NHL Free Agency Day 1 Tracker

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While teams around the Metropolitan Division made big splashes on the first day of NHL Free Agency, there were plenty of other notable moves too. Tune later on for more free agent updates on here.

Metropolitan

Washington Capitals

signed forward Richard Panik to a four-year contract with a cap hit of $2.75 million
signed forward Garnett Hathaway to a four-year contract with a cap hit of $1.5 million
signed forward Brendan Leipsic to a one-year, $700,000 contract

New York Islanders

signed forward Anders Lee to seven-year contract with an AAV of $7 million
signed goaltender Semyon Varlamov to four-year contract with a cap hit of $5 million

Pittsburgh Penguins

signed forward Brandon Tanev to a six-year contract with a cap hit of $3.5 million

Carolina Hurricanes

signed goaltender Petr Mrazek to two-year contract with a cap hit of $3.125 million

Columbus Blue Jackets

signed forward Gustav Nyquist to four-year contract worth an average annual value of $4.5 million
re-signed defenseman Ryan Murray to two-year contract worth $4.5 million

Philadelphia Flyers

signed forward Andy Andreoff and defenseman Nate Prosser to two-year, two-way contracts
signed forward Kurtis Gabriel, goaltender J.F. Berube to one-way, two-way contract

New York Rangers

signed forward Artemi Panarin to eight-year contract with an AAV of $11.642 million

New Jersey Devils

signed forward Wayne Simmonds to one-year, $5 million contract

Atlantic Division

Tampa Bay Lightning

signed defenseman Luke Schenn to one-year contract that carries a cap hit of $700,000 million
signed goaltender Curtis McElhinney to one-year, $1.3 million contract

Boston Bruins

signed goaltender Maxime Lagace to one-year, two-way contract
signed forward Brett Ritchie to one-year, $1 million contract
signed forward Par Lindholm to two-year, $1.7 million contract

Toronto Maple Leafs

signed center Jason Spezza to a one-year contract worth an average annual value of $3.5 million
verbally agreed to one-year contract worth an AAV of $4.5 million with defenseman Cody Ceci
signed defenseman Kevin Gravel to one-year, $700K contract
signed forward Kenny Agostino to two-year, $1.4 million contract

Montreal Canadiens

signed goaltender Keith Kinkaid to one-year contract worth $1.75 million
signed RFA forward Sebastian Aho to five-year, $42.27 million offersheet

Florida Panthers

signed defenseman Anton Stralman to three-year contract with a cap hit of $5.5 million
signed center Noel Acciari to a three-year contract with a cap hit of $1.67 million
signed forward Brett Connolly to a four-year contract with a cap hit of $3.25 million
signed goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky to seven-year contract with an average annual value of $10 million

Buffalo Sabres

signed forward Curtis Lazar to a one-year, $700K contract
signed goaltender Andrew Hammond to one-year contract worth $700K

Detroit Red Wings

signed defenseman Patrik Nemeth to two-year contract with a cap hit of $3 million
signed center Valteri Filpulla to two-year contract worth $3 million AAV

Ottawa Senators

signed defenseman Ron Hainsey to one-year contract with a cap hit of $3.5 million
signed forward Tyler Ennis to one-year contract worth $800K

Pacific Division

Calgary Flames

signed goaltender Cam Talbot to one-year contract with a cap hit of $2.75 million

San Jose Sharks

signed RFA forward Timo Meier to a four-year contract with a cap hit of $6 million

Vegas Golden Knights

re-signed forward Brandon Pirri to two-year contract with a cap hit of $775K
re-signed forward Tomas Nosek to one-year, $1 million contract

Arizona Coyotes

signed forward Beau Bennett to a one-year, two-way contract

Vancouver Canucks

signed defenseman Tyler Myers to a six-year contract worth an average annual value of $6 million
signed defenseman Jordie Benn to a two-year contract that carries a cap hit of $2 million
signed defenseman Oscar Fantenberg to a one-year, $850K

Anaheim Ducks

Edmonton Oilers

signed goaltender Mike Smith to a one-year, $2 million contract
re-signed forward Alex Chiasson to two-year contract worth an average annual value of $2.15 million
signed forward Tomas Jurco to one-year deal worth $750K
signed forward Markus Granlund to one-year contract worth $1.3
re-signed RFA forward Jujhar Khiara at two-years with an AAV of $1.2 million

Los Angeles Kings

agreed to terms with defenseman Joakim Ryan and forward Martin Frk

Central Division

Nashville Predators

signed forward Daniel Carr to one-way contract

Winnipeg Jets

re-signed defenseman Nathan Beaulieu to a one-year, $1 million contract

St. Louis Blues

re-signed forward Sammy Blais for one-year at $850,000
defenseman Derick Pouliot signs two-way deal

Dallas Stars

signed forward Joe Pavelski to three-year contract worth an average annual value of $7 million
signed forward Corey Perry to one-year contract worth $1.5 million
signed defenseman Andrej Sekera to one-year contract worth $1.5 million

Colorado Avalanche

signed forward Joonas Donskoi to three-year contract worth an average annual value of $3.9 million
signed forward Colin Wilson to one-year, $2.6 million contract
signed center Pierre-Eduard Bellemare to two-year contract worth an AAV of $1.8 million

Chicago Blackhawks

sign forward Ryan Carpenter to three-year, $3 million contract
sign goaltender Robin Lehner to one-year, $5 million contract

Minnesota Wild

signed forward Mats Zuccarello to five-year contract worth an average annual value of $6 million
signed forward Ryan Hartman two-year contract with a cap hit of $1.9 million

Trades

Sabres acquire forward Jimmy Vesey from Rangers in exchange for 2021 third-round pick
Maple Leafs trade defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, forward Connor Brown, forward Aaron Luchuk, and a 2020 third-round pick to Ottawa Senators in exchange for defenseman Cody Ceci, defenseman Ben Harpur, and the rights to RFA Michael Carcone
Maple Leafs trade center Nazem Kadri, defenseman Calle Rosen, 2020 third-round pick to Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Tyson Barrie (50% retained), the RFA rights to forward Alexander Kerfoot, and 2020 sixth-round pick

By Harrison Brown