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Anton Forsberg Receives Arbitration Award

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The goaltending battle in Carolina just got an added wrinkle. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports that Anton Forsberg has succeeded in earning a one-way contract for next season, receiving a one-year, $775K award in arbitration. Forsberg had filed at $833K, while the Hurricanes sought a two-way, minimum $700K contract. Not only did the player’s side receive the guaranteed NHL salary they desired, they also landed a favorable decision based on the $767K mindpoint. The Hurricanes have confirmed the signing of the newly-acquired keeper to the awarded terms.

The decision is somewhat unexpected, as Forsberg did not even make an NHL appearance last season and has played in just 45 NHL games over five seasons in North America. Admittedly, Forsberg’s numbers in the AHL are consistently among the best in the league and would seemingly suggest that he is ready for a regular NHL role. However, in reality Forsberg struggled as the Chicago Blackhawks’ primary backup in 2017-18 and has yet to really prove that he belongs at the top level. It’s one thing for the arbitrator to decide that Forsberg has the experience to warrant a one-way contract, but the higher salary is an added surprise.

Regardless, Forsberg, 26, can now make a stronger case in training camp when it comes to fighting for the primary backup role to incumbent starter Petr Mrazek. Forsberg was thought to just be a depth addition thrown into the Calvin de Haan trade made with the Blackhawks, but will now receive the same salary regardless of the role he plays next season. His entire cap hit can be buried in the minors, but the organization will pay him the same amount regardless, giving his candidacy for an NHL role more validity. The team also acquired James Reimer from the Florida Panthers this summer, and the veteran keeper is of course also on a one-way contract. However, Reimer carries a $3.4MM cap hit, $1.075MM of which would come off the books if he is buried in the minors. Assuming Reimer is replaced by Forsberg, the net result would be a $400K boost in cap space for Carolina if Forsberg wins the backup job, an intriguing side effect for the team to consider.

The real twist in the goalie battle is in regards to young Alex Nedeljkovic. The 23-year-old was one of the top goaltenders in the AHL last season and appears ready to take on more NHL responsibility. However, he has a two-way contract and waiver exemption for one more year and now has to compete with not one but two one-way goalies for the backup job. The odds are not in his favor, simply because the flexibility that his youth and contract affords as an AHL option outweighs the adverse effects of sending both Forsberg and Reimer to the minors to give him his chance this season.

Joel Edmundson Receives Arbitration Award

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The arbitrator has decided on a contract for St. Louis Blues defenseman Joel Edmundson, awarding him a $3.1MM salary. Edmundson had filed for $4.2MM while the Blues were looking for $2.3MM. St. Louis GM Doug Armstrong released a short statement:

We are glad to have Joel under contract for next season. He is an important part of our defensive unit and we are looking forward to another successful year.

A one-year award of this amount is not ideal for the Blues. Although the $3.1MM salary is a favorable result for the Blues based on the midpoint in the case, it nevertheless pushes them even closer to the salary cap ceiling with Ivan Barbashev still to sign. More importantly, it also will take Edmundson right to unrestricted free agency next summer. The 26-year old has become a key part of the St. Louis defense corps over the years, averaging 20 minutes a game for the past two seasons. Though obviously not a big point producer—Edmundson’s best season saw him record 17—he plays a big role on the penalty kill and is a versatile partner often lining up beside one of the Alex Pietrangelo or Colton Parayko and letting them take a few more risks.

The question now will be whether the team feels he’s valuable enough to re-sign to what will likely be an expensive free agent deal. Pietrangelo and Brayden Schenn are also scheduled to become unrestricted free agents after this season, while Jaden Schwartz and Jordan Binnington will follow in 2021. That is a lot of dough to hand out in a short period of time if the team wants to bring the whole gang back, something that simply might not be possible.

The other thing to consider when it comes to Edmundson is Armstrong’s history with expiring contracts. Even while the Blues were fighting for playoff spots the GM moved on from key players like Kevin Shattenkirk and Paul Stastny in the past, using them instead to reload the organization with young talent instead of overpaying them to stay. Even with the success of the Stanley Cup victory one has to wonder if Armstrong will change his spots, or if a player like Edmundson will be a potential trade piece in six months.

Carolina Hurricanes, San Jose Sharks Complete Minor Trade

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The Carolina Hurricanes have sent defenseman Trevor Carrick to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenseman Kyle Wood. Neither player has substantial NHL experience but will get a new start with a fresh organization. Hurricanes GM Don Waddell released a short statement on why he went after Wood:

Kyle is a big, puck-moving defenseman. He’s a couple years younger than Trevor, and will have time to continue to develop on Charlotte’s blueline. We thank Trevor for his contributions to our organization and wish him the best in San Jose.

The Sharks have also immediately agreed to a two-year, two-way contract with Carrick, who was a restricted free agent. The 25-year old defenseman will be a Group VI unrestricted free agent after the deal expires unless he plays in another 76 NHL games during that time. Selected in the fourth round in 2012, Carrick has suited up four times over the years for the Hurricanes but is still without a point at the NHL level. Instead he has spent most of his time in the minor leagues with the Charlotte Checkers as a dominant offensive force from the back end. In 376 AHL contests, Carrick has recorded 200 points.

It will be interesting to see if he gets that NHL opportunity in San Jose. He certainly wasn’t going to get it at this point in Carolina as names like Haydn Fleury and Jake Bean are still fighting for full-time roles. The Hurricanes have such a deep and young group that there was likely no way for Carrick to climb the depth chart, leaving him toiling in the minor leagues even as one of the most effective puck-movers in the AHL. The Sharks have a much different looking defense group, headlined by several older players and filled out by veterans on short-term deals.

Wood meanwhile has to join that Hurricanes depth chart and will now be trying to crack the NHL in his fourth organization. Originally selected by the Colorado Avalanche in 2014, Wood has already been traded three times. First the Avalanche sent him to the Arizona Coyotes as part of the Mikkel Boedker package, then he was flipped to San Jose last year for Adam Helewka. The 23-year old has been a good player in the minor leagues, racking up points even as a 6’5″ defenseman, but it’ll be a tough hill to climb to make any impact for the Hurricanes.

Yu Sato Signs In QMJHL

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If you were following along with the 2019 CHL Import Draft in June, you may have noticed something extremely uncommon partway through the first round. With the 24th selection, the Quebec Remparts picked Yu Sato of Japan. While countries like Finland, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland are commonly represented in the draft, Japan is not. Six weeks later Sato has signed with the Remparts and will be suiting up for head coach Patrick Roy this season.

Sato, 17, is eligible for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft and if selected would become just the third Japanese-born player ever picked. Defenseman Hiroyuki Miura was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in 1992 but never appeared in an NHL game, while goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji was picked by the Los Angeles Kings in 2004 and played four games for them in 2007. There was also the infamous Taro Tsujimoto incident in 1974, when Buffalo Sabres GM Punch Imlach created a fictional Japanese player to select in the late rounds as a joke.

The young Remparts forward however is no joke. Sato played last season in Finland’s junior system and dominated, something he’d done in Russia’s junior league the year prior. If he can find some success in Quebec under Roy this season, perhaps there will be a new name added to the history books next June and potentially the first Japanese NHL skater a few years after that.

Minnesota Wild Interview Bill Guerin, Don Waddell

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The Minnesota Wild are aggressively searching for their next GM after unceremoniously firing Paul Fenton just 14 months into his tenure and two more interesting names have popped up. Michael Russo of The Athletic (subscription required) confirms that the team interviewed Pittsburgh Penguins assistant GM Bill Guerin on Monday after previously receiving permission from the club to do so, but it is the second name that raises an eyebrow. Don Waddell also interviewed for the job, despite still being the GM of the Carolina Hurricanes. Russo reports however that Waddell is technically a free agent given that his contract with the Hurricanes expired on June 30th and he has actually not yet been signed to a new deal by Carolina owner Tom Dundon.

Waddell has been with the Hurricanes for several years and when Ron Francis was let go in the spring of 2018 he moved from the business side over to hockey operations and assumed control. Carolina found immediate success under Waddell and went all the way to the Eastern Conference Final, notably with former Minnesota forward Nino Niederreiter riding shotgun after he was snatched from Fenton in exchange for Victor Rask. Interviewing a current GM from another team—even one without a valid contract—is so uncommon that it is not clear how a situation like that would unfold if the Wild decided that Waddell was their man.

Guerin meanwhile has been an up-and-coming GM candidate for quite a while but doesn’t have the kind of experience that owner Craig Leipold hinted he was looking for when explaining the Fenton move. He has served as assistant GM in Pittsburgh for the last five years and took over as GM of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton when Jason Botterill moved on to Buffalo in 2017.

Other candidates listed by Russo include Ron Hextall, Peter Chiarelli, Brian Lawton, Scott Mellanby, Tom Fitzgerald, Bill Zito, Basil McRae, Mike Futa and Mark Hunter.

Snapshots: Shattenkirk, Miller, Malik

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There appears to have been more interest in Kevin Shattenkirk than most anticipated, making his one-year, $1.75MM pact with the Tampa Bay Lightning all the more interesting. Earlier today, it was reported that the Lightning and the Arizona Coyotes were just two of eleven teams that reached out to Shattenkirk. Now, The Fourth Period’s Dennis Bernstein states that the Anaheim Ducks went so far as to make Shattenkirk a formal, multi-year contract offer. He notes that the Los Angeles Kings also entered the mix. Colleague David Pagnotta adds that the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Avalanche, and Winnipeg Jets were also serious contenders. As for some of the other possible suitors, there was rampant speculation that both the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers would have interest in Shattenkirk. At the end of the day, the veteran puck-mover clearly chose what he felt was his best opportunity to return to form as a high-scoring, dynamic defenseman, playing with the uber-skilled Lightning. There were surely offers for more money and term than what Shattenkirk ended up accepting to go to Tampa, and what remains is to make the most of that gamble by asserting himself as a top option on a crowded blue line and padding his stats before hitting the free agent market again next summer.

  • Despite Shattenkirk’s ties to the city during his collegiate career, it’s safe to assume that the Boston Bruins were not one of the teams interested in his services. The Bruins are having a hard enough time getting their own right-handed defensemen under contract with limited cap space, never mind adding another to the mix. Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo remain unsigned and the team has acknowledged that one or both may miss time during training camp due to to the rigors of difficult negotiations. Barring some magic from GM Don Sweeney and company, Boston will likely have to make a move to free up cap space. While many hope that it would be overpaid and ineffective veteran David Backes leaving town, such a trade would be hard to make and/or would cost the Bruins too much in picks or prospects. NBC Sports’ James O’Brien writes that defenseman Kevan Miller is instead the most likely casualty. Miller is a strong two-way defenseman who can make an impact on any team, when healthy. The problem is that he is not healthy as often as the Bruins have liked, leading them to invest heavily in defensive depth, such as signing John Moore last summer and extending Steven Kampfer and Connor Clifton in recent months. The Bruins have the depth to survive next season without Miller, after which he is likely to leave as a free agent anyway. Eliminating Miller’s $2.5MM cap hit may give the team just enough wiggle room to sign McAvoy and Carlo to long-term contracts. Meanwhile, even with so many teams facing salary cap issues, there would be a market for Miller’s services as a year-long rental to play a shutdown role for a contender.
  • NHL scouts will have to travel to the Czech Republic to evaluate one of the 2020 draft class’ top goaltenders in-person this upcoming season. 17-year-old Nick Malik, son of former NHL defenseman Marek Malik, was drafted by the OHL’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in this summer’s CHL Import Draft, but will not sign with the club. His Czech junior team, HC Ocelari Trinec, announced today that their starting goaltender will be staying through the 2019-20 season. Malik is considered one of the top handful of goaltenders early on in the 2020 evaluation process, with one scouting source, Future Considerations, naming him their No. 2 goalie and No. 59 overall prospect in their preliminary rankings last month. The Czech keeper, who was actually born in Raleigh, North Carolina while his dad was playing for the Hurricanes, has turned heads with his calm demeanor and lightning reflexes in net and performed very well at the U-17 World Junior Championship last year. Rather than split time with new Greyhounds acquisition Christian Propp, who made 51 appearances for the North Bay Battalion last season, Malik will likely be the undisputed starter for Ocelari and will have the chance to make more appearances in the Czech secondary pro league.

Jason Pominville Considering Buffalo, Montreal

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Less than 24 hours after our Brian La Rose profiled Jason Pominville’s continued free agent availability, The Athletic’s Marc Antoine Godin has an update on where he might be headed if he’s to continue his NHL career. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Pominville has two routes in mind: staying with the Buffalo Sabres or signing with his hometown Montreal Canadiens. Although Pominville has proven that he is still a capable NHL forward at 36 years old, recording 16 goals and 30+ points in each of the past two season, the veteran forward is well aware that the free agent market is tough and that the NHL is getting younger and faster, but he is not willing to take just any job to keep playing:

There are quite a few players in my situation, they’re not sure if they’re going to play, or if they do they’re not sure where they want to go… As for me, we’ll see. I’m staying in shape, but I’m not going to just jump into any situation. I do it because I love it, and because I know I still can play, but it’s going to have to be the right fit.

That “right fit” for Pominville also includes considering his family. Godin writes that Pominville’s children are at an age now where picking up and moving is not as easy. The family is entrenched in Buffalo and would like to stay there if possible. Of course, the Sabres are already over the salary cap ceiling for the coming season and will have to move a player as is before the season begins. Whether they look to use any space they manage to open up to bring on another player remains to be seen, as does whether Pominville would be a preferred target. The winger has played eleven seasons in Buffalo and contributed over 500 points to the franchise, but that doesn’t ensure continued interest.

As for Montreal, it would be a natural fit for the Quebec native, who still trains in the area during the off-season, and would likely be a more comfortable move for his family. Agent Normand Dupont tells Godin that he feels the Canadiens have not yet replaced Andrew Shaw, who was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks this summer, and feels Pominville could easily take on the two-way veteran forward role. In addition to the need, the Canadiens also have the salary cap space to add Pominville (or an even bigger name actually), so the fit there could exist.

This may not be an exhaustive list of who Pominville would play for next season, but his comments certainly make it seem like he would rather retire that move to an unfamiliar team far from his family at this point in his long career. A return to the Minnesota Wild or a move to other nearby clubs like the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, or Pittsburgh Penguins could also be on the table for Pominville, even if not mentioned specifically. Only time will tell what the rest of the off-season will bring for the respected veteran, but he can certainly still play if the right opportunity presents itself.

Latest On Brock Boeser’s Contract Negotiations

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The Vancouver Canucks are one of the many teams waiting to resolve a contract situation with one of their best players, in their case restricted free agent Brock Boeser. The 22-year old forward has scored 59 goals through his first 140 NHL games and possesses one of the most lethal shots in the league. Seemingly a perfect fit alongside phenom center Elias Pettersson, the Canucks would surely like to lock Boeser up to a reasonable long-term deal. Ben Kuzma of Postmedia was on TSN radio yesterday and reported that Boeser’s camp is looking for a $7MM average annual value on his next deal and suggests Timo Meier’s four-year deal as a reasonable comparison.

Meier signed that four-year $24MM contract with the San Jose Sharks at the beginning of July, but it was designed in a very interesting way. At the conclusion of the contract Meier will still be a restricted free agent for one more year, but because he earns $10MM in salary during the 2022-23 campaign that is what the Sharks would have to extend him as a qualifying offer in order to retain his rights. Obviously they could work out another extension, but Meier has virtually turned the deal into a five-year $34MM contract if he wants it to be. That gets the average annual value a lot closer to that $7MM mark that Kuzma reports Boeser is after.

It’s not clear if the Canucks would be willing (or able) to structure a deal like that, but obviously some sort of compromise will have to be made. Seemingly the entire RFA class has decided that they want to get paid handsomely this summer on their second contracts, and many believe the market is still being held up by Mitch Marner and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Marner isn’t a very good comparable for Boeser given the difference in their NHL experience (Marner has played in 101 more regular season games than Boeser and is a year closer to UFA status), but he still may set the ceiling on the entire market whenever he actually signs. For what it’s worth, Toronto GM Kyle Dubas spoke with TSN at the World Junior Summer Showcase and explained that there isn’t a ton of progress in any of the RFA situations around the league.

A $7MM cap hit would put Boeser into the top-35 in terms of highest paid forwards in the league, tying him with names like Anders Lee, James van Riemsdyk and Evander Kane who were all paid for their UFA seasons relatively recently. William Nylander’s six-year $45MM deal comes in just shy of the $7MM mark and was signed as an RFA, though it also buys out a year of unrestricted status.

It is important to note that the Canucks don’t actually have a ton of cap space to throw around. CapFriendly is currently projecting them to have just over $5MM, though that is based on a 24-man roster that will obviously be downsized before the start of the season. With Nikolay Goldobin still to go however, there will likely have to be a few more moves to fit everyone in if Boeser does get his $7MM deal. While Boeser is obviously worth it, the Canucks have a lot of money tied up in bottom-six forwards (even through 2020-21 and beyond) and may have to find a way to shed some of them before things really get going next month.

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Snapshots: Shattenkirk, Schuldt, Maroon

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The Tampa Bay Lightning snapped up Kevin Shattenkirk this morning on a one-year deal and the veteran defenseman is determined to make it pay off for both sides. Looking to re-establish himself in the NHL he told reporters including Joe Smith of The Athletic that he was “pissed off” when he received his buyout and now has a “huge chip” on his shoulder.

Smith also reports that Shattenkirk had 11 teams reach out to him once he became an unrestricted free agent, and Richard Morin of AZ Central Sports tweets that the Arizona Coyotes were one of them. The defenseman was close to joining the Lightning in the past when he was on the trade block but wouldn’t sign an extension with Tampa Bay, but now will have the chance to show the organization what he is capable of.

  • The Vegas Golden Knights have most of their offseason business dealt with, but Jimmy Schuldt remains unsigned after burning through his entry-level contract in the last few weeks of the 2018-19 season. Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports that negotiations with the young defenseman only recently started, perhaps delayed because of all of the other moves the team needed to make. After trading away the likes of Nikita Gusev, Erik Haula and Colin Miller the Golden Knights got themselves under the salary cap, but not by a ton. It will be interesting to see what kind of salary Schuldt can command after playing just a single NHL game. The St. Cloud State standout signed with the Golden Knights after an excellent college career and could see regular time on their blueline this season.
  • Ben Frederickson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the St. Louis Blues and Pat Maroon “remain on one another’s radar” even this late into the offseason. Maroon remains an unrestricted free agent for the time being after playing a year with the Blues last season at a discount in order to be closer to family. That decision worked out for him in terms of team success at the Blues went on to win the Stanley Cup, but one has to wonder if a multi-year deal is still the expectation for the power forward. Maroon scored just 10 goals and 28 points for the Blues in 74 games but was a physical force in the playoffs and ended up poking home one of the most memorable game-winning tallies of the entire postseason.

2019 Preseason Schedule

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The Stanley Cup has been handed out to the St. Louis Blues, and the rest of the league is already preparing for 2019-20. The offseason will really get kicked off later this month when the league gathers in Vancouver for the 2019 Entry Draft, and free agency is right around the corner. Development camps will also kick off later this month, before NHL training camps get going a little later in the summer. For some fans, there is already a definite schedule for the 2019 preseason.

Originally published on June 18, it has been updated with the full schedule release today:

All times central, some games played with a split-squad

Sunday, September 15:

Arizona at Vegas, 5:00pm

Monday, September 16:

Florida at Nashville, 3:30pm
Chicago at Washington, 6:00pm
New Jersey at Montreal, 6:00pm
Boston at New Jersey, 6:00pm
NY Islanders at Philadelphia, 6:00pm
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 6:00pm *At Penn State University
Florida at Nashville, 7:00pm
St. Louis at Dallas, 7:30pm
Winnipeg at Edmonton, 8:00pm
Vancouver at Calgary, 8:00pm
Calgary at Vancouver, 9:00pm *In Victoria, British Columbia

Tuesday, September 17:

Ottawa at Toronto, 4:30pm *In St. John’s, Newfoundland
Philadelphia at NY Islanders, 6:00pm
Buffalo at Columbus, 6:00pm
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 6:00pm
Chicago at Detroit, 6:30pm
Dallas at Minnesota, 7:00pm
Vegas at Colorado, 8:00pm
Edmonton at Vancouver, 9:00pm
Los Angeles at Arizona, 9:00pm
Arizona at Los Angeles, 9:30pm
Anaheim at San Jose, 9:30pm

Wednesday, September 18:

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 6:00pm
St. Louis at Washington, 6:00pm
Montreal at Florida, 6:00pm *In Bathurst, New Brunswick
New Jersey at NY Rangers, 6:00pm
Toronto at Ottawa, 6:30pm
Minnesota at Winnipeg, 7:00pm
Detroit at Chicago, 7:30pm
San Jose at Calgary, 8:00pm

Thursday, September 19:

Florida at Montreal, 6:00pm
Boston at Philadelphia, 6:00pm
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 6:00pm
Dallas at Colorado, 8:00pm
Vancouver at Edmonton, 8:00pm
Vegas at Los Angeles, 9:30pm

Friday, September 20:

Nashville at Tampa Bay, 6:00pm
Buffalo at Toronto, 6:00pm
NY Rangers at New Jersey, 6:00pm
NY Islanders at Detroit, 6:30pm
St. Louis at Winnipeg, 7:00pm
Calgary at Edmonton, 8:00pm

Saturday, September 21:

Pittsburgh at Columbus, 1:00pm
Colorado at Minnesota, 5:00pm
Carolina at Washington, 6:00pm
NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 6:00pm
Toronto at Buffalo, 6:00pm
NY Islanders at New Jersey, 6:00pm
Montreal at Ottawa, 6:00pm
Tampa Bay at Nashville, 7:00pm
Vegas at San Jose, 7:00pm
Florida at Dallas, 7:00pm *In Tulsa, Oklahoma
Boston at Chicago, 7:30pm
Vancouver at Los Angeles, 8:00pm *In Salt Lake City, Utah
Anaheim at Arizona, 8:00pm

Sunday, September 22:

Columbus at St. Louis, 2:30pm
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 4:00pm
Minnesota at Colorado, 6:00pm
Calgary at Winnipeg, 7:00pm

Monday, September 23:

Toronto at Montreal, 6:00pm
Philadelphia at Boston, 6:00pm
Detroit at NY Islanders, 6:00pm
Ottawa at Vancouver, 9:00pm *In Abbotsford, British Columbia
Anaheim at Los Angeles, 9:30pm

Tuesday, September 24:

Tampa Bay at Florida, 6:00pm
NY Islanders at NY Rangers, 6:00pm
Dallas at St. Louis, 7:00pm
Winnipeg at Calgary, 8:00pm
Arizona at Edmonton, 8:00pm
San Jose at Anaheim, 9:00pm

Wednesday, September 25:

Montreal at Toronto, 6:00pm
Columbus at Buffalo, 6:00pm
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 6:00pm
New Jersey at Boston, 6:00pm
Carolina at Nashville, 7:00pm
Washington at Chicago, 7:30pm
Colorado at Vegas, 9:00pm
Ottawa at Vancouver, 9:00pm
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 9:00pm

Thursday, September 26:

Tampa Bay at Florida, 6:00pm
Philadelphia at NY Rangers, 6:00pm
St. Louis at Detroit, 6:00pm *In Calumet, Michigan
Edmonton at Winnipeg, 7:00pm
Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30pm
Arizona at Vancouver, 9:00pm
Calgary at San Jose, 9:30pm

Friday, September 27:

New Jersey at Columbus, 6:00pm
Nashville at Carolina, 6:30pm
Toronto at Detroit, 6:30pm
St. Louis at Washington, 8:00pm
Los Angeles at Vegas, 9:00pm

Saturday, September 28:

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 2:00pm
Chicago at Boston, 2:00pm
Colorado at Dallas, 5:00pm
Florida at Tampa Bay, 6:00pm
Ottawa at Montreal, 6:00pm
Detroit at Toronto, 6:00pm
NY Rangers at NY Islanders, 6:00pm *In Bridgeport, Connecticut
Edmonton at Calgary, 8:00pm
Arizona at Anaheim, 9:00pm

Sunday, September 29:

Washington at Carolina, 12:30pm
Chicago at Eisbaren Berlin, 12:30pm *In Berlin, Germany
Winnipeg at Minnesota, 1:00pm
St. Louis at Columbus, 4:00pm
San Jose at Vegas, 7:00pm

Monday, September 30:

Philadelphia at Lausanne HC, 1:00pm *In Lausanne, Switzerland

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