The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed Jackson Blake to an 8-year contract extension with a cap hit of $5.1 million.
Blake has 1 season left on his entry-level contract so his new deal will start in 2026-27.
The total value of the contract is $5.625 million per season, but the cap hit is reduced as some of the payments are deferred.
The Seattle Kraken have signed Kaapo Kakko to a 3-year contract with a cap hit of $4.525 million.
The contract covers 1 RFA season and 2 UFA seasons.
Kakko was traded from the Rangers to the Kraken last season in a trade that sent Will Borgen to the Rangers. He had 14 goals and 30 assists in 79 games split between the 2 teams.
The Winnipeg Jets have re-signed Gabe Vilardi to a 6-year contract with a cap hit of $7.5 million.
The contract will cover 2 RFA seasons and 4 UFA seasons.
Vilardi, 25, had 27 goals and 34 assists in 71 games for the Jets last season. He came to the Jets in the summer of the summer of 2023 in the trade that sent Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Kings.
Yegor Chinakhov has asked for a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The winger was injured for most of last season, and when he returned to health, was a healthy scratch for some games. That, according to general manager Don Waddell, is the source of Chinakhov’s frustration.
Chinakhov, 24, had 7 goals and 8 assists in 30 games for the Blue Jackets last season. He had a stronger 2023-24 season, putting up 16 goals and 13 assists in 53 games.
Chinakhov is signed through 2025-26 at a cap-hit of $2.1 million.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Dakota Joshua from the Vancouver Canucks for a 2028 4th round pick.
The 29 year old winger had 7 goals and 7 assists in 57 games for the Canucks last season, a dip from the 18 goals and 14 assists in 2023-24.
Joshua is signed through 2027-28 at a cap hit of $3.25 million. The Canucks needed to clear space as they have a hole at the second line center spot which they have been unable to fill so far. Rick Dhaliwal reports that they have been in contact with Jack Roslovic.
The Anaheim Ducks have signed Lukas Dostal to a 5-year contract with a cap hit of $6.5 million.
The new contract will cover 2 RFA seasons and 3 UFA seasons. Dostal will have a 10-team no-trade clause in the final 3 seasons.
Dostal, 25, went 23-23-7 with a 0.903 SV% last season. The Ducks have shipped out John Gibson, so Dostal will share the net with newcomers Petr Mrazek and Ville Husso.
The Montreal Canadiens have signed Joe Veleno to a 1-year, $900,000 contract.
The center was traded from the Blackhawks to the Kraken this summer in a trade that sent Andrei Burakovsky to the Kraken, before being bought out of the final year of his contract.
Veleno, 25, had 8 goals and 9 assists in 74 games split between the Red Wings and Blackhawks last season.
The Utah Mammoth have re-signed Michael Carcone to a 1-year, $775,000 contract.
Carcone, 29, was a UFA. He had 7 goals and 12 assists in 53 games for Utah last season. He had 21 goals in 74 games for the Coyotes in 2023-24.