5:33 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes announced Thursday that they have bought out the final year of veteran forward Patrick Marleau‘s contract. Marleau will be free to sign with any team beginning Monday. He had one year, $6.25 million left on a three-year deal he originally signed with Toronto. The buyout was expected after Carolina
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5:17 PM ET The St. Louis Blues have re-signed defenseman Carl Gunnarsson to a two-year, $3.5 million contract, the team announced Thursday. Gunnarsson would have become an unrestricted free agent on Monday. Gunnarsson, 32, has 28 goals in 581 career games, but one stands out above the rest. Gunnarsson scored in overtime of Game 2
2:12 PM ET Following this year’s entry draft, we have compiled for you a list of several key players and their respective fantasy potential in the near and/or distant future. Complete with brief scouting reports from ESPN.com’s resident draft and prospects analyst, Chris Peters, this list is sorted by anticipated NHL debut date and order
11:01 AM ET Ahead of the free-agency shopping frenzy beginning on July 1, we’re surveying the landscape and outlining the unique situation in which every team finds itself. That includes the key pending unrestricted and restricted free agents and the team’s current cap space, along with the moves I’d make if I were sitting in
1:01 AM ET The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired forward Erik Haula from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for forward Nicolas Roy and a conditional fifth-round draft pick in the 2021 NHL draft, the teams announced Wednesday night. Haula, 28, played in just 15 games last season before undergoing season-ending surgery on his right heel.
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN P.K. Subban and Patrick Marleau were both traded during the 2019 NHL draft last weekend. Or, perhaps you know them by their more popular names: Nine Million Dollars Against the Cap Through 2022 and Six Point Five Million Dollars Against the Cap Through 2020. They are human beings, virtually converted
7:49 PM ET Associated Press PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Seattle’s new NHL franchise intends to have its American Hockey League affiliate in Palm Springs as part of a new arena proposed for the city. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and Oak View Group announced plans Wednesday to build a privately funded arena on
3:03 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Saying it’s time to become “just another retiree in South Florida,” goalie Roberto Luongo of the Florida Panthers announced his retirement from the NHL on Wednesday after a stellar 19-season career. Luongo had three more seasons on his contract at a $5,333,333 salary cap hit. “Thinking about getting onto the
12:40 PM ET Goaltender Brian Elliott is returning to the Philadelphia Flyers on a one-year, $2 million contract, general manager Chuck Fletcher announced Wednesday. Injuries limited the 34-year-old Elliott to 26 games last season, and the Flyers finally got off their goalie carousel by giving the job to youngster Carter Hart. Elliott was 11-11-1 last
7:30 AM ET It’s now been a few days since Jack Hughes was called at No. 1, and the dust of the 2019 NHL draft has started to settle. So there’s naturally only one thing left to do: It’s time to turn the page to the 2020 draft season. And it looks like we’ve got