I agree with what you say above, however I can’t remember the last time the Devils announced a signing that was not already in the public domain.
It’s now almost impossible to keep a signing truly secret what with social media releases so it usually comes as an anti climax when you wait for days if not weeks for a signing announcement that you already know about.
It seems the only way to keep them secret is to announce them within a day or two of them putting pen to paper.
I bet that when the Devils Summit comes around the new signings announced there will already have been all over social media a couple of weeks beforehand.