The Winnipeg Jets have locked up one of their top 6 forwards long-term, signing Gabriel Vilardi to a six-year extension with a $7.5 million AAV. Vilardi was two seasons away from becoming a UFA. Vilardi had a career season in 2024-25, finishing with 27 goals and 61 points in 71 games. His numbers were helped [...]
Hi there, it’s Ian filling in for Alex, who is receiving some much-needed time off. Late Monday night, the Sabres signed RFA defenseman Bowen Byram to a two-year extension with a cap hit of $6.25 million. Byram had been rumored to be on the trade block, but in the end GM Kevyn Adams agreed to [...]
The July Roto Rankings have been updated to account for offseason trades, free agent signings, and injuries. If you have a too-early draft for the 2025-26, then the rankings might help. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on Goal, Hits, and Blocked Shots. But first, [...]
Former Avalanche and Sharks forward Nikolai Kovalenko has signed a two-year contract with CSKA Moscow of the KHL. Just before free agency, Kovalenko wasn’t given a qualifying offer by the Sharks, even though he was acquired as part of the package for Mackenzie Blackwood. In his only NHL season, the 25-year-old Kovalenko finished with 20 [...]
Jeff Skinner has found a new home, finding his way to San Jose on a one-year contract worth $3 million. Skinner was held to just 29 points in 72 games in his lone season with the Oilers, and he was even healthy scratched for much of the playoffs. This might literally be his last NHL [...]
The Blue Jackets have signed Dmitri Voronkov to a two-year extension worth $8.35 million ($4.175 million AAV). Voronkov, who was an RFA, has signed a bridge deal instead of a long-term extension. However, Voronkov will still be an RFA when the contract expires, as his UFA year isn’t until 2028. In his second NHL season, [...]
With the salary cap rising this offseason, this season’s free agency period seemed more understated and even anticlimactic. With more cap room, more teams were able to re-sign their pending unrestricted free agents (nice bit of work, Florida) or they were able to take care of their business before the starting bell (Vegas and Mitch [...]
The Colorado Avalanche have signed defenseman Brent Burns to a one-year contract. According to Elliotte Friedman, the contract has a $1 million base and has games-played bonuses of up to $3 million. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1940597826054246401 Burns has been the anti-Band Aid Boy, having not missed a game since the 2014-15 season. During the prime of his career, [...]
The Edmonton Oilers have signed winger Andrew Mangiapane to a two-year, $3.6 million AAV deal. The speedy Mangiapane scored 35 goals for the Calgary Flames during the 2021-22 season, but he has failed to reach 20 goals in each of his past three seasons. In his lone season in Washington, Mangiapane was held to just [...]
The New York Islanders have signed winger Jonathan Drouin to a two-year contract with a $4 million AAV. Drouin built his career back up in Colorado by accepting two separate one-year contracts. Over his two seasons there, he averaged a 62-point 82-game pace (0.76 PTS/GP) while often on a line with junior teammate Nathan MacKinnon. [...]
