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The Senators have signed Travis Harmonic to a two-year, $2.2 million contract extension ($1.1M AAV).

Harmonic had six goals, 15 assists, 136 SOG, 71 PIMs and a -5 plus/minus through 75 games with Ottawa in 2022-23 and has signed a two-year, $2.2 million contract extension ($1.1M AAV). The 32-year-old defenseman has played in 793 career NHL games, picking up 50 goals and 229 points across his 13 year career thus far.

Travis Hamonic
The Coyotes signed Montana Onyebuchi to a two-year, entry-level contract.

Onyebuchi is an undrafted free agent out of the WHL, that played 81 games with the San Jose Barracuda (AHL) over the last two seasons. The 6-foot-3, 210 lbs. defenseman has commonly been found among the team's PIMS leaders during his WHL and AHL stays.

Montana Onyebuchi
The Coyotes signed Alex Galchenyuk to a one-year, two-way contract.

Galchenyuk was traded from Colorado to Nashville for Ryan Johansen the week before free agency but never received a contract from the Predators. So, he returns to the Coyotes' organization, where he had 21 points (6G / 15A) in 60 games during the 2022 season. Arizona is one of the most likely destinations for him to get NHL playing time, however they look deeper than they have in recent years after also adding Jason Zucker, Alex Kerfoot and Nick Bjugstad in free agency.

Alex Galchenyuk
The Coyotes signed Troy Stecher to a one-year deal worth $1.1 million.

Stecher returns to the Coyotes after being dealt to the Flames as a rental at the 2023 trade deadline. The 29-year-old blueliner finished the season with 14 points (3G / 11A) in 81 games and brings a veteran presence to a Coyotes' blueline that is mainly young and inexperienced.

Troy Stecher
The Ducks signed Radio Gudas to a three-year contract worth $12.0 million ($4.0M AAV).

Gudas spent the last three seasons in Florida, where he had some of the best seasons of his career. He doesn't offer a lot offensively, posting just 44 points (7G / 37A) in 203 games, but he's a tough, rugged defenseman that led all defensemen in hits (917) during his three years with the Panthers. Not only did he have the most hits, he had 227 more hits than second (Luke Schenn).

Radko Gudas
Pittsburgh has signed Will Butcher to a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV).

Butcher had six goals, 37 assists, 16 PIMs and a+11 plus/minus through 65 games with Texas (AHL) and has signed a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV) with Pittsburgh. The 28-year-old defenseman last appeared in the NHL for Buffalo in 2021-22 and has picked up 16 goals and 114 points through 275 career games.

Will Butcher
Nashville has signed Jasper Weatherby to a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV).

Weatherby had six goals, 11 assists, 51 PIMs and a -8 plus/minus through 70 games with both San Jose (AHL) and Grand Rapids (AHL) and has signed a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV) with Nashville. The 25-year-old centre was San Jose's 2018 fourth-round pick (102nd overall) and has five goals and 11 points across 50 career NHL games played.

Jasper Weatherby
Arizona has signed John Leonard to a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV).

Leonard spent most of the 2023 season in the AHL, finishing second on the Milwaukee Admirals in points (44), third in goals (17) and fourth in assists (27). With Arizona, he should battle for a roster spot in training camp, but seems destined to start the year in the AHL due to his two-way contract.

John Leonard
Winnipeg has signed Axel Jonsson-Fjallby to a two-year, $1.55 Million contract ($775,000 AAV).

Jonsson-Fjallby had six goals, eight assists, 54 PIMs and a -1 plus/minus through 50 games in 2022-23 with the Washington Capitals and has signed a two-year, $1.55 Million contract ($775,000 AAV) with Winnipeg. The 25-year-old left-winger joins the Jets with 73 career NHL games experience, racking up 18 points (8G/10A) and 12 PIMs across two seasons.

Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
Montreal has signed Rafael Harvey-Pinard to a two-year, $2.2 million contract extension ($1,100,000 AAV).

Harvey-Pinard had 14 goals, six assists, 58 SOG, 10 PIMs and a +7 plus/minus through 34 games with Montreal in 2022-23 and has signed a two-year, $2.2 million contract extension. The 24-year-old left-winger was a seventh-round pick in 2019 (201st overall and broke out in 2022-23 as the rest of the Canadiens roster struggled.

Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Nathan Todd has signed a two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV) with the San Jose Sharks.

Todd had eight goals, eight six assists, eight PIMs and a +3 plus/minus through 16 games with Springfield (AHL) in 2022-23 and has signed a two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV) with the San Jose Sharks. The 27-year-old centre has yet to make an NHL appearance since making the jump to the ECHL in 2017-18 as an undrafted free-agent from Carleton University (USports).

Nathan Todd
Dallas has signed Nicholas Caamano to a one-year, two-way contract extension.

Caamano had two goals, nine assists, 10 PIMs and a +7 plus/minus through 29 games played with Texas (AHL) in 2022-23 and has signed a one-year, two-way contract extension worth $775,000. The 24-year-old right-winger was drafted by Dallas in the fifth-round of the 2016 NHL Draft (146th overall) and has a goal and two assists through 36 career NHL games played.

Nicholas Caamano
Dallas has signed Scott Reedy to a one-year, two-way contract extension.

Reedy had 11 goals, 12 assists, 21 PIMs and a -6 plus/minus through 56 games played with both Texas (AHL) and San Jose (AHL) in 2022-23 and has signed a one-year, two-way contract extension. The 24-year-old centre was originally drafted by San Jose in 2017 in the fourth-round (102nd overall) and has seven goals, nine points and 10 PIMs across 35 career NHL games.

Scott Reedy
Alex Limoges has signed a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV) with the Washington Capitals.

Limoges had 20 goals, 34 assists, 12 PIMs and a +5 plus/minus through 63 games played with the Manitoba Moose (AHL) in 2022-23 and has signed a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV) with the Washington Capitals. The 25-year-old forward was signed as an undrafted free agent from Penn State (NCAA) who joined San Diego (AHL) after his 2020-21 college season.

Alex Limoges
Calgary has signed Brady Lyle to a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 AAV).

Lyle was an undrafted free agent out of the OHL, who turned pro in 2021 and has spent the first three seasons of his career in the Bruins and Blues organizations. He has yet to crack the NHL, totalling 61 points (19G / 42A) in 139 AHL games with Providence and Springfield.

Brady Lyle
Philadelphia has signed veteran Marc Staal to a one-year, $1.1 million contract.

Staal had three goals, 12 assists, 55 SOG, 43 PIMs and a +10 plus/minus through 82 games with Florida in 2022-23 and has signed a one-year, $1.1 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. The 36-year-old veteran defenseman brings 52 goals and 229 points across 1101 career games of experience to the Flyers.

Marc Staal
Dylan Gambrell has signed a one-year, $775,000 contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Gambrell had four goals, six assists, 46 SOG, 35 PIMs and a -4 plus/minus through 60 games with Ottawa in 2022-23 and has signed a one-year, $775,000 contract with the Maple Leafs. The 26-year-old centre has 17 goals, 23 assists, and a -28 plus/minus through 233 NHL games played and will make a solid depth piece for Toronto.

Dylan Gambrell
The Maple Leafs have signed Max Domi to a one-year deal worth $3.0 million.

Domi had 20 goals, 36 assists, 179 SOG, 82 PIMs and a -15 plus/minus through 80 games with both Chicago and Dallas in 2022-23 and has signed a one-year deal worth $3 Million with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 28-year-old centre will follow in the footsteps of his father who played 777 games for the Maple Leafs and picked up 196 points (84G/112A) and 2265 PIMs. Max has picked up 121 goals and 370 points in 581 career NHL games with six different teams.

Max Domi

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