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EDMONTON, AB – The Edmonton Oilers are bringing back netminder Mike Smith on a one-year, $2-million deal, the team announced Saturday. Smith, 38, appeared in 39 games for the Oilers in 2019-20, winning 19 of his 37 starts and finishing the campaign with a .902 save percentage, 2.95 goals-against average, and with one shutout to […]

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Minnesota Wild are strengthening their depth, adding a experienced minor leaguer. The team has announced that they have signed defenseman Dakota Mermis to a one-year, two-way contract. Both players will make the minimum $700K at the NHL level; Mermis will get $250K in the AHL. Mermis, 26, has a chance of making an […]

EDMONTON, AB – The Edmonton Oilers have made their first splash in the free agency market by signing center Kyle Turris to a two-year contract. The contract is reported to pay Turris, who was bought out by the Nashville Predators last week, an AAV of $1.65-million. The 31-year-old right-shot is a native of New Westminster, […]

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Bruins have added an NHL veteran via free agency to bolster their group of forwards. Bruins general manager Don Sweeney announced Saturday that the team signed winger Craig Smith to a three-year, $9.3 million contract. Smith has played nine NHL seasons with the Nashville Predators, who selected him in the […]

EDMONTON, AB – The Edmonton Oilers took Tyler Tullio with the 126th Pick in the 5th Round of the 2020 NHL Draft. Tullio and the Generals started the 2019-20 season off as good as it could get. They were perfect in their first nine games. Tullio posted 6-5-11 in that stretch showing that they were ready […]

COLUMBUS, OH – Samuel Johannesson has not received much fanfare this season, but he became a sleeper pick in his second year of eligibility as the Columbus Blue Jackets picked him 176th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft. He may have started the season in the SuperElit league with Rögle BK’s J20 team, but ended […]

DALLAS, TX – With the 154th pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft the Dallas Stars select forward Daniel Ljungman from the Linköping program in Sweden. Ljungman put his name out there in the scouting world last summer at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, scoring four goals in five games, as well as some shootout tallies […]

DETROIT, MI – The Detroit Red Wings selected a pair of forwards late in the second round of the NHL draft Wednesday. The Red Wings took center Theodor Niederbach (Frolunda Juniors in Sweden) with the 51st selection and added left wing Cross Hanas (Portland, WHL) with the 55th pick. Neiderbach (5-11, 172) tallied 15 goals and […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – The LA Kings have selected defenseman Helge Grans with the 35th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. Helge Grans is an interesting player with a profile that tends to project out well. He’s produced well at the junior level, played a lot of SHL games (albeit in limited minutes) and worked […]

WINNIPEG, MB – The Winnipeg Jets announced today they have selected forward Cole Perfetti with the 10th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. Perfetti, 18, finished second in OHL scoring last season with 111 points (37G, 74A) in 61 games with the Saginaw Spirit. The product of Whitby, Ont. was also second in the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C – The Washington Capitals have re-signed defenseman Lucas Johansen to a one-year, two-way contract ($700,000/$95,000), senior vice president and general manager Brian MacLellan announced today. Johansen, 22, recorded two assists in nine games with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL) last season. The 6’2″, 190-pound defenseman missed most of last […]

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia Flyers have re-signed goaltender Brian Elliott to a one-year contract extension worth an average annual value (AAV) of $1.5M, according to President of Hockey Operations & General Manager Chuck Fletcher. “Brian is a quality, veteran goaltender who is also an important part of our leadership group. His preparation and work […]