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Adin Hill will start Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. Florida.
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Sergei Bobrovsky will start game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. Vegas.
Jake Christiansen has signed a one-way, two year contract through the 2023-24 season.
Christiansen had four assists, 25 SOG, a -7 plus/minus and four PIMs through 24 games during the 2022-23 season with the Columbus Blue Jackets and has signed a one-way, two year contract through the 2023-24 season. The 23-year-old has 32 career NHL games played and was originally signed as a free agent by the Blue Jackets after he finished junior hockey in Everett (WHL) in 2019-20.
Sean Day has re-signed a one-year, two-way contract with Tampa Bay.
Day failed to pick up a goal but had 14 assist, and 41 PIMs across 63 games with the Syracuse Crunch (AHL) in 2022-23 and has now re-signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 25-year-old has played In two total career NHL games played and was a 2016 third-round pick (81st overall) by the New York Rangers.
The Canadiens have signed Cole Caufield to an eight-year contract extension worth $62.8 million ($7.85M AAV).
Caufield was limited to just 46 games during the 2022-23 season but set a career-best with 26 goals while adding 10 assists (36 points). The new deal makes Caufield the second-highest-paid skater in Montreal, behind Nick Suzuki ($7.875M AAV).
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Zac Dale is expected to draw into the Panthers' lineup for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. Vegas.
Eetu Luostarinen (undisclosed) is out for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
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Adin Hill will start Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. Florida.
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Sergei Bobrovsky will start Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. Vegas.
Michael Pezzetta has signed a two-year contract extension ($812,000 AAV) through the 2024-25 season with Montreal.
Pezzetta had seven goals, eight assists, 77 PIMs, 70 SOG, and a -4 plus/minus through 63 games played while becoming a fan favourite in Montreal and has signed a two-year contract extension with an AAV of $812,000. The 25-year-old left-winger has played in 114 career NHL games played across two seasons.
Patrick Kane had a hip resurfacing and is expected back in roughly 4-6 months.
Kane had 21 goals, 36 assists, 227 SOG, 16 PIMs and a -22 plus/minus through 73 games with Chicago and New York in 2022-23 but will now miss roughly 4-6 months after have a hip resurfacing on Thursday. The 34-year-old was set to be an unrestricted free agent heading into the 2023-24 but claims he wants to play for "a long time".
Jett Woo has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
Woo had seven goals, 14 assists, 96 PIMs and a +7 plus/minus through 68 games with the Abbotsford Canucks (AHL) in 2022-23 and has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Vancouver Canucks. The deal is worth $775,000 if Woo were to play in the NHL and $100,00 if he stays in the AHL. The 22-year-old defensemen was the Canucks 2018 second round pick (37th overall).
Jayden Grubbe has had his rights traded from the New York Rangers to the Edmonton Oilers for a 2023 fifth-round pick.
Grubbe had 18 goals, 49 assists, 71 PIMs and a +10 plus/minus through 64 games with the Red Deer Rebels (WHL) this season and has had his rights traded from the New York Rangers to the Edmonton Oilers for a 2023 fifth-round pick. The 20-year-old has yet to sign an NHL contract but is expected to after spending three years as Red Deer's captain.
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Frederik Olofsson will be a healthy scratch for Game 6 vs. Vegas.
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Adin Hill will start Game 6 vs. Vegas.
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Jake Oettinger will start Game 6 vs. Dallas.
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Teddy Blueger will be out of the Golden Knights' lineup for Game 5 vs. Dallas.
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Mike Amadio will return to the Golden Knights' lineup for Game 5 vs. Dallas.
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Jake Oettinger will start Game 5 vs. Vegas.
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Adin Hill will start Game 5 vs. Dallas.
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