3:36 PM ET Winger Juraj Slafkovsky and center Shane Wright, the first and fourth overall picks in last week’s NHL draft, signed their entry-level contracts Wednesday. Slafkovsky, selected first overall by the Montreal Canadiens, signed a three-year entry-level contract. The 18-year-old, who played in 38 games for TPS Turku in the Liiga in Finland last
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11:37 AM ET After a trade deadline deal led to a Stanley Cup, defenseman Josh Manson and the Colorado Avalanche have decided to continue the partnership. ESPN has confirmed multiple reports that he gets a four-year deal with an average annual value of $4.5 million. “Josh was a huge addition to our back end down
2:48 AM ET Evander Kane is staying with the Edmonton Oilers on a new four-year contract, he announced in a Twitter post Tuesday night just hours before the NHL free agent market opens. Kane’s deal has an average annual value of $5.125 million against the salary cap. Kane totaled 22 goals and 17 assists in
12:17 AM ET Forward Johnny Gaudreau has told the Calgary Flames he will not re-sign with them, becoming the biggest name to hit the NHL free agent market that opens Wednesday. Flames general manager Brad Treliving confirmed that Gaudreau’s time with Calgary had come to an end. “It’s a disappointing day to say the very
11:32 PM ET Evgeni Malkin has agreed to a four-year contract extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins on the eve of NHL free agency, ending a tumultuous week between the star center and the team. Malkin, 35, will earn $24.4 million over four years for an average annual value of $6.1 million. “Evgeni is a generational
7:47 PM ET Following the Minnesota Wild‘s re-signing of Marc-Andre Fleury this past week, there was much speculation that Cam Talbot could be on the move via trade. That speculation turned to reality on Tuesday, with the Wild trading Talbot to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for netminder Filip Gustavsson. It’s the second goalie deal
5:48 PM ET Associated Press Scotty Bowman has left the Chicago Blackhawks after what he called “a pretty uncomfortable year.” Bowman announced Tuesday he no longer works for the organization as of July 1, saying he decided it was time to move on after 14 years as the Blackhawks’ senior hockey operations adviser. Bowman’s son
6:30 PM ET The Minnesota Wild traded goaltender Cam Talbot to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday for goaltender Filip Gustavsson, days after tensions between Talbot and the Wild came to the surface at the NHL Draft. Talbot, 35, appeared in 49 games for the Wild last season, going 32-12-4 with a .911 save percentage and
1:12 PM ET Edmonton Oilers defenseman Duncan Keith announced his retirement Tuesday after 17 NHL seasons, during which he twice won the Norris Trophy and won the Stanley Cup three times with the Chicago Blackhawks. Keith, 38, played 64 games with the Oilers in his only season in Edmonton, tallying 21 points. He played for
12:40 PM ET Associated Press The Philadelphia Flyers placed forward Oskar Lindblom on waivers Tuesday with the intent of buying out the final year of the 25-year-old cancer survivor’s contract. General manager Chuck Fletcher called it a “very difficult decision” to free up salary-cap space by cutting a player who recovered after being diagnosed with