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With the 2022-23 NHL season winding down, teams will look to improve through trades, free agency, the entry draft, and more ways. NoVa Caps provides a list of every move throughout the 2023 offseason.
Weds 9/6
- Philadelphia: re-signs C Morgan Frost to two-year contract ($2.1 million cap hit)
- Ottawa: re-signs D Jake Sanderson to eight-year contract ($8.05 million cap hit)
Thurs 8/31
- Seattle: signs C Devin Shore to one-year, $775,000 contract
Mon 8/28
- Toronto: signs D Simon Benoit to one-year, $775,000 contract
Weds 8/23
- Toronto: re-signs C Auston Matthews to four-year contract extension ($13.25 million cap hit)
- New York Rangers: re-sign LW Alexis Lafreniere to two-year contract ($2.325 million cap hit)
- Edmonton: re-signs D Evan Bouchard to two-year contract ($3.9 million cap hit)
- Tampa Bay: re-signs D Darren Raddysh to two-year contract extension ($975,000 cap hit)
Tues 8/22
- Tampa Bay: re-signs LW Brandon Hagel to eight-year contract ($6.5 million cap hit)
- Detroit: re-signs C Joe Veleno to a one-year, $825,000 contract
Sat 8/19
- Winnipeg: re-signs D Logan Stanley to one-year, $1 million contract
Fri 8/18
- Anaheim acquires D Ilya Lyubushkin from Buffalo for 2025 fourth-round pick
Tues 8/15
- Detroit acquires Petry (50% of $6.25 million cap hit retained) from Montreal for conditional 2025 fourth-round pick (later of Detroit’s or Boston’s), D Gustav Lindstrom
Fri 8/11
- Vancouver: signs C Pius Suter (previous team: Detroit) to two-year contract ($1.6 million cap hit)
Thurs 8/10
- Carolina: signs D Caleb Jones (previous team: Chicago) to one-year, $775,000 contract
Weds 8/9
- Philadelphia acquires rights to C Massimo Rizzo, 2025 fifth-round pick from Carolina for rights to RW David Kase
- New Jersey: signs D Cal Foote (previous team: Nashville) to one-year, two-way contract ($800,000)
- Toronto: signs G Martin Jones (previous team: Seattle) to one-year, $875,000 contract
Mon 8/7
- Dallas: signs G Alex Stalock (previous team: Chicago) to one-year, $800,000 contract
Sun 8/6
- Pittsburgh acquires D Erik Karlsson, 2026 third-round pick, LW Dillon Hamaluk from San Jose, LW Rem Pitlick from Montreal
- San Jose acquires Pittsburgh’s 2024 first-round pick (if it is in the top-10, Pittsburgh can send their 2025 first-round pick instead), C Mikael Granlund, RW Mike Hoffman (from Montreal), D Jan Rutta
- Montreal acquire D Jeff Petry, G Casey DeSmith, C Nathan Legare, Pittsburgh’s 2025 second-round pick
- Arizona: signs D Matt Dumba (previous team: Minnesota) to one-year, $3.9 million contract
Sat 8/5
- Philadelphia: re-signs G Sam Ersson to two-year contract ($1.45 million cap hit)
- Arizona: terminates C Jean-Sebastian Dea’s contract
Fri 8/4
- Washington: re-signs RW Tom Wilson to seven-year contract extension ($6.5 million cap hit)
Weds 8/2
- Winnipeg: re-signs Kupari to two-year contract ($1 million cap hit)
- Anaheim: re-signs LW Troy Terry to seven-year contract ($7 million cap hit)
- Pittsburgh: re-signs LW Drew O’Connor to two-year contract ($925,000 cap hit)
Tues 8/1
- Edmonton: re-signs C Ryan McLeod to two-year contract ($2.1 million cap hit)
- Boston: G Jeremy Swayman awarded one-year, $3.475 million contract by arbitrator
- Boston: re-signs C Trent Frederic to two-year contract ($2.3 million cap hit)
- New York Rangers: re-signs D Brandon Scanlin to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
Mon 7/31
- Minnesota: re-signs G Filip Gustavsson to three-year contract ($3.75 million cap hit)
- Toronto: re-signs C Nick Abruzzese to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- New Jersey: re-signs D Kevin Bahl to two-year deal ($1.05 million cap hit)
- Montreal: re-signs RW Jesse Ylönen to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
Sun 7/30
- Arizona: re-signs C Jack McBain to two-year contract ($1.59999 million cap hit)
Thurs 7/27
- Ottawa: signs LW Vladimir Tarasenko (previous team: New York Rangers) to one-year, $5 million contract
Weds 7/26
- Colorado: re-signs C Ben Meyers to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Carolina: re-signs C Sebastian Aho to eight-year contract extension ($9.75 million cap hit)
Tues 7/25
- Florida: re-signs C Eetu Luostarinen to three-year contract extension ($3 million cap hit)
Mon 7/24
- Carolina: signs DeAngelo to one-year, $1.675 million contract
Sun 7/23
- Boston: terminates D Mitchell Miller’s contract
- Toronto: re-signs G Ilya Samsonov to one-year, $3.55 million contract
- Chicago: re-signs C Philipp Kurashev to two-year contract ($2.25 million cap hit)
Fri 7/21
- Seattle: re-signs D Vince Dunn to four-year contract ($7.35 million cap hit)
Weds 7/19
- Vegas: re-signs LW Paul Dorofeyev to one-year, $825,000 contract
- Winnipeg: re-signs Vilardi to two-year contract ($3.4375 million cap hit)
- Vegas: re-signs C Brett Howden to two-year contract ($1.9 million cap hit)
- New Jersey: signs LW Tomas Nosek (previous team: Boston) to one-year, $1 million contract
Tues 7/18
- New York Islanders: re-sign G Jakub Skarek to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
Mon 7/17
- New York Islanders: re-sign RW Oliver Wahlstrom to one-year, $874,125 contract
- Colorado: re-signs Colton to four-year contract ($4 million cap hit)
- Florida: re-signs D John Ludvig to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Florida: re-signs D Casey Fitzgerald to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Boston: signs D Reilly Walsh to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Boston: re-signs Regula to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Boston: signs G Michael DiPietro (previous team: Vancouver) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Buffalo: re-signs LW Linus Weissbach to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Winnipeg: re-signs C Morgan Barron to two-year contract ($1.35 million cap hit)
Sun 7/16
- Minnesota: re-signs RW Brandon Duchaime to one-year, $1.1 million contract
- Anaheim: re-signs G Lukas Dostal to two-year contract ($787,500 cap hit, two-way the first year)
- Arizona: re-signs G Ivan Prosvetov to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Arizona: re-signs LW Matias Maccelli to three-year contract ($3.425 million cap hit)
Sat 7/15
- Detroit: re-signs D Jared McIsaac to one-year, two-way contract ($787,500)
- Arizona: signs LW Justin Kirkland to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- St. Louis: re-signs LW Alexei Toropchenko to two-year contract ($1.25 million cap hit)
- Tampa Bay: re-signs RW Tanner Jeannot to two-year contract ($2.665 million cap hit)
- Edmonton: re-signs C Raphael Lavoie to one-year, two-way contract ($874,125)
- Pittsburgh: re-signs D Ty Smith to one-year, $775,000 contract
Fri 7/14
- Detroit: re-signs D Wyatt Newpower to one-year, two-way contract ($787,500)
- Anaheim: re-signs C Bo Groulx to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Dallas: re-signs C Riley Damiani to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Pittsburgh: re-signs C Jonathan Gruden to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Buffalo: re-signs LW Brett Murray to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Arizona: signs LW Zach Sanford (previous team: Nashville) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Philadelphia: places D Tony DeAngelo on unconditional waivers for contract termination purposes
- New Jersey: signs C Chris Tierney (previous team: Montreal) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
Thurs 7/13
- Montreal: re-signs C Lucas Condotta to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Montreal: re-signs D Nicolas Beaudin to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- New York Rangers: re-sign D Ty Emberson to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Philadelphia: re-signs LW Olle Lycksell to two-year, two-way contract ($787,500 cap hit)
- Arizona: places Galchenyuk on unconditional waivers for contract termination purposes
- Dallas: re-signs C Ty Dellandrea to one-year, $900,000 contract
Weds 7/12
- Boston: signs C Jesper Boqvist (previous team: New Jersey) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- St. Louis: signs C Oskar Sundqvist (previous team: Minnesota) to one-year, $775,000 contract
Tues 7/11
- Arizona: signs D Travis Dermott (previous team: Vancouver) to one-year, two-way contract ($800,000)
- New York Rangers: re-sign D K’Andre Miller to two-year contract ($3.872 million cap hit)
- Boston: re-signs C Marc McLaughlin to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Nashville: signs LW Denis Gurianov (previous team: Montreal) to one-year, $850,000 contract
- Montreal: re-signs Newhook to four-year contract ($2.9 million cap hit)
- Ottawa: re-signs G Kevin Manolese to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Carolina: signs LW Brendan Lemieux (previous team: Philadelphia) to one-year, $800,000 contract
Mon 7/10
- Boston: re-signs Mitchell to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Philadelphia: re-signs C Noah Cates to two-year contract ($2.625 million cap hit)
- Philadelphia: re-signs D Cam York to two-year contract ($1.6 million cap hit)
- San Jose: signs Zadina to one-year, $1.1 million contract
Sun 7/9
- Detroit acquires LW Alex DeBrincat from Ottawa for LW Dominik Kubalik, D Donovan Sebrango, conditional first- (option of sending their own or Boston’s selection) and fourth-round picks in 2024
- Detroit signs DeBrincat to four-year contract ($7.875 million cap hit)
- Seattle: re-signs D Cale Fleury to two-year contract ($800,000 cap hit)
- Vancouver: re-signs LW Nils Hoglander to two-year contract ($1.1 million cap hit)
Sat 7/8
- Detroit: re-signs G Jon Lethemon to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Seattle: re-signs RW Kole Lind to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Los Angeles: signs C Akil Thomas to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
Fri 7/7
- Arizona: signs C Nathan Smith to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Pittsburgh: signs RW Vinnie Hinostroza (previous team: Buffalo) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Pittsburgh: signs LW Andreas Johnsson (previous team: San Jose) to one-year, $800,000 contract
- Seattle: re-signs D Will Borgen to two-year contract ($2.7 million cap hit)
- Seattle: signs C Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (previous team: Tampa Bay) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Los Angeles: re-signs D Tobias Bjornfot to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
Thurs 7/6
- Los Angeles: re-signs LW Samuel Fagemo to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Los Angeles: re-signs RW Tyler Madden to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Los Angeles: re-signs C Anze Kopitar to two-year contract extension ($7 million cap hit), which kicks in starts in 2024-25
- Ottawa: signs RW Zack MacEwen (previous team: Los Angeles) to three-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- St. Louis: re-signs LW Hugh McGing to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- New York Islanders: place C Andy Andreoff on unconditional waivers for contract termination purposes
- Detroit: place Zadina on unconditional waivers for contract termination purposes
Weds 7/5
- Florida: signs C Rasmus Asplund (previous team: Nashville) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- San Jose: re-signs D Leon Gawanke to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Winnipeg: re-signs D Dylan Samberg to two-year contract ($1.4 million cap hit)
- Philadelphia: signs D Victor Mete (previous team: Toronto) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- New York Islanders: signs RW Julien Gauthier (previous team: New York Rangers) to two-year contract ($787,500 cap hit)
- New York Islanders: signs RW Karson Kuhlman (previous team: Seattle) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- New York Islanders: signs C Brian Pinho (previous team: Washington) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Boston: re-signs G Kyle Keyser to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Boston: re-signs LW Jakob Lauko to one-year, two-way contract ($787,000)
- Philadelphia: re-signs D Ronnie Attard to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit, second year is one-way)
- Washington: signs D Chase Priskie (previous team: Florida) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Carolina: re-signs D Dylan Coghlan to one-year contract ($850,000)
Tues 7/4
- Edmonton: signs G Olivier Rodrigue to a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Washington: re-signs D Martin Fehervary to three-year contract ($2.675 million cap hit)
- Washington: re-signs C Riley Sutter to a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Ottawa: re-signs D Travis Hamonic to two-year contract ($1.1 million cap hit)
- Anaheim: signs D Robert Hagg (previous team: Detroit) to one-year contract ($775,000)
- Buffalo: re-signs D Kale Clague to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Dallas: signs D Derrick Pouliot (previous team: San Jose) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
Mon 7/3
- Colorado: signs RW Chris Wagner (previous team: Boston) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Boston: re-signs LW Luke Toporowski to two-year, two-way contract ($870,000)
- Boston: signs C Anthony Richard (previous team: Montreal) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Los Angeles: signs D Joe Hicketts (previous team: Detroit) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Toronto: signs D Maxime Lajoie (previous team: Carolina) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Pittsburgh: signs D Will Butcher (previous team: Dallas) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Nashville: signs C Jasper Weatherby (previous team: San Jose) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Dallas: re-signs RW Nicholas Caamano to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Carolina: signs D Griffin Mendel to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Arizona: signs LW John Leonard (previous team: Nashville) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Detroit: signs C Nolan Stevens (previous team: St. Louis) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Winnipeg: re-signs LW Axel Jonsson-Fjallby to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit, two-way for first season)
- Montreal: re-signs LW Rafael Harvey-Pinard to two-year contract ($1.1 million cap hit)
- Seattle: signs D Connor Carrick (previous team: Boston) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Calgary: signs D Brady Lyle (previous team: St. Louis) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- San Jose: signs C Nathan Todd (previous team: St. Louis) to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Calgary: re-signs RW Martin Posipil to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Detroit: waives LW Filip Zadina
- Washington: signs C Alex Limoges (previous team: Winnipeg) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Toronto: signs C Dylan Gambrell (previous team: Ottawa) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Philadelphia: signs D Marc Staal (previous team: Florida) to one-year, $1.1 million contract
Sun 7/2
- Nashville: signs G Troy Grosenick (previous team: Philadelphia) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Pittsburgh: signs RW Marc Johnstone (previous team: Toronto) to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- San Jose: re-signs RW Scott Sabourin to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Colorado: signs G Arvid Holm (previous team: Winnipeg) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Edmonton: signs D Ben Gleason (previous team: Dallas) to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Colorado re-signs G Justus Annunen to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- St. Louis signs G Malcolm Subban (previous team: Buffalo) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Minnesota acquires LW Pat Maroon ($200,000 of $1 million cap hit for this season retained), RW Max Cajkovic from Tampa Bay for 2024 seventh-round pick
- Toronto: signs C Max Domi (previous team: Dallas) to one-year, $3 million contract
- Winnipeg acquires D Artemi Kniazev from San Jose for RFA D Leon Gawanke
- Vegas: re-signs G Jiri Patera to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Washington: signs C Matthew Phillips (previous team: Calgary) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Dallas: signs D Gavin Bayreuther (previous team: Columbus) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Calgary: re-signs C Dryden Hunt to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Vancouver: re-signs G Zach Sawchenko to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Vancouver: re-signs D Akito Hirose to two-year contract ($787,500 cap hit)
- Colorado: re-signs D Jack Johnson to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Toronto: signs LW Tyler Bertuzzi (previous team: Boston) to one-year, $5.5 million contract
- Seattle: signs Yamamoto to one-year, $1.5 million contract
- Tampa Bay: signs D Calvin de Haan (previous team: Carolina) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Montreal: signs C Lias Andersson (previous team: Los Angeles) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 contract)
- Calgary: signs D Jordan Oesterle (previous team: Detroit) to a one-year contract worth $925,000
- Washington: re-signs D Dylan McIlrath to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 contract)
- Florida: signs C Evan Rodrigues (previous team: Colorado) to four-year contract ($3 million cap hit)
- Pittsburgh: signs C Radim Zohorna (previous team: Toronto) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Pittsburgh: signs G Magnus Hellberg (previous team: Detroit) to one-year, $785,000 contract
- Detroit: signs RW Christian Fischer (previous team: Arizona) to one-year, $1.125 million contract
Sat 7/1
- Florida: signs C Alexander True (previous team: Seattle) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Florida: signs RW William Lockwood (previous team: Vancouver) to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- St. Louis: signs D Wyatt Kalynuk (previous team: Vancouver) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Ottawa: signs LW Boko Imama (previous team: Arizona) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Ottawa: re-signs RW Rourke Chartier to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Los Angeles: signs D Steven Santini (previous team: St. Louis) to one-year, two-way contract ($800,000)
- Florida trades RW Anthony Duclair to San Jose for 2025 fifth-round pick, C Steven Lorentz
- Detroit: signs D Shayne Gostisbehere (previous team: Carolina) signs one year, $4.125 million contract
- Philadelphia: signs RW Garnet Hathaway (previous team: Boston) to two-year contract ($2.375 million cap hit)
- Arizona: signs C Alexander Kerfoot (previous team: Toronto) to two-year contract ($3.5 million cap hit)
- Los Angeles: signs G David Rittich (previous team: Winnipeg) to one-year, $875,000 contract
- New York Rangers: sign D Erik Gustafsson (previous team: Toronto) to one-year, $825,000 contract
- Toronto: signs D John Klingberg (previous team: Minnesota) to one-year, $4.15 million contract
- Detroit: signs C J.T. Compher (previous team: Colorado) to five-year contract ($5.1 million cap hit)
- Boston: signs C Jayson Megna (previous team: Anaheim) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Nashville: re-signs D Alexandre Carrier to one-year, $2.5 million contract
- Colorado: signs RW Riley Tufte (previous team: Dallas) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Colorado: signs D Corey Schueneman (previous team: Montreal) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Pittsburgh: signs C Lars Eller (previous team: Colorado) to two-year contract ($2.45 million cap hit)
- Colorado: re-signs D Bowen Byram to two-year contract ($3.85 million cap hit)
- New York Islanders: re-sign G Ilya Sorokin to eight-year contract extension ($8.25 million cap hit)
- Seattle: signs D Brian Dumoulin (previous team: Pittsburgh) to two-year contract ($3.15 million cap hit)
- Toronto: signs D William Lagesson (previous team: Montreal) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- New York Islanders: re-sign RW Pierre Engvall to seven-year contract ($3 million cap hit)
- New York Islanders: re-sign D Scott Mayfield to seven-year contract ($3.5 million cap hit)
- San Jose: re-signs RW Fabian Zetterlund to two-year contract ($1.45 million cap hit)
- Colorado: signs C Jonathan Drouin (previous team: Montreal) to one-year, $825,000 contract
- Vegas: signs D Mason Geertsen (previous team: New Jersey) to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Nashville: signs C Anthony Angello (previous team: St. Louis) to a two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Montreal: signs D Brady Keeper (previous team: Vancouver) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- New Jersey: signs D Kyle Criscuolo (previous team: Detroit) to a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Arizona: sign Galchenyuk to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Tampa Bay: signs G Jonas Johansson (previous team: Colorado) to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- New Jersey: signs C Justin Dowling (previous team: Vancouver) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Florida: re-signs D Lucas Carlsson to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Tampa Bay: signs C Logan Brown (previous team: St. Louis) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Pittsburgh: signs G Alex Nedeljkovic (previous team: Detroit) to one-year, $1.5 million contract
- Pittsburgh: re-signs G Tristan Jarry to five-year contract ($5.375 cap hit)
- Pittsburgh: signs D Ryan Graves (previous team: New Jersey) to six-year contract ($4.5 million cap hit)
- Philadelphia: signs C Rhett Gardner (previous team: Dallas) to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Minnesota: signs C Vinni Lettieri (previous team: Boston) to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- New Jersey: signs G Erik Kallgren (previous team: Toronto) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Pittsburgh: signs C Noel Acciari (previous team: Toronto) to three-year contract ($2 million cap hit)
- Florida: signs D Dmitry Kulikov (previous team: Pittsburgh) to one-year, $1 million contract
- Anaheim: signs LW Alex Killorn (previous team: Tampa Bay) to four-year contract ($6.25 million cap hit)
- Detroit: signs D Brogan Rafferty (previous team: Seattle) to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Ottawa: signs LW Matthew Highmore (previous team: St. Louis) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Seattle: signs LW Marian Studenic (previous team: Dallas) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Boston: signs D Parker Wotherspoon (previous team: New York Islanders) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Arizona: signs C Nick Bjugstad (previous team: Edmonton) to two-year contract ($2.1 million cap hit)
- Winnipeg: signs G Laurent Brossoit (previous team: Vegas) to one-year, $1.75 million contract
- Winnipeg: re-signs RW Vladislav Namestnikov to two-year contract ($2 million cap hit)
- Seattle: re-signs C John Hayden to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- St. Louis: re-signs RW MacKenzie MacEachern to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Chicago: signs C Ryan Donato (previous team: Seattle) to two-year contract ($2 million cap hit)
- Tampa Bay: signs RW Josh Archibald (previous team: Pittsburgh) to two-year contract ($800,000 cap hit)
- New York Rangers: sign D Connor Mackey (previous team: Arizona) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- New Jersey: re-signs C Michael McLeod to one-year, $1.4 million contract
- San Jose: signs RW Ryan Carpenter (previous team: New York Rangers) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Nashville: re-signs C Cody Glass to two-year contract ($2.5 million cap hit)
- New York Rangers: sign C Nick Bonino (previous team: Pittsburgh) to one-year, $800,000 contract
- Vancouver: signs D Matt Irwin (previous team: Washington) to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Colorado: re-signs LW Andrew Cogliano to one-year, $825,000 contract
- Dallas: signs C Sam Steel (previous team: Minnesota) to one-year, $850,000 contract
- Arizona: signs LW Jason Zucker (previous team: Pittsburgh) to one-year, $5.3 million contract
- Arizona: signs D Troy Stecher (previous team: Calgary) to one-year, $1.1 million contract
- Detroit: signs RW Daniel Sprong (previous team: Seattle) to one-year, $2 million contract
- Dallas: signs Duchene to one-year, $3 million contract
- Colorado: signs RW Miles Wood (previous team: New Jersey) to six-year contract ($2.5 million cap hit)
- Winnipeg: signs G Collin Delia (previous team: Vancouver) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Boston: signs RW Patrick Brown (previous team: Ottawa) to two-year contract ($800,000 cap hit)
- Florida: signs D Niko Mikkola (previous team: New York Rangers) to three-year contract ($2.5 million cap hit)
- Dallas: signs RW Craig Smith (previous team: Washington) to one-year, $1 million contract
- San Jose: signs RW Givani Smith (previous team: Florida) to two-year contract ($800,000 cap hit)
- Buffalo: re-signs G Dustin Tokarski to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Florida: re-signs RW Gregorio Denisenko to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Boston: signs D Kevin Shattenkirk (previous team: Anaheim) to one-year, $1 million contract
- Washington: signs LW Max Pacioretty (previous team: Carolina) to one-year, $2 million contract
- Los Angeles: signs RW Trevor Lewis (previous team: Calgary) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Los Angeles: signs D Andreas Englund (previous team: Colorado) to two-year contract ($1 million cap hit)
- Vancouver: signs D Carson Soucy (previous team: Seattle) to three-year contract ($3.25 million cap hit)
- Carolina: signs RW Michael Bunting (previous team: Toronto) to three-year contract ($4.5 million cap hit)
- Philadelphia: signs C Ryan Poehling (previous team: Pittsburgh) one-year, $1.4 million contract
- Vancouver: signs C Teddy Blueger (previous team: Vegas) to one-year, $1.9 million contract
- Carolina: signs D Dmitry Orlov (previous team: Boston) to two-year contract ($7.75 million cap hit)
- Florida: signs Reilly to one-year, $1 million contract
- New Jersey acquires D Colin Miller from Dallas for 2025 fifth-round pick
- Detroit: signs D Justin Holl (previous team: Toronto) to three-year contract ($3.4 million cap hit)
- Vancouver: signs D Ian Cole (previous team: Tampa Bay) to one-year, $3 million contract
- Detroit: signs G Alex Lyon (previous team: Florida) to two-year contract ($900,000 cap hit)
- Nashville: signs RW Gustav Nyquist (previous team: Minnesota) to two-year contract ($3.185 million cap hit)
- Dallas: re-signs D Joel Hanley to two-year contract ($1.58 million cap hit)
- Buffalo: signs D Connor Clifton (previous team: Boston) to three-year contract ($3.3 million cap hit)
- New York Rangers: sign C Riley Nash (previous team: Carolina) to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Boston: signs C Morgan Geekie (previous team: Seattle) to two-year contract ($2 million cap hit)
- Detroit: signs G James Reimer (previous team: San Jose) to one-year, $1.5 million contract
- Buffalo: signs D Erik Johnson (previous team: Colorado) to one-year, $3.25 million contract
- Anaheim: signs D Radko Gudas (previous team: Florida) to three-year contract ($4 million cap hit)
- New York Rangers: sign C Tyler Pitlick (previous team: St. Louis) to one-year, $787,500 contract
- San Jose: signs D Kyle Burroughs (previous team: Vancouver) to three-year contract ($1.1 million cap hit)
- Ottawa: signs G Joonas Korpisalo (previous team: Los Angeles) to five-year contract ($4 million cap hit)
- Tampa Bay: signs LW Conor Sheary (previous team: Washington) to three-year contract ($2 million cap hit)
- Tampa Bay: signs C Luke Glendening (previous team: Dallas) to two-year contract ($800,000 cap hit)
- Buffalo Sabres: re-sign C Tyson Jost to one-year, $2 million contract
- New York Rangers: sign LW Alex Belzile (previous team: Montreal) to two-year contract (two-way the first year, $775,000 cap hit)
- Carolina: re-signs G Frederik Andersen to two-year contract ($3.4 million cap hit)
- Florida: signs G Anthony Stolarz to one-year, $1.1 million contract
- Carolina: re-signs G Antti Raanta to one-year, $1.5 million contract
- New York Islanders: re-sign G Semyon Varlamov to four-year contract ($2.75 million cap hit)
- New York Rangers: sign Wheeler to one-year, $800,000 contract
- San Jose: re-signs Blackwood to two-year contract ($2.35 million cap hit)
- Pittsburgh: signs LW Matt Nieto (previous team: San Jose) to two-year contract ($900,000 cap hit)
- Nashville: signs D Luke Schenn (previous team: Toronto) to three-year contract ($2.75 million cap hit)
- Los Angeles: signs C Jaret Anderson-Dolan to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Edmonton: signs RW Connor Brown (previous team: Washington) to one-year, $775,000 million contract
- Los Angeles: signs LW Mikhail Maltsev (previous team: Colorado) to one-year, $775,000 contract
- Edmonton: signs C Lane Peterson (previous team: Columbus) to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Nashville: signs C Ryan O’Reilly (previous team: Toronto) to four-year contract ($4.5 million cap hit)
- Florida: signs C Kevin Stenlund (previous team: Winnipeg) to one-year, $1 million contract
- Edmonton: signs RW Drake Caggiula to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Boston: signs RW James Van Riemsdyk (previous team: Philadelphia) to one-year, $1 million contract
- Washington Capitals acquire D Joel Edmundson from Montreal for Minnesota’s third- and Washington’s seventh-round picks in 2024
- New Jersey Devils: to re-sign RW Nathan Bastian to two-year contract ($1.35 million cap hit)
- Florida: to sign Ekman-Larsson to one-year, $2.25 million contract
- Los Angeles: signs G Cam Talbot (previous team: Ottawa) to one-year, $1 million contract
- Ottawa: re-signs D Jacob Bernard-Docker to two-year contract ($805,000 cap hit)
- Ottawa: re-signs D Erik Brannstrom to one-year, $2 million contract
- New York Rangers: to sign G Jonathan Quick (previous team: Vegas) to one-year, $825,000 contract
- Detroit: re-signs D Gustav Lindstrom to a one-year, $950,000 contract
- Toronto: to sign RW Ryan Reaves (previous team: Minnesota) to three-year contract ($1.35 million cap hit)
- St. Louis: re-signs D Tyler Tucker to two-year contract ($800,000 cap hit)
- Detroit: re-signs Kostin to two-year contract ($2 million cap hit)
- Detroit: re-signs RW Matt Luff to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
Fri 6/30
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- Seattle: re-signs G Joey Daccord to two-year contract ($1.2 million cap hit)
- Columbus: re-signs D Marcus Bjork to one-year, two-way contract
- Vegas: re-signs G Adin Hill to two-year contract ($4.9 million cap hit)
- Detroit: buys out final two seasons of Yamamoto’s contract
Yamamoto’s $3.1M Cap Hit & $3.2M Salary is bought-out at 1/3 due to being under 26. Buyout Cap Hit:
Year 1 $433K ($2.67M savings)
Year 2 $533KHe’s free to sign with all 32 teams.https://t.co/jbym9oG577 https://t.co/p2JepZhco1 pic.twitter.com/ZQxgsqRk37
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) June 30, 2023
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- Boston: buys out final season of D Mike Reilly’s contract
With 1 year remaining on his contract, Mike Reilly’s buyout will span two years.
The buyout cap hit is as follows:23-24: $333,334
24-25: $1,333,334 https://t.co/kVuDwRCRkN— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2023
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- Nashville: buys out final three seasons of C Matt Duchene’s contract
Matt Duchene has 3 years remaining on his contract and therefore the buyout will last 6 years
Buyout Cap Hit #Smashville:
23-24: $2.56M
24-25: $5.56M
25-26: $6.56M
26-27: $1.56M
27-28: $1.56M
28-29: $1.56Mhttps://t.co/v2X0lSTmKj https://t.co/pOtYfCjWIS— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2023
- Vancouver: re-signs D Noah Juulsen to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Edmonton: re-signs LW Mattias Janmark to one-year, $1 million contract
- Carolina: re-signs LW Jesper Fast to two-year contract ($2.4 million cap hit)
- Winnipeg: buys out final season of RW Blake Wheeler’s contract
The #GoJetsGo make the Wheeler buyout official.
With 1 year remaining on his contract, the buyout will span two years.
The buyout cap hit is as follows:
23-24: $2.75M
24-25: $2.75M https://t.co/qIkKHGVODt https://t.co/5m35bfHyAa— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2023
Thurs 6/29
- Chicago re-signs Perry to one-year, $4 million contract
- Detroit Red Wings acquire RW Kailer Yamamoto, pending RFA C Klim Kostin from Edmonton for future considerations
- New Jersey: re-signs C Shane Bowers to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000)
- Ottawa Senators: re-sign D Jacob Larsson to one-year, two-way contract extension worth $775,000
- New York Islanders trade RW Josh Bailey, 2026 second-round pick to Chicago for future considerations
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- Chicago: buys out final season of Bailey’s contract
Josh Bailey lasted one hour on the Blackhawks.
Buyout converts his 1 year, $5M cap hit into a $2.67M hit next season and $1.67M hit in 24-25. https://t.co/PsF0Cx4xcE
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) June 29, 2023
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- Chicago acquires rights to pending UFA RW Corey Perry from Tampa Bay for 2024 seventh-round pick
Weds 6/28
- Vegas: re-signs LW Ivan Barbashev to five-year contract ($5 million cap hit)
- Toronto: re-signs LW Pontus Holmberg to two-year contract ($800,000 cap hit)
- Pittsburgh Penguins acquire LW Reilly Smith from Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for 2024 third-round pick
- Tampa Bay trades C Ross Colton to Colorado for 37th overall pick in 2023 NHL Draft
- Calgary: re-signs Sharangovich to two-year contract ($3.1 million cap hit)
- Toronto Maple Leafs: re-sign C David Kampf to four-year contract ($2.5 million cap hit)
- New Jersey: re-signs RW Timo Meier to eight-year contract ($8.8 million cap hit)
- Vegas Golden Knights: re-sign D Brayden Pachal to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Boston: agree to terms with LW Milan Lucic (previous team: Calgary) on one-year, $1 million contract
Tues 6/27
- Seattle: re-signs D Gustav Olofsson to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- New Jersey acquires RW Tyler Toffoli from Calgary Flames for pending RFA LW Yegor Sharangovich, 80th overall pick in 2023
- Anaheim Ducks acquire UFA C Andrew Agozzino from San Jose for UFA D Andrej Sustr
- Dallas: re-signs RW Evgenii Dadonov to two-year contract ($2.25 million cap hit)
- Los Angeles acquires C Pierre-Luc Dubois from Winnipeg for LW Alex Iafallo, C Gabriel Vilardi, C Rasmus Kupari, Montreal’s 2024 second-round pick
- Dubois signs an eight-year contract extension ($8.5 million cap hit)
- New Jersey trades G Mackenzie Blackwood to San Jose Sharks for 2023 sixth-round pick
- Montreal acquires pending RFA C Alex Newhook from Colorado for the 31st (previously acquired from Florida) and 37th overall picks in 2023, D Gianni Fairbrother
- Philadelphia acquires 2024 sixth-round pick from St. Louis for C Kevin Hayes (50% of $7,142,857 cap hit – $3,571,429 – retained by Philadelphia)
- Columbus: re-signs RW Trey Fix-Wolansky to two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Chicago: re-signs Foligno to one-year, $4 million contract
Mon 6/26
- Chicago acquires LW Taylor Hall, rights to pending UFA RW Nick Foligno from Boston Bruins for rights to RFA D Ian Mitchell, RFA D Alec Regula
Sat 6/24
- Nashville Predators trade C Ryan Johansen (and retain 50% of his $8 million cap hit for each of the next two seasons) to Colorado for pending UFA C Alex Galchenyuk
- Arizona: re-signs G Connor Ingram to three-year contract ($1.95 million cap hit)
- Carolina Hurricanes: re-sign C Jordan Staal to four-year contract ($2.9 million cap hit)
- Arizona acquires D Sean Durzi from Los Angeles for Montreal’s 2024 second-round pick
- St. Louis: re-signs D Scott Perunovich to one-year, $775,000 contract
Fri 6/23
- Winnipeg Jets: re-signed D Ashton Sautner to one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000
- Buffalo: signed D Joseph Cecconi to one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000
- Minnesota Wild: re-signed G Hunter Jones to one-year, two-way contract ($787,500)
- New Jersey: re-signs C Erik Haula to three-year contract ($3.15 million cap hit)
- Columbus: re-signs RW Carson Meyer to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
Thurs 6/22
- Chicago: signs LW Joey Anderson to one-year, two-way contract ($800,000)
Weds 6/21
- Tampa Bay Lightning: re-sign LW Gabriel Fortier to one-year, two-way contract
- Arizona: re-signs LW Michael Carcone to two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Columbus: re-signs RW Mathieu Olivier to two-year contract ($1.1 million cap hit)
- St. Louis Blues: re-sign C Adam Gaudette to one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000
Tues 6/20
- Buffalo re-signs RW Lukas Rousek to a two-year contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Arizona signs D Steven Kampfer to one-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Buffalo Sabres re-sign LW Zemgus Girgensons to one-year, $2.5 million contract
- Arizona buys out final season of D Patrik Nemeth’s contract
Arizona are also buying out D Patrik Nemeth who had 1 year remaining on his contract at $2.5M.
His buyout will save the #Yotes $1,166,667 in actual salary and have a cap penalty as follows:
23-24: $166,667
24-25: $1,166,667He will be UFA on July 1.https://t.co/fBAp6ku5Sg pic.twitter.com/eraPvREijV
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 20, 2023
- Arizona Coyotes buy out final season of RW Zack Kassian’s contract
#Yotes Zack Kassian Buyout will span 2 years with a value of $1.533M. They save $767k in total salary expenses.
Cap Hit Breakdown:
23-24: $1.667M (Savings of $1.533M)
24-25: $767k https://t.co/4itC5xKaog pic.twitter.com/flSmHj3Nhc— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 20, 2023
- New York Islanders re-sign D Samuel Bolduc to two-year contract ($800,000 cap hit)
- Montreal Canadiens re-sign C Sean Monahan to one-year contract ($1.985 million cap hit)
Fri 6/16
- New York Rangers re-sign D Zac Jones to two-year contract ($812,500 cap hit)
- Vancouver Canucks buy out final four seasons of D Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s contract
Massive buyout for Oliver Ekman-Larsson sprinkled over the next 8 years. The #Canucks are paying him $19.5 million in real cash to go away, per @CapFriendly. pic.twitter.com/zSwNBPHLPh
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 16, 2023
Thurs 6/15
- Colorado Avalanche acquire rights to pending UFA LW Fredrick Olofsson from Dallas for future considerations
- Olofsson signs one-year, $775,000 contract with Colorado
- New Jersey re-signs LW Jesper Bratt to eight-year contract ($7.875 million cap hit)
- Dallas re-signs G Matt Murray to one-year, $775,000 contract
Weds 6/14
- Calgary re-signs LW Clark Bishop to a two-year, two-way contract ($775,000 cap hit)
- Tampa Bay Lightning re-sign LW Cole Koepke to one-year, $775,000 contract
Tues 6/13
- Edmonton re-signs C Derek Ryan to two-year contract ($900,000 cap hit)
Fri 6/9
- Columbus acquires rights to pending UFA D Damon Severson from New Jersey Devils for 80th overall pick in 2023 NHL Draft (originally from Calgary Flames, via Seattle Kraken)
- Columbus re-signs Severson to eight-year contract extension ($6.25 million cap hit)
Weds 6/7
- New York Rangers re-sign LW Anton Blidh to a one-year, two-way contract extension
- Dallas Stars re-sign D Alexander Petrovic to a one-year, two-way contract extension
- Chicago Blackhawks re-sign RW Andreas Anthansiou to two-year contract extension ($4.25 million cap hit)
- Los Angeles re-signs D Vladislav Gavrikov to two-year contract extension ($5.875 million cap hit)
Tues 6/6
- Columbus Blue Jackets acquired D Ivan Provorov from Philadelphia Flyers in a three-way trade. Philadelphia received D Sean Walker, G Cal Petersen, D Helge Grans, the Los Angeles Kings’ 2023 first-round pick, Columbus’ conditional 2024 second-round pick, and Los Angeles’ 2024 second-round pick. Los Angeles acquired D Kevin Connauton and RW Hayden Hodgson in addition to eating 30% ($2.025 million) of Provorov’s $6.75 million cap hit for two more seasons.
Weds 5/31
- Edmonton Oilers acquire the rights to unsigned draft choice forward Jayden Grubbe from New York Rangers in exchange for fifth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft
Injuries That Are Expected To Force Players To Miss Regular-Season Time
- Vancouver Canucks: D Ethan Bear (shoulder surgery on June 15) expected to be out for six months
- Florida Panthers: D Aaron Ekblad (broken foot, two separated shoulder dislocations, torn oblique muscle)
- Florida: D Brandon Montour (torn labrum) expected to be out at least three months
- Buffalo Sabres: C Jack Quinn (Achilles tendon surgery on June 29) expected to miss 4-6 months
- UFAs
- LW Patrick Kane (hip resurfacing) expected to miss 4-6 months
- RW Jesse Puljujarvi (double hip) expected to be out indefinitely
- Toronto: G Matt Murray (concussion) will miss entire season
- Anaheim: C Isaac Lundestrom (Achilles surgery on August 3) will miss 6 months
- Pittsburgh: LW Jake Guentzel (right ankle surgery on August 2) will be re-evaluated in three months
PTOs
- Edmonton: C Brandon Sutter
- Colorado: C Peter Holland
- Boston: RW Alex Chiasson
- Carolina: D Nathan Beaulieu
- Colorado: LW Joel Kiviranta
- Edmonton: C Sam Gagner
- Tampa Bay: LW Austin Watson
- Carolina: RW Brenden Perlini
- Carolina: RW Cory Conacher
- Carolina: C Nick Shore
- Pittsburgh: D Libor Hajek
- Pittsburgh: D Mark Pysyk
- Dallas: D Jordie Benn
- Pittsburgh: RW Austin Wagner
- Anaheim: RW Zack Kassian
- Nashville: G Dylan Wells
- Boston: LW Danton Heinen
- Toronto: C Noah Gregor
- Arizona: C Ryan Dzingel
Retirements Announced
- Florida RW Patric Hornqvist (concussion)
- San Jose D Markus Nutivaara (hip)
- Calgary D Michael Stone
- St. Louis G Thomas Greiss
- C Nate Thompson
- Boston C Patrice Bergeron
- Boston C David Krejci
- Montreal RW Paul Byron
- G Jonathan Bernier
- RW Joonas Donskoi
- D Jason Demers
- LW Carl Hagelin
- D Michael Del Zotto
Related: Coaching, Front Office Changes Around NHL As Team’s Seasons Close
By Harrison Brown
