NHL Player News

  • Patrik Laine RW | CLB

    Blue Jackets' Patrik Laine: Cleared from Assistance Program

    Laine (personal) was cleared by the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Friday, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports.

    Laine entered the program in late January after missing 17 games with a fractured clavicle. Laine only played in 18 regular-season games with the Blue Jackets in 2023-24, scoring six goals and adding three assists. He has requested a trade out of Columbus and should find a new home before the start of training camp.

  • Canadiens' Rafael Harvey-Pinard: Suffers broken leg

    Harvey-Pinard suffered a broken leg that required surgery Thursday and will be sidelined for at least four months.

    Harvey-Pinard will miss training camp and at least the first month of the season with the injury. The 25-year-old was slated to see bottom-six minutes in 2024-25 before suffering the broken leg. He will likely be replaced on the fourth unit by Joshua Roy. Harvey-Pinard had 14 goals and 20 points in 34 games during the 2022-23 campaign, but he slumped last season, scoring only twice while adding eight assists in 45 regular-season appearances.

  • Sharks' Thomas Bordeleau: Inks two-way deal

    Bordeleau signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Sharks on Thursday, per PuckPedia.

    Bordeleau's contract matches his qualifying offer, so he'll come with a $874,125 cap hit if he plays in the NHL. The 22-year-old had six goals and 11 points in 27 contests with the Sharks in 2023-24. He also provided 11 goals and 25 points across 35 outings with AHL San Jose.

  • Islanders' Oliver Wahlstrom: Signs one-year contract

    Wahlstrom penned a one-year contract with the Islanders on Thursday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

    Wahlstrom and the Islanders avoided arbitration, agreeing to the one-year deal. Wahlstrom has been a huge disappointment since he was drafted 11th overall in 2018. He managed to score just a pair of goals and six points in 32 regular-season games in 2023-24, as he was a healthy scratch in 24 consecutive games, before seeing action in the regular-season finale versus Pittsburgh. Wahlstrom is expected to see bottom-six minutes in 2024-25, which will hamper his fantasy value.

  • Flyers' Travis Konecny: Signs eight-year extension

    Konecny signed an eight-year, $70 million contract extension with the Flyers on Thursday.

    The deal will begin in the 2025-26 season as Konecny has one more year at $5.5 million on the six-year deal he signed with the Flyers in September of 2019. Konecny had 33 goals and 68 points in 76 regular-season appearances last season -- both career highs. The 27-year-old will see first-line time, as well as first-unit power-play action in 2024-25, and could hit the 35-goal and 75-point mark, if he manages to remain healthy.

  • Josh Currie C | OTT

    Josh Currie: Bound for Germany

    Currie inked a one-year deal with DEL side Kolner Haie on Thursday, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.

    Currie returned to the AHL last season with Belleville but hasn't made an NHL appearance since 2020-21 when he logged one game for the Penguins. It's a second stint overseas for the Canadian winger, having spent two years with Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

  • Will Butcher D | MIN

    Will Butcher: Signs KHL deal

    Butcher signed a one-year contract with KHL club Barys Astana on Thursday, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.

    Butcher hasn't played in an NHL game since the 2021-22 campaign when he was with the Sabres. Selected by the Avalanche in the fifth round of the 2013 NHL Draft, the 29-year-old defenseman's move overseas likely marks the end of his NHL career. If that's the case, he'll eventually hang up his skates having logged 275 games in which he tallied 16 goals and 98 helpers.

  • Islanders' Dennis Cholowski: Signs one-year deal

    Cholowski signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Islanders on Wednesday, per PuckPedia.

    Cholowski picked up 31 points in 68 games with AHL Bridgeport last season and didn't see any NHL playing time. The defenseman is likely to receive similar usage in 2024-25, with only third-pairing minutes if he draws into an NHL game.

  • Henry Thrun D | SJ

    Sharks' Henry Thrun: Re-ups for two years

    Thrun signed a two-year, $2 million contract with the Sharks on Wednesday.

    Thrun just finished his entry-level contract and posted 11 points over 51 contests last year. He earned four of those points on the power play and added 71 blocked shots and a minus-22 rating. With the Sharks expected to take a small step forward in 2024-25, Thrun should be able to contribute a bit more as a bottom-four defenseman with a power-play role, though his fantasy usefulness is still likely to be limited to deep formats.

  • Sabres' Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: Receives five-year contract

    Luukkonen signed a five-year, $23.75 million contract with the Sabres on Wednesday.

    Luukkonen was slated for an arbitration hearing, but the two sides were able to reach an agreement on their own. The 25-year-old netminder had a breakout 2023-24 campaign, going 27-22-4 with a 2.57 GAA and a .910 save percentage in 54 contests. While the Sabres also have Devon Levi around, Luukkonen appears set to be the team's No. 1 goalie for a majority of the remainder of this decade.

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