TORONTO — With an unprecedented amount of free agents in 2017, the first wave of free agency on Valentine’s Day had no shortage of exciting moves around the league with teams choosing new matches and keeping some familiar faces.

Last season’s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman, Derek Dennis, found himself a new home in Saskatchewan while the Hamilton Tiger-Cats bolstered their secondary by adding Grey Cup Champion Abdul Kanneh and re-signing Emanuel Davis.

With that and much more happening around the league on the first day of free agency, here’s a look what what each team has done so far:

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BC LIONS

In short: The Lions did a lot of their work in the last few hours before the deadline, retaining a list of veterans on defence, most importantly, DL Mic’hael Brooks. Focusing on their own protected the nucleus of the defence from free agency and may have set them up for some depth signings in the days following.

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Departures:

Player Position Transaction New Team Ryan Phillips DB Signed (02/15/17) MTL Jabar Westerman DL Signed (02/15/17) MTL

EDMONTON ESKIMOS

In short: Kendial Lawrence returns to try and re-ignite his career in the place he made a name for himself as he returns to the Esks. GM Ed Hervey made a pair of additional signings to help solidify his Canadian talent but for the most part, stayed away from the sweepstakes involving big-name free agents.

Additions/Re-Signings:

Player Position Transaction Former Team Alexandre Dupuis FB Signed (02/14/17) TOR Kendial Lawrence RB Signed (02/14/17) HAM Andrew Lue DB Signed (02/14/17) SSK Phillip Hunt DE Re-signed (02/15/17) — Travon Van RB Signed (02/16/17) OTT Aston Whiteside DE Signed (02/16/17) OTT

Departures:

Player Position Transaction New Team Aaron Milton RB Signed (02/15/17) SSK

CALGARY STAMPEDERS

In short: The Stampeders did what they always do — stayed the course. The wanted to ensure they maintained two veterans on each side of the ball and refused to pay over market value to retain Derek Dennis. There is enough talent on a team that ran away with the West Division to allow GM John Hufnagel to remain patient.

Additions:

Player Position Transaction Former Team Micah Johnson DL Extended (02/14/17) — Marquay McDaniel WR Extended (02/14/17) — Beau Landry LB Signed (02/15/17) HAM Mitchell Gale QB Signed (02/15/17) SSK Anthony Woodson RB Signed (02/17/17) HAM Dan Federkeil OL Re-Signed (02/17/02) —

Departures:

Player Position Transaction New Team Adam Berger DB Signed (02/14/17) (Unconfirmed) OTT Derek Dennis OL Signed (02/14/17) SSK Matt Bucknor DB Signed (02/16/17) BC Glenn Love LB Signed (02/21/17) SSK Bakari Grant WR Signed (02/21/17) SSK Zach Minter DL Signed (02/21/17) SSK

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS

In short: Chris Jones once again made one of the biggest signings of the first day of free agency, bringing in last year’s Most Outstanding Lineman, Derek Dennis, from the Stampeders; the left tackle just the latest addition to an offence that is being re-tooled in Saskatchewan.

Additions/Re-Signings:

Departures:

Player Position Transaction New Team Andrew Lue DB Signed (02/14/17) EDM Jeff Fuller WR Signed (02/16/17) TOR Matt Webster DB Signed (02/17/17) TOR

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS

In short: The Bombers were significantly less busy than this day last year but they did solidify the interior of their defensive line, signing Drake Nevis who spent last year with the Tiger-Cats. Khalil Bass is now on his way to Ottawa, leaving a hole at linebacker though.

Additions:

Player Position Transaction Former Team Matt Coates WR Signed (02/14/17) HAM Drake Nevis DL Signed (02/14/17) HAM Sam Hurl LB Re-Signed (02/14/17) — Dan LeFevour QB Signed (02/16/17) TOR Clarence Denmark WR Signed (02/17/17) —

Departures:

Player Position Transaction New Team Khalil Bass LB Signed (02/14/17) OTT James Tuck FB Signed (02/15/17) TOR

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS

In short: Hamilton was willing to let a few pieces depart as long as they focused on bolstering their secondary. They did just that. First, they inked arguably the league’s best cover DB in Abdul Kanneh from Ottawa and then complemented by bringing Emanuel Davis and his five interceptions last season back into the mix.

Additions/Re-Signings:

Player Position Transaction Former Team Abdul Kanneh DB Signed (02/14/17) OTT Emmanuel Davis DB Re-Signed (02/14/17) —

Departures:

Player Position Transaction New Team Matt Coates WR Signed (02/14/17) WPG Kendial Lawrence RB Signed (02/14/17) EDM Jeff Mathews QB Signed (02/14/17) TOR Drake Nevis DL Signed (02/14/17) WPG Ron Omara LB Signed (02/14/17) (Unconfirmed) OTT Chad Owens WR Signed (02/15/17) SSK Jacory Harris QB Signed (02/15/17) MTL Beau Landry LB Signed (02/15/17) CGY

TORONTO ARGONAUTS

In short: The Argos remained relatively quiet despite rumours they were after Dennis and WR Ernest Jackson. They added another arm under centre in Jeff Mathews and a hard-hitting linebacker by reportedly taking Winston Venable off the Alouettes’ roster.

Additions/Re-Signings:

Player Position Transaction Former Team Jeffrey Finley DL Signed (02/14/17) MTL Jeff Mathews QB Signed (02/14/17) HAM Winston Venable LB Signed (02/15/17) MTL James Tuck FB Signed (02/15/17) WPG Jeff Fuller WR Signed (02/16/17) SSK Matt Webster DB Signed (02/17/17) SSK Matt Black DB Re-signed (02/17/17) — Johnny Sears Jr. DB Signed (02/17/17) HAM Khalil Paden WR Signed (02/21/17) OTT

Departures:

Player Position Transaction New Team AJ Jefferson CB Signed (02/14/17) OTT Kenny Shaw WR Signed (02/14/17) OTT Diontae Spencer WR Signed (02/14/17) OTT Alexandre Dupuis FB Signed (02/14/17) EDM Dan LeFevour QB Signed (02/16/17) WPG

OTTAWA REDBLACKS

In short: The REDBLACKS went all-out once again on Day 1, taking three impact players off Toronto’s roster and adding a game-changing linebacker in Khalil Bass. Doing so made Dumaso Munoz expendable as he was released later in the day according to reports.

Additions/Re-Signings:

Player Position Transaction Former Team AJ Jefferson CB Signed (02/14/17) TOR Kenny Shaw WR Signed (02/14/17) TOR Diontae Spencer WR Signed (02/14/17) TOR Ron Omara LB Signed (02/14/17) (Unconfirmed) HAM Khalil Bass LB Signed (02/14/17) OTT Adam Berger DB Signed (02/14/17) (Unconfirmed) CGY Drew Tate QB Traded (02/21/17) CGY Scott Macdonell WR Re-signed (02/22/17) —

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MONTREAL ALOUETTES

In short: The Alouettes were the not very active, retaining just Nicolas Boulay and letting Winston Venable walk. Time will tell if they make a significant mark on this free agent period.

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