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The 2020-21 NHL Offseason Summary includes Offseason Signings/Acquisitions, Re-Signings and Notable Offseason Departures for all Clubs, including the Seattle Kraken (Updated through Jan. 10, 2021; excludes players on PTOs).

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The 2020-21 NHL Offseason Summary includes Offseason Signings/Acquisitions, Re-Signings and Notable Offseason Departures for all Clubs, including the Seattle Kraken (Updated through Jan. 10, 2021; excludes players on PTOs).

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ANAHEIM DUCKS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 27: Signed C Trevor Zegras March 30: Signed C Jack Badini and D Hunter Drew June 1: Signed D Kodie Curran June 23: Named Martin Madden assistant general manager Oct. 8: Acquired a 2021 fifth-round pick from Ottawa for D Erik Gudbranson Oct. 9: Signed C Derek Grant and D Kevin Shattenkirk Oct. 10: Signed C Vinni Lettieri and D Andy Welinski (Lettieri and Welinski were subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Oct. 12: Signed LW Maxim Golod Nov. 5: Signed RW Jacob Perreault Nov. 7: Signed D Jamie Drysdale Re-Signings May 6: Re-signed D Christian Djoos and D Jani Hakanpaa (Djoos was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8 and claimed by Detroit on Jan. 9) May 10: Re-signed C Sam Carrick and D Brendan Guhle (Carrick was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) July 14: Re-signed RW Troy Terry July 28: Re-signed LW Sonny Milano Aug. 7: Re-signed D Jacob Larsson Oct. 9: Re-signed C Chase De Leo (De Leo was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Oct. 10: Re-signed C Andrew Poturalski (Poturalski was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Dec. 24: Re-signed G Ryan Miller Jan. 7: Re-signed G Anthony Stolarz (Stolarz was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Notable Offseason Departures LW Andrew Agozzino (placed on waivers) RW David Backes (placed on waivers) G Kevin Boyle (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit) D Michael Del Zotto (unrestricted free agent, signed by Columbus) RW Patrick Eaves (unrestricted free agent) D Erik Gudbranson (traded to Ottawa) D Matt Irwin (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo) C Justin Kloos (unrestricted free agent, signed by Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) D Joel Persson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vaxjo Lakers) LW Kiefer Sherwood (unrestricted free agent, signed by Colorado) Pro scout Dave Baseggio (hired by Seattle as director of professional scouting)

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ARIZONA COYOTES Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 19: Signed C Ryan McGregor March 20: Signed LW Nate Sucese April 6: Signed G David Tendeck April 9: Signed D Cameron Crotty April 28: Signed LW Matias Maccelli June 8: Named Xavier Gutierrez president, chief executive officer and alternate governor Aug. 15: Signed C Lane Pederson Sept. 17: Named Bill Armstrong general manager Sept. 25: Named Brian Daccord special assistant to the general manager and director of goaltending operations Oct. 1: Named Darryl Plandowski director of amateur scouting Oct. 2: Named Ryan Jankowski associate director of amateur scouting Oct. 9: Signed C John Hayden and C Tyler Pitlick Oct. 10: Signed LW Dryden Hunt and C Johan Larsson Nov. 12: Named Devan McConnell high performance director Dec. 11: Named David Ludwig director of hockey operations and salary cap compliance Dec. 12: Named Hunter Cherni head video coordinator Dec. 15: Named Cory Stillman assistant coach Dec. 21: Signed C Drake Caggiula Dec. 26: Acquired a 2021 second-round pick from Ottawa for C Derek Stepan Dec. 30: Signed C Derick Brassard Re-Signings March 30: Re-signed C Michael Chaput June 30: Re-signed D Dysin Mayo Aug. 23: Re-signed C Blake Speers Sept. 15: Re-signed G Adin Hill Oct. 5: Re-signed D Kyle Capobianco and D Ilya Lyubushkin Oct. 10: Re-signed D Jordan Gross Oct. 19: Re-signed RW Christian Fischer Notable Offseason Departures LW Michael Grabner (placed on waivers) LW Taylor Hall (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo) RW Vinnie Hinostroza (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida) RW Brad Richardson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville) C Carl Soderberg (unrestricted free agent, signed by Chicago) C Derek Stepan (traded to Ottawa) General manager John Chayka Interim general manager Steve Sullivan (retained by Arizona as assistant general manager) Director of European amateur scouting Chris MacDonald (hired by Seattle as amateur scout)

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BOSTON BRUINS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 18: Signed G Jeremy Swayman and D Nick Wolff March 27: Signed D Jack Ahcan June 15: Signed D Victor Berglund Aug. 6: Signed RW Robert Lantosi Aug. 17: Signed LW Matt Filipe Oct. 10: Signed RW Craig Smith Oct. 14: Signed G Callum Booth and C Greg McKegg Re-Signings May 1: Re-signed G Jaroslav Halak July 29: Re-signed RW Anders Bjork Aug. 23: Re-signed G Dan Vladar Oct. 9: Re-signed D Kevan Miller Oct. 14: Re-signed D Jakub Zboril Oct. 17: Re-signed D Matt Grzelcyk Oct. 20: Re-signed C Karson Kuhlman Oct. 21: Re-signed RW Zach Senyshyn Nov. 23: Re-signed LW Jake DeBrusk Notable Offseason Departures LW Peter Cehlarik (restricted free agent, signed by Leksands IF) D Zdeno Chara (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington) C Brendan Gaunce (unrestricted free agent) D Torey Krug (unrestricted free agent, signed by St. Louis) G Maxime Legace (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh) C Joakim Nordstrom (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary) D Alexander Petrovic (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary) RW Brett Ritchie (unrestricted free agent) Assistant video coordinator Hunter Cherni (hired by Arizona as head video coordinator)

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BUFFALO SABRES Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 18: Signed LW Brandon Biro March 23: Signed LW Dawson DiPietro March 25: Signed D Mattias Samuelsson June 15: Signed D Oskari Laaksonen June 16: Named Kevyn Adams general manager June 26: Named Jeremiah Crowe director of scouting and Jason Nightingale assistant director of scouting July 31: Signed LW Brett Murray (Murray was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Sept. 1: Named Matt Ellis director of player development Sept. 16: Acquired C Eric Staal from Minnesota for C Marcus Johansson Oct. 9: Signed D Brandon Davidson, D Matt Irwin and C Tobias Rieder (Davidson was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 10: Signed C Cody Eakin and D Brandon Montour Oct. 11: Signed LW Taylor Hall Oct. 19: Signed C Steven Fogarty (Fogarty was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Nov. 4: Signed G Dustin Tokarski (Tokarski was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Nov. 16: Signed RW Jack Quinn Jan. 5: Named Dan Girardi development coach Jan. 8: Signed C Riley Sheahan Re-Signings Sept. 24: Re-signed C Curtis Lazar Oct. 2: Re-signed C Andrew Oglevie Oct. 5: Re-signed RW Tage Thompson Oct. 7: Re-signed G Jonas Johansson Oct. 8: Re-signed C Zemgus Girgensons Oct. 22: Re-signed D Casey Nelson Oct. 25: Re-signed C Sam Reinhart and G Linus Ullmark Oct. 29: Re-signed LW Victor Olofsson Dec. 23: Re-signed C Casey Mittelstadt Notable Offseason Departures C Jean-Sebastien Dea (placed on waivers) LW Remi Elie (unrestricted free agent) RW Michael Frolik (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal) D John Gilmour (unrestricted free agent, signed by CSKA Moscow) D Matt Hunwick (unrestricted free agent) C Marcus Johansson (traded to Minnesota) LW Dominik Kahun (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton) C Johan Larsson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona) D Lawrence Pilut (restricted free agent, signed by Traktor Chelyabinsk) C Vladimir Sobotka (unrestricted free agent, signed by SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers) RW Wayne Simmonds (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto) LW C.J. Smith (placed on waivers) LW Jimmy Vesey (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto) LW Scott Wilson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida) General manager Jason Botterill (hired by Seattle as assistant general manager) Assistant general manager Randy Sexton (hired by Minnesota as senior advisor to the general manager) Director of amateur scouting Ryan Jankowski (hired by Arizona as associate director of amateur scouting)

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CALGARY FLAMES Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 20: Signed D Connor Mackey and D Colton Poolman April 27: Signed C Mathias Emilio Pettersen April 29: Signed D Johannes Kinnvall May 1: Signed G Dustin Wolf Sept. 14: Named Geoff Ward full-time head coach Oct. 9: Signed G Jacob Markstrom, D Alexander Petrovic and D Christopher Tanev (Petrovic was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 10: Signed G Louis Domingue (Domingue was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 19: Signed C Joakim Nordstrom Oct. 22: Signed C Dominik Simon Oct. 23: Signed D Nikita Nesterov Oct. 24: Signed LW Josh Leivo Dec. 16: Named Jordan Sigalet director of goaltending, Jason Labarbera goaltending coach and Thomas Speer development goalie coach Dec. 31: Signed C Connor Zary Re-Signings June 15: Re-signed G Artyom Zagidulin Sept. 28: Re-signed C Justin Kirkland (Kirkland was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 9: Re-signed C Byron Froese, C Zac Rinaldo and RW Buddy Robinson (Froese and Robinson were subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 14: Re-signed C Glenn Gawdin Oct. 15: Re-signed G Tyler Parsons Oct. 16: Re-signed LW Andrew Mangiapane Dec. 18: Re-signed D Oliver Kylington Notable Offseason Departures D TJ Brodie (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto) C Austin Czarnik (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Islanders) D Derek Forbort (unrestricted free agent, signed by Winnipeg) G Jon Gillies (unrestricted free agent, signed by St. Louis) D Erik Gustafsson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Philadelphia) D Travis Hamonic (unrestricted free agent) C Mark Jankowski (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh) LW Ryan Lomberg (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida) C Alan Quine (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton) C Tobias Rieder (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo) D Michael Stone (unrestricted free agent) G Cam Talbot (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)

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CAROLINA HURRICANES Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 24: Signed C David Cotton and C Jason Cotton July 11: Named Peter Harrold skills coach Sept. 12: Acquired a 2020 fifth-round pick from Montreal for D Joel Edmundson Oct. 10: Signed RW Jesper Fast Oct. 12: Signed D Joakim Ryan Oct. 13: Signed C Vasiliy Ponomarev Oct. 16: Signed RW Jeremy Bracco and RW Sheldon Rempal (Bracco was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Oct. 21: Signed C Drew Shore (Shore was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Oct. 22: Signed G Antoine Bibeau (Bibeau was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Dec. 28: Signed C Seth Jarvis Dec. 30: Signed C Jamieson Rees Jan. 8: Named Eric Tulsky and Darren Yorke assistant general managers and Aaron Schwartz director of hockey operations Re-Signings Oct. 13: Re-signed C Clark Bishop and RW Spencer Smallman (Bishop was subsequently placed on waivers on Dec. 31; Smallman was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Oct. 15: Re-signed C Steven Lorentz (Lorentz was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Oct. 16: Re-signed RW Dave Gust Oct. 23: Re-signed D Gustav Forsling (Forsling was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8 and claimed by Florida on Jan. 9) Oct. 27: Re-signed D Haydn Fleury Oct. 28: Re-signed LW Max McCormick (McCormick was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Nov. 1: Re-signed LW Warren Foegele Dec. 18: Re-signed D Roland McKeown (McKeown was subsequently placed on waivers on Dec. 30) Notable Offseason Departures D Joel Edmundson (traded to Montreal) G Anton Forsberg (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton) C Brian Gibbons (unrestricted free agent, signed by Lausanne HC) D Trevor van Riemsdyk (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington) RW Justin Williams (retired) Senior vice president of hockey operations Rick Dudley (hired by Florida as senior advisor to the general manager) Vice president of hockey operations Paul Krepelka (hired by Florida as assistant general manager)

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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions April 2: Signed RW Andrei Altybarmakyan and C Evan Barratt April 10: Signed LW Michal Teply April 13: Signed D Ian Mitchell April 27: Named Danny Wirtz interim president (Wirtz was subsequently named CEO on Dec. 16) May 29: Signed RW Matej Chalupa July 16: Signed D Wyatt Kalynuk and C Pius Suter Ag. 18: Signed LW Cameron Morrison Sept. 28: Acquired C Brandon Pirri from Vegas for RW Dylan Sikura Oct. 4: Acquired C Brad Morrison from Los Angeles for D Olli Maatta Oct. 10: Acquired D Anton Lindholm and D Nikita Zadorov from Colorado for D Dennis Gilbert and LW Brandon Saad Oct. 12: Signed C Mattias Janmark and C Lucas Wallmark Nov. 23: Named Erik Condra player development coach and Kendall Coyne Schofield player development coach and youth hockey growth specialist Dec. 16: Named Stan Bowman president of hockey operations and general manager and Jaime Faulkner president of business operations Dec. 26: Signed C Carl Soderberg Re-Signings April 2: Re-signed C Matthew Highmore and G Kevin Lankinen Oct. 9: Re-signed LW Dominik Kubalik and G Malcolm Subban Jan. 3: Re-signed C Dylan Strome Notable Offseason Departures D Drake Caggiula (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona) G Corey Crawford (unrestricted free agent, signed by New Jersey) LW Alexandre Fortin (unrestricted free agent) D Dennis Gilbert (traded to Colorado) D Slater Koekkoek (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton) C Jacob Nilsson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Farjestad BK) LW Brandon Saad (traded to Colorado) RW Dylan Sikura (traded to Vegas) C Zack Smith (placed on waivers) LW Anton Wedin (unrestricted free agent, signed by HV71) President and CEO John McDonough

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COLORADO AVALANCHE Offseason Signings/Acquisitions Oct. 9: Signed RW Miikka Salomaki, LW Kiefer Sherwood and RW Mike Vecchione (Salomaki and Vecchione were subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8; Sherwood was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 10: Acquired D Dennis Gilbert and LW Brandon Saad from Chicago for D Anton Lindholm and D Nikita Zadorov Oct. 11: Acquired D Kyle Burroughs from NY Islanders for LW A.J. Greer (Burroughs was subsequently signed by Colorado on Oct. 30 and placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Oct. 12: Acquired D Devon Toews from NY Islanders for a 2021 second-round pick and a 2022 second-round pick (Toews was subsequently signed by Colorado on Oct. 27) Re-Signings Sept. 18: Re-signed RW Logan O'Connor Oct. 9: Re-signed C Sheldon Dries (Dries was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Oct. 10: Re-signed LW Andre Burakovsky and RW Valeri Nichushkin Oct. 11: Re-signed C Jayson Megna (Megna was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 8) Oct. 12: Re-signed D Ryan Graves Oct. 18: Re-signed C Tyson Jost Oct. 19: Re-signed G Hunter Miska Notable Offseason Departures D Mark Alt (unrestricted free agent, signed by Los Angeles) D Mark Barberio (unrestricted free agent, signed by Lausanne HC) G Antoine Bibeau (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina) D Kevin Connauton (unrestricted free agent) LW A.J. Greer (traded to NY Islanders) G Michael Hutchinson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto) C Vladislav Kamenev (restricted free agent, signed by SKA Saint Petersburg) D Anton Lindholm (traded to Chicago) C Vladislav Namestnikov (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit) LW Matt Nieto (unrestricted free agent, signed by San Jose) C T.J. Tynan (placed on waivers) C Colin Wilson (retired) D Nikita Zadorov (traded to Chicago)

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COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions April 2: Signed D Tim Berni April 20: Signed C Mikhail Grigorenko Oct. 6: Acquired C Max Domi and a 2020 third-round pick from Montreal for RW Josh Anderson (Domi was subsequently signed by Columbus on Oct. 7) Oct. 8: Acquired RW Cliff Pu from Florida for D Markus Nutivaara; acquired a 2021 fifth-round pick from New Jersey for D Ryan Murray Oct. 9: Signed D Gavin Bayreuther Oct. 10: Signed C Mikko Koivu Jan. 9: Signed G Cameron Johnson Jan. 10: Signed D Michael Del Zotto Re-Signings April 17: Re-signed G Joonas Korpisalo April 23: Re-signed G Elvis Merzlikins Oct. 4: Re-signed RW Kole Sherwood Oct. 8: Re-signed G Matiss Kivlenieks Oct. 16: Re-signed D Gabriel Carlsson Oct. 27: Re-signed C Calvin Thurkauf (Thurkauf was subsequently placed on waivers on Dec. 29) Oct. 28: Re-signed C Kevin Stenlund Oct. 29: Re-signed C Ryan MacInnis Nov. 5: Re-signed D Vladislav Gavrikov Dec. 31: Re-signed C Pierre-Luc Dubois Jan. 6: Re-signed RW Oliver Bjorkstrand Notable Offseason Departures RW Josh Anderson (traded to Montreal) LW Marko Dano (unrestricted free agent, signed by Winnipeg) LW Jakob Lilja (unrestricted free agent, signed by Barys Nur-Sultan) D Ryan Murray (traded to New Jersey) D Markus Nutivaara (traded to Florida) C Lukas Sedlak (unrestricted free agent, signed by Traktor Chelyabinsk) C Devin Shore (unrestricted free agent) C Alex Wennberg (placed on waivers, signed by Florida) Associate general manager Bill Zito (hired by Florida as general manager) Assistant coach Paul MacLean (hired by Toronto as assistant coach) Scout Paul Fenton (hired by Florida as senior advisor to the general manager) Player development coach Gregory Campbell (hired by Florida as vice president of player personnel and development) Manager of scouting operations and player evaluation Tom Bark (hired by Florida as assistant to the general manager) Pro scout Blake Geoffrion (hired by Florida as assistant to the general manager)

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DALLAS STARS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions June 1: Signed C Fredrik Karlstrom July 10: Named Jim Lites chairman and Brad Alberts president and CEO Aug. 19: Signed D Ryan Shea Oct. 10: Signed D Mark Pysyk Oct. 29: Named Rick Bowness full-time head coach Re-Signings Oct. 4: Re-signed D Andrej Sekera Oct. 9: Re-signed G Anton Khudobin Oct. 11: Re-signed C Radek Faksa and C Joel L'Esperance Oct. 22: Re-signed RW Denis Gurianov Oct. 23: Re-signed G Landon Bow Oct. 30: Re-signed D Julius Honka Nov. 9: Re-signed LW Roope Hintz Notable Offseason Departures D Gavin Bayreuther (unrestricted free agent, signed by Columbus) C Martin Hanzal (retired) D Dillon Heatherington (unrestricted free agent, signed by Barys Nur-Sultan) C Mattias Janmark (unrestricted free agent, signed by Chicago) RW Corey Perry (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal) D Roman Polak (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Vitkovice)

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DETROIT RED WINGS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions April 29: Signed G Victor Brattstrom and LW Mathias Brome June 5: Signed D Albert Johansson Sept. 26: Acquired D Marc Staal and a 2021 second-round pick from NY Rangers for future considerations Oct. 9: Signed RW Riley Barber, G Kevin Boyle, C Kyle Criscuolo, D Jon Merrill and RW Bobby Ryan Oct. 10: Signed G Thomas Greiss and D Troy Stecher Oct. 11: Signed C Vladislav Namestnikov Dec. 11: Acquired future considerations from NY Islanders for LW Dmytro Timashov Jan. 9: Claimed D Christian Djoos off waivers from Anaheim Re-Signings Aug. 9: Re-signed RW Evgeny Svechnikov Aug. 24: Re-signed LW Robby Fabbri Sept. 26: Re-signed C Turner Elson and C Sam Gagner Sept. 28: Re-signed C Dominic Turgeon Oct. 8: Re-signed LW Adam Erne and LW Taro Hirose Oct. 27: Re-signed LW Tyler Bertuzzi Nov. 3: Re-signed RW Anthony Mantha Notable Offseason Departures LW Justin Abdelkader (placed on waivers) D Madison Bowey (unrestricted free agent) D Trevor Daley (retired, hired by Pittsburgh as hockey operations advisor) C Christoffer Ehn (unrestricted free agent, signed by Frolunda HC) D Jonathan Ericsson (unrestricted free agent) D Cody Goloubef (unrestricted free agent) G Jimmy Howard (unrestricted free agent) LW Brendan Perlini (unrestricted free agent) LW Matt Puempel (unrestricted free agent)

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EDMONTON OILERS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 21: Signed C Raphael Lavoie April 29: Signed D Theodor Lennstrom April 30: Signed D Markus Niemelainen May 1: Signed D Filip Berglund Sept. 10: Signed RW Adam Cracknell (Cracknell was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 9) Oct. 9: Signed G Anton Forsberg, C Seth Griffith, C Alan Quine and C Kyle Turris (Griffith was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 9) Oct. 10: Signed D Tyson Barrie Nov. 1: Signed LW Dominik Kahun Nov. 25: Signed D Philip Kemp Dec. 26: Signed D Slater Koekkoek Re-Signings April 28: Re-signed C Gaetan Haas Aug. 31: Re-signed RW Patrick Russell Oct. 7: Re-signed RW Jesse Puljujarvi Oct. 9: Re-signed C Tyler Ennis Oct. 10: Re-signed G Mike Smith Oct. 21: Re-signed D Kris Russell Nov. 4: Re-signed D William Lagesson Dec. 28: Re-signed D Ethan Bear Notable Offseason Departures LW Andreas Athanasiou (unrestricted free agent, signed by Los Angeles) D Matt Benning (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville) RW Josh Currie (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh) C Joseph Gambardella (placed on waivers) C Markus Granlund (unrestricted free agent, signed by Salavat Yulaev Ufa) D Mike Green (retired) RW Tomas Jurco (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vegas) C Brad Malone (unrestricted free agent, signed by Bakersfield Condors) D Brandon Manning (unrestricted free agent) C Riley Sheahan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo)

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FLORIDA PANTHERS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 26: Signed D Max Gildon and D Alec Rauhauser March 30: Signed D John Ludvig April 8: Signed C Cole Schwindt May 5: Signed LW Grigori Denisenko Aug. 5: Signed C Henry Bowlby Sept. 2: Named Bill Zito general manager Sept. 15: Named Rick Dudley and Paul Fenton senior advisors to the general manager, Gregory Campbell vice president of player personnel and development, Blake Geoffrion assistant to the general manager and P.J. Fenton scout Sept. 24: Acquired RW Patric Hornqvist from Pittsburgh for D Mike Matheson and C Colton Sceviour Oct. 2: Acquired a 2020 fourth-round pick from Ottawa for D Josh Brown Oct. 8: Acquired D Markus Nutivaara from Columbus for RW Cliff Pu Oct. 9: Signed D Radko Gudas, RW Vinnie Hinostroza, LW Ryan Lomberg, C Carter Verhaeghe and C Alex Wennberg Oct. 21: Signed LW Scott Wilson (Wilson was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Nov. 2: Named Paul Krepelka assistant general manager and Tom Bark assistant to the general manager Nov. 9: Named Ulf Samuelsson assistant coach Nov. 17: Named Brett Peterson assistant general manager Nov. 23: Named Shane Churla director of amateur scouting Dec. 8: Named Francois Allaire goaltending consultant and Leo Luongo to goaltending excellence department Dec. 17: Signed LW Anthony Duclair Dec. 29: Named Sunny Mehta vice president of hockey strategy and intelligence Jan. 9: Claimed D Gustav Forsling off waivers from Carolina Re-Signings Aug. 31: Re-signed D Brady Keeper Oct. 14: Re-signed G Philippe Desrosiers (Desrosiers was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Nov. 3: Re-signed LW Mason Marchment Nov. 6: Re-signed MacKenzie Weegar Nov. 24: Re-signed RW Juho Lammikko Dec. 22: Re-signed G Sam Montembeault Notable Offseason Departures C Brian Boyle (unrestricted free agent) D Josh Brown (traded to Ottawa) RW Evgenii Dadonov (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa) LW Erik Haula (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville) LW Mike Hoffman (unrestricted free agent) LW Dryden Hunt (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona) D Mike Matheson (traded to Pittsburgh) D Mark Pysyk (unrestricted free agent, signed by Dallas) C Colton Sceviour (traded to Pittsburgh) C Dominic Toninato (unrestricted free agent, signed by Winnipeg) C Lucas Wallmark (unrestricted free agent, signed by Chicago) General manager Dale Tallon Senior vice president of hockey operations Chris Pronger Assistant coach Mike Kitchen

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LOS ANGELES KINGS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 30: Signed C Tyler Madden April 11: Signed D Cole Hults April 18: Signed G Jacob Ingham June 3: Signed RW Arthur Kaliyev and D Jordan Spence Oct. 4: Acquired D Olli Maatta from Chicago for C Brad Morrison Oct. 7: Acquired C Lias Andersson from NY Rangers for a 2020 second-round pick Oct. 10: Signed D Mark Alt and G Troy Grosenick Oct. 16: Signed C Quinton Byfield Dec. 28: Signed LW Andreas Athanasiou Re-Signings April 10: Re-signed D Kurtis MacDermid Sept. 1: Re-signed LW Carl Grundstrom and RW Austin Wagner Sept. 11: Re-signed D Sean Walker Oct. 5: Re-signed C Michael Eyssimont and RW Matt Luff Oct. 19: Re-signed LW Bokondji Imama and D Austin Strand (Imama was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Notable Offseason Departures D Daniel Brickley (placed on waivers) D Ben Hutton (unrestricted free agent) D Paul LaDue (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington) C Trevor Lewis (unrestricted free agent) LW Nikolai Prokhorkin (restricted free agent, signed by Metallurg Magnitogorsk) RW Sheldon Rempal (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina) D Joakim Ryan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina) LW Tim Schaller (unrestricted free agent)

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MINNESOTA WILD Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 23: Signed LW Adam Beckman and C Damien Giroux March 24: Signed RW Mitchell Chaffee March 26: Signed G Hunter Jones July 9: Named Judd Brackett director of amateur scouting July 13: Named Dean Evason full-time head coach; signed LW Kirill Kaprizov Sept. 11: Acquired C Nick Bjugstad from Pittsburgh for a conditional 2021 pick Sept. 16: Acquired C Marcus Johansson from Buffalo for C Eric Staal Aug. 26: Named Brett McLean assistant coach and Frederic Chabot goaltending coach Oct. 1: Named Michael Murray assistant to the general manager Oct. 5: Acquired a 2021 third-round pick from San Jose for C Ryan Donato; acquired a 2022 fifth-round pick from San Jose for G Devan Dubnyk and a 2022 seventh-round pick Oct. 7: Acquired C Nick Bonino, a 2020 second-round pick and a 2020 third-round pick from Nashville for C Luke Kunin and a 2020 fourth-round pick Oct. 9: Signed C Joseph Cramarossa, D Dakota Mermis and G Cam Talbot (Cramarossa and Mermis were subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 19: Signed D Ian McCoshen (McCoshen was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 23: Signed C Marco Rossi Dec. 16: Signed G Andrew Hammond (Hammond was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Jan. 1: Named Randy Sexton senior advisor to the general manager Re-Signings Sept. 15: Re-signed D Jonas Brodin Oct. 5: Re-signed D Carson Soucy and C Nico Sturm Oct. 8: Re-signed D Matt Bartkowski and C Kyle Rau (Bartkowski and Rau were subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 10: Re-signed LW Jordan Greenway Oct. 12: Re-signed G Kaapo Kahkonen Oct. 22: Re-signed D Louie Belpedio (Belpedio was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Notable Offseason Departures RW JT Brown (unrestricted free agent) C Ryan Donato (traded to San Jose) G Devan Dubnyk (traded to San Jose) C Gabriel Dumont (placed on waivers) LW Alex Galchenyuk (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa) C Luke Johnson (placed on waivers) C Mikko Koivu (unrestricted free agent, signed by Columbus) C Luke Kunin (traded to Nashville) C Gerald Mayhew (placed on waivers) D Brennan Menell (restricted free agent, signed by HC Dinamo Minsk) C Eric Staal (traded to Buffalo) Director of amateur scouting P.J. Fenton (hired by Florida as scout)

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MONTREAL CANADIENS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 26: Signed RW Jesse Ylonen May 12: Signed C Cameron Hillis July 13: Signed D Alexander Romanov Sept. 2: Acquired G Jake Allen and a 2022 seventh-round pick from St. Louis for a 2020 third-round pick and a 2020 seventh-round pick (Allen was subsequently signed by Montreal on Oct. 14) Sept. 12: Acquired D Joel Edmundson from Carolina for a 2020 fifth-round pick (Edmundson was subsequently signed by Montreal on Sept. 17) Oct. 6: Acquired RW Josh Anderson from Columbus for C Max Domi and a 2020 third-round pick (Anderson was subsequently signed by Montreal on Oct. 8) Oct. 9: Signed LW Brandon Baddock (Baddock was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 12: Signed RW Tyler Toffoli Oct. 20: Signed D Kaiden Guhle Dec. 23: Signed RW Michael Frolik Dec. 28: Signed RW Corey Perry Re-Signings March 19: Re-signed RW Alex Belzile (Belzile was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) March 25: Re-signed D Gustav Olofsson April 3: Re-signed C Laurent Dauphin (Dauphin was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Sept. 4: Re-signed LW Lukas Vejdemo Sept. 23: Re-signed C Jake Evans Sept. 25: Re-signed C Joseph Blandisi and D Jeff Petry (Blandisi was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Sept. 28: Re-signed C Jake Lucchini Sept. 30: Re-signed G Michael McNiven Oct. 8: Re-signed D Noah Juulsen (Juulsen was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 9: Re-signed D Victor Mete and D Xavier Ouellet (Ouellet was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 14: Re-signed RW Brendan Gallagher Notable Offseason Departures D Karl Alzner (placed on waivers) C Max Domi (traded to Columbus) D Christian Folin (unrestricted free agent) LW Charles Hudon (restricted free agent, signed by Lausanne HC) G Keith Kinkaid (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers) G Charlie Lindgren (placed on waivers) D Gustav Olofsson (placed on waivers) C Jordan Weal (placed on waivers) RW Dale Weise (unrestricted free agent) Director of amateur scouting Shane Churla (hired by Florida as director of amateur scouting)

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NASHVILLE PREDATORS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 19: Signed LW Cole Smith March 20: Signed C Patrick Harper March 23: Signed G Connor Ingram March 25: Signed C Thomas Novak July 15: Signed C Sean Malone (Malone was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 9) Sept. 10: Named Dan Hinote assistant coach Oct. 7: Acquired C Luke Kunin and a 2020 fourth-round pick from Minnesota for C Nick Bonino, a 2020 second-round pick and a 2020 third-round pick (Kunin was subsequently signed by Nashville on Jan. 6) Oct. 9: Signed D Matt Benning, D Mark Borowiecki and C Nick Cousins Oct. 10: Acquired a 2021 fourth-round pick from Ottawa for LW Austin Watson Oct. 12: Signed RW Brad Richardson Oct. 13: Signed G Kasimir Kaskisuo and D Tyler Lewington (Kaskisuo and Lewington were subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 9) Oct. 23: Named Todd Richards assistant coach Nov. 9: Signed RW Luke Evangelista Dec. 9: Signed D Luke Prokop Dec. 21: Acquired LW Michael Carcone from Ottawa for C Zachary Magwood (Carcone was subsequently placed on waivers on Dec. 29) Dec. 23: Signed LW Erik Haula Re-Signings April 15: Re-signed D Alexandre Carrier (Carrier was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 9) May 1: Re-signed D Ben Harpur (Harpur was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 9) July 28: Re-signed C Anthony Richard (Richard was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 9) Sept. 23: Re-signed RW Michael McCarron (McCarron was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 9) Sept. 24: Re-signed C Yakov Trenin Oct. 18: Re-signed C Rem Pitlick Dec. 23: Re-signed C Mikael Granlund Notable Offseason Departures C Colin Blackwell (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers) C Nick Bonino (traded to Minnesota) LW Daniel Carr (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington) C Frederick Gaudreau (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh) D Dan Hamhuis (retired) D Korbinian Holzer (unrestricted free agent, signed by Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg) D Steven Santini (placed on waivers, signed by St. Louis) RW Craig Smith (unrestricted free agent, signed by Boston) C Kyle Turris (placed on waivers, signed by Edmonton) LW Austin Watson (traded to Ottawa) D Yannick Weber (unrestricted free agent) Assistant coach Dan Muse (hired by USA Hockey Under-18 NTDP as head coach) Assistant coach Rob Scuderi (retained by Nashville as defense development coach) Assistant equipment manager Jeff Camelio (hired by Seattle as head equipment manager)

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NEW JERSEY DEVILS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions July 9: Named Lindy Ruff head coach and Tom Fitzgerald executive vice president and full-time general manager Aug. 10: Signed D Reilly Walsh Sept. 8: Named Mark Recchi assistant coach Oct. 8: Acquired D Ryan Murray from Columbus for a 2021 fifth-round pick Oct. 9: Signed G Corey Crawford (Crawford subsequently announced his retirement on Jan. 9) Oct. 10: Acquired LW Andreas Johnsson from Toronto for RW Joey Anderson Oct. 11: Signed G Scott Wedgewood Oct. 22: Signed D Dmitry Kulikov Oct. 23: Named Chris Taylor assistant coach and Dave Rogalski goaltending coach Dec. 24: Signed C Dawson Mercer Re-Signings Sept. 30: Re-signed D Josh Jacobs, LW Brett Seney and C Ben Street Oct. 21: Re-signed RW Nicholas Merkley Oct. 29: Re-signed D Colton White Dec. 23: Re-signed G Mackenzie Blackwood Jan. 7: Re-signed D Sami Vatanen Jan. 10: Re-signed LW Jesper Bratt Notable Offseason Departures RW Joey Anderson (traded to Toronto) D Fredrik Claesson (unrestricted free agent, signed by San Jose) C John Hayden (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona) D Dakota Mermis (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota) D Mirco Mueller (unrestricted free agent) C Kevin Rooney (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers) G Cory Schneider (placed on waivers) Interim head coach Alain Nasreddine (retained by New Jersey as assistant coach) Director of performance science and reconditioning Devan McConnell (hired by Arizona as high performance director) Assistant athletic trainer Steve Ruhmel (hired by Washington as assistant athletic trainer)

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NEW YORK ISLANDERS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions April 30: Signed D Samuel Bolduc May 28: Signed C Felix Bibeau, RW Cole Coskey and LW Blade Jenkins July 13: Signed G Ilya Sorokin Oct. 11: Acquired LW A.J. Greer from Colorado for D Kyle Burroughs (Greer was subsequently signed by NY Islanders on Oct. 21) Oct. 12: Acquired a 2021 second-round pick and a 2022 second-round pick from Colorado for D Devon Toews Oct. 13: Signed C Austin Czarnik Dec. 11: Acquired LW Dmytro Timashov from Detroit for future considerations Re-Signings Oct. 5: Re-signed D Sebastian Aho Oct. 13: Re-signed D Grant Hutton and D Mitchell Vande Sompel Oct. 16: Re-signed D Parker Wotherspoon Oct. 27: Re-signed RW Joshua Ho-Sang (Ho-Sang was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Nov. 4: Re-signed D Ryan Pulock Jan. 9: Re-signed C Mathew Barzal Notable Offseason Departures D Johnny Boychuk (retired) C Derick Brassard (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona) D Kyle Burroughs (traded to Colorado) G Christopher Gibson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay) G Thomas Greiss (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit) RW Tom Kuhnhackl (unrestricted free agent) D Devon Toews (traded to Colorado)

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NEW YORK RANGERS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 16: Signed D K'Andre Miller March 20: Signed RW Austin Rueschhoff April 2: Signed C Justin Richards May 8: Signed G Tyler Wall July 31: Signed C Morgan Barron Aug. 31: Named Jacques Martin assistant coach Sept. 26: Acquired future considerations from Detroit for D Marc Staal and a 2021 second-round pick Oct. 7: Acquired a 2020 second-round pick from Los Angeles for C Lias Andersson Oct. 9: Signed C Colin Blackwell, C Jonny Brodzinski, D Anthony Bitetto, RW Anthony Greco, D Jack Johnson, G Keith Kinkaid and C Kevin Rooney Oct. 12: Signed LW Alexis Lafreniere Re-Signings Oct. 9: Re-signed D Brandon Crawley Oct. 13: Re-signed LW Phillip Di Giuseppe Oct. 15: Re-signed G Alexandar Georgiev Oct. 16: Re-signed D Tony DeAngelo, C Gabriel Fontaine and D Darren Raddysh Nov. 5: Re-signed C Ryan Strome Nov. 6: Re-signed LW Brendan Lemieux Notable Offseason Departures C Lias Andersson (traded to Los Angeles) LW Matt Beleskey (unrestricted free agent) RW Jesper Fast (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina) C Steven Fogarty (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo) LW Micheal Haley (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa) C Vinni Lettieri (unrestricted free agent, signed by Anaheim) G Henrik Lundqvist (placed on waivers, signed by Washington) RW Nicklas Jensen (unrestricted free agent, signed by Jokerit) C Greg McKegg (unrestricted free agent, signed by Boston) C Boo Nieves (unrestricted free agent) C Danny O'Regan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vegas) D Marc Staal (traded to Detroit) Assistant coach Lindy Ruff (hired by New Jersey as head coach)

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OTTAWA SENATORS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions April 9: Signed C Mark Kastelic April 11: Signed D Jonathan Aspirot April 13: Signed G Kevin Mandolese April 20: Named Anthony LeBlanc president of business operations (LeBlanc was subsequently named alternate governor on Dec. 8) May 1: Signed D Artem Zub Oct. 2: Acquired D Josh Brown from Florida for a 2020 fourth-round pick (Brown was subsequently signed by Ottawa on Oct. 5) Oct. 7: Acquired G Matt Murray from Pittsburgh for C Jonathan Gruden and a 2020 second-round pick (Murray was subsequently signed by Ottawa on Oct. 9) Oct. 8: Acquired D Erik Gudbranson from Anaheim for a 2021 fifth-round pick from Ottawa Oct. 9: Signed RW Logan Shaw Oct. 10: Acquired LW Austin Watson from Nashville for a 2021 fourth-round pick Oct. 15: Signed RW Evgenii Dadonov Oct. 28: Signed LW Alex Galchenyuk Nov. 13: Signed LW Micheal Haley Nov. 20: Signed C Egor Sokolov Dec. 21: Acquired C Zachary Magwood from Nashville for LW Michael Carcone Dec. 26: Acquired C Derek Stepan from Arizona for a 2021 second-round pick Dec. 27: Signed LW Tim Stuetzle; acquired D Braydon Coburn, C Cedric Paquette and a 2022 second-round pick from Tampa Bay for RW Marian Gaborik and G Anders Nilsson Dec. 29: Signed C Ridly Greig Re-Signings Oct. 9: Re-signed C Matthew Peca Oct.14: Re-signed LW Nick Paul Oct. 16: Re-signed LW Rudolfs Balcers Oct. 17: Re-signed G Joey Daccord Oct. 18: Re-signed C J.C. Beaudin Oct. 22: Re-signed RW Connor Brown Oct. 26: Re-signed C Chris Tierney Oct. 27: Re-signed C Filip Chlapik Nov. 3: Re-signed D Christian Jaros Notable Offseason Departures G Craig Anderson (unrestricted free agent) LW Mikkel Boedker (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Lugano) D Mark Borowiecki (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville) LW Michael Carcone (traded to Nashville) LW Anthony Duclair (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida) D Andreas Englund (restricted free agent, signed by Vasterviks IK) C Jonathan Gruden (traded to Pittsburgh) D Ron Hainsey (unrestricted free agent) C Jayce Hawryluk (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver) D Maxime Lajoie (placed on waivers) G Anders Nilsson (traded to Tampa Bay) RW Bobby Ryan (placed on waivers, signed by Detroit) RW Scott Sabourin (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto Marlies) C Jordan Szwarz (unrestricted free agent, signed by Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 23: Signed C Tanner Laczynski March 27: Signed RW Wade Allison April 23: Named Eric Lindros team ambassador April 29: Signed RW Linus Sandin May 30: Signed D Linus Hogberg Sept. 28: Named Chris Stewart player development coach Oct. 9: Signed D Derrick Pouliot Oct. 12: Signed D Erik Gustafsson and RW Zayde Wisdom Oct. 14: Signed RW Tyson Foerster Dec. 18: Signed D Mason Millman Re-Signings July 13: Re-signed D Mark Friedman July 22: Re-signed LW Oskar Lindblom Sept. 17: Re-signed W Nicolas Aube-Kubel Sept. 25: Re-signed G Alex Lyon Sept. 28: Re-signed D Robert Hagg Oct. 3: Re-signed G Brian Elliott Oct. 5: Re-signed D Justin Braun Oct. 16: Re-signed C Nolan Patrick Dec 8: Re-signed D Philippe Myers Notable Offseason Departures RW Kurtis Gabriel (unrestricted free agent, signed by San Jose) C Derek Grant (unrestricted free agent, signed by Anaheim) D Matt Niskanen (retired) C Tyler Pitlick (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona) RW Chris Stewart (retired, retained by Philadelphia as player development coach) C Nate Thompson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Winnipeg) C Mikhail Vorobyev (restricted free agent, signed by Salavat Yulaev Ufa)

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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 17: Signed D Cam Lee April 29: Signed LW Radim Zohorna Aug. 21: Signed D Josh Maniscalco Aug. 25: Acquired LW Pontus Aberg, RW Kasperi Kapanen and D Jesper Lindgren from Toronto for C Filip Hallander, C Evan Rodrigues, D David Warsofsky and a 2020 first-round pick (Rodrigues subsequently became an unrestricted free agent and was signed by Pittsburgh on Oct. 9) Sept. 2: Named Todd Reirden and Mike Vellucci assistant coaches Sept. 11: Acquired a conditional 2021 pick from Minnesota for C Nick Bjugstad Sept. 24: Acquired D Mike Matheson and C Colton Sceviour from Florida for RW Patric Hornqvist Oct. 7: Acquired C Jonathan Gruden and a 2020 second-round pick from Ottawa for G Matt Murray Oct. 9: Signed RW Josh Currie and C Mark Jankowski (Currie was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 10: Signed C Frederick Gaudreau and G Maxime Legace (Gaudreau and Legace were subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 10) Oct. 17: Signed D Cody Ceci Oct. 26: Named Trevor Daley hockey operations advisor Nov. 4: Named Patrik Allvin assistant general manager and Sam Ventura director of hockey operations and hockey research Re-Signings Aug. 28: Re-signed D Chad Ruhwedel Sept. 5: Re-signed D Juuso Riikola Sept. 18: Re-signed C Jared McCann Oct. 3: Re-signed G Tristan Jarry Oct. 8: Re-signed C Sam Lafferty Oct. 10: Re-signed C Anthony Angello Oct. 17: Re-signed LW Sam Miletic Jan. 3: Re-signed D John Marino Notable Offseason Departures C Nick Bjugstad (traded to Minnesota) C Thomas Di Pauli (unrestricted free agent) RW Patric Hornqvist (traded to Florida) D Jack Johnson (placed on waivers, signed by NY Rangers) C Adam Johnson (unrestricted free agent) C Patrick Marleau (unrestricted free agent, signed by San Jose) G Matt Murray (traded to Ottawa) D Justin Schultz (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington) LW Conor Sheary (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington) C Dominik Simon (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary) D Zach Trotman (placed on waivers) Assistant coach Sergei Gonchar Assistant coach Jacques Martin (hired by NY Rangers as assistant coach) Assistant coach Mark Recchi (hired by New Jersey as assistant coach) Assistant general manager Jason Karmanos

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SAN JOSE SHARKS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 31: Signed LW John Leonard and D Brinson Pasichnuk May 4: Signed C Fredrik Handemark and G Alexei Melnichuk May 11: Signed LW Timur Ibragimov Sept. 22: Named Bob Boughner full-time head coach, Rocky Thompson associate coach and John Madden assistant coach Oct. 5: Acquired C Ryan Donato from Minnesota for a 2021 third-round pick; acquired G Devan Dubnyk and a 2022 seventh-round pick from Minnesota for a 2022 fifth-round pick Oct. 13: Signed C Patrick Marleau and LW Matt Nieto Oct. 16: Signed RW Ozzy Wiesblatt Nov. 2: Signed RW Kurtis Gabriel Jan. 1: Signed RW Tristen Robins Jan. 10: Signed D Fredrik Claesson Re-Signings Aug. 28: Re-signed C Joel Kellman Oct. 6: Re-signed LW Jayden Halbgewachs, C Maxim Letunov, D Nicolas Meloche and D Jacob Middleton Oct. 7: Re-signed C Antti Suomela Oct. 9: Re-signed Stefan Noesen Oct. 10: Re-signed RW Kevin Labanc Notable Offseason Departures C Jonny Brodzinski (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers) D Brandon Davidson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo) G Aaron Dell (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto) D Tim Heed (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Lugano) C Melker Karlsson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Skelleftea AIK) D Dalton Prout (unrestricted free agent) C Lukas Radil (unrestricted free agent, signed by Spartak Moscow) RW Joel Ward (retired) C Joe Thornton (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto) LW Danil Yurtaykin (placed on waivers) Associate coach Roy Sommer (hired by San Jose Barracuda as head coach)

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SEATTLE KRAKEN Offseason Signings/Acquisitions July 30: Named Dave Baseggio director of professional scouting and Andrew Allen, Lorne Henning and William White pro scouts Oct. 21: Named Michael Booi head athletic trainer, Nate Brookreson head strength and conditioning coach, Jeff Camelio head equipment manager, Eric Mathiasen hockey operations developer, John Mavroudis hockey operations data engineer, Tim Ohashi head video analyst and Gary Roberts sports science and performance consultant Nov. 18: Named Chris MacDonald and Eddie Olczyk amateur scouts Jan. 5: Named Jason Botterill assistant general manager and Norm MacIver director of player personnel Notable Offseason Departures Pro scout Ulf Samuelsson (hired by Leksands IF as head coach; subsequently hired by Florida as assistant coach)

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ST. LOUIS BLUES Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 20: Signed LW Hugh McGing March 27: Signed D Scott Perunovich Sept. 2: Acquired a 2020 third-round pick and a 2020 seventh-round pick from Montreal for G Jake Allen and a 2022 seventh-round pick Sept. 16: Named Jim Montgomery assistant coach Oct. 9: Signed G Jon Gillies and D Torey Krug Oct. 10: Signed C Sam Anas, LW Curtis McKenzie and D Steven Santini Oct. 11: Signed LW Kyle Clifford Oct. 18: Signed LW Jake Neighbours Nov. 17: Named Ryan Podell director of performance Dec. 14: Named Ryan Miller assistant general manager Re-Signings April 15: Re-signed LW Sammy Blais April 16: Re-signed D Marco Scandella April 17: Re-signed LW Mackenzie MacEachern Sept. 10: Re-signed C Jacob de la Rose Oct. 4: Re-signed C Nolan Stevens Oct. 18: Re-signed RW Austin Poganski and D Mitch Reinke Nov. 19: Re-signed D Jake Walman Dec. 31: Re-signed D Vince Dunn Notable Offseason Departures G Jake Allen (traded to Montreal) D Jay Bouwmeester (unrestricted free agent) RW Troy Brouwer (unrestricted free agent) C Jordan Nolan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) D Alex Pietrangelo (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vegas) D Derrick Pouliot (unrestricted free agent, signed by Philadelphia) LW Alexander Steen (retired) RW Chris Thorburn (retired) Assistant coach Marc Savard Assistant general manager Bill Armstrong (hired by Arizona as general manager) Goaltender development coach Dave Rogalski (hired by New Jersey as goaltending coach)

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TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Offseason Signings/Acquisitions May 7: Signed D Dmitry Semykin July 17: Signed D Sean Day Sept. 9: Signed D Alexander Green Oct. 9: Signed D Andreas Borgman and G Christopher Gibson Dec. 7: Named Rob Zettler assistant coach Dec. 12: Signed C Jack Finley Dec. 13: Signed C Gage Goncalves Dec. 27: Acquired RW Marian Gaborik and G Anders Nilsson from Ottawa for D Braydon Coburn, C Cedric Paquette and a 2022 second-round pick Re-Signings April 17: Re-signed D Daniel Walcott Oct. 7: Re-signed C Gemel Smith and C Mitchell Stephens Oct. 9: Re-signed G Spencer Martin Oct. 12: Re-signed D Ben Thomas Oct. 14: Re-signed C Ross Colton Oct. 29: Re-signed LW Pat Maroon and D Luke Schenn Nov. 25: Re-signed D Mikhail Sergachev Dec. 22: Re-signed D Erik Cernak and D Jan Rutta Dec. 23: Re-signed RW Mathieu Joseph and RW Alexander Volkov Dec. 24: Re-signed C Anthony Cirelli Notable Offseason Departures D Zach Bogosian (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto) D Braydon Coburn (traded to Ottawa) C Cory Conacher (unrestricted free agent, signed by Lausanne HC) D Cameron Gaunce (unrestricted free agent) C Cedric Paquette (traded to Ottawa) D Kevin Shattenkirk (unrestricted free agent, signed by Anaheim) C Carter Verhaeghe (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida) Assistant coach Todd Richards (hired by Nashville as assistant coach) Assistant director of amateur scouting Darryl Plandowski (hired by Arizona as director of amateur scouting)

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TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions April 1: Signed D Filip Kral and D Kristians Rubins April 7: Signed LW Alexander Barabanov May 4: Signed D Mikko Lehtonen Aug. 25: Acquired C Filip Hallander, C Evan Rodrigues, D David Warsofsky and a 2020 first-round pick from Pittsburgh for LW Pontus Aberg, RW Kasperi Kapanen and D Jesper Lindgren (Rodrigues subsequently became an unrestricted free agent and was signed by Pittsburgh on Oct. 9; Warsofsky was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 1) Sept. 17: Named Manny Malhotra assistant coach Sept. 25: Named Paul MacLean assistant coach Oct. 9: Signed D TJ Brodie and RW Wayne Simmonds Oct. 10: Acquired RW Joey Anderson from New Jersey for LW Andreas Johnsson (Anderson was subsequently signed by Toronto on Oct. 30); signed C Travis Boyd and D Zach Bogosian Oct. 11: Signed LW Jimmy Vesey Oct. 13: Signed G Aaron Dell Oct. 16: Signed C Joe Thornton Oct. 30: Signed G Michael Hutchinson (Hutchinson was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 9) Re-Signings May 14: Re-signed C Adam Brooks July 18: Re-signed D Teemu Kivihalme Oct. 2: Re-signed C Denis Malgin (Malgin was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 5) Oct. 5: Re-signed C Jason Spezza Oct. 21: Re-signed RW Ilya Mikheyev Oct. 23: Re-signed D Travis Dermott Notable Offseason Departures LW Pontus Aberg (traded to Pittsburgh) D Tyson Barrie (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton) D Cody Ceci (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh) LW Kyle Clifford (unrestricted free agent, signed by St. Louis) C Frederik Gauthier (unrestricted free agent) D Kevin Gravel (unrestricted free agent) LW Andreas Johnsson (traded to New Jersey) RW Kasperi Kapanen (traded to Pittsburgh) G Kasimir Kaskisuo (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville) C Nic Petan (placed on waivers) Assistant coach Paul McFarland (hired by Kingston Frontenacs as head coach) Consultant Brian Daccord (hired by Arizona as special assistant to the general manager and director of goaltending operations)

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VANCOUVER CANUCKS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions March 19: Signed RW William Lockwood and C Marc Michaelis July 14: Signed D Jack Rathbone Oct. 9: Signed G Braden Holtby Oct. 12: Acquired D Nate Schmidt from Vegas for a 2022 third-round pick Oct. 19: Signed C Jayce Hawryluk Dec. 23: Named Jason King assistant coach Jan. 6: Signed C Carson Focht Re-Signings Oct. 6: Re-signed C Zack MacEwen Oct. 9: Re-signed C Tyler Motte Oct. 13: Re-signed D Ashton Sautner Oct. 16: Re-signed G Jake Kielly Oct. 19: Re-signed C Adam Gaudette Oct. 22: Re-signed RW Jake Virtanen Oct. 30: Re-signed D Guillaume Brisebois Dec. 9: Re-signed D Jalen Chatfield Dec. 13: Re-signed C Tyler Graovac Dec. 17: Re-signed RW Justin Bailey Notable Offseason Departures G Richard Bachman (retired, hired by Iowa Wild as goaltending coach) C Reid Boucher (unrestricted free agent, signed by Avangard Omsk) G Louis Domingue (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary) D Oscar Fantenberg (unrestricted free agent, signed by SKA St. Petersburg) RW Nikolay Goldobin (unrestricted free agent, signed by CSKA Moscow) LW Josh Leivo (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary) G Jacob Markstrom (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary) D Troy Stecher (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit) D Christopher Tanev (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary) RW Tyler Toffoli (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal) Assistant coach Manny Malhotra (hired by Toronto as assistant coach) Director of amateur scouting Judd Brackett (hired by Minnesota as director of amateur scouting)

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VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions June 1: Signed D Connor Corcoran June 30: Signed G Jiri Patera July 13: Signed G Logan Thompson July 16: Signed LW Jack Dugan Sept. 28: Acquired RW Dylan Sikura from Chicago for C Brandon Pirri Oct. 9: Acquired D Carl Dahlstrom and a 2022 conditional fourth-round pick from Winnipeg for C Paul Stastny Oct. 11: Signed RW Tomas Jurco and C Danny O'Regan Oct. 12: Signed D Alex Pietrangelo; acquired a 2022 third-round pick from Vancouver for D Nate Schmidt Dec. 31: Signed D Lukas Cormier Re-Signings March 22: Re-signed D Zach Whitecloud April 22: Re-signed C Nicolas Roy June 11: Re-signed G Oscar Dansk June 15: Re-signed RW Ryan Reaves Oct. 3: Re-signed G Robin Lehner Oct. 7: Re-signed C Gage Quinney and C Chandler Stephenson Oct. 8: Re-signed C Reid Duke and D Jimmy Schuldt Oct. 9: Re-signed LW Tomas Nosek Oct. 19: Re-signed RW Keegan Kolesar Notable Offseason Departures C Nick Cousins (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville) D Deryk Engelland (retired) D Jon Merrill (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit) C Brandon Pirri (traded to Chicago) D Nate Schmidt (traded to Vancouver) G Garret Sparks (unrestricted free agent, signed by Orlando Solar Bears) C Paul Stastny (traded to Winnipeg) LW Valentin Zykov (unrestricted free agent)

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WASHINGTON CAPITALS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions Aug. 19: Signed G Zach Fucale Sept. 15: Named Peter Laviolette head coach Oct. 9: Signed G Henrik Lundqvist and D Justin Schultz Oct. 10: Signed D Paul LaDue, D Cameron Schilling and D Trevor van Riemsdyk Oct. 11: Signed LW Daniel Carr Oct. 21: Named Kevin McCarthy assistant coach Oct. 27: Signed C Hendrix Lapierre Dec. 4: Named Murphy Luatua and Steve Ruhmel assistant athletic trainers and Cameron Parker equipment assistant Dec. 22: Signed LW Conor Sheary Dec. 30: Signed D Zdeno Chara Re-Signings Sept. 17: Re-signed C Brian Pinho Sept. 19: Re-signed RW Daniel Sprong Oct. 3: Re-signed D Lucas Johansen Oct. 6: Re-signed D Brenden Dillon Oct. 14: Re-signed LW Shane Gersich Oct. 21: Re-signed D Jonas Siegenthaler Notable Offseason Departures C Travis Boyd (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto) D Radko Gudas (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida) G Braden Holtby (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver) LW Ilya Kovalchuk (unrestricted free agent, signed by Avangard Omsk) LW Brendan Leipsic (contract terminated, signed by CSKA Moscow) D Tyler Lewington (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville) C Liam O'Brien (unrestricted free agent) Head coach Todd Reirden (hired by Pittsburgh as assistant coach) Assistant coach Reid Cashman (hired by Dartmouth College as head coach) Video analyst Tim Ohashi (hired by Seattle as head video analyst) Assistant athletic trainer Michael Booi (hired by Seattle head athletic trainer)

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WINNIPEG JETS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions April 7: Signed D Dylan Samberg June 1: Signed D Declan Chisholm June 15: Signed G Arvid Holm and C Kristian Reichel Oct. 9: Acquired C Paul Stastny from Vegas for D Carl Dahlstrom and a 2022 conditional fourth-round pick Oct. 10: Signed C Nate Thompson and C Dominic Toninato Oct. 11: Signed D Derek Forbort Nov. 5: Signed LW Marko Dano (Dano was subsequently placed on waivers on Jan. 4) Nov. 9: Signed C Cole Perfetti Nov. 22: Named Dave Lowry assistant coach Re-Signings Oct. 2: Re-signed G Laurent Brossoit Oct. 7: Re-signed D Dylan DeMelo Oct. 9: Re-signed C Mason Appleton, D Nathan Beaulieu and D Luca Sbisa Oct. 11: Re-signed LW CJ Suess Oct. 14: Re-signed D Nelson Nogier Oct. 27: Re-signed LW Jansen Harkins Oct. 30: Re-signed D Sami Niku Dec. 17: Re-signed G Mikhail Berdin Notable Offseason Departures D Anthony Bitetto (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers) D Dustin Byfuglien (contract terminated) LW Gabriel Bourque (unrestricted free agent) RW Andrei Chibisov (unrestricted free agent, signed by Metallurg Magnitogorsk) D Carl Dahlstrom (traded to Vegas) C Cody Eakin (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo) D Dmitry Kulikov (unrestricted free agent, signed by New Jersey) C Mark Letestu (retired) RW Logan Shaw (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa) C Nicholas Shore (unrestricted free agent) Assistant coach Todd Woodcroft (hired by University of Vermont as head coach)

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