The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired Ryan Ellis from the Nashville Predators.
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Friedman: Stars, Heiskanen Close on Long-Term Extension
Elliotte Friedman reports that Miro Heiskanen is close to re-signing in Dallas.
An 8-year deal would cover four RFA seasons and 4 UFA seasons for Heiskanen.
In 205 career games with the Stars, Heiskanen has 28 goals and 67 assists.
Colorado’s Cale Makar is the other big RFA defenseman that figures to be in for a payday this summer. Adam Fox, whose contract expires after the 2021-22 season, can sign an extension after July 28.
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LeBrun: Vince Dunn Situation Still Undecided
According to Pierre LeBrun, the path the Blues take with Vince Dunn is still undecided.
In our Mock Expansion Draft, the Blues traded Vince Dunn to the Sharks for a 2nd round pick. Trading him still feels a likely scenario. There are presumably teams interesting in grabbing another defenseman, including the Rangers.
If he’s left unprotected by the Blues, he would appear to be an easy claim for Seattle.
The third scenario LeBrun mentions is protecting four defensemen, including Dunn. This would mean the Blues could only protect four forwards, who I would presume would include Ryan O’Reilly and Jordan Kyrou. That means the Blues could only protect two of Brayden Schenn, Robert Thomas, David Perron and Vladimir Tarasenko. This seems the least likely scenario of the three.
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Seattle Expected to Claim Max Domi
According to Darren Dreger, the Columbus Blue Jackets are expected to leave Max Domi exposed in the expansion draft, where it’s expected he’ll be claimed by the Kraken.
Domi has been a disappointment since coming over from Montreal for Josh Anderson last off-season. In 54 games last season, he had 9 goals and 15 assists.
Domi has a cap hit of $5.3 million and can be a UFA after 2021-22. Seattle will have a tough time finding centers that can play on their top two lines through the expansion draft, making Domi an intriguing prospect.
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Red Wings Acquire Nick Leddy
The Detroit Red Wings have acquired Nick Leddy from the New York Islanders.
Detroit is retaining 50% of Panik’s $2.75 million cap hit this year and next.
As Arthur Staple points out, the Islanders now don’t have a defenseman that meets the requirement for exposure beyond Pelech, Pulock and Mayfield, who will be protected. They will need to either sign Andy Greene or Brayden Coburn or trade for a defenseman that meets the requirement.
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Report: Canucks, Kraken Have Talked Leddy
According to Dave Pagnotta, the Canucks and Kraken are among the teams that have talked to the Islanders about Nick Leddy.
The Islanders will need to cut some salary to make room for Adam Pelech’s new contract, which figures to be around $6 million per season if they give him reasonable term.
The Islanders have been rumored to be shopping Leddy in a trade, as measure to prevent losing him in the expansion draft without compensation. Leddy carries a cap hit of $5.5 million next season.
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No Progress on Landeskog Contract; Blues Have Interest
Darren Dreger reports that there has been no movement on the contract negotiations with the Colorado Avalanche and captain Gabriel Landeskog.
On the 31 Thoughts Podcast, Elliotte Friedman says (9:30) that the two sides aren’t close, and that Landeskog is upset with the progress in negotiations. Landeskog wants a 7- or 8-year deal and the Avalanche aren’t there, or at least weren’t initially, and are apart on AAV. Friedman says that teams are getting it out there that they would be interested in him, and the St. Louis Blues are number one on that list. He notes that Landeskog is very close with Blues captain Ryan O’Reilly. He lists Los Angeles, Nashville and Boston as other teams that might have interest.
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Seattle Expected to Claim Driedger, Trade Claimed Goalies
On 31 Thoughts: The Podcast, Elliotte Friedman says (21:50) that “everyone thinks” the Kraken will select Chris Driedger from Florida and sign him. He also says that Montreal expects that Jake Allen will be selected now that the Habs can easily protect both Joel Edmundson and Ben Chiarot. He says they are interested in Braden Holtby, but not at his full salary. Presumably they would only claim Holtby if the Canucks incentivize it for them.
Friedman says the Kraken will “undoubtedly” take a couple goalies in order to flip them to another team.
In our Mock Expansion Draft in May, Seattle claimed Driedger, Cam Talbot, Joey Daccord, Adin Hill and Vitek Vanecek and traded Hill and Vanecek.
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