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Abbotsford Signs Kole Lind to One-Year AHL Contract

This secures playing time for a proven AHL scorer with a clear path to an NHL two-way contract upon strong play.

Blue Jackets Sign Cole Sillinger to Three-Year Deal

Rangers Sign Alberts Smits to Three-Year Entry-Level Deal

Canadiens Sign Bogdan Konyushkov to Two-Year Entry-Level Deal, Loaned Back to Torpedo

Predators Sign Mavrik Bourque to Six-Year Deal

Lightning Sign Tomas Kralovic to Three-Year Entry-Level Deal

Marlies Take Game 1 of Calder Cup Final in Chicago

Oilers Sign Finnish Forward Aku Raty to One-Year, Two-Way Deal

Kraken Sign Alexis Bernier to Three-Year Entry-Level Deal

Rocket Seize Game 1 Over Marlies, 3-1, in North Division Semifinal

Predators Sign 2025 Sixth-Rounder Daniel Nieminen to Three-Year Entry-Level Deal

Ducks Extend GM Pat Verbeek, Promote Mike Stapleton

Utah Mammoth Sign 2025 No. 4 Pick Caleb Desnoyers to Entry-Level Deal

Rangers Sign Boston College Defenseman Drew Fortescue, Start ELC Immediately

Canadiens Rule Kirby Dach Out 2–4 Weeks With Upper-Body Injury

Rangers Sign Brody Lamb to Two-Year Entry-Level Deal With AHL Tryout in Hartford

Lightning Place Jack Finley on Waivers Before Olympic Break

Devils Acquire Blues Center Nick Bjugstad Before Olympic Roster Freeze

Hurricanes Acquire Juuso Välimäki From Utah for Future Considerations

Blues Sign Alexey Toropchenko to Two-Year, $2.5 Million Extension