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Penguins Named Top Suitor for Elias Pettersson as Talks Stall

Vancouver’s demand for meaningful future assets has kept trade progress slow.

Predators Sign Jack Drury to Five-Year, $22.5 Million Deal

John Carlson to Test Free Agency, Prefers Return to the East

Sakic Says Avalanche Will Re-Sign Cale Makar and Keep Jared Bednar

Flyers’ Owen Tippett Says Internal Bleeding Kept Him Out of Round 2

Capitals Prospects Power Hershey to Playoff Berth After Reassignment

Maple Leafs Sign Northeastern Captain Vincent Borgesi to Two-Year Entry-Level Deal

Flames Acquire Ryan Strome From Ducks for 2027 Seventh-Round Pick

Canadiens Place Samuel Blais on Waivers Ahead of Olympic Roster Freeze

Stars Reclaim Vladislav Kolyachonok Off Waivers From Bruins

Zach Whitecloud Debuts for Flames, Steps Into Rasmus Andersson’s Former Role

Canadiens Extend Alexandre Texier on Two-Year, $5 Million Deal

Hurricanes Sign Rookie Joel Nystrom to Four-Year, $4.9 Million Extension

Kings Sign Samuel Helenius to Two-Year Extension at $875,000 AAV

Juuso Pärssinen Clears Waivers as Rangers Assign Forward to AHL Hartford

NHL Notes: Svechnikov Trade Talk Cools, Canadiens Expected to Add Texier, Leafs Weigh Carlo Move

Macklin Celebrini’s Teenage Tear Propels Sharks, Ties Record Held by Gretzky, Crosby, Yzerman

Capitals, Blues Swap AHL Defensemen Corey Schueneman and Calle Rosen

Senators Reportedly Table Eight-Year Extension for Shane Pinto as Scoring Surge Shifts Negotiating Terrain

Penguins’ Bryan Rust Sidelined at Least Two Weeks With Lower-Body Injury