A strange, prolonged NHL season is officially in the rearview mirror, as the Tampa Bay Lightning closed the league's playoff bubble by defeating the Dallas Stars in the 2020 Stanley Cup Final. But with the league's timeline all thrown out of whack due to COVID-19, we now have a condensed offseason thrust upon us and there's barely been any time to catch our collective breath. 

In a normal year, we'd spend the first week of October gearing up for a new season. But this year has been anything but normal and, as such, we find ourselves deep in trade rumors, pre-draft chatter and free agency rumblings as the leaves begin to change. There's a lot going on right now so we'll do our best to keep you in the loop with the latest updates all in one place:

Free agency

The league's free agency period opened Friday, October 9th. You can follow along with our live blog right here and find a list of notable signings below.

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NHL Free Agency 2020
1
Signed G Henrik Lundqvist to one-year, $1.5 million deal
2
Signed F Wayne Simmonds to one-year, $1.5 million deal
3
Signed F Bobby Ryan to a one-year, $1 million deal
4
Signed D Radko Gudas to three-year deal ($2.5 million AAV)
5
Signed D Jon Merrill to one-year deal worth $925K
6
Signed F Carter Verhaeghe to two-year deal ($1 million AAV)
7
Re-signed G Malcolm Subban to two-year deal ($850k AAV)
8
Signed F Kyle Turris to two-year deal ($1.65 million AAV)
9
Signed G Cam Talbot to three-year deal, $11 million deal
10
Signed G Braden Holtby to two-year deal ($4.3 million AAV)
11
Re-signed G Anton Khudobin to three-year deal ($3.5 million AAV)
12
Signed D Nathan Beaulieu to a two-year deal ($1.25 million AAV)
13
Re-signed F Pat Maroon (two years, $1.8 million) and D Luke Schenn (one year, $800k)
14
Signed G Matt Murray to four-year deal ($6.25 million AAV)
15
Signed F Alex Wennberg to one-year, $2.25 million deal
16
Re-signed F Dominik Kubalik to a two-year deal ($3.7 million AAV)
17
Signed D Mark Borowiecki to two-year deal ($2 million AAV)
18
Signed D Jack Johnson to one-year, $1.15 million deal
19
Signed D Kevin Shattenkirk to three-year deal ($3.9 million AAV)
20
Signed D Justin Schultz to two-year deal ($4 million AAV)
21
Signed G Jacob Markstrom to six-year deal ($6 million AAV)
22
Signed F Derek Grant to three-year deal ($1.5 million AAV)
23
Coyotes
Signed F Tyler Pitlick to two-year deal ($1.75 million AAV)
24
Re-signed F Tyler Motte to two-year, $2.45 million deal
25
Re-signed D Kevan Miller to one-year deal
26
Signed F Tyler Ennis to one-year, $1 million deal
27
Signed D Chris Tanev to four-year, $18 million deal
28
Signed D Torey Krug to seven-year deal ($6.5 million AAV)
29
Signed D T.J. Brodie to four-year deal ($5 million AAV)
30
Signed G Corey Crawford two-year deal ($3.9 million AAV)
31
Re-signed F Jordan Greenway to two-year deal ($2.1 million AAV)
32
Signed G Thomas Greiss to two-year deal ($3.6 million AAV)
33
Re-signed F Andre Burakovsky to two-year deal ($4.9 million AAV)
34
Signed F Craig Smith to three-year deal ($3.1 million AAV)
35
Signed D Tyson Barrie to one-year, $3.75 million deal
36
Signed D Troy Stecher to two-year deal ($1.7 million AAV)
37
Signed F Jesper Fast to three-year deal ($2.0 million AAV)
38
Signed G Mike Smith to one-year deal ($2 million AAV)
39
Re-signed D Brandon Montour to one-year deal ($3.85 million AAV)
40
Signed F Cody Eakin to two-year deal ($2.25 million)
41
Signed D Zach Bogosian to one-year, $1 million deal
42
Signed F Mikko Koivu to one-year, $1.5 million deal
43
Signed F Valeri Nichushkin to two-year deal ($2.5 million AAV)
44
Coyotes
Signed F Johan Larsson to two-year deal ($1.4 million AAV)
45
Signed F Kevin Labanc to four-year deal ($4.725 million AAV)
46
Signed D Nikita Zadorov to one-year, $3.2 million deal
47
Signed F Taylor Hall to one-year, $8 million deal
48
Signed F Tyler Toffoli to four-year deal ($4.25 million deal)
49
Signed D Erik Gustafsson to one-year, $3 million deal
50
Signed D Ryan Graves to three-year, $9.5 million deal
51
Signed F Mattias Janmark to one-year, $2.25 million deal
52
Signed F Alexis Lafreniere to entry-level contract (three years, $11.325 million)
53
Signed D Alex Pietrangelo to seven-year deal ($8.8 million AAV)
54
Signed F Joe Thornton to one-year deal ($700,000 AAV)

Other notable transactions

ve re-signed Tyson Jost after the forward agreed to his qualifying offer. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but CapFriendly.com reports Jost will earn $874,125 in salary next season.