Unlike the other major North American sports — the NBA, NFL and MLB — where athletes have historically been more vocal in pushing their own interests, hockey players have, in general, toed more of the company line.
Head coach Jacques Martin said that centre Josh Norris will be out for the season after having shoulder surgery last week.
President and general manager Don Waddell announced the new contract Monday.
O'Connor has missed six games since the All-Star break all related to the injury. He had 13 goals and 12 assists in 57 games this season.
Eberle and the Kraken reached agreement on a $9.5 million, two-year contract extension on Friday that will keep one of the originals for the expansion franchise in Seattle for a couple more seasons.
The Pittsburgh Penguins traded the high-scoring forward to the Hurricanes on Thursday night in exchange for forward Michael Bunting, prospects Ville Koivunen, Vasili Ponomarev and Cruz Lucius and conditional first- and fifth-round picks in this year’s draft.
He was slated to be an unrestricted free agent this summer, with this season the last he had on a three-year, $8 million deal.
He will count $4.6 million against the salary cap through the 2028-29 NHL season.
The team on Monday re-signed Novak to a three-year contract worth $10.5 million. He’ll count $3.5 million against the salary cap through 2027.
He has thrived as Igor Shesterkin’s backup this season for the first-place Rangers.
Selected fifth overall by the Canucks in the 2017 NHL draft, Pettersson has 165 goals and 233 assists over 387 career games.
Kiprusoff, who played nine seasons for the Flames, is the franchise's all-time leader in wins (305), shutouts (41), goals-against average (2.46) and save percentage (. 913).
Leafs general manager Brad Treliving addressed a glaring need with Lyubushkin, adding a right shot to a blue-line corps in badly need of some balance.
Tanev, in the final season of a four-year $18 million contract, is averaging nearly 20 minutes of ice time this season and has a goal and 13 assists in 56 games.
Coming into this season, Byfield had eight goals and 34 points in 99 regular-season games in his first three seasons.
Brodzinski has been a regular in the Rangers' lineup since being called up from Hartford of the AHL in late November because of injuries to Filip Chytil and Kaapo Kakko.
The 24-year-old Rasmussen has skated in 55 games this season, recording 11 goals and 12 assists.
“The 11 years I was here was amazing,” Jagr said. “Probably the best years of my life. So thank you for that.”
The two Stadium Series games at MetLife Stadium this weekend increased the NHL's total of outdoor games to 41.
President of hockey operations John Davidson made the call midway through Kekalainen’s 11th full season on the job. Kekalainen was the third-longest tenured GM in the NHL.
