After 36 appearances with Hartford (AHL) in 2025-26, Dylan Garand has earned himself a two-year contract extension to remain with the Rangers. The 24-year-old will be given a chance to compete for New York's back up role after an impressive three game appearance last season where he posted a 2-0-1 record with a 1.62 GAA and .948 SV%>
After being acquired from Chicago at last season's trade deadline, Connor Murphy will remain an Edmonton Oiler for the next five seasons after he signed a five-year, $4.1 million AAV ($20.5 million total) contract extension on Monday. The 33-year-old is entering his 14th NHL season after appearing in 80 games in 2025-26 between the Blackhawks and Oilers, with five goals, 17 points and 71 PIMs.
Fiala fractured his left leg in the Olympics and missed the rest of the 2025-26 regular season. But following the Kings' first round exit, GM Ken Holland said that he would have returned by Round 3 if they would have advanced. That's an encouraging sign that Fiala will be fully healthy when the Kings hit the ice for training camp in the fall.
After eight seasons in the Nation's Capital, Brady Tkachuk will join his brother Matthew in Florida after the Panthers acquired the 26-year-old from Ottawa for the No.9 overall pick, No.25 overall pick, 2029 1st round pick and 2030 2nd round pick. Tkachuk is coming off a media filled, injury-riddled eighth season in Ottawa in 2025-26, where the captain put up 22 goals, 59 points and 221 SOG in 60 games played. He is expected to be a key part of Florida's future for years to come.
After an incredibly successful 18-game stint in Seattle last season, Bobby McMann will remain a member of the Kraken after signing a six-year contract extension worth $5.75 million AAV ($34.5M total) on Sunday. The 30-year-old winger was acquired from Toronto at last year's Trade Deadline for a 2027 2nd round pick and a 2026 4th round pick and immediately made an instant impact, becoming a key member of the Kraken's top-six and putting up 10 goals, 14 points and 58 SOG in 18 games played.
Seattle acquired a new top-six forward on Sunday after the team announced they had traded for Mackie Samoskevich from Florida for the 2026 25th-overall pick and a 2027 conditional 2nd-round pick. Samoskevich is entering his third full NHL season after being drafted by Florida in the 1st round (24th overall) of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. The scrappy winger has increased his point, SOG and hit totals in every season since entering the NHL and had nine points in the final 10 games played in 2025-26.
Edmonton has locked up some offensive depth when the team announced Sunday that it had signed Jason Dickinson to a five-year, $4 million AAV contract extension ($20M total). The 30-year-old forward is entering his 12th NHL season and first full season in Edmonton after being acquired from Chicago at last year's Trade Deadline. Dickinson will look to reach the 20 point plateau for the first time since 2023-24 after finishing last season with seven goals and 17 points in 64 games played.
Columbus has locked up former 1st round pick, Corson Ceulemans to a one-year, two-way contract extension after it was announced the 23-year-old would be remaining with the Blue Jackets for at least one more season. Ceulemans is expected to compete for one of Columbus' final roster spots out of training camp after a successful 2025-26 season in Cleveland (AHL) which saw him put up eight goals and 24 points in 64 games played.
Deslauriers' announcement of his two-year extension will go down in the history books after the 35-year-old announced his two-year, $875,000 AAV ($1.75 Million total) contract during Carolina's Stanley Cup Parade. The bruising forward only appeared in seven games with Carolina after being acquired at the trade deadline but still managed to finish his 2025-26 season with two assists, 38 PIMs and a -3 plus/minus across 31 games played.
