The Sabres have acquired Sam Carrick from the New York Rangers. Cam Robinson reports the return appears to be 2 picks including a 3rd round pick.
The center is signed through next season at a cap hit of $1 million.
Carrick, 34, has 4 goals and 6 assists in 60 games for the Rangers this season.
The Colorado Avalanche have acquired Nicolas Roy from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a 1st round pick in 2027 and a 5th round pick in 2026.
The 1st round pick is top-10 protected.
The Leafs had previously acquired Roy from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for the negotiating rights to Mitch Marner last summer. He has 1 year left on his current contract at a cap hit of $3 million.
Roy, 29, has 5 goals and 15 assists in 59 games for the Leafs this season.
The Edmonton Oilers have acquired Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Andrew Mangiapane and a 2027 top-12 protected first round pick.
A big part of this trade for the Oilers is unloading Mangiapane’s $3.6 million cap hit through next season. Mangiapane cleared waivers this week.
Dickinson, 30, has 6 goals and 7 assists in 47 games for the Blackhawks this season.
The Utah Mammoth have acquired MacKenzie Weegar from the Calgary Flames in exchange for Olli Maatta, three 2026 2nd round picks and Jonathan Castagna (2023 3rd round pick).
Weegar, 32, is signed through 2030-31 at a cap hit of $6.25 million. He waived his no-trade clause to facilitate this trade.
The defenseman has 3 goals and 18 assists in 60 games for the Flames this season.
Elliotte Friedman reports that the San Jose Sharks are close to re-signing Kiefer Sherwood to a 5-year contract extension with a cap hit of just under $6 million.
The Sharks acquired the winger from the Canucks earlier this year. Sherwood, 30, has 18 goals and 7 assists in 49 games split between the Canucks and Sharks this year.
The Dallas Stars have acquired Tyler Myers from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2027 2nd round pick and a 2029 4th round pick.
The Canucks are retaining half of Myers’ $3 million cap hit through the contract’s conclusion at the end of the 2026-27 season.
The Canucks reportedly had a deal with the Red Wings last week, but Myers exercised his trade protection to block the trade. Dallas appears to have been the defender’s preferred destination, as he was born in Houston.
The Edmonton Oilers have acquired Connor Murphy from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a 2028 2nd round pick.
The Blackhawks are absorbing 50% of Murphy’s contract, which carries a total cap hit of $4.4 million and expires after this season.
Murphy, 32, leads the Blackhawks in blocked shots this season with 87.
Nick Kypreos suggests that the Los Angeles Kings are a team to watch in connection with Canucks center Elias Pettersson.
Pettersson, 28, is signed through the 2031/32 season at a cap hit of $11.6 million.
The Kings are in need of a long-term center with the trade of Phillip Danault and the impending retirement of Anze Kopitar. What might make a trade difficult to maneuver is that the Canucks would likely prefer a center coming back in a Pettersson trade, as they themselves are depleted at the position beyond Pettersson.
Kypreos also mentions the Red Wings and Hurricanes in connection to Pettersson.
Mike Cranwell of the Fourth Period proposes a trade of Pettersson going to the Hurricanes with Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Bradly Nadeau and Kurban Limatov going back to the Canucks. Pettersson would represent a $6.78 million incremental cap charge over Kotkaniemi.