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Transaction Notes: Hart, Pilut, Felcman

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The Athletic’s Chris Johnston provided an update today on the status of free agent goaltender Carter Hart, who is one of the five Hockey Canada players set to become eligible to sign NHL contracts on October 15th after being acquitted of sexual assault in Ontario Superior Court in July.

According to Johnston, Hart “has started to zero in on the most attractive options for where he might attempt to reboot his career.” Johnston specifically named the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes as two front-runners, alongside “one or two” other teams who are “still in the mix” to sign the player.

Johnston reported that Hart’s “main priorities remain finding a landing spot that comes with a clear path to playing time on a team that’s set up for success,” and both Carolina and Vegas certainly fit the bill. The Golden Knights look set to enter the season with Adin Hill and Akira Schmid as their NHL tandem, and Schmid played in just five NHL games last season. Carolina looks to be in a stronger position in terms of their current goalies, with Frederik Andersen and Pyotr Kochetkov already under contract. But Andersen, 35, has dealt with persistent injury troubles over the last three seasons, and Kochetkov had an uneven season in 2024-25, posting an .898 save percentage. Those two factors could help explain why the Hurricanes are considering adding another goaltender into the mix. Regardless, it appears Hart is getting closer to finalizing the franchise with which he’ll attempt to return to NHL action.

Some other transaction-oriented notes from across the hockey world:

  • Former Buffalo Sabres defenseman Lawrence Pilut signed a one-year contract with the Swiss National League’s SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, according to a team release. The 29-year-old will return to action after missing the entirety of 2024-25 recovering from a torn Achilles. Pilut is a two-time AHL All-Star who last played in North America in 2022-23, when he scored 28 points in 47 games for the AHL’s Rochester Americans and managed to dress for 17 NHL contests. The former SHL Defenseman of the Year and SHL Champion joins a Rapperswil-Jona squad that currently sits fifth in league play with a 4-2 record. Their roster currently boasts multiple former NHL and AHL players, including 2011 first-rounder Nicklas Jensen, 2014 first-rounder Julius Honka, 2015 first-rounder Jacob Larsson, and former 48-point scorer Victor Rask.
  • Chicago Blackhawks 2023 third-rounder Jiri Felcman has signed a one-year contract extension with his current club, the Swiss National League’s SCL Tigers. The 20-year-old broke into Switzerland’s top league as a 19-year-old last season, ultimately scoring 10 points across 43 combined regular season and playoff games. He has yet to sign his entry-level deal in Chicago, and the Blackhawks hold the exclusive rights to sign Felcman until June 1st, 2027, per PuckPedia. This extension shouldn’t impact the Blackhawks’ signing decision but instead serves as a nice show of faith in a player recently ranked by EliteProspects as the Blackhawks’ No. 26 prospect.

Canadiens Notes: Kahkonen, Xhekaj, Right Wing

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When the Montreal Canadiens signed veteran netminder Kaapo Kahkonen to a one-year, $1.15MM contract this summer, it was speculated by some that he could be viewed as a leading contender for the role of backup goalie behind entrenched starter Sam Montembeault. Today, The Athletic’s Arpon Basu reported that the competition for the job of No. 2 netminder is Jakub Dobes’ “job to lose instead of a real battle.” Basu also added that it appears the Canadiens’ plan in net has been “to have Kahkonen help mentor Jacob Fowler in Laval.”

Fowler, of course, is the Canadiens’ top goaltending prospect and a player widely seen as one of the top goalie prospects in the entire sport. Although Kahkonen is subject to waivers, Basu noted that the player’s $1.15MM cap hit, the maximum allowable value that a team can “bury” in the AHL without any residual cap hit applied to its NHL books, was likely signed to dissuade teams from claiming Kahkonen. The 29-year-old has played in 140 career NHL games and has an .898 save percentage. The Canadiens’ likely backup per today’s report, Dobes, broke into the NHL last season and ended up posting a .909 save percentage across 16 games played.

Some other notes from training camp in Montreal:

  • One of the emerging storylines in Canadiens camp has been the apparent growth of defenseman Arber Xhekaj, as was reported by Katherine Harvey-Pinard of La Presse. Basu echoed that sentiment in his own reporting, calling Xhekaj “outstanding” so far in camp, a performance that has given him a leg up to win a spot in the club’s opening-night lineup. With the way the Canadiens’ defense is constructed at this early stage of the preseason, it appears Xhekaj is competing against Jayden Struble, a fellow young bruising defenseman, to be the partner of Alexandre Carrier on the club’s third pairing. While there’s still a ways to go until these decisions get finalized, it appears Xhekaj has taken a strong early lead in the race for an opening-night lineup spot.
  • Basu identified the competition to be the third winger on a line with Alex Newhook and Zachary Bolduc as the “primary battle” to watch at this stage of training camp. 2021 fifth-rounder Joshua Roy skated on that line Sunday, while Owen Beck began camp in that spot. Both players are competing against veterans Sammy Blais and Joe Veleno for that lineup spot, while Basu also named 2022 third-rounder Vinzenz Rohrer as a dark-horse option. Rohrer has reportedly made a strong impression in training camp, but ultimately would need to be loaned back to Switzerland’s ZSC Lions should he fail to earn a job on Montreal’s season-opening roster.

Training Camp Cuts: 9/22/25

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Several teams participated in their first or second preseason contest yesterday. The intense camp battles will persist throughout the week, but many teams will also begin making cuts to their rosters. This will involve players who were highly unlikely to make their respective NHL clubs’ opening night roster or those who are just getting a few days of experience in a professional environment. The remaining players can be found on our Training Camp Rosters page.

Calgary Flames (per team announcement)

D Mace’o Phillips (to Green Bay, USHL)

Colorado Avalanche (per team announcement)

F Max Curran (to Edmonton, WHL)
D Linus Funck (to London, OHL)
F Christian Humphreys (to Kitchener, OHL)

Dallas Stars (per team announcement)

D Anthony Cristoforo (released from ATO)
F Brandon Gorzynski (to Calgary, WHL)
D Niilopekka Muhonen (loaned to Medicine Hat, WHL)
F Charlie Paquette (to Guelph, OHL)
F Cameron Schmidt (to Vancouver, WHL)
F Dawson Sharkey (to Newfoundland, QMJHL)

Edmonton Oilers (per team announcement)

F Tommy Lafreniere (to Kamloops, WHL)
F David Lewandowski (to Saskatoon, WHL)

Los Angeles Kings (per team announcement)

F Jan Chovan (to Sudbury, OHL)
F Jimmy Lombardi (to Flint, OHL)
D Nate Corbet (to Kelowna, WHL)
G Carter George (to Owen Sound, OHL)

Minnesota Wild (per team announcement)

F Lirim Amidovski (to North Bay, OHL)
F Adam Benak (to Brantford, OHL)
F Carter Klippenstein (to Brandon, WHL)
F Ryan McGuire (released from PTO)
G William Rousseau (released from PTO)
F Matthew Sop (released from PTO)
D Rowan Topp (released from ATO)
D Jordan Tourigny (released from ATO)
G Chase Wutzke (to Red Deer, WHL)

Nashville Predators (per team announcement)

D Hayden Barch (released from ATO)
F Hiroki Gojsic (to Kelowna, WHL)
D Alex Huang (to Chicoutimi, QMJHL)
F Alex Kostov (released from ATO)
G Jakub Milota (to Blainville-Boisbriand, QMJHL)
F Viktor Nörringer (to Muskegon, USHL)

New York Islanders (per team announcement)

G Burke Hood (to Vancouver, WHL)
F Tomas Poletin (to Kelowna, WHL)
F Luca Romano (to Kitchener, OHL)

San Jose Sharks (per team announcement)

F Max Heise (to Prince Albert, WHL)
F Teddy Mutryn (to Moncton, QMJHL)
D Jack Bar (released from tryout)
D John Gormley (to San Jose, AHL)
D Artem Guryev (to San Jose,  AHL)
G Joshua Ravensbergen (to Prince George, WHL)
G Christian Kirsch (to Kitchener, OHL)

Seattle Kraken (per team announcement)

D Alexis Bernier (to Baie-Comeau, QMJHL)
D Jakub Fibigr (to Brampton, OHL)
D Blake Fiddler (to Edmonton, WHL)
F Julius Miettinen (to Everett, WHL)
F Jake O’Brien (to Brantford, OHL)
D Will Reynolds (to Newfoundland, QMJHL)

St. Louis Blues (per team announcement)

F Antoine Dorion (to Quebec, QMJHL)
D Lukas Fischer (to Sarnia, OHL)
F Adam Jecho (to Edmonton, WHL)
G Matthew Koprowski (released from ATO)
D William McIsaac (to Spokane, WHL)

Vegas Golden Knights (per team announcement)

D Peteris Bulans (to Chicoutimi, QMJHL)
D Mazden Leslie (to Kelowna, WHL)
G Jordan Papirny (to Henderson, AHL)
F Mateo Nobert (to Blainville, QMJHL)
D Bronson Ride (to North Bay, OHL)
D Carter Sotheran (to Portland, WHL)
F Andreas Straka (to Quebec, QMJHL)
F Alex Weiermair (to Portland, WHL)

Winnipeg Jets (per NHL.com’s Mitchell Clinton)

F Jacob Cloutier (to Saginaw, OHL)
D Edison Engle (to Brantford, OHL)
D Ethan Frisch (released from PTO)
F Kevin He (to Niagara, OHL)
F Owen Martin (to Spokane, WHL)
G Alex Worthington (released from PTO)

This page will be updated throughout the day.

Canucks Sign Riley Patterson, Gabe Chiarot To Entry-Level Contracts

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The Vancouver Canucks have signed wingers Riley Patterson and Gabe Chiarot to their entry-level contracts. Patterson was drafted in the fourth-round of the 2024 NHL Draft, while Chiarot was drafted in the sixth-round of the 2025 Draft. Both players were loaned back to the OHL as part of Vancouver’s round of training camp cuts on Sunday. Patterson will head to the Niagara IceDogs, while Chiarot joins the Brampton Steelheads.

Patterson’s contract will carry a $923K cap hit at the NHL level, and pay an $85K salary in the AHL. It also features $85K in signing bonuses awarded annually, per PuckPedia. Chiarot’s deal will carry a $917K cap hit in the NHL and a $85K salary in the minors. He received a $75K signing bonus each season, also per PuckPedia.

Patterson spent the last two seasons filling a top-six role for the Barrie Colts. His play hit a peak in the 2023-24 season, when he notched 29 goals and 62 points in 68 games with Barrie. That was both Patterson’s first year of draft eligibility, and his first year in the OHL, after playing his age-17 season in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL). His scoring dipped last to 25 goals and 59 points in 64 games with Barrie last season. Despite that, Patterson’s snappy playmaking and ability to quickly jump into fast-moving plays both shined clear all year long. He made noticeable improvements to his two-way game, and will now offer stout veteran presence to a Niagara lineup that’s turned over much of their forward group. Patterson could struggle to earn a top-line role alongside centers Ryerson Edgar, Alexander Hage, and Ryan Roobroeck – though the Canucks draftee will be sure to find hot impact among that level of talent.

Chiarot should have a clearer path to minutes for the Steelheads. He’s gradually risen through their ranks over the last two seasons, netting 10 points in 48 games at age-16 and 35 points in 66 games of his draft season last year. To boot, Chiarot became known for his snappy shot and the heft he uses to drive deep into the offensive end. Those attributes, complimented by a summer of NHL guidance, should pave a path to top-six minutes as Chiarot returns to the junior flight. The cousin of Detroit Red Wings defenseman Ben Chiarot, Gabe will look to prove he can play above his com petition enough to jump to the minor-league ranks next season. He notably finished last season with 10 points and 34 shots in his final 14 games, a spark he’ll look to keep up as he returns.

Logan Cooley Among Four Mammoth Facing Injury Updates

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The Utah Mammoth issued a string of injury updates on Monday morning, after playing through their first preseason game against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday. All injury updates come courtesy of Cole Bagley of KSL Sports. Most notably, top center Logan Cooley was designated as day-to-day with an undisclosed injury sustained on a check from behind from Avalanche winger Zakhar Bardakov. Cooley left the ice after the hit, while teammate Lawson Crouse stepped in to fight Bardakov.

In addition to Cooley, forwards Jack McBain and Barrett Hayton have also been dubbed day-to-day with undisclosed injuries. Finally, defenseman Nate Schmidt is expected to be back in the lineup after being previously designated as day-to-day due to maintenance.

Much like the list of injuries, their ramification on Utah’s daily lineup will be a lot to take in. Cooley is set to return to the team’s top-line center role when the regular season kicks off – a spot he cemented with a fantastic 25 goals and 65 points in 75 games last season. He continued the all-star performance into the summer, netting 12 points in 10 games at the World Championship, tying him with Frank Nazar for the scoring lead on a USA squad that went on to win the tournament. Mammoth head coach Andre Tourigny told the media, including Bagley, that he didn’t appreciate the blindside hit on Cooley in the preseason opener – and that he’s hoping Cooley’s absence is “really short”.

Those same hopes will be extended to McBain and Hayton, who seem well-set to fill the two center positions behind Cooley. Few details have emerged about either injury, though both players will be worth close attention from the Mammoth faithful. Both set career-highs in scoring while appearing in all 82 games of last season. For Hayton, that was marked by 20 goals and 46 points on the year, while McBain posted 13 goals and 27 points. With no indication otherwise, they should be set to return to camp activities within the week – though missing potentially all three of the lineup’s top centers will be a tough blow even in the short-term.

Utah will find their silver lining through the return of bulky defender Schmidt, who will make his debut with the Mammoth in his next game. He filled a bottom-pair role, and won the Stanley Cup, with the Florida Panthers last season. En route, Schmidt was able to rack up 19 points in 80 regular season games and 12 points in 23 playoff games. He’ll hope to bring his spark from the postseason straight to his new role with the Mammoth. If he can do that, Schmidt could find a way to usurp Ian Cole as the team’s second-pair left-defenseman. If not, he’ll face firm competition for a lineup role from rookie Dmitri Simashev, who scored six points in 56 KHL games last season.

Wild Sign Chase Wutzke To Entry-Level Contract

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According to a team announcement, the Minnesota Wild have signed netminder Chase Wutzke to a three-year entry-level contract beginning this season. Minnesota now has 44 players under contract for the 2025-26 campaign.

The Wild selected Wutzke with the 142nd overall pick of the 2024 NHL Draft from the WHL’s Red Deer Rebels. That season, the Saskatchewan native played in 36 games for the Rebels, securing a 19-10-2 record with a .904 SV% and 2.82 GAA with one shutout.

Surprisingly, Wutzke’s production took a nosedive last year, largely because of the lack of talent in front of him. He finished with a 17-25-5 record in 50 games with a disappointing .895 SV% and 3.38 GAA. The Rebels finished 13 points removed from playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference.

Expected back in Red Deer this season, the team is already off to a winless start through their first two contests. Should Wutzke disappoint again after he’s returning from the Wild’s training camp, he may only project to serve as organizational depth in an AHL role moving forward.

Fortunately, Minnesota shouldn’t have too many expectations for Wutzke’s development. The future of Minnesota’s crease is guided by Filip Gustavsson and Jesper Wallstedt, meaning there’s little to no pressure on Wutzke to become an everyday NHL talent. The raw talent is there, largely from his quick work in the crease once he’s dropped down into the butterfly, but it remains to be seen if he can put it all together with the Rebels this season.

Injury Notes: Blackhawks, Slavin, Aitcheson

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The Chicago Blackhawks have one more day of practice before their first preseason contest tomorrow night, and the jury is still out on who exactly will be available. In a series of injury updates from Scott Powers of The Athletic, the Blackhawks will have André Burakovsky back at practice this morning. However, defenseman Connor Murphy and forwards Brett Seney and Landon Slaggert will not participate.

As Powers noted, Burakovsky missed the team’s practice yesterday due to a lower-body injury, and there’s no indication he won’t be a full participant in today’s skate. The 30-year-old Austrian was acquired this summer in a salary dump trade with the Seattle Kraken. After signing a five-year, $27.5MM contract with the Kraken in the summer of 2022, Burakovsky struggled to stay healthy in his new environment, scoring 30 goals and 92 points in 177 contests.

Unlike the other three, it doesn’t appear Murphy is dealing with any injuries, and he’s only being held out for a maintenance day, which isn’t uncommon for veteran players during training camp. Seney and Slaggert are each dealing with undisclosed injuries, and there are no updates to their availability in tomorrow night’s contest against the Detroit Red Wings.

Other injury updates:

  • Following on the heels of last night’s report that the Carolina Hurricanes may hold out All-Star defenseman Jaccob Slavin from their preseason contests, it appears that will be the case. Outside of his absence from preseason action, there haven’t been any specifics regarding Slavin’s injury concerns at the time being. However, Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer reported this morning that Slavin is on the ice in a non-contact jersey.
  • The New York Islanders made a few cuts to their training camp roster this morning, and recent first-round pick, Kashawn Aitcheson, wasn’t one of them. According to Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News, Aitcheson is considered day-to-day with an undisclosed injury after last night’s contest against the Philadelphia Flyers. The belief is that the Islanders want to get one more look at him once he’s healthy before sending him back to the OHL’s Barrie Colts.

Andrea Doan Named Chair Of Phoenix Hockey Exploratory Committee

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Working to bring hockey back to the desert, Craig Morgan of the Arizona Insider reports that Andrea Doan, wife of Shane Doan, will lead the new exploratory committee, hoping to bring professional hockey back to Maricopa County. In early January, Board of Supervisors Chair Tom Galvin shared his desire to create the committee to bring hockey back to Phoenix.

Saying it best, Morgan wrote, “If there were a royal family of Arizona hockey, the Doans would hold that title.” While many anticipated Shane’s involvement, he is likely unable to participate in a formal capacity due to his contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a special assistant to the General Manager. Instead, Andrea will be the formal head of the family’s interests in bringing another team to Arizona.

In the report, Andrea acknowledged as much, saying, “Whatever Shane and I do we are always doing together anyway, but his commitment right now is to Toronto. So is mine, but this is sort of a separate entity; just working with the NHL and trying to bring the organization back to Phoenix where it belongs and where it can thrive and succeed.”

The exploratory committee faces a challenging task ahead. The group is burdened with finding a committed ownership group and finding suitable land to build upon in Phoenix. Over the past year, Mat Ishbia, the majority owner of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, has been the sole candidate to express interest in returning hockey to the desert.

If the exploratory finds a suitable candidate, they won’t have any hurdles to clear with the most recent franchise owner in Phoenix. In mid-July of last year, Alex Meruelo dissolved the Coyotes’ intellectual property, which is now owned and operated by the NHL.

Commissioner Gary Bettman has said in the past that the league won’t play favorites when it comes to potential future expansion, although it may have been a bit tongue-in-cheek. Ownership groups have emerged in Houston, TX, and Atlanta, GA, but the NHL, particularly under Bettman’s leadership, has consistently aimed to sustain hockey in Phoenix.

Regardless, the group has a long way to go to return an NHL franchise to Arizona. Still, given the Doan’s deep roots in the community, they should have no issue growing sentiment and excitement in the public to sway the NHL’s leadership to give hockey in Phoenix another opportunity.

Five Key Stories: 9/15/25 – 9/21/25

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Training camps are up and running and the preseason is now underway.  Understandably, that led to plenty of news around the NHL, including the top-scoring blueliner in free agency having to settle for a PTO deal and a pair of Hall of Fame netminders passing away.  Here’s a rundown of the key stories from the past seven days.

Blackhawks Sign A Blueliner: The Blackhawks took care of their last restricted free agent, signing defenseman Wyatt Kaiser to a two-year, $3.4MM contract.  The 23-year-old got his biggest NHL look yet last season, getting into 57 games with Chicago where he had eight points and 93 blocked shots in over 18 minutes per night.  He also got into 17 games with AHL Rockford and it looked like Chicago was trying to highlight the fact that he wasn’t a full-time regular into their offer but ultimately relented with this contract.  His $1.7MM AAV will stand as his qualifying offer with arbitration rights in 2027.

Waiver-Bound: The 2025-26 waiver period still hasn’t opened up yet but we know of one veteran who will be hitting the wire as Mammoth GM Bill Armstrong revealed that they will be waiving goaltender Connor Ingram in the hopes of getting him a fresh start.  The 28-year-old took over the number one role in 2023-24 but struggled considerably last season before stepping away from the team to return to the Player Assistance Program.  Utah added veteran Vitek Vanecek this summer and it appears their plan is to have him back up Karel Vejmelka.  Ingram has one year left on his contract with a $1.9MM cap charge and will be an unrestricted free agent next summer.  With a goalie market that doesn’t have a lot of options left, there could be teams that consider taking a one-year flyer on him when he hits the wire.

Hanging Them Up: Thursday was an interesting day in Los Angeles when it came to their sports icons.  Long-time Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw announced that he’ll be retiring at the end of the season and hours later, long-time Kings fixture Anze Kopitar revealed that the upcoming season will be his last as well.  Drafted 11th overall by Los Angeles in 2005, Kopitar was the first Slovenian first-round pick and the first to reach the NHL, which he did in 2006.  Since then, he has been a high-end two-way pivot for the majority of his 19-year career, one that has seen him amass 1,278 points in 1,454 games, all with the Kings.  Kopitar has a pair of Stanley Cup titles to his name and is only 30 points away from being the highest-scoring player in franchise history.

Two More Years: One veteran who won’t be retiring after the season is Flames center Mikael Backlund.  Instead, he’ll stick around for at least the next three years as he signed a two-year, $6.25MM contract extension that runs through the 2027-28 campaign.  The captain is entering his 18th NHL campaign this season, all with Calgary after they drafted him 24th overall back in 2007.  Backlund has taken pay cuts on his two most recent contracts now, a reflection of his reduced offensive role moving forward but his defensive game remains strong, meaning that he should still be a contributor throughout this new deal.

Injury News: As is often the case as training camp gets underway, there was plenty of injury news around the league.  Lightning center Nick Paul underwent upper-body surgery that will cause him to miss at least the first month of the season.  He has been a key secondary scorer over the last couple of years, notching more than 20 goals and 40 points in each of those.  Penguins center Kevin Hayes suffered an upper-body injury early in camp and will also miss at least a month.  The veteran could be a trade chip for Pittsburgh later in the year while a delayed start won’t help his cause in free agency.

Meanwhile, the Oilers are hoping that winger Zach Hyman will be back at the start of November as he works his way back from a wrist fracture.  That timeline will make him LTIR-eligible although Edmonton’s LTIR pool will be capped at the average salary (around $3.82MM, not his $5.5MM cap charge) thanks to the new rules in place.  Lastly, Laurent Brossoit’s debut with Chicago will have to wait even longer.  After missing all of last season due to continued knee issues, it was revealed that the goaltender is out indefinitely after having hip surgery earlier in the offseason.  Suffice it to say, the two-year, $6.6MM contract they gave him last summer has not worked out well for the Blackhawks.

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Evening Notes: Evangelista, Kleven, Dumais, Hurricanes

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While it appears that the Predators and Luke Evangelista have agreed that the winger’s next contract will be for two years, things don’t appear to be going well in terms of discussing money.  TSN’s Darren Dreger reports (Twitter link) that the two sides are still well apart on the financial side, so much so that the 23-year-old has left Nashville and is returning to Canada to train on his own while waiting for a contract to be hammered out.  Evangelista has two straight years of more than 30 points under his belt and is averaging exactly half a point per game in 172 career NHL appearances.  Despite that being a more concrete track record than many players have coming off their entry-level pacts, the two sides don’t appear to be close to an agreement just yet.

More from around the NHL:

  • Senators defenseman Tyler Kleven left today’s exhibition game against Toronto in the third period with an undisclosed injury after crashing into the boards. Postgame, head coach Travis Green told reporters including Sportsnet’s Alex Adams (Twitter link) that there was no immediate information available about the injury.  Kleven was a regular on Ottawa’s third pairing last season, putting up 10 points, 97 blocks, and 105 hits in 79 outings while also getting into all six playoff contests.
  • Blue Jackets prospect Jordan Dumais was injured in the final game of their rookie tournament last weekend and hasn’t been on the ice since. Aaron Portzline of The Athletic relays (subscription link) that the winger is listed as day-to-day with a hip flexor.  Dumais dealt with hip issues in 2024, undergoing surgery early that year and was limited to just 21 games with AHL Cleveland last season where he managed a respectable four goals and seven assists.
  • The Hurricanes may hold defensemen Jaccob Slavin and Jalen Chatfield out of all of their preseason games, relays team reporter Walt Ruff (Twitter link). Head coach Rod Brind’Amour relayed that this would be merely as a precaution but generally speaking, this would only be done if the player is nursing a minor injury.  Slavin is a well-established top-pairing player on Carolina’s back end while Chatfield quietly averaged nearly 19 minutes per game last season.

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