NHL Free Agent Tracker 💢

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As the free agency period heats up, Canadian NHL teams have been making some significant moves to gear up for the upcoming season. Here’s a look at the latest signings and extensions across the teams.

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• Calgary Flames

• Montreal Canadiens

• Edmonton Oilers

• Ottawa Senators

• Winnipeg Jets

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Calgary Flames

Signed

• Mantha signs 1-year contract with Flames;

• Bean signs 2-year contract with Flames;

• Lomberg signs 2-year contract with Flames;

• Cooley signs 2-year contract with Flames;

• Aspirot signs 1-year contract with Flames;

• Kirkland signs 1-year contract with Flames;

• Wolf signs 2-year contract with Flames.

Free Agents

Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Adam Klapka, Yan Kuznetsov, Nikita Okhotiuk, Jakob Pelletier, Cole Schwindt, Ilya Solovyov, Dustin Wolf (re-signed).

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Riley Damiani, Oscar Dansk, Dillon Dube, Dennis Gilbert (signed: BUF), A.J. Greer (signed: FLA), Oliver Kylington, Ben Jones (signed: MIN), Brady Lyle, Jordan Oesterle (signed: BOS), Colton Poolman (signed: BUF), Mark Pysyk.

Montreal Canadiens

Signed

• Barre-Boulet signs 1-year contract with Canadiens;

• Xhekaj signs 2-year contract with Canadiens;

• Barron signs 2-year contract with Canadiens.

Free Agents

Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Justin Barron (re-signed).

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Arnaud Durandeau, Lias Andersson, Filip Cederqvist, Brady Keeper, Philippe Maillet, Mattias Norlinder, Tanner Pearson, Mitchell Stephens (signed: SEA), Colin White, Chris Wideman, Jesse Ylönen (signed: TBL).

Edmonton Oilers

Signed

• C. Brown signs 1-year contract with Oilers;

• Arvidsson signs 2-year contract with Oilers;

• Perry signs 1-year contract with Oilers;

• J. Brown signs 3-year contract with Oilers;

• Hamblin signs 1-year contract with Oilers;

• Hoefenmayer signs 1-year contract with Oilers;

• C. Carrick signs 1-year contract with Oilers;

• Delia signs 1-year contract with Oilers;

• Skinner signs 1-year contract with Oilers;

• Stecher signs 2-year contract with Oilers;

• Henrique signs 2-year contract with Oilers;

• Janmark signs 3-year contract with Oilers;

• Lavoie signs 1-year contract with Oilers.

Free Agents

Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Philip Broberg, James Hamblin (re-signed), Noel Hoefenmayer (re-signed) Dylan Holloway, Raphael Lavoie (re-signed).

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Connor Brown (re-signed), Sam Carrick (signed: NYR), Vincent Desharnais (signed: VAN), Adam Erne, Ryan Fanti (signed: AHL), Warren Foegele (signed: LAK), Sam Gagner, Seth Griffith, Adam Henrique (re-signed), Mattias Janmark (re-signed), Brad Malone, Greg McKegg, Markus Niemelainen, Corey Perry (re-signed), Carter Savoie, Troy Stecher (re-signed).

Ottawa Senators

Signed

• Amadio signs 3-year contract with Senators;

• Pilon signs 2-year contract with Senators;

• Davies signs 1-year contract with Senators;

• Gregor signs 1-year contract with Senators;

• Roos signs 1-year contract with Senators;

• Hodgson signs 1-year contract with Senators;

• Gaudette signs 1-year contract with Senators;

• Pinto signs 2-year contract with Senators;

• Sogaard signs 2-year contract with Senators.

Free Agents

Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Kevin Mandolese (traded/signed: COL), Shane Pinto (re-signed), Mads Sogaard (re-signed), Egor Sokolov (signed: UTA), Lassi Thomson.

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Erik Brannstrom (signed: COL), Rourke Chartier, Josh Currie, Dillon Heatherington (signed: AHL), Bokondji Imama (signed: PIT), Boris Katchouk, Parker Kelly (signed: COL), Dominik Kubalik, Jacob Larsson, Garrett Pilon (re-signed), Jiri Smejkal.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Signed

• Tanev, Ekman-Larsson, Domi each signs contract with Maple Leafs;

• Murray signs 1-year contract with Maple Leafs;

• Mermis, Myers, Paré each signs 1-year contract with Maple Leafs;

• Stolarz signs 2-year contract with Maple Leafs;

• Dewar signs 1-year contract with Maple Leafs.

Free Agents

Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Connor Dewar (re-signed), Nicholas Robertson, Alex Steeves.

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Tyler Bertuzzi (signed: CHI), TJ Brodie (signed: CHI), Kyle Clifford (signed: AHL), Max Domi (re-signed), Joel Edmundson (signed: LAK), Dylan Gambrell (signed: CBJ), Mark Giordano, Noah Gregor (signed: OTT), Martin Jones, John Klingberg, Max Lajoie (signed: SEA), Ilya Lyubushkin (signed: DAL), Matt Murray (re-signed), Jake Muzzin, Keith Petruzzelli, Ilya Samsonov (signed: VGK), Chris Tanev (re-signed).

Vancouver Canucks

Signed

• DeBrusk signs 7-year contract with Canucks;

• Forbort signs 1-year contract with Canucks;

• Heinen signs 2-year contract with Canucks;

• Sherwood signs 1-year contract with Canucks;

• Smith signs 1-year contract with Canucks;

• Desharnais signs 2-year contract with Canucks;

• Patera signs 2-year contract with Canucks;

• Silovs signs 2-year contract with Canucks;

• Sprong signs 1-year contract with Canucks.

Free Agents

Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Arturs Silovs (re-signed).

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Nick Cicek, Ian Cole (signed: UTA), Casey DeSmith (signed: DAL), Sheldon Dries (signed: DET), Matt Irwin, Filip Johansson, Elias Lindholm (signed: BOS), Aidan McDonough (signed: AHL), Zach Sawchenko (signed: CBJ), Nikita Zadorov (signed: BOS).

Winnipeg Jets

Signed

• Kahkonen signs 1-year contract with Jets;

• Comrie signs 2-year contract with Jets;

• Miller signs 2-year contract with Jets;

• Anderson-Dolan signs 2-year contract with Jets;

• Fleury, Shaw each signs 1-year contracts with Jets;

• Gustafsson, Stanley each signs 2-year contract with Jets;

• Coghlan signs 1-year contract with Jets;

• Lundmark signs 1-year contract with Jets.

Free Agents

Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): David Gustafsson (re-signed), Ville Heinola (re-signed), Simon Lundmark (re-signed), Cole Perfetti, Logan Stanley (re-signed).

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Laurent Brossoit (signed: CHI), Kyle Capobianco (signed: DAL), Collin Delia (signed: EDM), Brenden Dillon (signed: NJD), Artemi Kniazev, Jeff Malott (signed: LAK), Colin Miller (re-signed), Sean Monahan (signed: CBJ), Kristian Reichel, Ashton Sautner (signed: AHL), Oskari Salminen, Tyler Toffoli (signed: SJS), Jeffrey Viel (signed: BOS).

The full NHL free agent tracker is here: NHL.com.

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