The Wild have signed Marc-Andre Fleury to a two-year, $7 million contract extension.
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The Senators have acquired Alex DeBrincat from the Blackhawks for Picks #7 and #39 in the 2022 Draft and a 2024 3rd round draft pick.
The Avalanche have acquired Alexandar Georgiev from the Rangers for 2022 3rd and 5th round draft picks and a 2023 5th round draft pick.
The Penguins have signed Kris Letang to a six-year, $36.6 million contract extension.
The Wild have signed Jacob Middleton to a three-year, $7.35 million contract extension.
The Senators have signed Dillon Heatherington to a two-year, two-way contract extension.
The Blue Jackets have signed Adam Boqvist to a three-year, $7.8 million contract extension.
The Avalanche have signed Andrew Cogliano to a one-year contract extension.
The Bruins have signed Nick Wolff to a one-year, two-way contract extension.
The Bruins have signed Kyle Keyser to a one-year, two-way contract extension.
The Panthers have signed Aleksi Heponiemi to a one-year, two-way contract extension.
The Penguins have signed Casey DeSmith to a two-year, $3.6 million contract extension.
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The Senators have placed Colin White unconditional waivers for purpose of buying out the remainder of his contract.
The Rangers have signed Julien Gauthier to a one-year contract extension.
The Lightning have acquired Grant Mismash and Philippe Myers from the Predators for Ryan McDonagh.
Mismash was a second-round pick in the 2017 draft and turned pro in 2022 after four years at the University of North Dakota. The 23-year-old winger had 12 points (6G / 6A) in 57 games with Milwaukee (AHL) and will likely report to Syracuse (AHL) next year.
The Lightning have acquired Philippe Myers and Grant Mismash from the Predators for Ryan McDonagh.
Myers was traded to the Predators last year as a part of the Ryan Ellis and Nolan Patrick three-way trade. He appeared in 27 games with Nashville, posting one goal and three assists (four points). Myers should have a chance to crack the Lightning's blueline rotation to start 2023.
The Predators have acquired Ryan McDonagh from the Lightning for Philippe Myers and Grant Mismash.
McDonagh has four years left on his seven-year deal that carries a $6.75M AAV cap-hit. The Lightning recently approached McDonagh to waive his no-trade clause in an effort to clear some cap-space. The Lightning have two key UFA's in Ondrej Palat and Jan Rutta and this trade could help get both of them under contract. In Nashville, McDonagh joins Roman Josi, and Mattias Ekholm as the Predators' new big-3.
The Blue Jackets have signed Carson Meyer to a one-year, two-way contract extension.
Meyer was a sixth-round pick in the 2017 NHL draft and made his NHL debut during the 2022 season, scoring one goal with two assists (three points) in 13 games with the Blue Jackets. During his time in Cleveland (AHL), he was seventh on the team with 27 points (16G / 11A) in 57 games.
Duclair will be out indefinitely after having surgery on an achilles tendon injury suffered while training.
Duclair, who set new career-highs in goals (31), assists (27) and points (58) during the 2022 season is expected to be out for the first-half of the 2022-23 season after undergoing surgery to repair an Achilles tendon injury. His injury could open the door for someone like Grigori Denisenko to make the Panthers out of training camp.
Toropchenko is expected to be out until December after having shoulder surgery.
Toropchenko will miss the start of the 2022-23 season after undergoing offseason shoulder surgery. Toropchenko will "probably be out until early December." Blues GM Doug Armstrong said that "it's one of those (injuries) where he could have potentially played with it and got injured again, then you're looking at a four- to five-month surgery." Toropchenko had two goals and two assists in 40 combined regular season and playoff games during his first NHL season.
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There’s never been more talent scattered across the NHL than there is this season. With living legends like Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin still setting records left-and-right, alongside today’s current superstars such as Connor McDavid and Nathan Mackinnon, the level of talent in the NHL is at an all-time high. Along with these established stars, there’s plenty of budding stars emerging every season such as Connor Bedard, Macklin Celebrini, and Matvei Michkov.
What are the latest updates on NHL player suspensions or disciplinary actions?
Already this season we’ve seen the hammer brought down by the NHL Department of Player Safety. Notable suspensions and fines include Ryan Reaves of the Toronto Maple Leafs who was given a five-game suspension for an illegal check to the head against the Edmonton Oilers, and Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot who was dealt a three-game suspension, also for an illegal hit to the head.
In the 2023-24 season, there were a total of 14 suspensions and 17 fines issued throughout the NHL. The longest suspension served was dealt to former-Detroit Red Wing David Perron at six-games after a cross-checking penalty dealt ironically against his current team in the 2024-25 season, the Ottawa Senators. Additionally, Perron was fined $148,437.48 for his actions.
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Every season there are several players who have breakout years, establishing themselves as some of the best up-and-coming stars in the league. In the 2024-25 season early breakout candidates have emerged such as Dylan Strome of the Washington Capitals (on-pace for his first 100-point season) and Ivan Barbashev of the Vegas Golden Knights (on-pace for career-high in points).
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