The Montreal Canadiens have place 9 players on waivers.
Noah Juulsen was the Canadiens’ first round pick in 2015. He has played 44 games with Montreal in his career and has missed a lot of action with a facial fracture, headaches and vision issues.
Jordan Weal signed a 2-year deal worth $1.4 million per season prior to the 2019-20 season. He had 8 goals and 7 assists in 49 games with the Canadiens last season.
Charlie Lindgren has played 24 games in net for the Canadiens over five seasons.
The Florida Panthers have claimed Gustav Forsling off waivers from the Carolina Hurricanes.
Forsling, 24, played last season with Charlotte of the AHL. He had 8 goals and 18 assists in 57 games.
Pierre Lebrun reports for the Athletic that captain Gabriel Landeskog is looking for a long-term extension with the Avalanche.
His agent says that Landeskog is looking to stay with the Avalanche for the duration of his career.
Landeskog will be a UFA at the end of the season, along with teammates Phillipp Grubauer and Brandon Saad. Cale Maker will be a RFA.
Corey Crawford has retired from the NHL after 10 seasons.
The Devils were expecting Crawford to split time with Mackenzie Blackwood in net. It remains to be seen how the Devils will address the hole left in net. Scott Darling was released from a PTO in Florida and may be an option for them. Craig Anderson is on a PTO in Washington and could be of interest if he can’t beat out Vitek Vanecek in camp.
On the most recent edition of Insider Trading, Pierre Lebrun names some teams who he thinks might be most interested in Columbus’ Pierre-Luc Dubois, who has asked the team to be traded (Lebrun notes that more teams than not will eventually call Columbus about the young center). He notes that the Blue Jackets might wait until the draft to move Dubois.
He mentions the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings–two rebuilding teams with lots of young talent to trade. As Lebrun notes, the Kings have a bounty of young talent at center and that’s something the Blue Jackets might require in return.
He notes the rumor that is “out there” about the Jackets and the Winnipeg Jets exchanging Dubois for Patrik Laine, another player that has asked for a trade.
He mentions the New York Rangers, who are loaded with talent on the wings with Artemi Panarin, Alexis Lafreniere, Kaapo Kakko and others, but are organizationally shallow at center. He wonders if Columbus would be hesitant to trade Dubois to a team in what was the Metropolitan Division under normal circumstances.
He finally mentions the Montreal Canadiens, who although happy with their center depth with Nick Suzuki, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Phillip Danault, are a team he imagines will keep tabs on the Dubois situation.
Darren Dreger reports that there is a sense from both sides that it would be better if the situation was resolved sooner than later.
The Predators and RFA Luke Kunin are finalizing a new contract.
Kunin was acquired by the Predators in October along with a 3rd round pick from Minnesota for Nick Bonino, a 2nd round pick and a 4th round pick.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Oliver Bjorkstrand to a 5-year extension with an AAV of $5.4 million.
Bjorkstrand has one season left on his current contract at a cap hit of $2.5 million. The extension covers one RFA year and four UFA years.