Overview

• GM Don Waddell and coach Dean Evason said qualifying for the postseason is the team’s standard entering its 25th season.
• Waddell characterized Yegor Chinakhov as an asset and said a trade would be considered only for sufficient value.
• Waddell cited goaltending worries in explaining the Ivan Fedotov acquisition, and Evason said jobs are open with Jet Greaves and Elvis Merzlikins in the mix.
• Evason plans for every player to appear in three preseason games, noting the NHL’s shift to a four-game preseason beginning in 2026-27.
• Defenseman Denton Mateychuk is day-to-day and not practicing this week but could return before the Sept. 21 preseason opener against St. Louis; the regular season begins Oct. 9 at Nashville.