RALEIGH, N.C.—The Carolina Hurricanes say they are keeping star forward Sebastian Aho and will match the $42-million (U.S.) offer sheet that the Montreal Canadiens tendered him. General manager Don Waddell announced the decision Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the Canadiens extended their offer to the 21-year-old restricted free agent. Aho will receive a five-year,
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Nazem Kadri knew for a while he might get caught in the trade winds swirling around the salary cap-squeezed Maple Leafs. That doesn’t make his departure any easier. The veteran centre was dealt by Toronto to the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night in a four-player deal that saw defenceman Tyson Barrie go the other way.
Longtime Los Angeles Kings coach Darryl Sutter joined the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday as an adviser to new coach Dallas Eakins’ staff, enlivening an otherwise quiet free-agent signing period for Southern California’s two rebuilding NHL clubs. Sutter is the winningest coach in the history of the Kings, the Ducks’ crosstown archrivals. He has been out
CHICAGO—Robin Lehner’s summer was getting off to a great start. At the NHL awards ceremony last month, Lehner’s eloquent speech about his mental health and addiction issues while receiving the prestigious Masterton Trophy touched the hearts of hockey fans everywhere. Now all he wanted was to return to the Islanders, with whom he had found
CALGARY—The Flames signed goaltender Cam Talbot to a one-year contract worth $2.75 million U.S. on the opening day of NHL free agency. Talbot joins David Rittich, who had a breakout season platooning with Mike Smith, in the Flames goalie mix. Calgary finished atop the Western Conference with a 50-25-7 regular-season record, then lost to the
The Carolina Hurricanes say they will match the offer sheet tendered to restricted free agent Sebastian Aho by the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal signed the centre to a front-loaded, bonus-heavy contract worth $42.27 million US over five years on Monday on the first day of NHL free agency. Carolina had a week to match the deal.
The Canadiens made a big move Monday, tendering an offer sheet to forward Sebastian Aho of the Carolina Hurricanes. The proposed contract is for five years, with an average annual value of $8.454 million US. That AAV lands in the third-highest tier of compensation for an offer sheet, meaning Montreal would have to give up a first,
Here in the Centre of the Hockey Universe, NHL free agency was being overshadowed for the first time by NBA free agency. Waiting for Kawhi, after all, seemed a more meaningful game than daydreaming whether some misguided NHL team might toss a free-agent offer sheet at Mitch Marner for the Maple Leafs to quickly match.
A reported last-ditch effort by the Columbus Blue Jackets wasn’t enough to sway Artemi Panarin, who has decided to leave Ohio for the Big Apple in New York. The Rangers signed the 27-year-old left-winger on the first day of NHL free agency Monday. The New York Post is reporting Panarin’s deal is for seven years
The Chicago Blackhawks have reacquired pesky forward Andrew Shaw in a deal with the Montreal Canadiens. The Blackhawks traded second- and seventh-round picks in next year’s draft and a third-rounder in 2021 to the Canadiens for Shaw and a seventh-rounder in 2021. Shaw was selected by Chicago in the fifth round in 2011 and spent
The Carolina Hurricanes acquired James Reimer from the Florida Panthers for Scott Darling in a swap of goaltenders on Sunday. Florida immediately placed Darling on waivers with the intention to buy out the remaining two years of his contract. The Panthers also geta sixth-round pick in the 2020 draft in the exchange, made a day
ST. LOUIS—The Blues signed coach Craig Berube to a three-year contract extension Tuesday after he led St. Louis to its first Stanley Cup championship in his first season in charge. The Blues were in last place at the start of the year, but Berube led them on an 11-game win streak in January and February
General manager Kyle Dubas took a break from the Mitch Marner contract talks to round the Toronto Maple Leafs’ bench staff on Saturday. Former Philadelphia Flyers bench boss Dave Hakstol, 50, will work under Leafs head coach Mike Babcock. “I look forward to building relationships with the players and getting to work with the entire
According to multiple reports, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators have a deal in place to swap blueliners Nikita Zaitsev and Cody Ceci. The tentative deal is not expected to be announced before July 1, when Toronto pays out Zaitsev’s $3 million signing bonus. Toronto may also be adding other assets to complete the trade. TOR and
GLENDALE, ARIZ.—The Pittsburgh Penguins traded high-scoring winger Phil Kessel to the Arizona Coyotes for centre Alex Galchenyuk on Saturday night. Minor league defenceman Pierre-Oliver Joseph also will go to Pittsburgh. The Coyotes get minor-league defenceman Dane Birks and a 2021 fourth-round draft pick. The 31-year-old Kessel had 27 goals and 55 assists with the Penguins
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas said last week he was close to getting new contracts signed with pending restricted free agent forwards Kasperi Kapanen and Andreas Johnsson. The parties put pen to paper on Friday. The Leafs announced Kapanen has agreed to a three-year contract extension with an annual average value of $3.2
This summer is far more exciting for New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers fans than last season. As expected, the Devils picked centre Jack Hughes first overall in the NHL draft and the Rangers selected winger Kaapo Kakko. New Jersey got a potential generational talent and New York got an instant impact scorer. But
SUNRISE, FLA.—Florida goalie Roberto Luongo has decided to retire after 19 seasons. The 40-year-old Luongo made the announcement Wednesday on his Twitter account. His 489 career victories are third in NHL history behind only Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy, and Brodeur is the only goalie to have appeared in more games or made more saves