• Penguins waive Jesse Puljujarvi

    The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed Jesse Puljujarvi on waivers.

    Puljujarvi, 26, had 3 goals and 5 assists in 21 games for the Penguins this season. He is scheduled to be a UFA after the 2024-25 season.

  • Avalanche re-sign Mackenzie Blackwood

    The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed Mackenzie Blackwood to a 5-year contract extension.

    The Avalanche acquired Blackwood earlier this month in a trade that sent Alexandar Georgiev to the Sharks. Blackwood, 28, is 3-1-0 with a 0.931 SV% in his limited sample with the Avalanche.

  • Red Wings fire Lalonde, hire McLellan

    The Detroit Red Wings have fired head coach Derek Lalonde and hired Todd McLellan as his replacement.

    The 13-17-4 Red Wings currently sit 7th in the Atlantic Division.

  • Penguins acquire Pierre-Olivier Joseph

    The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-acquired Pierre Olivier Joseph from the St. Louis Blues for future considerations.

    Joseph, 25, had no goals and 2 assists in 23 games for the Blues this season.

  • Kraken acquire Kaapo Kakko

    The Seattle Kraken have acquired Kaapo Kakko from the New York Rangers in exchange for Will Borgen and 2 draft picks.

    Kakko is the next domino to fall for the Rangers, who have won only 3 games in their past 14. Kakko had voiced his displeasure about being scratched from the Rangers lineup on Sunday.

  • Blues acquire Cam Fowler

    The St. Louis Blues have acquired Cam Fowler from the Anaheim Ducks.

    Fowler had been in the trade winds for a while, as he has made it known he’d like to move on from the team. The Ducks reportedly wanted to include him in the Jacob Trouba deal with the Rangers.

    The move will open up a spot on the left side of the Ducks defense, where Pavel Mintyukov had been a healthy scratch in some recent games.

  • Rangers re-sign Igor Shesterkin

    The New York Rangers have re-signed Igor Shesterkin to an 8-year contract extension.

    Larry Brooks reports the cap hit will be $11.5 million.

    Shesterkin, 28, is 8-9-1 with a 0.908 SV% this season.

  • Ducks acquire Jacob Trouba

    The New York Rangers have traded their captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks.

    The Ducks are taking on all of Trouba’s $8 million cap hit for this season and next.

    It’s been a chaotic week for the Rangers after Chris Drury’s memo letting other teams know that Trouba and Chris Kreider are available got out into the public sphere. The Rangers have fallen to 1-5-0 in their last 6 games.