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Studnicka will join his fourth team in six seasons after he agreed to a one-year, two-way contract with Los Angeles on Monday. The 25-year-old Windsor native has six goals and 16 points in 107 career NHL games. He spent 2023-24 between Vancouver and San Jose and had one goal, no assists, six PIMs and a -12 plus/minus through 22 games played.

Madden will return to the Kings' organization for a fifth season after signing a one-year, two-way contract extension. The 24-year-old joined Ontario (AHL) from Northeastern (NCAA) in 2020-21 and had 15 goals and 34 points in 71 games played in 2023-24.

Ontario (AHL) continued to add to their player depth on Monday as they signed Glenn Gawdin to a two-year, two-way contract. The 27-year-old has appeared in 13 career NHL games across four seasons but spent the vast majority of 2023-24 with San Diego (AHL) and had 22 goals and 55 points in 70 games played.

After four successful seasons in Manitoba (AHL), Jeff Malott has signed a two-year, two-way contract with Los Angeles. The 27-year-old undrafted left-winger surpassed 40+ points for a third straight year as he ended with 22 goals and 52 points in 70 games played with Manitoba.

Stecher will remain an Edmonton Oiler after the 30-year-old defenseman signed a two-year contract worth $1.575 million ($787.5K AAV). The veteran defenseman was acquired at last year's trade deadline from Arizona is entering his ninth NHL season. In 54 games played in 2023-24, he had a goal, seven points, and 32 PIMs.

Edmonton continued to add to its defensive depth on Monday as it signed veteran defenseman Connor Carrick to a one-year, two-way contract. The 30-year-old spent the entire 2023-24 season with Coachella Valley (AHL) and had nine goals and 34 points in 70 games played. Carrick has 13 goals and 50 points in 242 career NHL games under his belt.

After a full season with Manitoba (AHL) in 2023-24, Kyle Capobianco has signed a two-year, two-way contract with Dallas. The 26-year-old last played in the NHL in 2022-23 with Winnipeg but has five goals, 12 points and 48 PIMS in 73 career NHL games played. In 2023-24, he had 12 goals and 54 points in 69 games played with Manitoba.

Dallas continued to add to its depth on Monday by signing Kole Lind to a one-year, two-way contract. The 25-year-old right-winger has eight points in his 31 career NHL games played but spent the majority of 2023-24 with Coachella Valley and had 17 goals and 65 points in 68 games played.

Hughes spent 2023-24 with the Coachella Valley Firebirds (AHL) and earned himself a one-year, two-way contract with Dallas on Monday. The 27-year-old winger has surpassed 40+ points in each of his last three AHL seasons and had 25 goals and 57 points in 69 games with Coachella in 2023-24.

After three successful seasons in Cleveland (AHL), Columbus has signed Cole Clayton to a one-year, entry-level contract on Monday. The 24-year-old joined Cleveland as an undrafted free agent in 2021-22 and had five goals and 20 points in 59 games with Cleveland in 2023-24.

Cleveland (AHL) kept some of its depth on Monday as Columbus re-signed Owen Sillenger to a one-year, two-way contract. The 26-year-old son of Mike Sillinger has yet to make his NHL debut in any of his three AHL seasons but had 11 goals and 40 points in 69 games played with Cleveland in 2023-24.

After three down seasons in Philadelphia, Felix Sandstrom has signed a one-year, two-way contract with Buffalo as he attempts to resurrect his NHL career. The 27-year-old netminder has appeared in 30 games for the Flyers in the last three seasons and has a 4-18-4 record, 3.66 GAA and .880 SV%.

Buffalo helped improve Rochester (AHL) on Monday after signing Jack Rathbone to a one-year, two-way contract. The 25-year-old appeared in 69 games between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) and Abbotsford (AHL) in 2023-24 and had eight goals and 24 points.

After two and a half successful seasons with Rochester (AHL), Mason Jobst will remain a Buffalo Sabre after signing a one-year, two-way contract on Monday. The 30-year-old winger has never made an NHL appearance but had 22 goals and 50 points in 64 games played with Rochester in 2023-24.

Murray will remain in Buffalo after five successful seasons between Rochester (AHL) and the Sabres after signing a one-year, two-way contract extension on Monday. The 25-year-old only appeared in two games for Buffalo in 2023-24, but made an impact in Rochester with 17 goals and 32 points in 54 games played.

Rochester added to its team depth on Monday as Buffalo signed Josh Dunne to a two-year, two-way contract. The 25-year-old last appeared in the NHL in 2022-23 and has no points in 14 games of experience under his belt. In 2023-24 he had two goals and seven points in 25 games played with Cleveland (AHL).

Sweezey spent the entire 2023-24 season in the AHL with Cleveland but has earned himself a two-year deal worth $1.55 million (775K AAV). The 28-year-old defensemen's last and only NHL appearance came in the form of nine games with Columbus in 2022-23. In 2023-24, he had a goal and four points in 57 games with Cleveland (AHL).

Vaakanainen will return to Anaheim for a fourth season after the 25-year-old signed a one-year contract extension to remain a Duck on Monday. The stay-at-home defenseman scored his first career NHL goal in 2023-24 after five previous seasons and ended with a career-high 14 points in 68 games played.

Leason had 11 goals and 22 points in 68 games with Anaheim in 2023-24 and earned himself a one-year contract extension on Monday. The 25-year-old towering defenseman is entering his fourth NHL season and has 20 goals, 37 points and 32 PIMs in 158 games played.

After hitting the open market, Adam Henrique's time in Edmonton will continue after the 34-year-old signed a two-year deal worth $6.0 million ($3.0M AAV) to remain an Oilers. The veteran forward was acquired at the Trade Deadline from Anaheim in 2023-24 and ended his season with 24 goals, 51 points, 37 PIms and a +9 plus/minus through 82 games played.