The New Jersey Devils have acquired Nick Bjugstad from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a 2026 4th round pick and Thomas Bordeleau.
The center is signed through 2026-27 at a cap hit of $1.75 million.
Bjugstad, 33, had 6 goals and 1 assist in 35 games for the Blues this season.
Artemi Panarin is willing to sign a contract extension with the San Jose Sharks if the team can facilitate a trade with the New York Rangers, reports Sheng Peng.
Panarin has a full no-movement clause in his contract and is believed to be unwilling to accept a trade without a contract extension in most cases.
Pierre LeBrun suggests that he wouldn’t have the Sharks as a favorite to land Panarin but seemed to suggest that the Washington Capitals might be a fit that makes sense.
LeBrun further says he believes the Anaheim Ducks are out as an extension might not make sense for them.
The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed Ben Chiarot to a 3-year contract extension with a cap hit of $3.85 million.
The defenseman was signed to a 4-year deal by the Red Wings as a UFA in the summer of 2022.
Chiarot, 34, has 4 goals and 7 assists in 54 games this season while leading the Red Wings in shorthanded time on ice.
The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed Sam Malinski to a 4-year contract extension with a $4.75 million cap hit.
The defenseman was set to be a UFA this summer.
Malinski, 27, has 3 goals and 21 assists for the Avalanche this season.
The New York Islanders have acquired Carson Soucy from the Rangers in exchange for a 2026 3rd round pick.
The Rangers acquired Soucy last season in a trade from the Canucks.
Soucy, 31, had 3 goals and 5 assists this season for the Rangers.
The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed Josh Doan to a 7-year contract extension with a cap hit of $6.95 million.
The Sabres acquired the winger from the Mammoth along with Michael Kesselring in last summer’s trade that sent J.J. Peterka out West.
This new contract covers 3 RFA seasons and 4 UFA seasons.
Doan, 23, has 15 goals and 20 assists in 49 games with the Sabres this season.
The San Jose Sharks have acquired Kiefer Sherwood from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for the Sharks’ 2nd round picks in both 2026 and 2027 and 25-year old AHL defenseman Cole Clayton.
Sherwood is scheduled to be a UFA this summer.
The 30-year old winger has 17 goals and 6 assists in 44 games this season and is 2nd among all NHL players with 210 hits.
The Vegas Golden Knights have acquired Rasmus Andersson from the Calgary Flames in exchange for a 2027 1st round pick, a conditional 2027 2nd round pick, defenseman Zac Whitecloud and 2022 7th round selection Abram Wiebe.
The Flames will be retaining 50% of Andersson’s $4.55 million cap hit this season.
The conditional 2nd round pick will become a future 1st round pick if the Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup in 2026.
There is no contract extension as part of this trade, so Andersson is still scheduled to be a UFA this summer. Vegas is believed to be a preferred destination for the defenseman, so the two sides will presumably work to get a contract extension done.
Andersson, 29, has 10 goals and 20 assists in 48 games for the Flames this season.