* The 2021-22 NHL Offseason Summary includes Offseason Signings/Acquisitions, Re-Signings and Notable Offseason Departures for
all Clubs since the conclusion of the 2021 Stanley Cup Final (Updated through Oct. 5, 2021; excludes players on PTOs) and Notable
Front Office Hires/Promotions since the conclusion of the 2020-21 regular season
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 28: Signed D Brogan Rafferty
July 29: Signed C Danny O'Regan, D Greg Pateryn and RW Buddy Robinson
Aug. 13: Signed C Mason McTavish, RW Sasha Pastujov and D Olen Zellweger
Re-Signings
July 13: Re-signed C Sam Carrick, D Trevor Carrick and C Vinni Lettieri
July 17: Re-signed RW Alexander Volkov
July 28: Re-signed C Ryan Getzlaf
Aug. 6: Re-signed C Isac Lundestrom and C Sam Steel
Aug. 9: Re-signed LW Max Comtois, LW Max Jones and D Josh Mahura
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
May 24: Named Jeff Solomon VP of hockey operations and assistant general manager
June 15: Named Mike Stothers and Geoff Ward assistant coaches
July 7: Named Newell Brown assistant coach
Notable Offseason Departures
LW Andrew Agozzino (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa)
RW David Backes (retired)
C Chase De Leo (unrestricted free agent, signed by New Jersey)
D Haydn Fleury (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
LW Danton Heinen (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh)
G Ryan Miller (retired)
C Carter Rowney (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit)
D Andrej Sustr (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
D Andy Welinski (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary)
D Chris Wideman (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal)
Assistant coach Mark Morrison (hired by Manitoba Moose as head coach)
Assistant coach Marty Wilford (hired by Buffalo as assistant coach)
Senior VP of hockey operations David McNab (retired)
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ARIZONA COYOTES
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired G Josef Korenar and a 2022 second-round pick from San Jose for G Adin Hill; acquired LW Andrew Ladd, a 2021
second-round pick, a conditional 2022 second-round pick and a conditional 2023 third-round pick from NY Islanders for future
considerations
July 22: Acquired D Shayne Gostisbehere, a 2022 second-round pick and a 2022 seventh-round pick from Philadelphia for future
considerations
July 23: Acquired C Jay Beagle, LW Loui Eriksson, LW Antoine Roussel, a 2021 first-round pick, a 2022 second-round pick and a
2023 seventh-round pick from Vancouver for D Oliver Ekman-Larsson and RW Conor Garland
July 24: Acquired D Cole Hults and LW Bokondji Imama from Los Angeles for LW Brayden Burke and C Tyler Steenbergen (Imama
was subsequently signed by the club on Aug. 6)
July 26: Acquired D Anton Stralman from Florida for a 2023 seventh-round pick
July 28: Signed C Ryan Dzingel, D Ben Hutton, G Carter Hutton, RW Dmitrij Jaskin and C Liam O'Brien; acquired D Conor
Timmins, a 2022 first-round pick and a conditional 2024 third-round pick from Colorado for G Darcy Kuemper (Timmins was
subsequently signed by the club on Aug. 6); acquired a 2024 fourth-round pick from San Jose for C Lane Pederson
Aug. 3: Signed C Travis Boyd
Aug. 14: Signed D Janis Moser
Aug. 30: Signed RW Dylan Guenther
Sept. 4: Acquired conditional 2022 first-round picks and a 2024 second-round pick from Montreal for LW Christian Dvorak
Re-Signings
July 29: Re-signed LW Michael Carcone and RW Hudson Fasching
Aug. 2: Re-signed D Cam Dineen, D Dysin Mayo and C Blake Speers
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
July 1: Named Andre Tourigny head coach
July 6: Named Alan Hepple director of pro scouting
Aug. 6: Named Larry Pleau senior advisor to the general manager
Sept. 13: Named Mario Duhamel assistant coach
Sept. 15: Named John Ferguson Jr. assistant general manager
Notable Offseason Departures
C Derick Brassard (unrestricted free agent, signed by Philadelphia)
LW Michael Bunting (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
LW Brayden Burke (traded to Los Angeles)
C Michael Chaput (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh)
D Jason Demers (unrestricted free agent)
LW Christian Dvorak (traded to Montreal)
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson (traded to Vancouver)
RW Conor Garland (traded to Vancouver)
C Frederik Gauthier (unrestricted free agent)
D Alex Goligoski (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
D Jordan Gross (unrestricted free agent, signed by Colorado)
C John Hayden (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo)
G Adin Hill (traded to San Jose)
D Niklas Hjalmarsson (retired)
LW Dryden Hunt (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers)
G Darcy Kuemper (traded to Colorado)
D Aaron Ness (unrestricted free agent)
D Jordan Oesterle (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit)
C Lane Pederson (traded to San Jose)
C Tyler Pitlick (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft and subsequently traded to Calgary)
G Antti Raanta (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
C Tyler Steenbergen (traded to Los Angeles)
Head coach Rick Tocchet (hired by Turner Sports as studio analyst)
Assistant coach John MacLean (hired by San Jose as assistant coach)
Assistant coach Jay Varady (hired by Tucson Roadrunners as head coach)
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BOSTON BRUINS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 26: Acquired D James Greenway from Toronto for future considerations
July 28: Signed LW Nick Foligno, C Steven Fogarty, D Derek Forbort, G Troy Grosenick, LW Erik Haula, LW Tomas Nosek and G
Linus Ullmark; acquired a 2022 third-round pick from Calgary for G Dan Vladar
Aug. 9: Signed RW Fabian Lysell
Re-Signings
July 14: Re-signed D Brandon Carlo
July 23: Re-signed LW Taylor Hall
July 26: Re-signed D Nick Wolff
July 27: Re-signed D Mike Reilly
July 28: Re-signed C Samuel Asselin
Aug. 5: Re-signed G Callum Booth
Sept. 20: Re-signed RW Zach Senyshyn
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
Aug. 13: Named Chris Kelly assistant coach; named Adam McQuaid player development coordinator
Notable Offseason Departures
C Paul Carey (unrestricted free agent, signed by Djurgardens IF)
G Jaroslav Halak (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
D Steven Kampfer (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ak Bars Kazan)
RW Ondrej Kase (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
C David Krejci (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Olomouc)
C Sean Kuraly (unrestricted free agent, signed by Columbus)
D Jeremy Lauzon (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
C Greg McKegg (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers)
D Kevan Miller (retired)
G Tuukka Rask (unrestricted free agent)
LW Nick Ritchie (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
D Jarred Tinordi (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers)
G Dan Vladar (traded to Calgary)
Assistant coach Jay Pandolfo (hired by Boston University as associate head coach)
Executive director of player personnel John Ferguson Jr. (hired by Arizona as assistant general manager)
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BUFFALO SABRES
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 23: Acquired D Robert Hagg, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2023 second-round pick from Philadelphia for D Rasmus Ristolainen
July 28: Signed G Craig Anderson, G Aaron Dell, C Vinnie Hinostroza, C Sean Malone, D Mark Pysyk and D Jimmy Schuldt;
acquired D Will Butcher and a 2022 fifth-round pick from New Jersey for future considerations
July 29: Signed C John Hayden and D Ethan Prow
July 30: Signed C Ryan MacInnis
Oct. 4: Claimed LW Axel Jonsson-Fjallby off waivers from Washington
Re-Signings
July 27: Re-signed C Drake Caggiula
July 28: Re-signed D Brandon Davidson
July 30: Re-signed C Rasmus Asplund
Aug. 13: Re-signed D Casey Fitzgerald
Sept. 2: Re-signed D Henri Jokiharju and C Casey Mittelstadt
Sept. 22: Re-signed D Rasmus Dahlin
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 29: Named Don Granato full-time head coach
July 5: Named Sam Ventura VP of hockey strategy and research
July 29: Named Jason Christie, Matt Ellis and Marty Wilford assistant coaches; named Adam Mair director of player development
Aug. 17: Named Tim Kennedy and Nathan Paetsch development coaches
Notable Offseason Departures
D Will Borgen (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
C Jean-Sebastien Dea (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal)
LW Remi Elie (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
C Steven Fogarty (unrestricted free agent, signed by Boston)
G Carter Hutton (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona)
D Matt Irwin (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington)
D Jake McCabe (unrestricted free agent, signed by Chicago)
D Casey Nelson (unrestricted free agent)
LW Tobias Rieder (unrestricted free agent)
D Rasmus Ristolainen (traded to Philadelphia)
C Riley Sheahan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
LW C.J. Smith (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
G Linus Ullmark (unrestricted free agent, signed by Boston)
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CALGARY FLAMES
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 22: Acquired C Tyler Pitlick from Seattle for a 2022 fourth-round pick
July 28: Acquired D Nikita Zadorov from Chicago for a 2022 third-round pick (Zadorov was subsequently signed by the club on Aug.
20)
July 28: Signed C Blake Coleman, D Nick DeSimone, D Kevin Gravel, C Trevor Lewis and G Adam Werner; acquired G Dan
Vladar from Boston for a 2022 third-round pick
July 29: Signed D Andy Welinski
Sept. 8: Signed RW Brad Richardson
Sept. 10: Signed D Erik Gudbranson
Sept. 24: Signed D Jeremie Poirier
Re-Signings
July 15: Re-signed RW Brett Ritchie
July 30: Re-signed D Colton Poolman
Aug. 6: Re-signed C Matthew Phillips and C Luke Philp
Aug. 9: Re-signed D Oliver Kylington
Aug. 12: Re-signed G Tyler Parsons
Aug. 20: Re-signed D Juuso Valimaki
Aug. 25: Re-signed C Glenn Gawdin and C Justin Kirkland
Aug. 26: Re-signed C Dillon Dube
Sept. 8: Re-signed D Connor Mackey
Sept. 10: Re-signed D Michael Stone
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 10: Named Kirk Muller associate coach; named Cail MacLean assistant coach
Notable Offseason Departures
G Louis Domingue (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh)
D Mark Giordano (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
LW Josh Leivo (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
D Nikita Nesterov (unrestricted free agent, signed by CSKA Moscow)
C Joakim Nordstrom (unrestricted free agent, signed by CSKA Moscow)
D Alexander Petrovic (unrestricted free agent, signed by Dallas)
C Zac Rinaldo (unrestricted free agent, signed by Columbus)
RW Buddy Robinson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Anaheim)
C Derek Ryan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton)
C Dominik Simon (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh)
D Rinat Valiev (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ak Bars Kazan)
D Alexander Yelesin (restricted free agent, signed by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
G Artyom Zagidulin (unrestricted free agent)
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CAROLINA HURRICANES
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 14: Acquired G Dylan Wells from Edmonton for future considerations
July 22: Acquired G Jonathan Bernier and 2021 third-round pick from Detroit for G Alex Nedeljkovic (Bernier subsequently became
an unrestricted free agent and was signed by New Jersey)
July 23: Acquired a 2021 second-round pick from Columbus for D Jake Bean
July 28: Signed G Frederik Andersen, D Ian Cole, D Tony DeAngelo, LW Josh Leivo, G Antti Raanta and LW C.J. Smith; acquired
D Ethan Bear from Edmonton for LW Warren Foegele
July 29: Signed D Brendan Smith
July 30: Signed D Jalen Chatfield, C Maxim Letunov, G Alex Lyon and LW Sam Miletic
July 31: Signed C Derek Stepan
Aug. 1: Signed RW Stefan Noesen
Aug. 4: Signed D Josh Jacobs
Aug. 11: Signed C Andrew Poturalski
Aug. 15: Signed D Aleksi Heimosalmi and LW Ville Koivunen
Sept. 4: Signed C Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Sept. 24: Signed D Ronan Seeley
Re-Signings
July 16: Re-signed C Morgan Geekie (Geekie was subsequently claimed by Seattle in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
July 23: Re-signed RW Spencer Smallman
July 28: Re-signed LW Jordan Martinook
Aug. 12: Re-signed D Maxime Lajoie
Aug. 26: Re-signed RW Andrei Svechnikov
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
Sept. 2: Named Tim Gleason assistant coach; named Mark Craig director of pro scouting
Sept. 15: Named Michael Futa senior consultant to the general manager
Notable Offseason Departures
D Jake Bean (traded to Columbus)
G Antoine Bibeau (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
LW Warren Foegele (traded to Edmonton)
C Morgan Geekie (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
D Jani Hakanpaa (unrestricted free agent, signed by Dallas)
D Dougie Hamilton (unrestricted free agent, signed by New Jersey)
LW Max McCormick (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
LW Brock McGinn (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh)
D Roland McKeown (unrestricted free agent, signed by Colorado)
G Petr Mrazek (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
G Alex Nedeljkovic (traded to Detroit)
C Cedric Paquette (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal)
G James Reimer (unrestricted free agent, signed by San Jose)
RW Sheldon Rempal (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
D Joakim Ryan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Malmo Redhawks)
C Drew Shore (retired)
Assistant coach Dean Chynoweth (hired by Toronto as assistant coach)
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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 12: Acquired D Caleb Jones and a conditional 2022 pick from Edmonton for D Duncan Keith and C Tim Soderlund
July 23: Acquired D Seth Jones, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2022 sixth-round pick from Columbus for D Adam Boqvist, a 2021 first-
round pick, a 2021 second-round pick and a first-round pick in 2022 or 2023 (Jones was subsequently signed by the club on July 23)
July 27: Acquired G Marc-Andre Fleury from Vegas for C Mikael Hakkarainen; acquired C Tyler Johnson and a 2023 second-round
pick from Tampa Bay for D Brent Seabrook
July 28: Signed LW Jujhar Khaira and D Jake McCabe; acquired a 2022 third-round pick from Calgary for D Nikita Zadorov
Sept. 16: Signed D Nolan Allan
Oct. 1: Signed C Colton Dach
Re-Signings
July 26: Re-signed C Adam Gaudette
Aug. 6: Re-signed LW Brandon Hagel
Aug. 10: Re-signed LW Mike Hardman
Aug. 16: Re-signed LW Alex Nylander
Aug. 18: Re-signed RW MacKenzie Entwistle
Aug. 31: Re-signed D Connor Murphy
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
July 21: Named Brigette Lacquette pro scout; named Kelsey Koelzer and Karilyn Pilch scouts of player personnel
Notable Offseason Departures
D Adam Boqvist (traded to Columbus)
C Mikael Hakkarainen (traded to Vegas)
C Vinnie Hinostroza (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo)
C David Kampf (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
D Duncan Keith (traded to Edmonton)
D Anton Lindholm (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Dinamo Minsk)
C Brandon Pirri (unrestricted free agent)
C John Quenneville (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
C Tyler Sikura (unrestricted free agent, signed by Chicago)
D Brent Seabrook (traded to Tampa Bay)
C Zack Smith (retired)
C Tim Soderlund (traded to Edmonton)
C Pius Suter (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit)
D Nikita Zadorov (traded to Calgary)
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COLORADO AVALANCHE
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 15: Acquired LW Mikhail Maltsev and a 2021 second-round pick from New Jersey for D Ryan Graves
July 27: Acquired D Kurtis MacDermid from Seattle for a 2023 fourth-round pick
July 28: Signed D Roland McKeown; acquired G Darcy Kuemper from Arizona for D Conor Timmins, a 2022 first-round pick and a
conditional 2024 third-round pick
July 29: Signed C Darren Helm, C Stefan Matteau and C Dylan Sikura
July 31: Signed D Jordan Gross
Aug. 2: Signed D Ryan Murray
Aug. 6: Signed RW Oskar Olausson
Re-Signings
July 22: Re-signed LW Kiefer Sherwood
July 24: Re-signed D Cale Makar
July 27: Re-signed LW Gabriel Landeskog
July 30: Re-signed C Tyson Jost
Aug. 16: Re-signed D Dennis Gilbert
Sept. 22: Re-signed RW Logan O'Connor
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
Aug. 20: Named Peter Budaj development goaltending coach
Notable Offseason Departures
D Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
D Kyle Burroughs (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
LW Matt Calvert (retired)
RW Joonas Donskoi (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
C Sheldon Dries (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
G Devan Dubnyk (unrestricted free agent)
D Ryan Graves (traded to New Jersey)
G Philipp Grubauer (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
D Patrik Nemeth (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers)
C Liam O'Brien (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona)
D Dan Renouf (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit)
LW Brandon Saad (unrestricted free agent, signed by St. Louis)
RW Miikka Salomaki (unrestricted free agent, signed by Orebro HK)
C Carl Soderberg (unrestricted free agent, signed by Malmo Redhawks)
D Conor Timmins (traded to Arizona)
C T.J. Tynan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Los Angeles)
G Adam Werner (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary)
Director of amateur scouting Alan Hepple (hired by Arizona as director of pro scouting)
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COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 23: Acquired D Adam Boqvist, a 2021 first-round pick, a 2021 second-round pick and a first-round pick in 2022 or 2023 from
Chicago for D Seth Jones, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2022 sixth-round pick; acquired D Jake Bean from Carolina for a 2021
second-round pick (Bean was subsequently signed by the club on July 29)
July 24: Acquired RW Jakub Voracek from Philadelphia for RW Cam Atkinson
July 28: Signed D Gavin Bayreuther, C Sean Kuraly and C Tyler Sikura
July 30: Signed C Brendan Gaunce
Aug. 13: Signed C Zac Rinaldo and D Stanislav Svozil
Aug. 16: Signed D Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm
Aug. 18: Signed C Cole Sillinger
Sept. 30: Signed G J-F Berube
Re-Signings
July 15: Re-signed G Cameron Johnson
July 27: Re-signed LW Patrik Laine
July 28: Re-signed C Boone Jenner, LW Eric Robinson and C Alexandre Texier
July 29: Re-signed D Zach Werenski
July 30: Re-signed D Mikko Lehtonen
Aug. 9: Re-signed D Andrew Peeke
Sept. 21: Re-signed G Elvis Merzlikins
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 10: Named Brad Larsen head coach
June 16: Named Rick Nash director of player development; named Josef Boumedienne director of pro scouting; named Derek
Dorsett and Mark Letestu development coaches; named Brad Thiessen goaltending development coach
June 25: Named Pascal Vincent associate coach
June 30: Named Sylvain Lefebvre assistant coach (Lefebvre was subsequently fired by the club on Sept. 13)
Sept. 13: Named Steve McCarthy assistant coach
Sept. 20: Named Derek Dorsett development coach
Notable Offseason Departures
RW Cam Atkinson (traded to Philadelphia)
D Adam Clendening (unrestricted free agent, signed by Philadelphia)
C Zac Dalpe (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida)
D Michael Del Zotto (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa)
C Brandon Dubinsky (unrestricted free agent)
C Mikhail Grigorenko (unrestricted free agent, signed by CSKA Moscow)
D Seth Jones (traded to Chicago)
C Ryan MacInnis (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo)
C Stefan Matteau (unrestricted free agent, signed by Colorado)
C Riley Nash (unrestricted free agent, signed by Winnipeg)
RW Kole Sherwood (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa)
Head coach John Tortorella (hired by EPSN as studio analyst)
Assistant coach Brad Shaw (hired by Vancouver as assistant coach)
Goaltending development coach Jim Corsi
Director of high performance Nelson Ayotte (retired)
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DALLAS STARS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired a 2021 third-round pick from Vancouver for C Jason Dickinson
July 28: Signed D Andreas Borgman, C Luke Glendening, G Braden Holtby, D Alexander Petrovic and D Ryan Suter
July 29: Signed D Jani Hakanpaa and LW Michael Raffl
Sept. 28: Signed C Wyatt Johnston and C Logan Stankoven
Oct. 5: Signed D Artem Grushnikov
Re-Signings
July 17: Re-signed D Miro Heiskanen
July 30: Re-signed LW Nick Caamano and G Colton Point
July 31: Re-signed D Ben Gleason and LW Joel Kiviranta
Aug. 2: Re-signed D Jerad Rosburg
Aug. 3: Re-signed D Joseph Cecconi
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
May 21: Named Rich Peverley director of player personnel; named Rickard Oquist European director of player personnel; named
Craig Bonner head professional scout
Sept. 9: Named Al Montoya director of community outreach
Notable Offseason Departures
G Landon Bow (unrestricted free agent, signed by Rytiri Kladno)
C Andrew Cogliano (unrestricted free agent, signed by San Jose)
C Jason Dickinson (traded to Vancouver)
C Justin Dowling (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
D Taylor Fedun (unrestricted free agent, signed by Pittsburgh)
D Julius Honka (unrestricted free agent, signed by Lulea HF)
D Stephen Johns (retired)
D Jamie Oleksiak (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
D Mark Pysyk (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo)
D Sami Vatanen (unrestricted free agent)
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DETROIT RED WINGS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 16: Acquired D Nick Leddy from NY Islanders for RW Richard Panik and a 2021 second-round pick
July 22: Acquired G Alex Nedeljkovic from Carolina for G Jonathan Bernier and 2021 third-round pick (Nedeljkovic was subsequently
signed by the club on July 22)
July 28: Signed D Ryan Murphy, D Jordan Oesterle and C Pius Suter
July 29: Signed D Dan Renouf and RW Luke Witkowski
July 30: Acquired C Mitchell Stephens from Tampa Bay for a 2022 sixth-round pick
Aug. 14: Signed G Sebastian Cossa
Sept. 2: Signed C Carter Rowney
Re-Signings
July 22: Re-signed C Michael Rasmussen
July 25: Re-signed D Marc Staal
July 26: Re-signed D Gustav Lindstrom
July 27: Re-signed C Kyle Criscuolo and LW Taro Hirose
July 28: Re-signed C Sam Gagner and G Calvin Pickard
July 30: Re-signed D Brian Lashoff
July 31: Re-signed LW Tyler Bertuzzi
Aug. 5: Re-signed C Chase Pearson
Aug. 10: Re-signed LW Jakub Vrana
Aug. 15: Re-signed LW Adam Erne
Sept. 3: Re-signed D Filip Hronek
Sept. 14: Re-signed RW Givani Smith
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 30: Named Alex Tanguay assistant coach
Notable Offseason Departures
G Jonathan Bernier (traded to Carolina and subsequently signed by New Jersey)
D Alex Biega (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
G Kevin Boyle (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Bolzano)
LW Mathias Brome (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Davos)
D Dennis Cholowski (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
D Christian Djoos (unrestricted free agent, signed by EV Zug)
C Valtteri Filppula (unrestricted free agent, signed by Geneve-Servette HC)
C Luke Glendening (unrestricted free agent, signed by Dallas)
C Darren Helm (unrestricted free agent, signed by Colorado)
D Joe Hicketts (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
D Dylan McIlrath (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington)
C Frans Nielsen (waived for purpose of contract buyout)
RW Richard Panik (traded to NY Islanders)
RW Bobby Ryan (unrestricted free agent)
RW Evgeny Svechnikov (unrestricted free agent, signed by Manitoba Moose)
C Dominic Turgeon (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
Assistant coach Dan Bylsma (hired by Charlotte Checkers as assistant coach)
Assistant general manager Ryan Martin (hired by NY Rangers as assistant general manager)
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EDMONTON OILERS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 12: Acquired D Duncan Keith and C Tim Soderlund from Chicago for D Caleb Jones and a conditional 2022 pick
July 14: Acquired future considerations from Carolina for G Dylan Wells
July 28: Signed D Cody Ceci, LW Zach Hyman and C Derek Ryan; acquired LW Warren Foegele from Carolina for D Ethan Bear
(Foegele was subsequently signed by the club on July 31)
Aug. 7: Signed LW Brendan Perlini
Sept. 6: Signed RW Tyler Tullio
Re-Signings
July 22: Re-signed G Mike Smith
July 28: Re-signed D Tyson Barrie
Aug. 6: Re-signed D Darnell Nurse
Aug. 8: Re-signed G Stuart Skinner
Aug. 11: Re-signed LW Tyler Benson
Aug. 12: Re-signed D Slater Koekkoek
Sept. 11: Re-signed C Cooper Marody
Sept. 18: Re-signed RW Kailer Yamamoto
Notable Offseason Departures
D Ethan Bear (traded to Carolina)
RW Alex Chiasson (unrestricted free agent)
C Tyler Ennis (unrestricted free agent)
C Joseph Gambardella (unrestricted free agent, signed by New Jersey)
C Gaetan Haas (unrestricted free agent, signed by EHC Biel)
D Caleb Jones (traded to Chicago)
C Dominik Kahun (unrestricted free agent, signed by SC Bern)
LW Jujhar Khaira (unrestricted free agent, signed by Chicago)
D Dmitry Kulikov (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
D Adam Larsson (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
LW James Neal (waived for purpose of contract buyout)
LW Joakim Nygard (unrestricted free agent, signed by Farjestad BK)
C Alan Quine (unrestricted free agent, signed by Henderson Silver Knights)
RW Patrick Russell (unrestricted free agent, signed by Linkoping HC)
G Dylan Wells (traded to Carolina)
Senior advisor Ken Hitchcock (hired by St. Louis as coaching consultant)
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FLORIDA PANTHERS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 24: Acquired C Sam Reinhart from Buffalo for G Devon Levi and a 2022 first-round pick (Reinhart was subsequently signed by
the club on Aug. 11)
July 26: Acquired a 2023 seventh-round pick from Arizona for D Anton Stralman
July 28: Signed G Christopher Gibson
July 30: Signed C Zac Dalpe
Aug. 13: Signed C Joe Thornton
Sept. 24: Signed RW Justin Sourdif
Re-Signings
July 15: Re-signed LW Anthony Duclair and D Gustav Forsling
July 26: Re-signed C Sam Bennett, D Lucas Carlsson and D Noah Juulsen
July 27: Re-signed D Brandon Montour
July 28: Re-signed C Juho Lammikko, C Maxim Mamin and C Carter Verhaeghe
Aug. 1: Re-signed G Sam Montembeault (Montembeault was subsequently waived and claimed by Montreal)
Aug. 5: Re-signed D Chase Priskie
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 29: Named Tuomo Ruutu assistant coach
Notable Offseason Departures
G Philippe Desrosiers (unrestricted free agent, signed by Manitoba Moose)
G Chris Driedger (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
LW Nikita Gusev (unrestricted free agent)
D Brady Keeper (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
G Devon Levi (traded to Buffalo)
G Sam Montembeault (waived, claimed by Montreal)
D Anton Stralman (traded to Arizona)
C Lucas Wallmark (unrestricted free agent, signed by CSKA Moscow)
C Alex Wennberg (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
C Scott Wilson (unrestricted free agent)
D Keith Yandle (waived for purpose of contract buyout, signed by Philadelphia)
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LOS ANGELES KINGS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 24: Acquired LW Brayden Burke and C Tyler Steenbergen from Arizona for D Cole Hults and LW Bokondji Imama (Burke was
subsequently signed by the club on Aug. 1)
July 28: Signed C Phillip Danault, D Alexander Edler, G Garret Sparks and C T.J. Tynan
Aug. 10: Signed D Brandt Clarke
Aug. 12: Signed C Samuel Helenius
Sept. 30: Signed RW Martin Chromiak
Re-Signings
July 24: Re-signed C Trevor Moore
July 28: Re-signed C Andreas Athanasiou
July 30: Re-signed C Lias Andersson
Aug. 5: Re-signed D Austin Strand
Aug. 6: Re-signed D Kale Clague
Aug. 13: Re-signed D Jacob Moverare
Sept. 22: Re-signed G Calvin Petersen
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
May 28: Named Ryan Kruse VP of research and development; named Jake Goldberg senior director of hockey operations
Notable Offseason Departures
D Mark Alt (unrestricted free agent, signed by San Jose Barracuda)
D Daniel Brickley (unrestricted free agent, signed by Chicago Wolves)
C Michael Eyssimont (unrestricted free agent, signed by Winnipeg)
G Troy Grosenick (unrestricted free agent, signed by Boston)
D Cole Hults (traded to Arizona)
LW Bokondji Imama (traded to Arizona)
RW Matt Luff (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville)
D Kurtis MacDermid (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft and subsequently traded to Colorado)
C Drake Rymsha (unrestricted free agent, signed by Fort Wayne Komets)
Assistant general manager Michael Futa (hired by Carolina as senior consultant to the general manager)
Executive VP of hockey operations and legal affairs Jeff Solomon (hired by Anaheim as VP of hockey operations and assistant
general manager)
Senior advisor Mike O'Connell (hired by Philadelphia as senior advisor to the general manager)
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MINNESOTA WILD
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 28: Signed C Frederick Gaudreau, D Alex Goligoski, D Joe Hicketts, D Dmitry Kulikov, D Jon Lizotte and C Dominic
Turgeon; acquired a conditional 2022 pick from Toronto for D Brennan Menell
July 29: Signed D Kevin Czuczman and D Jon Merrill
Aug. 25: Signed D Carson Lambos
Aug. 27: Signed D Jordie Benn
Oct. 5: Claimed C Rem Pitlick off waivers from Nashville
Re-Signings
July 17: Re-signed C Joseph Cramarossa
July 26: Re-signed G Andrew Hammond
July 27: Re-signed D Dakota Mermis and C Kyle Rau
July 29: Re-signed RW Brandon Duhaime
Aug. 7: Re-signed RW William Bitten
Aug. 16: Re-signed LW Kevin Fiala
Aug. 17: Re-signed C Mason Shaw
Sept. 21: Re-signed LW Kirill Kaprizov
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 9: Named Ray Shero senior advisor to the general manager
Sept. 24: Named Chris O'Hearn assistant general manager; named Michael Murray director of hockey operations; named Mat Sells
VP of hockey strategy
Notable Offseason Departures
D Matt Bartkowski (unrestricted free agent)
D Louie Belpedio (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal)
C Nick Bonino (unrestricted free agent, signed by San Jose)
D Ian Cole (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
C Gabriel Dumont (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
D Brad Hunt (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
LW Marcus Johansson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
C Luke Johnson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Winnipeg)
D Ian McCoshen (unrestricted free agent)
D Brennan Menell (traded to Toronto)
LW Zach Parise (released for purpose of contract buyout; signed by NY Islanders)
D Carson Soucy (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
D Ryan Suter (released for purpose of contract buyout, signed by Dallas)
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MONTREAL CANADIENS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 28: Signed D Louie Belpedio, C Jean-Sebastien Dea, C Mike Hoffman, C Cedric Paquette, D David Savard and D Chris
Wideman
July 29: Signed LW Mathieu Perreault
Sept. 4: Acquired LW Christian Dvorak from Arizona for conditional 2022 first-round picks and a 2024 second-round pick
Sept. 24: Signed D Sami Niku
Oct. 2: Claimed G Sam Montembeault off waivers from Florida
Oct. 4: Signed D Arber Xhekaj
Re-Signings
July 15: Re-signed RW Alex Belzile
July 27: Re-signed RW Joel Armia
July 31: Re-signed LW Artturi Lehkonen
Aug. 5: Re-signed LW Michael Pezzetta
Aug. 6: Re-signed G Michael McNiven
Aug. 27: Re-signed C Ryan Poehling
Oct. 3: Re-signed C Jake Evans
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
July 13: Named Dominique Ducharme full-time head coach
July 21: Named Trevor Letowski assistant coach
July 30: Named Eric Raymond goaltending coach
Aug. 24: Named France Margaret Belanger president of sports and entertainment
Notable Offseason Departures
C Joseph Blandisi (unrestricted free agent)
C Phillip Danault (unrestricted free agent, signed by Los Angeles)
D Cale Fleury (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
RW Michael Frolik (unrestricted free agent)
D Erik Gustafsson (unrestricted free agent)
LW Charles Hudon (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
C Jesperi Kotkaniemi (restricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
G Charlie Lindgren (unrestricted free agent, signed by St. Louis)
D Jon Merrill (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
D Gustav Olofsson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
RW Corey Perry (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
C Eric Staal (unrestricted free agent)
LW Tomas Tatar (unrestricted free agent, signed by New Jersey)
C Jordan Weal (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ak Bars Kazan)
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NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired D Philippe Myers and C Nolan Patrick from Philadelphia for D Ryan Ellis (Patrick was subsequently traded to
Vegas for C Cody Glass)
July 28: Signed LW Zachary L'Heureux, RW Matt Luff, G David Rittich and D Matt Tennyson
Re-Signings
July 15: Re-signed LW Cole Smith
July 26: Re-signed D Frederic Allard, D Jeremy Davies and D Ben Harpur
July 28: Re-signed C Mikael Granlund, RW Michael McCarron and C Anthony Richard
July 29: Re-signed RW Mathieu Olivier
July 30: Re-signed LW Tanner Jeannot
Aug. 4: Re-signed C Rem Pitlick (Pitlick was subsequently waived and claimed by Minnesota)
Aug. 5: Re-signed D Dante Fabbro
Aug. 16: Re-signed G Juuse Saros
Aug. 30: Re-signed RW Eeli Tolvanen
Notable Offseason Departures
D Ryan Ellis (traded to Philadelphia)
D Erik Gudbranson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary)
LW Erik Haula (unrestricted free agent, signed by Boston)
C Calle Jarnkrok (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
G Kasimir Kaskisuo (unrestricted free agent, signed by Leksands IF)
C Sean Malone (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo)
C Nolan Patrick (traded to Vegas)
C Rem Pitlick (waived, claimed by Minnesota)
RW Brad Richardson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary)
G Pekka Rinne (retired)
D Luca Sbisa (unrestricted free agent)
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NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 15: Acquired D Ryan Graves from Colorado for LW Mikhail Maltsev and a 2021 second-round pick
July 26: Acquired D Christian Jaros from San Jose for RW Nick Merkley
July 28: Signed G Jonathan Bernier, C Chase De Leo, C Brian Flynn and D Dougie Hamilton; acquired future considerations from
Buffalo for D Will Butcher and a 2022 fifth-round pick
July 29: Signed C Joseph Gambardella and D Robbie Russo
Aug. 5: Signed LW Tomas Tatar
Aug. 19: Signed RW Chase Stillman
Oct. 3: Claimed D Mason Geertsen off waivers from NY Rangers
Re-Signings
July 9: Re-signed D Jonas Siegenthaler
July 14: Re-signed D Colton White
July 15: Re-signed C Michael McLeod
Aug. 4: Re-signed LW A.J. Greer and RW Marian Studenic
Aug. 5: Re-signed C Yegor Sharangovich
Aug. 9: Re-signed LW Janne Kuokkanen
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
May 19: Named Meghan Duggan manager of player development
Notable Offseason Departures
RW Nathan Bastian (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
D Will Butcher (traded to Buffalo)
D Connor Carrick (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
G Aaron Dell (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo)
D Josh Jacobs (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
LW Mikhail Maltsev (traded to Colorado)
RW Nick Merkley (traded to San Jose)
D Ryan Murphy (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit)
D Ryan Murray (unrestricted free agent, signed by Colorado)
LW Brett Seney (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
G Gilles Senn (restricted free agent, signed by HC Davos)
C Ben Street (unrestricted free agent, signed by EHC Red Bull Munchen)
D Matt Tennyson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville)
Director of player and team development Dr. Aimee Kimball (hired by Washington as senior director of team and organizational
development)
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NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 16: Acquired RW Richard Panik and a 2021 second-round pick from Detroit for D Nick Leddy
July 17: Acquired future considerations from Arizona for LW Andrew Ladd, a 2021 second-round pick, a conditional 2022 second-
round pick and a conditional 2023 third-round pick
Aug. 14: Signed C Aatu Raty
Sept. 10: Signed LW Zach Parise
Sept. 16: Signed C Andy Andreoff and D Paul LaDue
Sept. 18: Signed D Zdeno Chara
Re-Signings
Aug. 6: Re-signed D Adam Pelech
Sept. 1: Re-signed LW Anthony Beauvillier, C Casey Cizikas, RW Kyle Palmieri and G Ilya Sorokin
Sept. 16: Re-signed Cole Bardreau, LW Otto Koivula and LW Dmytro Timashov
Notable Offseason Departures
D Braydon Coburn (unrestricted free agent)
LW Michael Dal Colle (unrestricted free agent)
RW Jordan Eberle (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
C Tanner Fritz (unrestricted free agent, signed by Hartford Wolf Pack)
RW Joshua Ho-Sang (unrestricted free agent)
LW Andrew Ladd (traded to Arizona)
D Nick Leddy (traded to Detroit)
C Travis Zajac (retired)
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NEW YORK RANGERS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired C Barclay Goodrow from Tampa Bay for a 2022 seventh-round pick (Goodrow was subsequently signed by the club
on July 22); acquired D Nick DeSimone and a 2022 fourth-round pick from Vegas for C Brett Howden (DeSimone subsequently
became an unrestricted free agent and was signed by Calgary on July 28)
July 23: Acquired LW Sammy Blais and a 2022 second-round pick from St. Louis for LW Pavel Buchnevich
July 28: Signed LW Dryden Hunt, C Greg McKegg, D Patrik Nemeth and D Jarred Tinordi
July 29: Acquired RW Ryan Reaves from Vegas for a 2022 third-round pick (Reaves was subsequently signed by the club on July 31)
Aug. 12: Signed LW Brennan Othmann
Re-Signings
July 9: Re-signed C Brett Howden (Howden was subsequently traded to Vegas on July 17)
July 16: Re-signed RW Julien Gauthier
July 29: Re-signed C Filip Chytil
Aug. 3: Re-signed G Adam Huska
Aug. 5: Re-signed LW Tim Gettinger
Aug. 6: Re-signed RW Ty Ronning
Aug. 9: Re-signed G Igor Shesterkin
Sept. 4: Re-signed D Libor Hajek
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
May 19: Named Mike Grier hockey operations advisor
June 16: Named Gerard Gallant head coach
June 24: Named Benoit Allaire director of goaltending; named Jean-Ian Filiatrault goaltending consultant; named Matt Hunwick
player development assistant
Aug. 3: Named John Lilley director of player personnel and director of amateur scouting
Aug. 24: Named Mike Kelly, Jim Midgley and Gord Murphy assistant coaches
Aug. 25: Named Ryan Martin assistant general manager
Notable Offseason Departures
C Colin Blackwell (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
LW Pavel Buchnevich (traded to St. Louis)
D Tony DeAngelo (waived for purpose of contract buyout, signed by Carolina)
LW Phillip Di Giuseppe (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
D Mason Geertsen (waived, claimed by New Jersey)
C Brett Howden (traded to Vegas)
D Jack Johnson (unrestricted free agent)
D Darren Raddysh (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
D Brendan Smith (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
Head coach David Quinn (hired by USA Hockey as assistant coach at 2022 Winter Olympics)
Assistant coach Greg Brown (hired by Dubuque Fighting Saints as head coach)
Assistant coach Jacques Martin
Assistant coach David Oliver (hired by Arizona as pro scout)
Assistant director of player development Tuomo Ruutu (hired by Florida as assistant coach)
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OTTAWA SENATORS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 28: Signed LW Andrew Agozzino and D Michael Del Zotto; acquired D Nick Holden and a 2022 third-round pick from Vegas for
RW Evgenii Dadonov
July 29: Signed LW Pontus Aberg, D Dillon Heatherington and RW Kole Sherwood
Aug. 17: Signed RW Scott Sabourin
Sept. 25: Acquired LW Zach Sanford from St. Louis for C Logan Brown and a conditional 2022 fourth-round pick
Sept. 29: Signed C Zack Ostapchuk
Re-Signings
Aug. 4: Re-signed D Victor Mete
Aug. 29: Re-signed G Filip Gustavsson
Sept. 3: Re-signed RW Drake Batherson
Sept. 18: Re-signed C Logan Brown (Brown was subsequently traded to St. Louis)
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
July 12: Named Pierre McGuire senior VP of player development
Notable Offseason Departures
LW Vitaly Abramov (restricted free agent, signed by Traktor Chelyabinsk)
C Michael Amadio (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
C Artem Anisimov (unrestricted free agent)
C J.C. Beaudin (unrestricted free agent, signed by Laval Rocket)
C Logan Brown (traded to St. Louis)
G Joey Daccord (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
RW Evgenii Dadonov (traded to Vegas)
RW Jonathan Davidsson (unrestricted free agent, signed by HV71)
C Ryan Dzingel (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona)
D Cody Goloubef (unrestricted free agent)
LW Micheal Haley (unrestricted free agent)
G Marcus Hogberg (unrestricted free agent, signed by Linkoping HC)
C Matthew Peca (unrestricted free agent, signed by St. Louis)
C Derek Stepan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired D Ryan Ellis from Nashville for D Philippe Myers and C Nolan Patrick
July 22: Acquired future considerations from Arizona for D Shayne Gostisbehere, a 2022 second-round pick and a 2022 seventh-
round pick
July 23: Acquired D Rasmus Ristolainen from Buffalo for D Robert Hagg, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2023 second-round pick
July 24: Acquired RW Cam Atkinson from Columbus for RW Jakub Voracek
July 27: Signed D Keith Yandle
July 28: Signed D Adam Clendening, G Martin Jones and C Nate Thompson
Aug. 14: Signed RW Samu Tuomaala
Aug. 25: Signed C Derick Brassard
Sept. 22: Signed C Jon-Randall Avon
Re-Signings
July 26: Re-signed LW Samuel Morin
Aug. 9: Re-signed G Carter Hart
Aug. 20: Re-signed C Connor Bunnaman
Aug. 21: Re-signed D Travis Sanheim
Aug. 26: Re-signed C Sean Couturier
Sept 2: Re-signed LW Joel Farabee
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
July 19: Named Darryl Williams assistant coach
Aug. 2: Named Mike O'Connell senior advisor to the general manager; named Joakim Grundberg director of European scouting
Notable Offseason Departures
C Andy Andreoff (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Islanders)
G Brian Elliott (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
D Shayne Gostisbehere (traded to Arizona)
D Robert Hagg (traded to Buffalo)
G Alex Lyon (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
D Philippe Myers (traded to Nashville)
C Nolan Patrick (traded to Nashville and subsequently traded to Vegas)
D Derrick Pouliot (unrestricted free agent, signed by Henderson Silver Knights)
D Nate Prosser (unrestricted free agent)
LW Carsen Twarynski (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
RW Jakub Voracek (traded to Columbus)
Assistant coach Ian Laperriere (hired by Lehigh Valley Phantoms as head coach)
Amateur scout Jim Midgley (hired by NY Rangers as assistant coach)
Amateur scout Nick Pryor (hired by Pittsburgh as director of amateur scouting)
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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 28: Signed D Taylor Fedun, G Filip Lindberg, LW Brock McGinn and Dominik Simon
July 29: Signed C Michael Chaput and LW Danton Heinen
Sept. 2: Signed G Louis Domingue
Re-Signings
July 14: Re-signed C Teddy Blueger
July 24: Re-signed RW Kasper Bjorkqvist
July 28: Re-signed C Evan Rodrigues
Aug. 3: Re-signed LW Radim Zohorna
Aug. 5: Re-signed LW Zach Aston-Reese
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
July 12: Named Brett Hextall integrated development coach
July 28: Named Nick Pryor director of amateur scouting
Aug. 4: Named Andy Chiodo goaltending coach
Aug. 17: Named Alec Schall director of hockey operations
Sept. 10: Named Charles Grant and Kain Tisi goaltending development coaches
Notable Offseason Departures
LW Pontus Aberg (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa)
D Cody Ceci (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton)
RW Josh Currie (unrestricted free agent, signed by Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
D Kevin Czuczman (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
C Frederick Gaudreau (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
C Mark Jankowski (unrestricted free agent)
G Maxime Lagace (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
RW Colton Sceviour (unrestricted free agent)
LW Brandon Tanev (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
D Zach Trotman (retired)
D Yannick Weber (retired)
Goaltender coach Mike Buckley (hired by Seacoast Performance Academy)
Director of hockey operations and hockey research Sam Ventura (hired by Buffalo as VP hockey strategy and research)
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SAN JOSE SHARKS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired G Adin Hill from Arizona for G Josef Korenar and a 2022 second-round pick (Hill was subsequently signed by the
club on Aug. 4)
July 26: Acquired RW Nick Merkley from New Jersey for D Christian Jaros (Merkley was subsequently signed by the club on July 28)
July 28: Signed C Nick Bonino, C Andrew Cogliano and G James Reimer; acquired C Lane Pederson from Arizona for a 2024
fourth-round pick (Pederson was subsequently signed by the club on July 28)
Aug. 14: Signed LW William Eklund
Aug. 24: Signed C Jasper Weatherby
Re-Signings
July 13: Re-signed G Josef Korenar (Korenar was subsequently traded to Arizona on July 17)
July 15: Re-signed C Dylan Gambrell
July 22: Re-signed LW Rudolfs Balcers and RW Joachim Blichfeld
July 28: Re-signed D Jaycob Megna
Sept. 13: Re-signed C Noah Gregor
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
Sept. 7: Named John MacLean assistant coach
Notable Offseason Departures
C Lean Bergmann (waived for purpose of contract termination, signed by Adler Mannheim)
LW Ivan Chekhovich (waived for purpose of contract termination)
C Ryan Donato (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
RW Kurtis Gabriel (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
C Fredrik Handemark (unrestricted free agent, signed by SKA Saint Petersburg)
D Christian Jaros (traded to New Jersey)
G Martin Jones (waived for purpose of contract buyout, signed by Philadelphia)
G Josef Korenar (traded to Arizona)
C Maxim Letunov (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
C Patrick Marleau (unrestricted free agent)
D Greg Pateryn (unrestricted free agent, signed by Anaheim)
LW Marcus Sorensen (unrestricted free agent, signed by Djurgardens IF)
C Alexander True (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
Associate coach Rocky Thompson
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SEATTLE KRAKEN
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 14: Signed C Luke Henman
July 21: Claimed C Mason Appleton, RW Nathan Bastian, D Gavin Bayreuther, C Colin Blackwell, D Will Borgen, D Dennis
Cholowski, G Joey Daccord, RW Joonas Donskoi, G Chris Driedger, D Vince Dunn, RW Jordan Eberle, D Cale Fleury, D Haydn
Fleury, C Morgan Geekie, D Mark Giordano, C Yanni Gourde, C Calle Jarnkrok, D Adam Larsson, D Jeremy Lauzon, RW Kole
Lind, D Kurtis MacDermid, LW Jared McCann, D Jamie Oleksiak, C Tyler Pitlick, C John Quenneville, D Carson Soucy, LW
Brandon Tanev, C Alexander True, LW Carsen Twarynski and G Vitek Vanecek in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft (Borgen,
Cholowski, Driedger, Dunn, C. Fleury, Larsson, Lind, Oleksiak, True and Twarynski were all subsequently signed by the club at various
points during the offseason; Bayreuther subsequently became an unrestricted free agent and was signed by Columbus on July 28)
July 22: Acquired a 2022 fourth-round pick from Calgary for C Tyler Pitlick
July 27: Acquired a 2023 fourth-round pick from Colorado for D Kurtis MacDermid
July 28: Signed G Philipp Grubauer, C Jaden Schwartz and C Alex Wennberg; acquired a 2023 second-round pick from Washington
for G Vitek Vanecek
Aug. 4: Signed D Connor Carrick
Aug. 6: Signed LW Marcus Johansson
Aug. 20: Signed G Antoine Bibeau
Aug. 25: Signed D Gustav Olofsson
Sept. 1: Signed C Riley Sheahan
Sept. 12: Signed C Ryan Donato
Sept. 29: Signed LW Max McCormick
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 24: Named Dave Hakstol head coach
July 6: Named Jay Leach and Paul McFarland assistant coaches
Aug. 10: Named Andrew Allen goaltending coach
Notable Offseason Departures
D Gavin Bayreuther (unrestricted free agent, signed by Columbus)
D Kurtis MacDermid (traded to Colorado)
C Tyler Pitlick (traded to Calgary)
C John Quenneville (unrestricted free agent, signed by ZSC Lions)
G Vitek Vanecek (traded to Washington)
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ST. LOUIS BLUES
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 23: Acquired LW Pavel Buchnevich from NY Rangers for LW Sammy Blais and a 2022 second-round pick (Buchnevich was
subsequently signed by the club on July 28)
July 29: Signed G Charlie Lindgren, C Matthew Peca, LW Brandon Saad and C Nathan Todd
July 30: Signed D Tommy Cross and D Calle Rosen
Aug. 24: Signed C Zachary Bolduc
Aug. 31: Signed C Tanner Dickinson
Sept. 25: Acquired C Logan Brown and a conditional 2022 fourth-round pick from Ottawa for LW Zach Sanford
Re-Signings
July 22: Re-signed C Nolan Stevens
July 24: Re-signed LW Nathan Walker
July 30: Re-signed C Ivan Barbashev
July 31: Re-signed C Dakota Joshua
Aug. 3: Re-signed C Jordan Kyrou
Aug. 4: Re-signed LW Zach Sanford (Sanford was subsequently traded to Ottawa)
Sept. 1: Re-signed D Colton Parayko
Sept. 14: Re-signed C Tyler Bozak
Sept. 21: Re-signed C Robert Thomas
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
Sept. 22: Named Peter Chiarelli VP of hockey operations; named Ken Hitchcock coaching consultant; named Dave Taylor senior
advisor to hockey operations
Notable Offseason Departures
LW Sammy Blais (traded to NY Rangers)
LW Jacob de la Rose (unrestricted free agent, signed by Farjestad BK)
D Vince Dunn (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
C Mike Hoffman (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal)
RW Austin Poganski (unrestricted free agent, signed by Winnipeg)
D Mitch Reinke (unrestricted free agent, signed by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins)
LW Zach Sanford (traded to Ottawa)
C Jaden Schwartz (unrestricted free agent, signed by Seattle)
Senior advisor Larry Pleau (hired by Arizona as senior advisor to the general manager)
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TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired a 2022 seventh-round pick from NY Rangers for C Barclay Goodrow
July 27: Acquired D Brent Seabrook from Chicago for C Tyler Johnson and a 2023 second-round pick
July 28: Signed D Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, D Zach Bogosian, C Gabriel Dumont, LW Remi Elie, G Brian Elliott, LW Charles
Hudon, G Maxime Lagace, D Darren Raddysh and D Andrej Sustr
July 29: Signed RW Corey Perry
July 30: Acquired a 2022 sixth-round pick from Detroit for C Mitchell Stephens
July 31: Acquired future considerations from Vancouver for G Spencer Martin
Re-Signings
July 17: Re-signed D Fredrik Claesson
July 22: Re-signed C Gemel Smith
July 27: Re-signed C Otto Somppi
July 28: Re-signed C Brayden Point
July 29: Re-signed D Cal Foote
July 30: Re-signed C Alex Barre-Boulet
July 31: Re-signed LW Boris Katchouk and RW Taylor Raddysh
Aug. 1: Re-signed D Sean Day
Aug. 9: Re-signed C Ross Colton
Notable Offseason Departures
D Andreas Borgman (unrestricted free agent, signed by Dallas)
C Blake Coleman (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary)
G Christopher Gibson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida)
C Barclay Goodrow (traded to NY Rangers)
C Yanni Gourde (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
C Tyler Johnson (traded to Chicago)
G Spencer Martin (traded to Vancouver)
G Curtis McElhinney (retired)
C Boo Nieves (unrestricted free agent)
G Anders Nilsson (retired)
D David Savard (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal)
D Luke Schenn (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
D Devante Stephens (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
C Mitchell Stephens (traded to Detroit)
D Ben Thomas (unrestricted free agent, signed by Leksands IF)
RW Luke Witkowski (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit)
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TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired LW Jared McCann from Pittsburgh for C Filip Hallander and a 2023 seventh-round pick (McCann was subsequently
claimed by Seattle in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
July 26: Acquired future considerations from Boston for D James Greenway
July 28: Signed C Michael Amadio, D Alex Biega, LW Michael Bunting, D Carl Dahlstrom, RW Kurtis Gabriel, C David Kampf and
G Petr Mrazek; acquired D Brennan Menell from Minnesota for a conditional 2022 pick (Menell was subsequently signed by the club
on July 31)
July 29: Signed LW Brett Seney
July 30: Signed RW Ondrej Kase
July 31: Signed LW Nick Ritchie
Sept. 25: Signed D William Villeneuve
Oct. 1: Signed C Braeden Kressler
Re-Signings
July 8: Re-signed D Travis Dermott
July 17: Re-signed G Joseph Woll
July 29: Re-signed LW Pavel Gogolev
Aug. 4: Re-signed D Joseph Duszak
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 25: Named Ryan Hardy senior director of minor league operations
July 12: Named Dean Chynoweth assistant coach
July 17: Named Spencer Carbery assistant coach
Aug. 16: Named Wes Clark director of amateur scouting and Eric Joyce director of pro scouting
Notable Offseason Departures
LW Kenny Agostino (unrestricted free agent, signed by Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
G Frederik Andersen (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
D Zach Bogosian (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay)
LW Nick Foligno (unrestricted free agent, signed by Boston)
C Alex Galchenyuk (unrestricted free agent)
D James Greenway (traded to Boston)
C Filip Hallander (traded to Pittsburgh)
D Ben Hutton (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona)
LW Zach Hyman (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton)
C Kalle Kossila (unrestricted free agent, signed by Jokerit)
C Denis Malgin (restricted free agent, signed by ZSC Lions)
D Martin Marincin (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Ocelari Trinec)
LW Jared McCann (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
RW Stefan Noesen (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
C Nic Petan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
G David Rittich (unrestricted free agent, signed by Nashville)
D Calle Rosen (unrestricted free agent, signed by St. Louis)
RW Scott Sabourin (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa)
C Joe Thornton (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida)
G Veini Vehvilainen (unrestricted free agent, signed by Brynas IF)
Assistant coach Dave Hakstol (hired by Seattle as head coach)
Director of amateur scouting John Lilley (hired by NY Rangers as director of player personnel and director of amateur scouting)
Director of player development Scott Pellerin (hired by Arizona as pro scout)
Head amateur scout Tim Speltz (hired by Henderson Silver Knights as general manager)
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VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired C Jason Dickinson from Dallas for a 2021 third-round pick
July 23: Acquired D Oliver Ekman-Larsson and RW Conor Garland from Arizona for C Jay Beagle, LW Loui Eriksson, LW Antoine
Roussel, a 2021 first-round pick, a 2022 second-round pick and a 2023 seventh-round pick (Garland was subsequently signed by the
club on July 27)
July 27: Acquired a 2022 third-round pick from Winnipeg for D Nate Schmidt
July 28: Signed D Kyle Burroughs, LW Phillip Di Giuseppe, C Justin Dowling, C Sheldon Dries, G Jaroslav Halak, D Brad Hunt,
D Brady Keeper, RW Danila Klimovich, C Nic Petan, D Tucker Poolman, RW Sheldon Rempal, D Luke Schenn and D Devante
Stephens
July 31: Acquired G Spencer Martin from Tampa Bay for future considerations
Re-Signings
July 28: Re-signed RW Justin Bailey, D Travis Hamonic, C John Stevens and C Brandon Sutter
Aug. 9: Re-signed D Olli Juolevi
Aug. 12: Re-signed D Guillaume Brisebois
Aug. 14: Re-signed C Jason Dickinson
Oct. 1: Re-signed D Quinn Hughes and C Elias Pettersson
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 9: Named Kyle Gustafson and Brad Shaw assistant coaches; named Chris Higgins assistant director of player development
June 22: Named Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin special advisors to the general manager
Aug. 3: Named Michael Doyle president of business operations
Notable Offseason Departures
LW Sven Baertschi (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vegas)
C Jay Beagle (traded to Arizona)
C Travis Boyd (unrestricted free agent, signed by Arizona)
D Jalen Chatfield (unrestricted free agent, signed by Carolina)
D Alexander Edler (unrestricted free agent, signed by Los Angeles)
LW Loui Eriksson (traded to Arizona)
C Tyler Graovac (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Dinamo Minsk)
C Jayce Hawryluk (unrestricted free agent, signed by Skelleftea AIK)
G Braden Holtby (waived for purpose of contract buyout, signed by Dallas)
RW Kole Lind (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
LW Marc Michaelis (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto Marlies)
D Brogan Rafferty (unrestricted free agent, signed by Anaheim)
LW Antoine Roussel (traded to Arizona)
D Nate Schmidt (traded to Winnipeg)
D Josh Teves (unrestricted free agent, signed by Rochester Americans)
LW Jimmy Vesey (unrestricted free agent)
RW Jake Virtanen (waived for purpose of contract buyout, signed by Spartak Moscow)
Assistant coach Newell Brown (hired by Anaheim as assistant coach)
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VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 17: Acquired C Brett Howden from NY Rangers for D Nick DeSimone and a 2022 fourth-round pick; acquired C Nolan Patrick
from Nashville for C Cody Glass (Patrick was subsequently signed by the club on Sept. 19)
July 27: Acquired C Mikael Hakkarainen from Chicago for G Marc-Andre Fleury (Hakkarainen was subsequently waived for purpose
of contract termination on Aug. 18)
July 28: Acquired RW Evgenii Dadonov from Ottawa for D Nick Holden and a 2022 third-round pick; signed LW Sven Baertschi and
G Laurent Brossoit
July 29: Acquired a 2022 third-round pick from NY Rangers for RW Ryan Reaves
Sept. 26: Signed D Daniil Chayka
Re-Signings
July 28: Re-signed C Patrick Brown, C Mattias Janmark, D Alec Martinez and C Gage Quinney
Sept. 16: Re-signed D Dylan Coghlan
Notable Offseason Departures
D Carl Dahlstrom (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
G Oscar Dansk (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Spartak Moscow)
D Nick DeSimone (traded to NY Rangers)
G Marc-Andre Fleury (traded to Chicago)
C Cody Glass (traded to Nashville)
LW Tyrell Goulbourne (unrestricted free agent, signed by Belleville Senators)
D Nick Holden (traded to Ottawa)
RW Tomas Jurco (unrestricted free agent)
LW Tomas Nosek (unrestricted free agent, signed by Boston)
C Danny O'Regan (unrestricted free agent, signed by Anaheim)
RW Ryan Reaves (traded to NY Rangers)
D Jimmy Schuldt (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo)
C Dylan Sikura (unrestricted free agent, signed by Colorado)
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WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 26: Acquired a 2022 second-round pick and a 2023 second-round pick from Winnipeg for D Brenden Dillon
July 28: Signed D Matt Irwin and D Dylan McIlrath; acquired G Vitek Vanecek from Seattle for a 2023 second-round pick
Aug. 5: Signed RW Mike Vecchione
Oct. 4: Signed D Vincent Iorio
Re-Signings
July 8: Re-signed LW Beck Malenstyn
July 27: Re-signed LW Alex Ovechkin
July 28: Re-signed D Lucas Johansen and G Hunter Shepard
Aug. 9: Re-signed G Ilya Samsonov
Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
Sept. 20: Named Dr. Aimee Kimball senior director of team and organizational development
Notable Offseason Departures
G Craig Anderson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo)
LW Daniel Carr (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Lugano)
D Zdeno Chara (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Islanders)
D Brenden Dillon (traded to Winnipeg)
RW Dmitrij Jaskin (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington)
LW Axel Jonsson-Fjallby (waived, claimed by Buffalo)
D Paul LaDue (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Islanders)
G Henrik Lundqvist (retired)
C Philippe Maillet (unrestricted free agent, signed by Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
LW Michael Raffl (unrestricted free agent, signed by Dallas)
D Cameron Schilling (unrestricted free agent)
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WINNIPEG JETS
Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 26: Acquired D Brenden Dillon from Washington for a 2022 second-round pick and a 2023 second-round pick
July 27: Acquired D Nate Schmidt from Vancouver for a 2022 third-round pick
July 28: Signed C Michael Eyssimont and C Luke Johnson
July 31: Signed C Riley Nash and RW Austin Poganski
Aug. 15: Signed D Dmitry Kuzmin
Re-Signings
July 26: Re-signed C Paul Stastny
July 27: Re-signed G Eric Comrie
Aug. 4: Re-signed D Logan Stanley
Aug. 11: Re-signed D Neal Pionk
Aug. 12: Re-signed C Andrew Copp and D Johnathan Kovacevic
Notable Offseason Departures
C Mason Appleton (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
D Jordie Benn (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
G Laurent Brossoit (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vegas)
C Marko Dano (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Ocelari Trinec)
D Derek Forbort (unrestricted free agent, signed by Boston)
C Trevor Lewis (unrestricted free agent, signed by Calgary)
LW Joona Luoto (waived for purpose of contract termination)
D Sami Niku (waived for purpose of contract termination, signed by Montreal)
LW Mathieu Perreault (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal)
D Tucker Poolman (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver)
C Nate Thompson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Philadelphia)
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