Free agency is still in full swing with multiple high-end NHLers left on the open market – namely Vladimir Tarasenko, who’s now switched his representation after failing to secure a deal in the first few days of July. Teams outside the NHL continue their offseasons, and we’re keeping track of today’s notable non-NHL moves here as always:
- Former Edmonton Oilers prospect Marc-Olivier Roy is on the move in Europe, signing a one-year contract with HC Nove Zamky of the Slovak Extraliga. The 28-year-old center was selected 56th overall by Edmonton in the 2013 NHL Draft, but the team never extended him an entry-level contract, and his draft rights expired in 2015 after his junior production stagnated. He spent six seasons bouncing around the AHL and ECHL in hopes of securing an NHL contract somewhere else, but the call never came. He’ll play his first season in Slovakia after posting 10 goals and 23 points in 47 games last year with Italian club HC Pustertal in the ICEHL.
- American center Drew LeBlanc, who played a pair of games with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013 after signing out of college, is continuing his lengthy career in Germany. The 34-year-old has spent the last eight seasons as a member of the DEL’s Augsburger Panther, but he’s now on the move to the Iserlohn Roosters for 2023-24. He was a quickly rising prospect after notching 50 points in 42 games during his senior season at St. Cloud State University, but his production immediately trailed off the minors, and he was in Germany within two years. He wraps up his Augsburger career with 299 points in 380 games, breaking the team’s all-time points record this past season.
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