The New Jersey Devils made a huge selection with their first-round pick in 2024—in more ways than one. 6-foot-7 defenseman Anton Silayev was selected with the 10th overall pick, though the Devils knew that he had a contract with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the KHL that would run through the 2025-26 season. Now that that contract is coming to an end in short order, the plan for the Devils and their top prospect is to get him here to North America in time for Development Camp this sum...
Gritty forward Michael Carcone has had another strong season in the Utah Mammoth bottom-six. The pending unrestricted free agent has now been rewarded by the team with a two-year extension that more than doubles his salary. Michael Carcone : 2 X $1.75M @utahmammoth @TVASports — Renaud Lavoie (@RLavoieTVA) March 20, 2026 The deal has a total value of $3.5 million, with a $1.75M AAV. He is coming off a one-year deal at the minimum $775,000. Carcone, 30, is an undrafted, strong-skating forw...
The Philadelphia Flyers didn’t pull the trigger at the deadline, but they were still making calls. Owen Tippett’s name never really left the rumor mill, and it's expected to pick up again. According to David Pagnotta , the Flyers could revisit trade talks this offseason, with multiple teams already lining up for another run at the 27-year-old winger.
Owen Tippett Flyers trade buzz expected to return
Tippett drew serious interest leading up to the deadline, and while nothing ult...
Arber Xhekaj's days with the Montreal Canadiens seem to be coming to an end. At least according to Tony Marinaro of TVA Sports, who said this week, "Something's going to happen" with the hard-hitting defenseman's future. "I think that at some point, the Canadiens are going to have to make a decision [about Xhekaj]," Marinaro said during the JiC show. "I don't think Xhekaj has a future with the Canadiens. I wouldn't be surprised if something happens during draft w...
General Manager Chris Drury of the New York Rangers had a chance to maximize his cache of assets this deadline by trading center Vincent Trocheck. A reliable two-way forward who hasn affordable contract, compared to other centers in the league who have been demoted to the third-line (Elias Lindholm). Nevertheless, Trocheck wasn't moved by this deadline, in a perplexing fashion, as the Rangers opted to keep him around. It's not until free agency in July that the team could fi...
The Montreal Canadiens were trying to do something significant at the trade deadline. GM Kent Hughes told us he went right down to the wire on a blockbuster. But they needed to divest themselves of some money first to make it happen. Specifically, Patrik Laine's $8.7 million cap hit. Insider Elliotte Friedman tells us that the Habs tried to peddle the veteran forward to the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Philadelphia Flyers. They definitely explored moving money. There were disc...
So Radko Gudas is only missing five games. Now we've learned that not only was Auston Matthews knocked out of the final 16 games of the season, but he has now gone under the knife to repair the torn MCL that was the result of that knee-on-knee hit courtesy of "The Butcher." Auston Matthews underwent MCL surgery today in New York, per the #leafs . His recovery time is expected to be 12 weeks. — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 19, 2026 The Leafs' statement called the surgery success...
Ryan Johansen’s NHL career has officially come to an end. Johansen announced his retirement at age 33, closing the book on a 13-season career that included All-Star honors, a Stanley Cup Final run, and more than 900 games played across multiple teams.
Ryan Johansen retires after long NHL career
Johansen was once one of the NHL’s rising stars. Drafted fourth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2010, he developed into a top-line center and broke out in 2013-14 with 33 goals a...
Florida Panthers GM Bill Zito was able to work wonders last June after the team won its second straight Stanley Cup, to keep all of their key pending unrestricted free agents in the fold. He was able to re-sign Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad and Brad Marchand all to long-term extensions. Now, their iconic goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, a pending UFA this summer, is wondering, 'What about me?' And in fact, he's been eyeing one of the aforementioned extensions, specifically, as a starting ...
The Matthew Knies rumors just won't go away for the Toronto Maple Leafs . The Montreal Canadiens were linked to the team after the trade deadline as one of those engaged in extended talks about trying to swing a blockbuster trade for Toronto's young, budding power forward. But now insider Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet has revealed that there were no less than five teams that had "serious interest" in Knies as the March 6th d-day approached. Teams that showed serious interest ...
At the start of the season, it felt like Erik Karlsson and Anthony Mantha were probably not going to finish the season in Pittsburgh. Karlsson looked like a likely trade candidate because of his contract, and Mantha seemed destined to be flipped at the deadline as a short-term prove-it signing. With the Penguins in a playoff spot at the deadline, and now, that obviously didn't happen. Now, both players might be sticking around even longer. According to Josh Yohe of The Athletic , the Pen...
The Dallas Stars are ready to admit it, finally. Jason Robertson is priority number one this offseason, and GM Jim Nill made that crystal clear . With speculation building around his future, Dallas has now publicly committed to locking up one of the NHL’s most underrated scorers this summer.
Stars prioritize Jason Robertson extension this summer
Nill didn’t leave much room for interpretation when discussing Robertson’s future. “He’s a big part of our team… one of the leading scorers ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs have dipped into the NCAA free agent pool once again, to sign their second top college prospect in two days. 🖊️ We’ve signed forward Brandon Buhr to a one-year contract beginning in the 2026-27 season. He will join the @TorontoMarlies for the remainder of the 2025-26 season on an amateur tryout Details » https://t.co/fRi0nwieUD pic.twitter.com/THuCUQiBuY — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 18, 2026 This time it’s Brandon Buhr, a 6-foot-2, 208-pound forward w...
The Pittsburgh Penguins have maintained their hold on a playoff spot in Sidney Crosby's absence. They have gone 5-3-3 without their captain in the lineup after his injury at the Olympics last month. But boy, will they be glad to get him back. And that is officially happening on Wednesday night in their game against the Carolina Hurricanes. And the announcement came from none other than his teammate of the last 20 years in Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin: Malkin joyfully walking off the ice just now ...
The Minnesota Wild made their big swing earlier this season, pulling off a blockbuster deal, landing the second-best defenseman in hockey, Quinn Hughes. But according to reports, GM Bill Guerin will be right back on his horse this summer, setting up for his "next superstar swing." Wild insider Michael Russo of The Athletic tells us that " there’s a reason — and a good one — that Guerin didn’t blow the Wild’s remaining potential trade assets at this year’s deadline for B players. He has every i...
The Philadelphia Flyers are loaded on the wing, but have a lack of center depth at the NHL level. They have several pivots occupying their top 10 prospects list, but for immediate help at the NHL level, the team will have to look elsewhere. That has prompted Philly insider and Daily Faceoff writer Anthony Di Marco to propose four trade targets for the team to go after this summer. Robert Thomas, St. Louis Blues Thomas was the biggest name out there at the trade deadline, but the Blues ne...
We reported yesterday that the Edmonton Oilers announced that their superstar forward Leon Draisaitl would be out for the remainder of the regular season . But there was no mention of anything to do with treatment or playoff ramifications. Today, Oilers general manager Stan Bowman tried to clarify a couple of things. As the NHL's GM Meetings continue in Florida, insider Elliotte Friedman was able to catch up with Bowman to get the latest on the troubling Leon Draisaitl injury ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs are heading toward a summer of real change, and Morgan Rielly might be at the center of it. According to Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos , the organization may need to consider a route that felt unthinkable not long ago. If a trade cannot be worked out, a buyout could be the only realistic way forward.
Nick Kypreos floats Morgan Rielly buyout option
Kypreos openly questioned whether this is the offseason the Maple Leafs sit down with Rielly and try to move him,...
The Toronto Maple Leafs kept a familiar trend alive, dipping back into the college free agent market by signing Vincent Borgesi to a two-year entry-level contract. Maple Leafs add Vinny Borgesi to defensive pipeline
Borgesi, 22, wraps up a strong four-year run at Northeastern University where he served as the team's captain and produced 80 points in 135 games. This past season alone, he posted 20 points in 36 games while leading all Huskies defensemen in scoring and logging massi...
The Chicago Blackhawks are ushering in a new-era of hockey with Connor Bedard leading the way. Slowly, but surely, the Blackhawks continue to trade veteran talent, and their last move saw former Captain Nick Foligno dealt to the Minnesota Wild, a chance to play postseason hockey for a job well done. Now, the Blackhawks have another tough decision to make with pending unrestricted free agent Matt Grzelcyk. Signed as a free agent in July to a one-year, $1 million average...
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the midst of a rebuild, and general manager Kyle Dubas is sparing no one from his watchful eye. At the beginning of a rebuild, teams will try to trade their top veteran talent and keep core pieces to build around to help train the next generation of stars. That is, unless it's a full-blown teardown. One NHL journeyman may be the next to exit stage left , as the Penguins are poised to make some moves in July, and one could be Anthony Mantha . Ma...
The New York Islanders are solidifying their blueline for years to come. The Isles announced on Tuesday, they've signed former first-round pick Kashawn Aitcheson to a three-year, entry-level contract. Aitcheson is known as one of the best defenceman outside the NHL and is notoriously a bone-crushing defender, who isn't afraid to step up and lay huge hits in open ice. The 19-year-old blueliner leads all Ontario Hockey League (OHL) defensemen in goals (28), power-play goals (15), points (70) and...
The New York Islanders went pretty close to all in this season, as rookie sensation Matthew Schaefer is certainly accelerating the expectations. Schaefer's burst onto the scene and pushed management to sell off some assets ahead of the trade deadline, and expect to see the Isles pushing to make some noise in the Stanley Cup Playoffs This offseason, there's inevitably going to be roster turnover, regardless of the outcomes this spring. Here's three Islanders who aren't expected back next season...
The talk around the Toronto Maple Leafs over the 'Matthews/Gudas incident' hasn't died down yet. Specifically, it was the glaring lack of response by the Leafs when their captain and best player, Auston Matthews, was taken out with a vicious knee-on-knee hit by "The Butcher" (as Radko Gudas is known around the league). Craig Berube says he's revisited the #leafs lack of response to the Auston Matthews hit almost daily with his team since it happened last Thursday: "Sometimes it's a wake ...
A tough break for the Ottawa Senators, who have learned that veteran defenseman Nick Jensen is officially done for the season. As Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen writes, Jensen will be undergoing knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus, and he " has likely suited up for his last game with the Ottawa Senators." Nick Jensen will miss about six weeks due to a knee injury, per @SunGarrioch . He has likely played his last game with the Ottawa Senators. pic.twitter.com/G883ShDrxb — PuckEmp...