The Devils have signed Wayne Simmonds to a one-year deal worth $5.0M.
Philadelphia Flyers News
The Capitals have signed Garnet Hathaway to a four-year deal worth $6.0M ($1.5M AAV).
The Ducks have acquired Nicolas Deslauriers from the Canadiens for a 2020 fourth-round pick.
Deslauriers had two goals and three assists (five points) in 48 games with the Canadiens last season. Deslauriers is a rugged left winger who will likely play the entire 2020 season on the Ducks fourth-line. He has a career-high of just 15 points (in 2015).
The Flyers have signed Travis Sanheim to a two-year, $6.5 million ($3.25M AAV) contract extension.
Sanheim had a terrific first full NHL season in 2019, scoring nine goals with 26 assists (35 points) in 82 games with the Flyers. Through the first two months of the season, Sanheim played just 16:19 TOI/gm but by February he was second among Flyers defenseman in TOI, averaging 21:42 per game. Even with Philadelphia bringing in veteran blueliners Justin Braun and Matt Niskanen, Sanheim still projects to be a top-pairing defenseman next to Ivan Provorov in 2020.
With the No.14 Pick in the 2019 NHL Draft the Philadelphia Flyers select Cam York.
The Flyers have acquired Justin Braun from the the Sharks for a 2019 second-round pick (No.41 overall) and a 2020 third-round pick.
Braun is entering the final year of his five year deal that carries a $3.8M cap-hit and is a cap casualty after the Sharks signed Erik Karlsson on Monday. San Jose still needs to sign RFA’s Timo Meier and Kevin Labanc and could extend offers to veteran UFA’s Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Gustav Nyquist. As for the Flyers, they continue to beef up the right-side of their blueline. They parted ways with Andrew MacDonald, swapped Radko Gudas for Matt Niskanan and now add Braun, who had 16 points (2G / 14A) in 78 games a season ago.
The Panthers have signed Rodrigo Abols to a two-year contract, entry-level contract.
Abols, 23, was originally selected in the seventh-round of the 2016 draft by the Canucks before spending the last two season in the Swedish Elite League. The Latvian centre had 18 goals and eight assists (26 points) in 45 games with Orebro HK this past season.
Simmonds is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
Simmonds was forced to leave Game 2 after being hit by a point-shot by his teammate and is expected to miss at least a couple of weeks with a lower-body issue. Simmonds could return to the Predators lineup if they advance past the first-round, but is expected to be replace by Miikka Salomaki in the meantime.
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Poehling will make his NHL debut on Saturday.
Ristolainen (illness) will return to the Sabres lineup on Tuesday.
Ristolainen missed the last four games with an illness but will play on Tuesday. Ristolainen will be back on a pairing with Rasmus Dahlin and enters the game with 39 points (5G / 34A) in 75 games but has the worst plus-minus in the entire league (-42).
Ristolainen (illness) will not play Tuesday in Ottawa.
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Sedlak will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
Seeler will draw back into the Wild lineup on Thursday.
Seeler was a healthy scratch on Tuesday but will replace Anthony Bitetto on Thursday. Seeler has just five points (2G / 3A) with a minus-8 rating an 49 PIMS in 60 games this season.
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Sedlak will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
Sedlak will be a healthy scratch with Markus Hannikainen (illness) return to the lineup after a nine-game absence.
Seeler will be back in the Wild’s lineup on Tuesday.
Seeler has been a healthy scratch for the last three games but will replace Anthony Bitetto in the lineup on Tuesday. Seeler has just two goals and three assists in 57 games this season.
The Predators have acquired Wayne Simmonds from the Flyers for Ryan Hartman and a conditional 2020 fourth-round pick.
Simmonds’ production took a predictable hit this season after the Flyers signed James van Riemsdyk in the offseason. Simmonds’ playing time dropped 1:30 TOI/gm this season and has led to him scoring 16 goals and 11 assists (27 points) in 62 games. Simmonds in on-pace for less than 10 power-play goals for the first time since 2013 but should help bolster the Predators power-play, which ranks 31st in the NHL right now.
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