
| JULY 1 | G Chad Johnson | Phoenix | NY Rangers | |
| JULY 1 | F Arron Asham | NY Rangers | Pittsburgh | |
| JULY 1 | F Guillaume Latendresse | Ottawa | Minnesota | |
| JULY 1 | F David Moss | Phoenix | Calgary | |
| JULY 1 | D Filip Kuba | Florida | Ottawa | |
| JULY 1 | F Tanner Glass | Pittsburgh | Winnipeg | |
| JULY 1 | F Riley Holzapfel | Pittsburgh | Winnipeg | |
| JULY 1 | G Jeff Zatkoff | Pittsburgh | Los Angeles | |
| JULY 1 | F Chris Kelly | Boston | Boston | |
| JULY 1 | G Tuukka Rask | Boston | Boston | |
| JULY 1 | G Curtis McElhinney | Columbus | Phoenix | |
| JULY 1 | F Adam Burish | San Jose | Dallas | |
| JULY 1 | F Brad Boyes | NY Islanders | Buffalo | |
| JULY 1 | F Steve MacIntyre | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | |
| JULY 1 | F Ray Whitney | Dallas | Phoenix | |
| JULY 1 | F Torrey Mitchell | Minnesota | San Jose | |
| JULY 1 | F Colby Armstrong | Montreal | Toronto | |
| JULY 1 | F Brett Sutter | Carolina | Carolina | |
| JULY 1 | F Zenon Konopka | Minnesota | Ottawa | |
| JULY 1 | G Jonas Gustavsson | Detroit | Toronto | |
| JULY 1 | G Michael Leighton | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | |
| JULY 1 | D Mike Lundin | Ottawa | Minnesota | |
| JULY 1 | D Joe Corvo | Carolina | Boston | |
| JULY 1 | G Justin Peters | Carolina | Carolina | |
| JULY 1 | F John Mitchell | Colorado | NY Rangers | |
| JULY 1 | D Stu Bickell | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | |
| JULY 1 | F Benoit Pouliot | Tampa Bay | Boston | |
| JULY 1 | G Yann Danis | Edmonton | Edmonton |
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