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October 8, 2025 at 1:41 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson Leave a Comment

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Cam Atkinson To Retire

October 8, 2025 at 1:05 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson Leave a Comment

After a 13-season NHL career, veteran winger Cam Atkinson is hanging up his skates. The Blue Jackets announced Wednesday that they’ll be signing him to a one-day contract and will officially honor his retirement on Oct. 16 against the Avalanche. He’s expected to join Columbus in a front-office capacity at some point down the road, but that announcement won’t be coming now, he told Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.

Atkinson is one of the better draft steals in Blue Jackets franchise history, coming to them in the sixth round in 2008. He signed with Columbus three years later after a great run at Boston College and made his NHL debut in 2011-12, although it took him another two years to fully establish himself on the active roster. After going up and down between Columbus and AHL Springfield, Atkinson broke out into a top-six role for the 2013-14 season. He finished third on the team with 21 goals and fourth with 40 points in 79 appearances, helping fuel the Jackets to a then-franchise record 43-win season that resulted in their second-ever playoff appearance.

The undersized but skilled Atkinson remained a fixture in Columbus’ top six for the balance of the decade. He was a two-time All-Star, including his career-best 41-goal, 69-point effort in 2018-19 – leading the team in goals in the year they orchestrated one of the most drastic upsets in league history by sweeping the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Lightning in the first round for their first series win in franchise history. After the COVID-shortened 2021 season, Atkinson had totaled a 213-189–402 scoring line in 627 games for Columbus, still holding up as the second-leading goalscorer and point-getter in the Jackets’ record books behind Rick Nash.

After Atkinson’s points per game production peaked at 0.86 in that career year, he only managed to produce at about a 0.60 pace over the next two years. That soft decline led Columbus to ship Atkinson to the Flyers in the 2021 offseason in a one-for-one swap for Jakub Voráček. In hindsight, it ended up being a bit of a lose-lose endeavor. Atkinson seemed to pop back into form with a 23-27–50 effort in 73 games in 2021-22, but a neck injury sustained in the following training camp ended up costing him the entire 2022-23 season and accelerating his decline. He had just 28 points in 70 games for Philly upon returning to play in 2023-24, leading the club to buy out the final year of the seven-year, $41.13MM extension he signed with Columbus back in 2017.

Atkinson became an unrestricted free agent a year ahead of schedule and signed on with the Lightning on a one-year deal worth $900K. The bounceback he was looking for never came, though. He struggled to stick in the lineup and played sparingly when he did dress, averaging just nine minutes per game across 39 contests. After finishing the year with a 4-5–9 scoring line, the Lightning were quick to say Atkinson wouldn’t be brought back.

Atkinson told Portzline that he received professional tryout offers this summer but declined them, saying he essentially made up his mind when he made his final regular-season appearance for Tampa. He ends his career with a 253-236–489 scoring line in 809 appearances, including a -11 rating while averaging north of 17 minutes per game. We at Pro Hockey Rumors congratulate Atkinson on a lengthy and successful pro career and wish him the best in whatever comes next.

Image courtesy of Kim Klement-Imagn Images.

Columbus Blue Jackets| Newsstand| Philadelphia Flyers| Retirement| Tampa Bay Lightning Cam Atkinson

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Avalanche Reassign Jack Ahcan

October 8, 2025 at 1:00 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson Leave a Comment

The Avalanche assigned defenseman Jack Ahcan outright to AHL Colorado, according to a team announcement. Ahcan had cleared waivers on Monday but was not immediately reassigned, remaining with the club as a healthy scratch for their opening night win over the Kings on Tuesday. His demotion indicates that defenseman Ilya Solovyov, whom Colorado plucked off the wire from the Flames last week, has resolved his work visa issues and is ready to come off the non-roster list.

Ahcan, 28, is entering his third season in the Colorado organization. He was very briefly an unrestricted free agent on July 1 before opting to return to Colorado on a one-year, two-way deal that guarantees him at least $450K. He initially joined the Avs on a two-year, two-way deal as a Group VI UFA back in 2023.

Before that, Ahcan was in the Bruins’ pipeline. They signed him as an undrafted free agent out of St. Cloud State in 2020. He saw brief NHL looks with Boston in his first two professional seasons, making nine appearances for the club from 2020-22. He was given a somewhat long leash, averaging 17:34 per game, but only scored one goal with a -6 rating with middling possession numbers. After that, Ahcan didn’t appear in an NHL game again until last season, skating in a pair of late-season games as Colorado rested its NHL regulars. He averaged 15:48 over that pair of games while recording a shot, block, and three hits.

The 5’9″ lefty has created enough offense at the minor-league level to stay afloat. He’s coming off a career-best effort with Colorado’s AHL affiliate, the Eagles, posting a 5-36–41 line in 69 appearances. In 272 career AHL appearances, he has 23 goals and 125 assists for 148 points with a +22 rating.

Colorado will keep Ahcan in the organization for the balance of the season as one of their primary recall options should they need a fill-in on the NHL roster, particularly if there’s a need for a puck-mover.

Colorado Avalanche| Transactions Jack Ahcan

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2026-27 Salary Cap Will Likely Increase Past $104MM

October 8, 2025 at 12:06 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson 6 Comments

Last season, the NHL made an unprecedented decision to release an official salary cap figure well in advance of the upcoming campaign. Not only did they lock in this year’s $95.5MM upper limit number well in advance of when they normally do, but they also informed teams that the league and NHLPA had agreed upon a $104MM cap for 2026-27 and a $113.5MM cap for 2027-28.

Those figures were subject to “potential minor adjustments,” however, and it appears those may already be coming into play. Next season’s figure may rise by as much as $3MM to an upper limit of $107MM, sources tell Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

That would be a 12% increase from this season’s number, almost as large a jump as the change from last year to this one that kicked off the post-pandemic era of rapid salary cap growth. Last year’s salary cap was set at $88MM before jumping to $95.5MM for 2025-26, a 13.1% increase.

An upper limit of $107MM for 2026-27 would thus mean a salary cap increase of $19MM in just two years. For context, a player who signed a contract carrying a $5MM cap hit in 2024-25 would be making $6.1MM per season if he signed for the same percentage of the cap in 2026-27 as he did two years prior. For the league’s new highest-paid player, Kirill Kaprizov, his $17MM AAV extension that takes effect next season would be equivalent to $14MM if signed for the same percentage of the cap in 2024-25.

While not a sure thing, it’s a fair assumption that a slight increase in next year’s cap would mean further upscaling of 2027-28’s $113.5MM number as well. The percentage increase between the initial two figures for 2026-27 and 2027-28 was 9.1%. If that’s now based on an $107MM upper limit for 2026-27, the upper limit for 2027-28 could theoretically be near the $117MM range.

It’s great news for the 2026 free agent class, particularly since a good portion of its high-profile names have come off the market in the weeks leading up to this season. Kaprizov, Connor McDavid, and Kyle Connor have taken themselves off the market, leaving remaining headliners like Jack Eichel, Adrian Kempe, Martin Nečas, and Artemi Panarin even more room to cash in, whether that’s as a UFA or on an extension.

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Devils Recall Zack MacEwen

October 8, 2025 at 10:17 am CDT | by Josh Erickson Leave a Comment

The Devils announced today that they have recalled forward Zack MacEwen from AHL Utica. He was acquired from the Senators in exchange for fellow enforcer Kurtis MacDermid last week, but was placed on waivers the following day and subsequently cleared. No corresponding transaction is required; the team opened up two spots by reassigning Lenni Hämeenaho and Shane Lachance to Utica last night, and only filled one of them by signing veteran camp invite Luke Glendening.

MacEwen, 29, is now on his fourth team in the last four years. The undrafted 6’4″ forward can play all forward positions and, while he’s enjoyed some offensive success at the AHL level, has been a fourth-line tough guy type through the entirety of his seven-year NHL career to date. He has a 17-17–34 career scoring line in 237 appearances, including 323 PIMs and 523 hits for averages of 112 and 181 per 82 games, respectively.

While Hämeenaho and Lachance are a pair of intriguing youngsters in New Jersey’s pipeline, it’s clear now they were only included on the opening night roster for salary cap purposes as they aimed to maximize the initial relief from placing defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic on long-term injured reserve. Glendening should be in the opening-night lineup – he spent most of camp centering the fourth line between Paul Cotter and rookie Arseny Gritsyuk – while MacEwen should be ticketed for a press-box role to start.

He could end up back on waivers once winger Stefan Noesen is ready to come off injured reserve, which isn’t expected to be anytime soon. If it’s before Nov. 4, though, MacEwen could head straight back to Utica without clearing waivers since he’s already done so in the last 30 days.

New Jersey Devils| Transactions Zack MacEwen

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Kevin Labanc Signs With KHL’s Shanghai Dragons

October 8, 2025 at 9:52 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 2 Comments

Winger Kevin Labanc has signed with the Shanghai Dragons of the Kontinental Hockey League, the team announced. He had attended the Hurricanes’ training camp on a PTO but was released several days ago.

Labanc, 30 in December, was once one of the league’s more intriguing young players, but his peak was early and short-lived. He fell to the Sharks in the sixth round of the 2014 draft but immediately exploded for a pair of 100-point seasons with the OHL’s Barrie Colts before turning pro with San Jose in 2016.

He stuck immediately, barely seeing any minor-league action in his first pro season and quickly emerging as a top-nine threat on a loaded Sharks group that still included all of Logan Couture, Tomáš Hertl, Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski, and Joe Thornton. By his second year, he was averaging over 14 minutes per game and by Year 3, he played in all 82 games while recording a 17-39–56 scoring line to rank sixth on the team in scoring.

That would be the end of Labanc’s forward progress. He was a restricted free agent after his breakout year and, in hindsight, the Sharks were blessed to be cap-strapped and only sign him to a one-year, $1MM bridge. As the Sharks crumbled the following season, so did Labanc, whose production dropped to 33 points in 70 games along with a team-worst -33 rating. They still chose to reward that with a four-year, $18.9MM contract, betting on his upside. He still averaged 32 points per 82 games over that deal, but availability was an issue – dragged down by the pandemic and a dislocated shoulder that cost him most of the 2021-22 campaign, Labanc only averaged 49 appearances per season. By the end of the contract, he was no longer a regular in San Jose’s lineup and sat as a healthy scratch 32 times in the 2023-24 season.

Unsurprisingly, the Sharks moved on. Labanc even failed to land a guaranteed offer in free agency and settled for a camp tryout with the Devils, who ultimately decided not to sign him. He still ended up landing a one-year, league-minimum contract with the Blue Jackets, though. He was a serviceable bottom-six depth scorer for Columbus, notching a 2-10–12 scoring line in 34 games in just 10:30 per night until another shoulder surgery ended his season in February.

Like the summer before, Labanc didn’t have any offers on July 1. He was receiving KHL interest from CSKA Moscow relatively early in free agency, but declined it in hopes of still landing an NHL deal. After not converting on his PTO with Carolina, though, he’ll head to the KHL’s lone China-based club (although they currently play in St. Petersburg) to play under longtime NHL head coach Gerard Gallant.

KHL| Transactions Kevin Labanc

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Oilers Extend Mattias Ekholm

October 8, 2025 at 9:02 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 5 Comments

The Oilers announced that they have agreed to a three-year contract extension with defenseman Mattias Ekholm. It runs from 2026-27 through 2028-29 with a cap hit of $4MM and a total value of $12MM. According to Ryan Rishaug of TSN, he’ll have a $2MM signing bonus with a $2MM salary in 2026-27, followed by a flat $4MM salary in the final two years. He will have a no-movement clause for the life of the contract. Ekholm was previously slated for unrestricted free agency after this season.

Ekholm, 35, has long been a quality top-four piece and one of the league’s better two-way defenders. The 6’5″ lefty was drafted in the fourth round in 2009 by the Predators, with whom he’s spent the vast majority of his career. He first cracked the NHL lineup two years later and was a full-timer by 2013, one of many high-end young defenders Nashville was churning out in that era alongside Ryan Ellis, Seth Jones, and Roman Josi. He was a top-four staple by the time Nashville’s championship contention window opened, culminating in a Stanley Cup Final appearance in 2017, and peaked with a 10th-place finish in Norris Trophy voting in the 2018-19 season.

While Ekholm signed a four-year, $25MM extension with Nashville in 2021, he wouldn’t play very much for the Preds under that deal. With the club falling out of the playoff race in 2022-23 and the Oilers in desperate need of a needle-mover on defense, Edmonton surrendered a haul that included Tyson Barrie, recent first-round pick Reid Schaefer, plus their 2023 first-round pick to acquire Ekholm with three full seasons still left on his deal at a $6.25MM cap hit, which Nashville brought down to $6MM for the Oilers with a small amount of retention.

Since the deal, Ekholm has more than held up his end of the bargain. He’s been a staple on Edmonton’s top pair alongside offensive dynamo Evan Bouchard, highlighted by a dominant 2023-24 campaign that saw him record a career-high 11-34–45 scoring line in 79 games along with a dominant +44 rating. He finished 12th in Norris voting that year, controlling a remarkable 62.8% of expected goals on his pairing with Bouchard, according to MoneyPuck.

Last year was more of the same. He had 33 points in 65 games with a +11 rating, averaging north of 22 minutes per game, until a torn adductor effectively ended his regular season in March. He missed the vast majority of Edmonton’s second straight run to the Cup Final as a result, although he did return for the clinching Game 5 of the Western Conference Final and played through the entirety of the Cup Final. He wasn’t fully healthy and had his minutes capped at a slightly more conservative 21:35 per game as a result, but he still managed an even rating and remained involved offensively with a goal and five assists.

He remained stapled to Bouchard, and while they weren’t quite as dominant at controlling play as they were in 2023-24, they still controlled a sparkling 59.5% of expected goals together, finishing second in the league among pairings who logged at least 500 minutes. With his point production yet to see a sharp decline and his under-the-hood numbers remaining some of the best in the league in a system that serves him well, it’s easy to see why the Oilers don’t have a ton of concern about signing him through his age-38 season – particularly at a price as attractive as $4MM per season for a top-pair blue liner, far below his present market value.

Last week, it looked like Edmonton would enter the season with four big-name pending UFAs: Ekholm, Stuart Skinner, Jake Walman, and, in a category of his own, Connor McDavid. Three of those names have signed in the last three days. Walman’s seven-year, $49MM extension means Edmonton’s top four blue-liners, Bouchard and Darnell Nurse included, are now all signed through 2029, when Bouchard and Ekholm will be UFAs. There’s McDavid’s “win-now-or-lose-me” two-year, $25MM extension as well that keeps all of Edmonton’s true core in place through at least 2028, giving them three more legitimate chances at a championship before their window might begin to close.

With Ekholm and McDavid taking significant discounts, things are looking quite comfortable for Edmonton next summer. The club projects to have at least $18.71MM in cap space to fill eight roster spots, a number that could rise by a few million if the cap increases past its projected $104MM limit. While the big names are taken care of, there’s still serviceable depth like Adam Henrique, Kasperi Kapanen, and Brett Kulak on expiring deals, plus their top two goalies in Skinner and Calvin Pickard.

Photo courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images.

Edmonton Oilers| Newsstand| Transactions Mattias Ekholm

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Maple Leafs Recall Top Prospect Easton Cowan

October 8, 2025 at 8:50 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 1 Comment

The Maple Leafs announced that No. 1 prospect Easton Cowan has been recalled from AHL Toronto. He was expected to be included on the club’s opening night roster but was assigned to the minors on Monday as the team claimed Sammy Blais and Cayden Primeau off waivers and set their LTIR capture with defenseman Marshall Rifai. Forward Jacob Quillan has been assigned to the AHL in a corresponding move.

Whether Cowan makes his NHL debut tonight when the Leafs open their season against the Canadiens remains to be seen. The 20-year-old was a late riser in the 2023 draft, fueled by a strong combine performance, and went 28th overall to Toronto. He’s slotted in as the organization’s top-ranked prospect ever since and still holds the title over 2024 first-rounder Ben Danford, according to NHL.com. The 6’0″ center has enjoyed an offensive surge in juniors in the two years following his selection but also plays an intriguing physical brand.

While Cowan wasn’t technically on Toronto’s initial roster submission, he would have broken camp with the team if not for roster constraints. He was a late cut in each of the last two seasons after signing his entry-level contract back in August 2023 and had a good preseason showing for the Leafs, managing two assists in five games while generating seven individual scoring chances, per Natural Stat Trick. He looked like a sure bet to open the season as Toronto’s fourth-line right wing alongside Steven Lorentz and Scott Laughton, a spot where he spent virtually all of training camp, until Laughton was sidelined late in preseason with a lower-body injury and landed on IR to start the year.

Two years on from draft day, Cowan is still considered a top-100 prospect in the NHL – checking in as high as No. 48 league-wide in preseason rankings by Steven Ellis of Daily Faceoff. He’s been the offensive centerpiece of a dominant London Knights team in the OHL over the past two seasons, winning a pair of league championships. He’s led the OHL postseason in scoring in back-to-back years – same with the Memorial Cup – and has won MVP honors once in each tournament. Since draft day, Cowan has amassed 92 goals, 161 assists, 253 points, and a +105 rating in 144 regular-season, playoff, and Memorial Cup games – a rate of 1.76 points per game.

That resume, plus Cowan’s strong camp performance, was enough for the Leafs to risk exposing serviceable depth forwards David Kämpf and Michael Pezzetta to waivers in order to keep maneuverability open to get him a spot. After “making” the team, Cowan’s attention now turns toward staying in the lineup and putting himself ahead of names like Blais, Calle Järnkrok, and Nicholas Robertson on the depth chart.

His $873,500 cap hit is ever so slightly less than Quillan’s $875,000 cap hit, explaining why the latter was included to help them get as close as possible to unlocking the max $775,000 worth of initial relief that placing Rifai on LTIR provides (he had wrist surgery last month). While Quillan’s initial inclusion may have only been for cap purposes, it likely won’t be the last of him on Toronto’s roster this season. An undrafted free agent signed out of Quinnipiac in 2024, Quillan had 37 points in 67 AHL games last season and earned his first NHL call-up, although he was injured early and skated just 5:21 in a January game against the Senators.

Quillan is a pending restricted free agent and has two waiver-exempt seasons remaining, unless he hits 70 career NHL games before the end of the 2026-27 campaign. The 23-year-old will look toward next training camp as a chance to stick around as a depth checking forward.

Toronto Maple Leafs| Transactions Easton Cowan| Jacob Quillan

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Jets Sign Kyle Connor To Eight-Year Extension

October 8, 2025 at 8:38 am CDT | by Ethan Hetu 14 Comments

Oct. 8: 8:37 a.m.: It will indeed be an eight-year, $96MM deal that pays Connor $41MM in signing bonuses over the life of the deal, according to Darren Dreger of TSN. The Jets have now announced the deal.

Oct. 8, 7:00 a.m.: Connor’s deal is expected to come in around the $12MM mark per season when done for a total value of $96MM, Friedman adds Wednesday. That would be the largest contract in franchise history. He’s also set to receive a full no-move clause and significant signing bonuses – something Winnipeg has never given out, not even in their landmark extensions for Connor Hellebuyck and Mark Scheifele two years ago.

Oct. 7: The Winnipeg Jets and star forward Kyle Connor have “made progress on a long-term extension,” Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Tuesday night. Friedman added that both Connor’s camp and the Jets are working to secure an extension before the team’s season opener on Thursday. TSN’s Darren Dreger seconded Friedman’s report, saying both sides “are getting closer to a contract extension.” At the same time, The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun added that he expects the upcoming contract extension to carry an eight-year term.

While a complete agreement on a deal has thus far proved elusive, the widespread expectation has long been that Connor would re-sign with the Jets, the only NHL franchise he has ever played for. Last month, owner Mark Chipman expressed confidence that the club would be able to re-sign its star winger, even going so far as to say that he expected that a deal would be completed “sooner rather than later.”

With today’s reports from some of the game’s most connected insiders, it appears Chipman was right. While the full terms of this expected contract extension are still unknown, signing Connor to such a deal would be a significant win for the Jets organization. Despite the Jets’ consistent on-ice success, Winnipeg has long faced an uphill battle in convincing players to commit to playing there.

The Jets are owned by a committed ownership group and are managed by a hockey operations department with a consistent track record of success. They can offer players the opportunity to play in front of a die-hard fan base that is the envy of most of the league. However, despite this, the Jets have had to contend with a perception among players that Winnipeg is not a premier free agent destination, a perception that has proved frustratingly persistent.

Back in 2019, 42% of NHL players polled by ESPN listed Winnipeg as the “road city [they] dread the most.” The team has not been a significant player at the highest levels of unrestricted free agency and is reportedly listed as a standard on players’ trade protection lists.

All of that is to say that the Jets face a different player acquisition landscape compared to other NHL teams. Teams such as the Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars have a favorable climate and tax situation, while others, like the New York Rangers or Los Angeles Kings, can market themselves as unique, destination cities to prospective players. Winnipeg has not been able to employ similar tactics to recruit players, instead building its Stanley Cup-contending team through a diligent draft-and-develop model combined with savvy work on the trade market.

Their model only works, though, if they are able to convince the players they draft and/or develop to remain in Winnipeg for the best years of their career, and in many recent cases, the Jets have had remarkable success doing so.

They’ve been able to re-sign franchise pillars such as Mark Scheifele and Connor Hellebuyck, as well key contributors such as Neal Pionk.

With today’s reports, it seems Connor’s name will soon be added to that list of key Jets players to commit to a long-term extension with the franchise. In re-signing Connor, they’ll manage to keep their most lethal scorer, and arguably their most important forward, on their roster for eight years after this one.

Since the Jets returned to Winnipeg, just two forwards have scored more points than Connor, and just one has scored more goals. His 0.95 career points-per-game ranks first in modern Jets franchise history. Connor also owns the two highest-scoring seasons in the modern history of the Jets, including his fantastic 2024-25 when he scored a franchise-record 97 points in 82 games.

He’s one of the game’s elite play-driving wingers, and he’s a threat to score whenever he steps on the ice. He’s a consistent playoff performer as well, and is coming off of the best postseason run of his career – he scored 17 points in 13 games during the Jets’ most recent playoff run.

All of that means Connor is unlikely to come cheap. It’s difficult to project long-term contracts at the top of the market at this point, as two of the most recent big signings were impacted by unique circumstances that are not applicable to other players and situations. Minnesota Wild superstar winger Kirill Kaprizov is in some ways comparable to Connor (both are play-driving true number-one wingers) but Kaprizov was widely seen as far more of a threat to test unrestricted free agency – making the Wild all the more willing to pay whatever it took to get his signature on an extension. That resulted in a $17MM AAV, something Connor, or any other player, for that matter, appears likely to match anytime soon.

And then there is the recent re-signing of Connor McDavid with the Edmonton Oilers. McDavid is the game’s unquestioned best player, but his extension carries a two-year term and just a $12.5MM AAV. Under normal circumstances, it’d be hard for Connor to argue that he deserves to make as much – let alone more – than McDavid, but again, it was a unique circumstance. It was widely reported that McDavid opted to be paid a notable amount less than his market value in order to maximize the Oilers’ ability to field an elite team to support him.

For what it’s worth, AFP Analytics projected Connor’s next contract to be worth just north of $12MM annually, and that would seem to be an appropriate price for Connor given his abilities, the market environment, and the rising salary cap. But at this stage, the only reports are that there is serious momentum to complete a deal on both sides of the negotiation, not that there is a completed deal at this point. So until there is further reporting, all we can do is speculate on what the terms of Connor’s extension will ultimately be.

Photos courtesy of Terrence Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Newsstand| Transactions| Winnipeg Jets Kyle Connor

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2025-26 NHL Active Roster Tracker

October 8, 2025 at 8:05 am CDT | by Josh Erickson Leave a Comment

PHR’s Active Roster Tracker is back for the 2025-26 season! Each team’s current list of game-available players, plus injured reserve, non-roster, and suspended players, will be updated here daily throughout the campaign.

You can find this article at any time by using the Flame menu on our mobile website or under Pro Hockey Rumors Features on the right sidebar of our desktop page.


Anaheim Ducks

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 13, 7:08 a.m.

Forwards (14): Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, Mikael Granlund, Jansen Harkins, Ross Johnston, Alex Killorn, Chris Kreider, Mason McTavish, Nikita Nesterenko, Ryan Poehling, Beckett Sennecke, Ryan Strome, Troy Terry, Frank Vatrano

Defenseman (7): Radko Gudas, Drew Helleson, Jackson LaCombe, Pavel Mintyukov, Ian Moore, Jacob Trouba, Olen Zellweger

Goaltenders (2): Lukáš Dostál, Ville Husso

IR: G Petr Mrázek (lower body, proj. return Dec. 17-24)

Boston Bruins

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 19, 9:00 p.m.

Forwards (14): Viktor Arvidsson, Michael Eyssimont, Morgan Geekie, Tanner Jeannot, Mark Kastelic, Marat Khusnutdinov, Sean Kuraly, Elias Lindholm, Fraser Minten, Casey Mittelstadt, David Pastrňák, Alex Steeves, Jeffrey Viel, Pavel Zacha

Defensemen (6): Vladislav Kolyachonok, Hampus Lindholm, Mason Lohrei, Charlie McAvoy, Andrew Peeke, Nikita Zadorov

Goaltenders (2): Joonas Korpisalo, Jeremy Swayman

IR: D Jonathan Aspirot (upper body, day-to-day), D Michael Callahan (lower body, day-to-day), D Henri Jokiharju (undisclosed, indefinite)

LTIR: F Matěj Blümel (lower body, indefinite), D Jordan Harris (ankle, proj. return Dec. 27)

Buffalo Sabres

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 20, 3:45 p.m.

Forwards (14):  Zach Benson, Josh Doan, Josh Dunne, Jordan Greenway, Tyson Kozak, Peyton Krebs, Beck Malenstyn, Ryan McLeod, Joshua Norris, Noah Ostlund,  Jack Quinn, Isak Rosen, Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch

Defensemen (7): Jacob Bryson, Bowen Byram, Rasmus Dahlin, Michael Kesselring, Zach Metsa, Owen Power, Mattias Samuelsson,

Goaltenders (2): Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Alex Lyon

IR: F Justin Danforth (lower body, month-to-month), G Colten Ellis (concussion protocol), F Jiri Kulich (blood clot, indefinite), D Conor Timmins (leg, mid-February), F Jason Zucker (lower body, indefinite)

Calgary Flames

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 12, 2:41 p.m.

Forwards (13): Mikael Backlund, John Beecher, Blake Coleman, Matthew Coronato, Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Jonathan Huberdeau, Dryden Hunt, Nazem Kadri, Adam Klapka, Ryan Lomberg, Yegor Sharangovich, Connor Zary

Defensemen (7): Rasmus Andersson, Kevin Bahl, Hunter Brzustewicz, Joel Hanley, Yan Kuznetsov, Brayden Pachal, MacKenzie Weegar

Goaltenders (2): Devin Cooley, Dustin Wolf

IR: D Jake Bean (undisclosed, indefinite), F Samuel Honzek (upper body, out for season), F Martin Pospisil (undisclosed, day-to-day)

Carolina Hurricanes

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 14, 4:40 p.m.

Forwards (13): Sebastian Aho, Jackson Blake, William Carrier, Nikolaj Ehlers, Taylor Hall, Mark Jankowski, Seth Jarvis, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jordan Martinook, Eric Robinson, Jordan Staal, Logan Stankoven, Andrei Svechnikov

Defensemen (7): Jalen Chatfield, Shayne Gostisbehere, K’Andre Miller, Alexander Nikishin, Mike Reilly, Jaccob Slavin, Sean Walker

Goaltenders (3): Frederik Andersen, Brandon Bussi, Pyotr Kochetkov

IR: D Charles-Alexis Legault (hand, projected return in February or March)

Chicago Blackhawks

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 15, 10:15 a.m.

Forwards (13): Tyler Bertuzzi, André Burakovsky, Colton Dach, Jason Dickinson, Ryan Donato, Ryan Greene, Sam Lafferty, Nick Lardis, Ilya Mikheyev, Oliver Moore, Frank Nazar, Teuvo Teräväinen, Dominic Toninato

Defensemen (7): Louis Crevier, Ethan Del Mastro, Matt Grzelcyk, Wyatt Kaiser, Artyom Levshunov, Connor Murphy, Alex Vlasic

Goaltenders (3): Laurent Brossoit, Spencer Knight, Arvid Söderblom

IR: F Connor Bedard (upper body, week-to-week),  F Nick Foligno (hand, week-to-week), D Shea Weber (ankle, retired)

Colorado Avalanche

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 6, 3:15 p.m.

Forwards (13): Zakhar Bardakov, Gavin Brindley, Ross Colton, Jack Drury, Parker Kelly, Joel Kiviranta, Gabriel Landeskog, Artturi Lehkonen, Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas, Brock Nelson, Valeri Nichushkin, Victor Olofsson

Defensemen (7): Brent Burns, Samuel Girard, Cale Makar, Sam Malinski, Josh Manson, Ilya Solovyov, Devon Toews

Goaltenders (2): Mackenzie Blackwood, Trent Miner, Scott Wedgewood

IR:  F Logan O’Connor (hip, proj. return Nov. 6 – Dec. 6)

SOIR: D Jacob MacDonald (hip, proj. return Feb. 4 – March 4)

Columbus Blue Jackets

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 23, 10:30 a.m.

Forwards (14): Zach Aston-Reese, Yegor Chinakhov, Charlie Coyle, Adam Fantilli, Boone Jenner, Kent Johnson, Isac Lundeström, Kirill Marchenko, Mason Marchment, Sean Monahan, Cole Sillinger, Dmitri Voronkov, Miles Wood

Defensemen (7): Jake Christiansen, Dante Fabbro, Denton Mateychuk, Ivan Provorov, Damon Severson, Brendan Smith, Zach Werenski

Goaltenders (2): Jet Greaves, Elvis Merzļikins

IR: D Erik Gudbranson (hip, day-to-day), F Mathieu Olivier (upper body, week-to-week)

SOIR: D Luca Marrelli (shoulder, proj. return mid-Dec.)

Non-roster: F Brendan Gaunce (personal leave)

Dallas Stars

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 19, 6:07 p.m.

Forwards (14): Oskar Bäck, Nathan Bastian, Jamie Benn, Colin Blackwell, Mavrik Bourque, Matt Duchene, Adam Erne, Radek Faksa, Roope Hintz, Justin Hryckowian, Wyatt Johnston, Mikko Rantanen, Jason Robertson, Sam Steel

Defensemen (7): Kyle Capobianco, Thomas Harley, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lindell, Nils Lundkvist, Ilya Lyubushkin, Alexander Petrovic

Goaltenders (2): Casey DeSmith, Jake Oettinger

LTIR: D Lian Bichsel (lower body, mid-January), F Tyler Seguin (ACL, indefinite)

SOIR/non-roster: D Luke Krys (achilles, proj. return Jan. – Feb.), F Kyle McDonald (ACL, proj. return Nov.)

Detroit Red Wings

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 114 10:06 p.m.

Forwards (14): Jonatan Berggren, J.T. Compher, Andrew Copp, Nate Danielson, Alex DeBrincat, Emmitt Finnie, Patrick Kane, Marco Kasper, Dylan Larkin, John Leonard, Michael Rasmussen, Lucas Raymond, Elmer Söderblom, James van Riemsdyk

Defensemen (7): Jacob Bernard-Docker, Ben Chiarot, Simon Edvinsson, Travis Hamonic, Albert Johansson, Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Moritz Seider

Goaltenders (2): John Gibson, Cam Talbot

IR: F Mason Appleton (lower body, day-to-day)

SOIR/non-roster: D Shai Buium (undisclosed, indefinite)

Edmonton Oilers

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 21, 12:20 p.m.

Forwards (14): Leon Draisaitl, Trent Frederic, Adam Henrique, Zach Hyman, Mattias Janmark, Max Jones, Curtis Lazar, Andrew Mangiapane, Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Vasily Podkolzin, Jack Roslovic, Matthew Savoie, David Tomasek

Defensemen (7): Evan Bouchard, Mattias Ekholm, Ty Emberson, Darnell Nurse, Alec Regula, Spencer Stastney, Riley Stillman

Goaltenders (2): Tristan Jarry, Calvin Pickard

LTIR: F F Connor Clattenburg (upper-body, day-to-day), F Kasperi Kapanen (undisclosed, week-to-week), F Noah Philp (upper body, undisclosed), D Jake Walman (undisclosed, week-to-week)

Florida Panthers

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 8, 4:38 p.m.

Forwards (13): Sam Bennett, Jesper Boqvist, A.J. Greer, Noah Gregor, Luke Kunin, Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen, Brad Marchand, Sam Reinhart, Evan Rodrigues, Mackie Samoskevich, Jack Studnicka, Carter Verhaeghe

Defensemen (7): Uvis Balinskis, Aaron Ekblad, Gustav Forsling, Seth Jones, Niko Mikkola, Jeff Petry, Donovan Sebrango

Goaltenders (2): Sergei Bobrovsky, Daniil Tarasov

IR: F Jonah Gadjovich (upper body, proj. return Feb. 8), F Cole Schwindt (arm, proj. return Jan. 19-Feb. 19)

LTIR: F Aleksander Barkov (right ACL/MCL, proj. return April 26 – June 26), D Dmitry Kulikov (torn labrum, proj. return March 15), F Tomas Nosek (knee, month-to-month), F Matthew Tkachuk (adductor tear, proj. return Dec. – Jan.)

Los Angeles Kings

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 20, 7:05 a.m.

Forwards (13): Joel Armia, Quinton Byfield, Kevin Fiala, Warren Foegele, Samuel Helenius, Adrian Kempe, Anže Kopitar, Andrei Kuzmenko, Alex Laferriere, Jeff Malott, Trevor Moore, Corey Perry, Alex Turcotte

Defensemen (7): Mikey Anderson, Cody Ceci, Brandt Clarke, Drew Doughty, Brian Dumoulin, Joel Edmundson, Jacob Moverare

Goaltenders (2): Anton Forsberg, Darcy Kuemper

Minnesota Wild

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 23, 3:00 p.m.

Forwards (13): Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno, Ryan Hartman, Vinnie Hinostroza, Marcus Johansson, Kirill Kaprizov, Tyler Pitlick, Nico Sturm, Vladimir Tarasenko, Yakov Trenin, Danila Yurov, Mats Zuccarello

Defensemen (8): Zach Bogosian, Jonas Brodin, Brock Faber, Quinn Hughes, David Jiříček, Matt Kiersted, Jacob Middleton, Jared Spurgeon

Goaltenders (2): Filip Gustavsson, Jesper Wallstedt

IR: D Daemon Hunt (undisclosed, indefinite)

Montreal Canadiens

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 20, 3:45 p.m.

Forwards (13): Josh Anderson, Owen Beck, Zachary Bolduc, Cole Caufield, Phillip Danault, Ivan Demidov, Jake Evans, Brendan Gallagher, Oliver Kapanen, Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki, Alexandre Texier, Joe Veleno

Defensemen (7): Alexandre Carrier, Noah Dobson, Adam Engstrom, Lane Hutson, Mike Matheson, Jayden Struble, Arber Xhekaj

Goaltenders (3): Jakub Dobes, Jacob Fowler, Sam Montembeault

IR: F Patrik Laine (abdomen, indefinite), F Alex Newhook (ankle, proj. return March 17)

LTIR: F Kirby Dach (foot, proj. return Dec. 28 – Jan. 11), D Kaiden Guhle (adductor, proj. return Jan. 9 – Jan. 23)

Nashville Predators

Roster size: 20/23
Last updated Dec. 12, 9:49 a.m.

Forwards (12): Michael Bunting, Luke Evangelista, Filip Forsberg, Erik Haula, Tyson Jost, Jonathan Marchessault, Michael McCarron, Ryan O’Reilly, Reid Schaefer, Steven Stamkos, Fedor Svechkov, Matthew Wood

Defensemen (6): Nick Blankenburg, Nicolas Hague, Roman Josi, Nick Perbix, Brady Skjei, Adam Wilsby

Goaltenders (2): Justus Annunen, Juuse Saros

IR: D Justin Barron (lower body, week-to-week), F Cole Smith (upper body, proj. return Nov. 23 – Dec. 14), F Ozzy Wiesblatt (upper body, proj. return Jan. 30 – Feb. 13)

New Jersey Devils

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m.

Forwards (13): Jesper Bratt, Connor Brown, Paul Cotter, Angus Crookshank, Cody Glass, Luke Glendening, Nico Hischier, Juho Lammikko, Nathan Legare, Timo Meier, Dawson Mercer, Stefan Noesen, Ondrej Palat

Defensemen (7): Dennis Cholowski, Brenden Dillon, Dougie Hamilton, Luke Hughes, Brett Pesce, Jonas Siegenthaler, Colton White

Goaltenders (2): Jake Allen, Jacob Markstrom

IR: F Evgenii Dadonov (wrist, indefinite), F Arseny Gritsyuk (upper body, indefinite), F Jack Hughes (hand, proj. return mid-January), F Zack MacEwen (lower body, indefinite), D Simon Nemec (undisclosed, indefinite)

LTIR: D Johnathan Kovacevic (knee, indefinite)

SOIR: F Marc McLaughlin (undisclosed, indefinite)

New York Islanders 

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 17, 11:30 a.m.

Forwards (14): Mathew Barzal, Casey Cizikas, Jonathan Drouin, Anthony Duclair, Marc Gatcomb, Emil Heineman, Simon Holmström, Bo Horvat, Anders Lee, Kyle MacLean, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Calum Ritchie, Maxim Shabanov, Maxim Tsyplakov

Defensemen (6): Adam Boqvist, Tony DeAngelo, Scott Mayfield, Adam Pelech, Ryan Pulock, Matthew Schaefer

Goaltenders (2): David Rittich, Ilya Sorokin

IR: F Kyle Palmieri (ACL, out for season), D Alexander Romanov (upper body, indefinite), G Semyon Varlamov (knee, indefinite)

LTIR: F Pierre Engvall (ankle, out for season)

New York Rangers

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 17, 1:00 p.m.

Forwards (13): Jonny Brodzinski, Sam Carrick, William Cuylle, Noah Laba, Alexis Lafrenière, J.T. Miller, Brennan Othmann, Artemi Panarin, Gabriel Perreault, Taylor Raddysh, Conor Sheary, Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad

Defensemen (7): William Borgen, Vladislav Gavrikov, Scott Morrow, Matthew Robertson, Braden Schneider, Carson Soucy, Urho Vaakanainen

Goaltenders (2): Jonathan Quick, Igor Shesterkin

LTIR: F Adam Edstrom (lower body, week-to-week), D Adam Fox (upper body, week-to-week), F Matt Rempe (upper body, indefinite)

Ottawa Senators

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 23, 10:00 p.m.

Forwards (13): Michael Amadio, Drake Batherson, Nick Cousins, Dylan Cozens, Lars Eller, Claude Giroux, Ridly Greig, Stephen Halliday, Kurtis MacDermid, David Perron, Tim Stützle, Brady Tkachuk, Fabian Zetterlund

Defensemen (7): Thomas Chabot, Nick Jensen, Tyler Kleven, Nikolas Matinpalo, Jake Sanderson, Jordan Spence, Artem Zub

Goaltenders (2): Leevi Merilainen, Linus Ullmark

IR: F Shane Pinto (lower body, two weeks)

Philadelphia Flyers

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 20, 11:00 a.m.

Forwards (13): Rodrigo Abols, Bobby Brink, Noah Cates, Sean Couturier, Nicolas Deslauriers, Christian Dvorak, Nikita Grebenkin, Carl Grundström, Garnet Hathaway, Travis Konecny, Matvei Michkov, Owen Tippett, Trevor Zegras

Defensemen (7): Emil Andrae, Jamie Drysdale, Noah Juulsen, Rasmus Ristolainen, Travis Sanheim, Nick Seeler, Cam York

Goaltenders (3): Samuel Ersson, Aleksei Kolosov, Daniel Vladar

IR: F Tyson Foerster (arm surgery, proj. return Apr.-May.)

Pittsburgh Penguins

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 15, 10:45 a.m.

Forwards (13): Noel Acciari, Justin Brazeau, Sidney Crosby, Connor Dewar, Kevin Hayes, Danton Heinen, Benjamin Kindel, Ville Koivunen, Anthony Mantha, Rutger McGroarty, Thomas Novak, Rickard Rakell, Bryan Rust

Defensemen (8): Connor Clifton, Ryan Graves, Erik Karlsson, Brett Kulak, Kris Letang, Ryan Shea, Jack St. Ivany, Parker Wotherspoon

Goaltenders (2): Arturs Silovs, Stuart Skinner

IR: F Filip Hallander (blood clots, proj. return early-mid Feb.), D Caleb Jones (lower body, proj. return late Dec.), F Blake Lizotte (upper body, week-to-week), F Evgeni Malkin (upper body, week-to-week)

SOIR: F Tanner Howe (undisclosed)

San Jose Sharks

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated: Dec. 15, 2:04 p.m.

Forwards (13): Ethan Cardwell, Macklin Celebrini, Igor Chernyshov, Ty Dellandrea, William Eklund, Adam Gaudette, Barclay Goodrow, Collin Graf, Zack Ostapchuk, Ryan Reaves, Jeff Skinner, Tyler Toffoli, Alexander Wennberg

Defensemen (8): Sam Dickinson, Mario Ferraro, Vincent Iorio, John Klingberg, Nick Leddy, Timothy Liljegren, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Dmitry Orlov

Goaltenders (2): Yaroslav Askarov, Alex Nedeljkovic

IR: F Logan Couture (osteitis pubis, retired), D Vincent Desharnais (upper body, day-to-day), D Ryan Ellis (pelvic tear, retired), F Philipp Kurashev (upper body, day-to-day), F Will Smith (undisclosed, indefinite)

LTIR: F Michael Misa (lower body, day-to-day)

Season-ending LTIR: G Carey Price (knee)

Seattle Kraken

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 23, 9:05 p.m.

Forwards (13): Matty Beniers, Berkly Catton, Jordan Eberle, Frédérick Gaudreau, Kaapo Kakko, Tye Kartye, Jacob Melanson, Ben Meyers, Jani Nyman, Chandler Stephenson, Eeli Tolvanen, Ryan Winterton, Shane Wright

Defensemen (8): Vince Dunn, Ryker Evans, Cale Fleury, Adam Larsson, Ryan Lindgren, Josh Mahura, Brandon Montour, Jamie Oleksiak

Goaltenders (2): Joey Daccord, Philipp Grubauer

IR: F Jared McCann (lower-body, proj. return early January), G Matt Murray (lower body, proj. return December 28), F Jaden Schwartz (lower-body, proj. return Jan. 1)

SOIR/non-roster: F Max McCormick (hip, out for season)

St. Louis Blues

Roster size: 21/23
Last updated Dec. 19, 9:32 a.m.

Forwards (12): Nick Bjugstad, Pavel Buchnevich, Dalibor Dvorsky, Robby Fabbri, Mathieu Joseph, Hugh McGing, Jake Neighbours, Brayden Schenn, Oskar Sundqvist, Pius Suter, Robert Thomas, Alexey Toropchenko

Defensemen (7): Philip Broberg, Justin Faulk, Cam Fowler, Matthew Kessel, Logan Mailloux, Colton Parayko, Tyler Tucker

Goaltenders (2): Jordan Binnington, Joel Hofer

IR: F Dylan Holloway (right high ankle sprain, proj. return Jan. 26), F Jordan Kyrou (lower body, week-to-week), F Jimmy Snuggerud (wrist surgery, proj. return Jan. 12), F Nathan Walker (upper body, proj. return Jan. 27)

LTIR: D Torey Krug (ankle, out for season)

SOIR: F Zach Dean (personal, indefinite)

Tampa Bay Lightning

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 20, 1:20 p.m.

Forwards (14): Oliver Bjorkstrand, Anthony Cirelli, Curtis Douglas, Jack Finley, Zemgus Girgensons, Gage Goncalves, Yanni Gourde, Jake Guentzel, Pontus Holmberg, Dominic James, Nikita Kucherov, Nick Paul, Jakob Pelletier, Brayden Point

Defensemen (6): Declan Carlile, Maxwell Crozier, Charle-Édouard D’Astous, Ryan McDonagh, J.J. Moser, Darren Raddysh

Goaltenders (2): Jonas Johansson, Andrei Vasilevskiy

IR: D Erik Cernak (undisclosed, week-to-week), F Brandon Hagel (upper-body, indefinitely), D Victor Hedman (elbow, proj. return Feb. 1), D Emil Martinsen Lilleberg (undisclosed, week-to-week)

Toronto Maple Leafs

Roster size: 24/23
Last updated Dec. 23, 2:00 p.m.

Forwards (14): Easton Cowan, Max Domi, Calle Järnkrok, Dakota Joshua, Matthew Knies, Scott Laughton, Steven Lorentz, Matias Maccelli, Auston Matthews, Bobby McMann, William Nylander, Nicholas Robertson, Nicolas Roy, John Tavares

Defensemen (8): Simon Benoit, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jake McCabe, Philippe Myers, Morgan Rielly, Troy Stecher, Chris Tanev, Henry Thrun

Goaltenders (2): Dennis Hildeby, Joseph Woll

IR: D Brandon Carlo (lower body, indefinite), D Dakota Mermis (lower body, day-to-day), G Anthony Stolarz (upper body, indefinite)

LTIR: D Marshall Rifai (wrist, indefinite)

Utah Mammoth

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 13, 7:31 a.m.

Forwards (14): Danil But, Michael Carcone, Lawson Crouse, Dylan Guenther, Barrett Hayton, Clayton Keller, Jack McBain, Liam O’Brien, JJ Peterka, Kevin Rooney, Nick Schmaltz, Kevin Stenlund, Brandon Tanev, Kailer Yamamoto

Defensemen (7): Ian Cole, Nick DeSimone, Sean Durzi, Olli Määttä, John Marino, Nate Schmidt, Mikhail Sergachev

Goaltenders (2): Vítek Vaněček, Karel Vejmelka

IR: F Logan Cooley (lower body, eight weeks), F Alexander Kerfoot (lower body, week-to-week), D Juuso Välimäki (ACL, proj. return Nov. 10 – Dec. 10)

SOIR: D Terrell Goldsmith (undisclosed, indefinite), G Anson Thornton (undisclosed, indefinite)

Vancouver Canucks

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 17, 1:10 p.m.

Forwards (13): Brock Boeser, Jake DeBrusk, Conor Garland, Nils Höglander, David Kämpf, Evander Kane, Linus Karlsson, Drew O’Connor, Liam Ohgren, Elias Pettersson, Aatu Räty, Max Sasson, Kiefer Sherwood

Defensemen (7):  Zeev Buium, Filip Hronek, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Tyler Myers, Elias N. Pettersson, Marcus Pettersson, Tom Willander

Goaltenders (2): Thatcher Demko, Kevin Lankinen

IR: F Teddy Blueger (upper body, indefinite), F Filip Chytil (upper body, indefinite), F Marco Rossi (lower body, week-to-week),

LTIR: D Derek Forbort (undisclosed, indefinite)

Waivers Non-Roster: F Lukas Reichel

SOIR: D Guillaume Brisebois (lower body, indefinite)

Vegas Golden Knights

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 23, 1:00 p.m.

Forwards (14): Ivan Barbashev, Braeden Bowman, Pavel Dorofeyev, Jack Eichel, Tomáš Hertl, Alexander Holtz, Brett Howden, Keegan Kolesar, Mitch Marner, Cole Reinhardt, Brandon Saad, Colton Sissons, Reilly Smith, Mark Stone

Defensemen (6): Noah Hanifin, Dylan Coghlan, Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak, Brayden McNabb, Zach Whitecloud

Goaltenders (2): Carter Hart, Akira Schmid

IR: D Jeremy Lauzon (undisclosed, indefinite), D Shea Theodore (upper body, week-to-week)

LTIR:  G Adin Hill (lower body, indefinite), F William Karlsson (lower body, indefinite)

Season-ending LTIR: D Alex Pietrangelo (various)

Washington Capitals

Roster size: 23/23
Last updated Dec. 13, 2:15 p.m.

Forwards (13): Anthony Beauvillier, Nic Dowd, Brandon Duhaime, Ethen Frank Hendrix Lapierre, Connor McMichael, Sonny Milano, Alex Ovechkin, Aliaksei Protas, Justin Sourdif, Dylan Strome, Bogdan Trineyev, Tom Wilson

Defensemen (8): John Carlson, Declan Chisholm, Jakob Chychrun, Martin Fehérváry, Dylan McIlrath, Matt Roy, Rasmus Sandin, Trevor van Riemsdyk

Goaltenders (2): Charlie Lindgren, Logan Thompson

IR: F Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body, week-to-week), F Ryan Leonard (shoulder, proj. return Jan. 1-8)

Winnipeg Jets

Roster size: 22/23
Last updated Dec. 14, 4:40 p.m.

Forwards (13): Morgan Barron, Kyle Connor, Alex Iafallo, Cole Koepke, Adam Lowry, Vladislav Namestnikov, Nino Niederreiter, Gustav Nyquist, Tanner Pearson, Cole Perfetti, Mark Scheifele, Jonathan Toews, Gabriel Vilardi

Defensemen (7): Dylan DeMelo, Colin Miller, Josh Morrissey, Neal Pionk, Dylan Samberg, Luke Schenn, Logan Stanley

Goaltenders (2): Eric Comrie, Connor Hellebuyck

IR: D Haydn Fleury (concussion, indefinite)

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