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Red Wings ink journeyman forward to a one-year deal
The Detroit Red Wings have signed forward Tyler Motte to a one-year deal worth $800K. The 29-year-old spent last year with the Tampa Bay Lightning, tallying six goals and three assists in 69 regular season games and a single goal in five playoff games. The journeyman will join his seventh...
Blue Jackets reunite with veteran defenseman on one-year deal
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Jack Johnson to a one-year deal worth $775K (as per PuckPedia). The deal brings Johnson back to the organization in which he had the most success on the ice, having played in Columbus for seven seasons. Johnson has bounced around the league to...
Senators re-sign center to two-year deal
The Ottawa Senators have signed center Shane Pinto to a two-year, $7.5M contract. The deal will carry an annual average value of $3.75M. Pinto went through a tumultuous season last year, missing the first 41 games of the regular season for violating the league’s gambling policy. He eventually signed a contract for the league minimum of $775K on Jan. 19.
Lightning sign veteran forward to one-year deal
The Tampa Bay Lightning announced that they've signed veteran forward Cam Atkinson to a one-year, $900K contract on Tuesday. Atkinson was bought out of the final year of his deal with the Philadelphia Flyers ahead of free agency, leaving him open to sign with any club. Tampa Bay continues its...
Ducks sign veteran center to two-year deal
The Anaheim Ducks have signed centerman Jansen Harkins to a two-year contract. No contract details have been released. Harkins spent most of last season with the Pittsburgh Penguins, recording four points, 21 penalty minutes and a -4 across 45 games. He curbed his low-scoring through a handful of minor league appearances, netting 12 points in 14 games.
Blues sign 2024 No. 16 pick Adam Jiricek to his ELC
The St. Louis Blues have signed 2024 first-round pick Adam Jiricek to his entry-level contract. Jiricek becomes the first prospect from his draft class to sign an entry-level deal, even beating out unanimous first-overall pick Macklin Celebrini. To see Jiricek become the first of his class to sign is a...
Blues expected to sign Pierre-Olivier Joseph to a one-year deal
The St. Louis Blues are expected to sign defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph to a one-year contract, per Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports. The deal was confirmed by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, who shared that it is a one-year deal with a $950K cap hit. This reported signing comes on the same...
Blues sign veteran winger to six-year extension
The Blues have signed winger Pavel Buchnevich to a six-year extension worth $8M per season, the team announced. Buchnevich, who was set to be a UFA after the 2024-25 season, will instead remain in St. Louis through the 2030-31 campaign. The deal includes a full no-trade clause through 2028-29 before downgrading to a modified no-trade clause in the final two years, Bally Sports Midwest’s Andy Strickland reports. They’ve also upgraded Buchnevich’s 12-team no-trade list in the final year of his current deal to a full no-trade clause. It’s a 20-team no-trade list in 2029-30 and a 15-team no-trade list in 2030-31, Matthew DeFranks of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Blues acquire center, right winger in trades
The Blues have acquired center Radek Faksa from the Stars for future considerations, the team announced. In a separate trade with the Senators, they’ve also picked up winger Mathieu Joseph and a 2025 third-round pick with future considerations heading to Ottawa in return. With the deals, St. Louis essentially...
Penguins sign puck-moving defenseman to two-year deal
The Penguins have signed UFA defenseman Sebastian Aho to a two-year deal carrying the league minimum $775K AAV, per a team announcement. Stefen Rosner of NHL.com and The Hockey News was the first to report the signing Tuesday afternoon. Aho, 28, isn’t related to the Hurricanes star center of the...
Avalanche to sign young, high-upside defenseman
The Avalanche have come to terms on a one-year, $900K deal with UFA defenseman Erik Brännström, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports. Canucks freelance reporter Irfaan Gafaar said earlier Tuesday that there was traction between the Avs and Brännström on a deal. Brännström, 24, became a UFA...
Sabres sign veteran goaltender
Goaltender James Reimer has signed a one-year, one-way deal with the Sabres, per a team release. Initially announced as a two-way deal but quickly changed, the contract will pay him $1M this season. Reimer, 36, is coming off a middling 2023-24 campaign. He opened the season as part of a...
Lightning sign franchise cornerstone to four-year extension
The Lightning have signed franchise defenseman Victor Hedman to a four-year contract extension worth $8M per season, the team announced. The deal kicks in beginning in 2025-26 and will keep him in Tampa through 2028-29. Hedman and the Lightning were headed toward unrestricted free agency next summer, a fate both...
Oilers expected to re-sign veteran center acquired at deadline
The Oilers have made a couple of additions up front today with the signings of Viktor Arvidsson and Jeff Skinner while bringing back veteran wingers Connor Brown and Corey Perry as well. It appears they have one more move to make at forward as TSN’s Ryan Rishaug reports that center Adam Henrique is expected to return to Edmonton. The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta adds that the veteran will get a two-year deal, with Rishaug confirming a $3M cap hit ($6M total value).
Golden Knights fill goaltending vacancy on a one-year deal
The Golden Knights have found Logan Thompson’s replacement on the open market, inking Ilya Samsonov to a one-year pact Monday, per a team release. It’s a $1.8M cap hit for Samsonov, GM Kelly McCrimmon confirmed. They’ve also re-signed RFA forward Pavel Dorofeyev and defenseman Kaedan Korczak to two-year...
Lightning ink veteran forward to a three-year deal
The Lightning have signed forward Zemgus Girgensons to a three-year deal worth $2.55M ($850K per season), per a team release. It’s Girgensons’ first NHL stop outside of Buffalo, where he spent the first 10 seasons and 688 games of his career. Girgensons, now 30, will help replenish some...
Panthers sign pair of players to shore up team's depth
The Panthers have dipped their toes into the unqualified RFA market, inking former Bruins center Jesper Boqvist to a one-year deal, per a team announcement. Financial details weren’t disclosed. They’re also bringing back netminder Chris Driedger to the organization on a one-year deal, providing some competition for the backup role with Spencer Knight.
Blackhawks sign veteran defenseman to a two-year deal
The Blackhawks have signed veteran defenseman T.J. Brodie to a two-year, $7.5M contract, per a team announcement. It carries a $3.75M cap hit in 2024-25 and 2025-26. Brodie, 34, is coming off a four-year deal with the Maple Leafs that largely saw him serve as one of the better defensive D-men in the league — until he wasn’t.
Jets signing veteran defenseman to two-year deal
Defenseman Colin Miller is returning to the Jets on a two-year, $3M contract, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports. That’s good for a $1.5M AAV and cap hit. The 31-year-old extends his stay in Winnipeg after arriving at the trade deadline when he was picked up from the Devils in exchange for a fourth-round pick. The nine-year veteran ended the season as the Jets’ seventh defender, though, only playing in five regular-season games down the stretch and just one of their five playoff games in their first-round loss to the Avalanche.
Oilers to add veteran winger on a one-year deal
Skinner, 32, became a UFA after the Sabres bought out the final three seasons of the eight-year, $72M pact he signed back in 2019. He’s had varying results throughout the contract, which carried a $9M cap hit and was coming off a middling 24 goals and 46 points in 74 games in 2023-24.
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