The Edmonton Oilers have signed John Klingberg as a free agent, Darren Dreger reports.
Klingberg, 32, last played for the Leafs in 2023-24, putting up 5 assists in 14 games before his season was ended by a hip injury.
Klingberg will join an Edmonton defense corps that has Evan Bouchard, Ty Emberson and Troy Stetcher on the right side.
According to Adrian Dater, Casey Mittelstadt might be on the trade block for the Colorado Avalanche soon.
Mittelstadt, 26, has 8 goals and 18 assists in 46 games for the Avalanche this season, but has only 1 assist in his last 7 games. He’s been below 15 minutes of ice time in 3 of his last 4 games.
Mittelstadt was acquired by the Sabres last season for Bowen Byram. The center is signed for 2 more seasons at a cap hit of $5.75 million.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed goaltender Tristan Jarry on waivers.
Jarry, 29, is signed through 2027-28 at a cap hit of $5.375 million. He is 8-8-4 with a 0.886 SV% this season.
Alex Nedeljkovic and Joel Blomqvist will handle the nets for the Penguins going forward.
The Ottawa Senators have re-signed Ridly Greig to a 4-year contract extension.
Greig, 22, has 6 goals and 6 assists in 37 games for the Senators this season. Greig will have 1 RFA season remaining at the completion of this contract.
Elliotte Friedman reports that the Vancouver Canucks turned down a trade offer from the New York Rangers involving J.T. Miller and Mika Zibanejad.
“You’ll remember that when Miller took his mental health break, the Rangers, who covet the player, were in Vancouver. From what I understand, they approached the Canucks to discuss what something could look like, and Zibanejad was included in the conversation. I don’t know that Zibanejad, who has a no-move clause, was ever approached. I asked at the time and did not receive a clear answer. I also think it was actually a bigger deal, and one of the issues is that Vancouver adores Braden Schneider, who the Rangers do not want to trade. This would be the second time New York has rejected a Vancouver attempt for him.”
There has been rumblings about a talks involving Miller and Zibanejad, but the timeline Friedman gives here is a bit surprising. The Rangers won in Vancouver to make a 3-game winning streak and improve their record to 12-4-1. The Rangers lost their next 2 games in Calgary and Edmonton and 2 days later news of GM Chris Drury’s memo–which said they are open for business naming Jacob Trouba and Chris Kreider specifically–was reported. That means that Drury was thinking about dramatic moves earlier than when news of the memo got out.
The New York Rangers have claimed Arthur Kaliyev off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings.
Kaliyev, 23, has found it tough to crack the lineup for the Kings in recent years, let alone get meaningful ice time. We’ll see if he can have better luck with the floundering Rangers, who have plenty of forward options as well, but have a couple players battling injuries and potentially some that might be moved out.
Kaliyev had 27 goals and 28 assists in 136 games over his first 2 NHL seasons but has struggled to get opportunity in the 2 seasons since.
The Anaheim Ducks have re-signed Frank Vatrano to a 3-year contract extension.
This isn’t the first NHL contract we’ve seen with salary deferral to reduce the cap hit of the contract, but it is the first contract to use it to this extent. Vatrano’s cap hit will be $4.57 million instead of $6 million due to deferring half the contract to the period between 2035 and 2044.
The Boston Bruins have re-signed Mark Kastelic to a 3-year contract extension.
Kastelic, 25, was acquired from the Senators in the trade that sent them Linus Ullmark. This contract covers 1 RFA season and 2 UFA seasons.