Lightning Sign Dyllan Gill To Entry-Level Contract
The Lightning have signed right-shot defense prospect Dyllan Gill to his three-year, entry-level deal, per CapFriendly. It carries an $870K cap hit, including $775K in base salary, a $95K signing bonus, an $80K games played performance bonus, and a minors salary of $82.5K annually.
Tampa would have lost Gill’s exclusive signing rights if they hadn’t inked him to a deal by next month. This would have allowed him to re-enter the draft and be eligible for selection in 2024.
Gill, 19, has spent his major junior career in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. While he served as captain this season, his campaign was cut short after just 12 games due to an upper-body injury.
The defender had a strong post-draft season with Rouyn-Noranda in 2022-23, though, posting eight goals and 49 assists for 57 points in 68 games with a +12 rating. He’s intelligent with the puck in his own end and has good size at 6’2″.
The New Brunswick native turns 20 next month and is eligible for assignment to AHL Syracuse next season. However, after missing most of last year due to injury, the Lightning could loan him back to Rouyn-Noranda for an overage season if the club has an open spot. Canadian Hockey League clubs are allowed to carry three 20-year-olds on their roster at any given time.
Gill will become a restricted free agent when his deal expires after the 2026-27 season. His younger brother, Spencer Gill, is also a right-shot defenseman and is expected to be a second or third-round pick in this year’s draft.
Kings Sign Aatu Jamsen To Entry-Level Deal
The Kings signed forward prospect Aatu Jämsen to a two-year, entry-level contract last night, per CapFriendly. The deal carries an $852.5K cap hit and will pay him $775K in base salary, a $77.5K signing bonus and a minor-league salary of $80K each season.
Notably, Jämsen’s contract does not have a European assignment clause. He was entering the final season of his contract with Liiga’s Pelicans, but it now appears he’ll come over and make his North American professional debut for AHL Ontario next season.
Jämsen, 22 in July, has been on a solid development path since being drafted by the Kings in the seventh round in 2020. The 6’2″ winger has been a solid middle-six depth scorer for Pelicans over the past two seasons, putting up 14 goals each year. He was limited by injuries this year, appearing in 36 out of 60 games, but still managed 14 goals and 25 points with a +7 rating.
That kind of production in a professional league at a young age is a promising sign as he makes the move to Southern California. Expecting him to receive an NHL call-up next season would be premature, but he should slot into a significant role on the farm with the Reign.
Jämsen will be waivers exempt for the life of the entry-level deal unless he plays more than 70 NHL games. He’ll become a restricted free agent upon expiry in 2026.
Capitals Re-Assign Vincent Iorio
After sustaining an injury in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Capitals rookie defenseman Vincent Iorio is ready to return. That’s good news for their AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears, who are still alive in the Calder Cup Playoffs and will add his services for the remainder of the season, per a team announcement.
Washington picked up Iorio from the Western Hockey League’s Brandon Wheat Kings in the second round of the 2021 NHL Draft, going 55th overall. He’s seen limited major-league action in each of the past two seasons, recording an assist and a +1 rating in nine games while playing an extremely minimal role, averaging 11:20 per game.
The 21-year-old was forced into playoff action for the Caps after Nick Jensen and Rasmus Sandin went down with injuries near the end of the regular season, but logged just two shifts in Game 1 of the first round against the Rangers. He sustained an upper-body injury that knocked him out of the remainder of the four-game sweep.
Iorio, a 6’3″ right-shot defender, has been a good two-way force for the most dominant team in the AHL over the past two years. Since turning pro, the British Columbia native has six goals, 36 points and a +43 rating in 123 games for the Bears. He had a goal and four assists in 15 games for Hershey in last year’s run to the Calder Cup.
A strong passer and breakout puck-mover, Iorio will be in contention to land a spot on the Caps’ blue line next season. He has two seasons remaining on his entry-level contract with a $814K cap hit.
Kings Sign Jim Hiller To Multi-Year Extension, Remove Interim Tag
1:07 p.m.: Hiller has officially been named the team’s 30th head coach in franchise history. They did not disclose the length of the extension.
8:57 a.m.: The Kings have removed the interim tag from head coach Jim Hiller and signed him to a multi-year contract extension, ESPN’s Kevin Weekes reports Wednesday. He was widely expected to land the vacancy after Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman said Monday that he was the “overwhelming favorite” to take over behind the bench full-time.
Hiller assumed head coaching duties coming out of the All-Star break after Todd McLellan was fired following a January skid that put their playoff positioning in jeopardy. He was able to stabilize their slide, posting a 21-12-1 record behind the bench in the final few months of the season as they finished third in the Pacific Division.
While there was a fair amount of speculation the Kings would go for an external hire after a third straight first-round loss to the Oilers, it never turned into full-on rumor status. No notable candidates were ever linked to L.A.’s vacancy, and Hiller spoke with the rest of the Kings’ hockey operations department during their end-of-season press availability.
Hiller, 55, continues to assume the head coach title for the first time in a decade. His only professional coaching experience has been in assistant roles, although he was the bench boss of the Western Hockey League’s Chilliwack Bruins and Tri-City Americans from 2006 to 2014. He joined the Kings as an assistant on McLellan’s staff ahead of the 2022-23 season after being let go by the Islanders.
Today isn’t the end of the Kings’ coaching decisions this offseason, however. They still need to add an assistant to replace Trent Yawney, who they mutually parted ways with last week.
Lightning Notes: Stamkos, McDonagh, Sergachev
The Lightning are still confident they have enough cap space to re-sign pending UFA captain Steven Stamkos, even after adding Ryan McDonagh via trade from the Predators today, general manager Julien BriseBois said (via the team’s Chris Krenn).
With McDonagh’s $6.75MM cap hit now on the books, the Lightning are down to roughly $5MM in projected cap space for next season, per CapFriendly. There could always be a cap-clearing move coming, although BriseBois didn’t hint at one in his media availability today.
That implies Stamkos taking a serious discount to remain in Tampa. With a bare-minimum roster of 18 skaters, the Lightning still have two open forward spots next season – one for Stamkos, one for someone else. If they add a forward making the $775K league minimum against the cap to fill one open spot, the most they could offer Stamkos for an average annual value would be $4.25MM. Evolving Hockey’s contract projections indicate his market value could inch up toward the $8.5MM range if he hits the open market, so he would be taking a 50% discount to stay in Tampa for that number – albeit likely for more term on his contract as a trade-off.
Other notes from the Bolts today:
- Adding a top-four defenseman was BriseBois’ top priority this summer, he told Krenn, and McDonagh ended up being the most desirable because of his familiarity with the roster and his two-year term. He indicated that he was unwilling to dish out the contract length required to land one of the marquee defensemen on the free agent market, even if he was willing to spend the upward of $6MM annually it takes to get McDonagh back on the team. Back in Nashville, Predators GM Barry Trotz told reporters, including the Tennessean’s Alex Daugherty, that McDonagh asked the Nashville front office to explore a trade back to Tampa this summer. McDonagh has a full no-trade clause.
- With McDonagh back in the fold, don’t expect Lightning head coach Jon Cooper to bump Mikhail Sergachev back to a third-pairing role like he served during the team’s Stanley Cup wins in 2020 and 2021. Instead, BriseBois indicated the team is likely to explore loading up their top two pairings with McDonagh, Sergachev, Erik Černák and Victor Hedman, with the lefty Sergachev moving to his off-side to accommodate (via Bally Sports Florida’s Gabby Shirley). That would leave a third pairing (for now) of Nick Perbix and Darren Raddysh, both right-shot defenders, although they could easily add a depth left-shot blue liner for league minimum to rotate in on the third pair.
Lightning Acquire Ryan McDonagh From Predators
The Lightning have re-acquired defenseman Ryan McDonagh from the Predators via trade, the team announced Tuesday. Tampa is picking up the Oilers’ 2024 fourth-round pick in the deal and sending their 2025 second-round pick and 2024 seventh-round pick to Nashville in return.
It’s incredibly unusual timing for a swap, especially one of this significance. Both the Bolts’ and Preds’ seasons ended a few weeks ago in first-round playoff exits.
There was no previous indication McDonagh was on the trade block, but he’ll now finish out the last two seasons of his seven-year, $6.75MM AAV contract back in Tampa, where he signed it in 2018. The Predators are not retaining salary in the deal – an important factor for the Lightning as they attempt to keep captain Steven Stamkos, a pending unrestricted free agent, from going to market.
McDonagh, who was part of the Lightning’s three straight Stanley Cup Final appearances from 2020 to 2022, spent the last two seasons in Nashville after the Lightning couldn’t afford to keep his contract on the books. They traded him to the Preds in July 2022 for minor-league pieces Grant Mismash and Philippe Myers. Mismash never suited up for Tampa and is now playing in Norway, while Myers has logged 16 appearances for the Bolts in the last two seasons.
It’s hard to argue with the asset management here from Predators general manager Barry Trotz. McDonagh gave them two seasons of solid top-four minutes, averaging 21:40 per game over 145 contests. He isn’t the player he once was offensively, but he still put up a respectable 52 points in a Nashville uniform and a combined +31 rating, which leads Nashville skaters since 2022-23. Trotz also nets a second-round pick for his troubles.
McDonagh’s contract has a full no-trade clause, which he waived to return to Tampa. The Lightning have struggled defensively without him the past two seasons, going from a consistent top-10 team in goals against to 14th in 2022-23 and 22nd this season. They also haven’t managed to win a playoff series since trading him away, losing to the Panthers in the first round this season and the Maple Leafs last year. While trading him away did allow GM Julien BriseBois to sign the younger Erik Černák, Anthony Cirelli and Mikhail Sergachev to long-term extensions, it didn’t result in a continuation of their success from the beginning of the decade.
The veteran defenseman turns 35 next month and is entering his 15th NHL season. Formerly the captain of the Rangers, the Lightning initially acquired McDonagh, along with J.T. Miller, in a blockbuster trade at the 2018 deadline. McDonagh played parts of five seasons in Tampa before ending up in Nashville, putting up 99 points and a +74 rating in 267 games in a Lightning uniform while averaging 21:51 per game.
However, re-acquiring McDonagh doesn’t mean the Lightning are in a more advantageous cap situation than when they traded him away. They’re down to just over $5MM in projected cap space next season with a roster size of 18, per CapFriendly, likely not enough to re-sign Stamkos without a corresponding move.
Evolving Hockey projects Stamkos could earn close to $8.5MM annually on a short-term deal on the open market, and while he’s likely willing to take a hometown discount to stay in Tampa, a contract worth less than half his market value would be extreme. They also have a couple of other depth forward spots to fill to ice a full roster, and none of their minor-league forwards are particularly strong candidates to crack next fall’s opening night roster.
After trading away their 2025 second-rounder in this deal, the Lightning now don’t have a pick in the first two rounds until 2026. That’s a tough sell for an aging core, considering they have a bottom-five prospect pool in the league, as analyzed by The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler.
Meanwhile, Trotz frees up some significant cap space to allow Nashville to be slightly more aggressive in free agency. The buyout penalty for Matt Duchene increases by $3MM on July 1 to a $5.55MM price tag next season, eating into their offseason flexibility. After moving McDonagh, CapFriendly now projects the Preds with $26MM in space next season with a roster size of 15. That’s more than enough to go big-game hunting for a younger, more cost-controlled replacement for McDonagh on the open market this summer.
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Flyers Not Expected To Buy Out Cal Petersen
The Flyers had a pair of strong buyout candidates this summer, but it looks like they won’t execute one on either. They’re not expected to buy out the final season of goaltender Cal Petersen‘s contract, reports The Fourth Period’s Anthony Di Marco. They’ll also likely be prevented from buying out the final season of center Ryan Johansen‘s $4MM cap hit as he continues to recover from a hip injury.
Petersen, 29, will likely remain in the organization for a second straight season after Philly took him on as a cap dump from the Kings in the Ivan Provorov three-team trade with the Blue Jackets last offseason. He spent most of the campaign on assignment to AHL Lehigh Valley, where he put up a respectable but unimpressive .902 SV% and 2.71 GAA with two shutouts in 28 games.
The Iowa native once looked like a goalie of the future for the Kings, who plucked him from Notre Dame after he didn’t sign with the Sabres, who selected him in the fifth round in 2013. By 2020-21, he was challenging to take over the starter’s crease from future Hall-of-Famer Jonathan Quick and had logged a career .916 SV% and 19-25-6 record in 50 starts and four relief appearances by the end of the season.
Entering the final season of a cheap three-year deal with a $858K cap hit, Los Angeles general manager Rob Blake opted to lock him into a three-year, $15MM extension to have him backstop the Kings through the mid-2020s. His play immediately regressed upon signing, though, and in the final season before the extension kicked in, he conceded nearly 12 goals above average and put up a .895 SV% in 37 games.
That remains a career-high in appearances for Petersen, who started the extension so poorly (.868 SV%, 3.75 GAA in 10 GP) that he was demoted to the AHL. After putting up average numbers in the minors with the AHL’s Ontario Reign, the Kings were able to get out of the final two seasons of the extension by dumping the contract on the retooling Flyers.
Petersen did make a few NHL appearances this season, backing up Samuel Ersson for small stretches after Carter Hart took personal leave to face sexual assault charges, but again struggled with a .864 SV% and 3.90 GAA in four starts and one relief appearance.
While buried in the minors, Petersen’s cap hit is reduced from $5MM to $3.85MM. Buying him out would have incurred a $1MM cap charge next season, saving them $2.85MM in space immediately, with a $2MM penalty in 2025-26. Overall, the Flyers will forego $2MM in actual cash savings and a higher cap charge this season in order to get him off the books sooner.
He also still has some value to the organization as a serviceable minor-league netminder, even if his days in the NHL are likely over. The Flyers have a lot of dead money on the books next season aside from Johansen and Petersen, though, including $3.57MM worth of retained salary on Blues center Kevin Hayes and a $1.67MM penalty for buying out defenseman Tony DeAngelo last summer. They also have three seasons remaining of injured/retired defenseman Ryan Ellis at a $6.25MM cap hit, although he can be placed on long-term injured reserve for some temporary spending flexibility.
The Flyers have most of their roster already signed for next season, but they do have a few open spots on defense and just $500K in projected cap space, per CapFriendly. Without the buyouts, they’ll need Ellis’ LTIR flexibility to round out their blue line and remain cap-compliant.
Avalanche Re-Sign Trent Miner To One-Year Deal
The Avalanche are bringing back depth netminder Trent Miner on a one-year contract, per a team announcement. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Miner, 23, was a pending restricted free agent after completing his three-year, entry-level contract. The 2019 seventh-round pick has spent the majority of his time with the Avs in the ECHL, where he has a strong .911 SV%, 2.88 GAA, 10 shutouts and a 39-32-3 record in 76 appearances.
The Manitoba native got an extended look in the AHL with the Colorado Eagles for the first time this season and took advantage of the opportunity. He led all Eagles netminders with a .930 SV%, albeit in only 18 games, along with a 2.10 GAA and 9-6-1 record.
He becomes the third netminder under contract for the Avs next year behind their NHL duo of Alexandar Georgiev and Justus Annunen. While they’ll add more depth to fill out their minor-league ranks and firm up their injury insurance, he likely did enough in his AHL stint to avoid assignment back to the ECHL next season, at least to start.
His development helps shoulder the loss of depth netminders Arvid Holm and Ivan Prosvetov, who are both pending Group Six unrestricted free agents and are heading overseas. Holm, 25, recently signed a three-year deal with Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League after struggling in limited AHL action this season, while Prosvetov is expected to return home to Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League after losing the NHL backup job to Annunen midseason.
Miner was not eligible for salary arbitration this offseason. He will remain waivers exempt for the entirety of 2024-25, so the Avalanche can give him his first NHL recall without fear of losing him when returning him to the minors. The one-year extension makes him an RFA again in 2025.
Senators Add Rob DiMaio To Hockey Operations Department
The Senators have hired Rob DiMaio as their director of player personnel and director of professional scouting, per a team announcement Tuesday.
DiMaio, 56, spent the last two seasons with the Ducks as an assistant general manager and GM of their AHL affiliate, the San Diego Gulls. He left the organization last week for personal reasons, now returning to his home north of the border.
Before his brief stint in Southern California, DiMaio served in various front-office roles with the Blues from 2008 to 2022. After beginning as a pro scout, he was promoted to St. Louis’ director of professional scouting in 2012 and later their director of player personnel in 2015.
In conjunction with GM Doug Armstrong, DiMaio’s decision-making and scouting helped the Blues assemble the roster that won them their first Stanley Cup in franchise history in 2019. That was also DiMaio’s first championship after going without a Cup during his 17-year, 894-game playing career with the Bruins, Flyers, Hurricanes, Lightning, Islanders, Rangers and Stars.
DiMaio will now report to Senators GM and president of hockey operations Steve Staios. Ottawa has not had a dedicated director of professional scouting since longtime executive Jim Clark, who remains with the team in a pro scouting role but stepped down from the directorship after the 2021-22 season.
2024 NHL Free Agents By Team
Pro Hockey Rumors’ up-to-date list of 2024 free agents by team is below. These are players who are eligible for restricted or unrestricted free agency after the 2023-24 season. Potential restricted free agents are marked with (RFA). Only players who logged significant NHL time this past season are listed.
This list will continue to be updated throughout the next few months and into free agency, so be sure to use it and our list of 2024 free agents by position/type [RESTRICTED] [UNRESTRICTED] as points of reference.
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Updated 6/28/24
Anaheim Ducks
- William Lagesson
- Ben Meyers
- Urho Vaakanainen (RFA)
- Isac Lundeström (RFA)
- Max Jones (RFA)
- Brett Leason (RFA)
- Jackson LaCombe (RFA)
- Gustav Lindström (RFA)
Boston Bruins
- Jake DeBrusk
- Danton Heinen
- Matt Grzelcyk
- Kevin Shattenkirk
- James van Riemsdyk
- Derek Forbort
- Pat Maroon
- Oskar Steen
- Jeremy Swayman (RFA)
- Jesper Boqvist (RFA)
Buffalo Sabres
- Victor Olofsson
- Zemgus Girgensons
- Eric Comrie
- Eric Robinson
- Tyson Jost
- Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (RFA)
- Henri Jokiharju (RFA)
- Peyton Krebs (RFA)
- Jacob Bryson (RFA)
Calgary Flames
Carolina Hurricanes
- Jake Guentzel
- Brady Skjei
- Teuvo Teräväinen
- Brett Pesce
- Stefan Noesen
- Jordan Martinook
- Tony DeAngelo
- Antti Raanta
- Martin Necas (RFA)
- Seth Jarvis (RFA)
- Jack Drury (RFA)
Chicago Blackhawks
- Tyler Johnson
- Nikita Zaitsev
- Jarred Tinordi
- Jaycob Megna
- Colin Blackwell
- Sam Lafferty
- Taylor Raddysh (RFA)
- Joey Anderson (RFA)
- Mackenzie Entwistle (RFA)
- Isaak Phillips (RFA)
- Louis Crevier (RFA)
- Reese Johnson (RFA)
Colorado Avalanche
- Sean Walker
- Jonathan Drouin
- Yakov Trenin
- Brandon Duhaime
- Jack Johnson
- Caleb Jones
- Fredrik Olofsson
- Joel Kiviranta
Columbus Blue Jackets
- Brendan Gaunce
- Carson Meyer
- Kirill Marchenko (RFA)
- Jake Bean (RFA)
- Alexandre Texier (RFA)
- Cole Sillinger (RFA)
- Kent Johnson (RFA)
- Alexander Nylander (RFA)
- Jake Christiansen (RFA)
Dallas Stars
- Joe Pavelski
- Matt Duchene
- Chris Tanev
- Scott Wedgewood
- Jani Hakanpää
- Craig Smith
- Thomas Harley (RFA)
- Sam Steel (RFA)
- Nils Lundkvist (RFA)
- Ty Dellandrea (RFA)
Detroit Red Wings
- Shayne Gostisbehere
- Daniel Sprong
- Patrick Kane
- David Perron
- Christian Fischer
- James Reimer
- Austin Czarnik
- Lucas Raymond (RFA)
- Moritz Seider (RFA)
- Joe Veleno (RFA)
- Jonatan Berggren (RFA)
Edmonton Oilers
- Adam Henrique
- Warren Foegele
- Sam Carrick
- Connor Brown
- Corey Perry
- Mattias Janmark
- Vincent Desharnais
- Sam Gagner
- Troy Stecher
- Adam Erne
- Dylan Holloway (RFA)
- Philip Broberg (RFA)
Florida Panthers
- Sam Reinhart
- Brandon Montour
- Vladimir Tarasenko
- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
- Anthony Stolarz
- Dmitry Kulikov
- Kyle Okposo
- Nick Cousins
- Ryan Lomberg
- Kevin Stenlund
- Steven Lorentz
- Anton Lundell (RFA)
- Josh Mahura (RFA)
Los Angeles Kings
- Matt Roy
- Viktor Arvidsson
- Cam Talbot
- Pheonix Copley
- Trevor Lewis
- Quinton Byfield (RFA)
- Blake Lizotte (RFA)
- Arthur Kaliyev (RFA)
- Carl Grundström (RFA)
- Jordan Spence (RFA)
Minnesota Wild
- Alex Goligoski
- Dakota Mermis
- Jake Lucchini
- Adam Beckman (RFA)
- Mason Shaw (RFA)
- Declan Chisholm (RFA)
Montreal Canadiens
- Tanner Pearson
- Colin White
- Justin Barron (RFA)
- Arber Xhekaj (RFA)
- Jesse Ylönen (RFA)
Nashville Predators
- Alexandre Carrier
- Anthony Beauvillier
- Jason Zucker
- Tyson Barrie
- Kiefer Sherwood
- Kevin Lankinen
- Philip Tomasino (RFA)
- Juuso Pärssinen (RFA)
- Spencer Stastney (RFA)
- Jaret Anderson-Dolan (RFA)
New Jersey Devils
- Brendan Smith
- Kaapo Kähkönen
- Chris Tierney
- Tomáš Nosek
- Dawson Mercer (RFA)
- Nico Daws (RFA)
- Akira Schmid (RFA)
- Nolan Foote (RFA)
- Santeri Hatakka (RFA)
New York Islanders
- Mike Reilly
- Matt Martin
- Cal Clutterbuck
- Robert Bortuzzo
- Sebastian Aho
- Simon Holmström (RFA)
- Oliver Wahlstrom (RFA)
New York Rangers
- Jack Roslovic
- Erik Gustafsson
- Alexander Wennberg
- Blake Wheeler
- Chad Ruhwedel
- Tyler Pitlick
- Ryan Lindgren (RFA)
- Braden Schneider (RFA)
Ottawa Senators
- Dominik Kubalík
- Rourke Chartier
- Shane Pinto (RFA)
- Erik Brännström (RFA)
- Parker Kelly (RFA)
- Boris Katchouk (RFA)
- Mads Søgaard (RFA)
Philadelphia Flyers
- Erik Johnson
- Marc Staal
- Yegor Zamula (RFA)
- Bobby Brink (RFA)
Pittsburgh Penguins
- Vinnie Hinostroza
- Jansen Harkins
- Radim Zohorna
- Ryan Shea
- Pierre-Olivier Joseph (RFA)
- Emil Bemstrom (RFA)
San Jose Sharks
- Alexander Barabanov
- Mike Hoffman
- Kevin Labanc
- Jacob MacDonald
- Justin Bailey
- Luke Kunin (RFA)
- Filip Zadina (RFA)
- Calen Addison (RFA)
- Henry Thrun (RFA)
- Ty Emberson (RFA)
Seattle Kraken
- Justin Schultz
- Tomáš Tatar
- Pierre-Édouard Bellemare
- Matthew Beniers (RFA)
- Eeli Tolvanen (RFA)
- Kailer Yamamoto (RFA)
St. Louis Blues
Tampa Bay Lightning
- Steven Stamkos
- Anthony Duclair
- Mathew Dumba
- Calvin de Haan
- Tyler Motte
- Austin Watson
- Alex Barré-Boulet
- Haydn Fleury
Toronto Maple Leafs
- T.J. Brodie
- Tyler Bertuzzi
- Max Domi
- Ilya Samsonov
- Mark Giordano
- John Klingberg
- Ilya Lyubushkin
- Joel Edmundson
- Martin Jones
- Timothy Liljegren (RFA)
- Noah Gregor (RFA)
- Nicholas Robertson (RFA)
- Connor Dewar (RFA)
Utah Hockey Club
- Travis Boyd
- Josh Brown
- Travis Dermott
- Sean Durzi (RFA)
- Juuso Välimäki (RFA)
- J.J. Moser (RFA)
- Barrett Hayton (RFA)
- Victor Söderström (RFA)
Vancouver Canucks
Vegas Golden Knights
- Jonathan Marchessault
- Chandler Stephenson
- Anthony Mantha
- Michael Amadio
- Alec Martinez
- William Carrier
- Pavel Dorofeyev (RFA)
- Kaedan Korczak (RFA)