Oilers Place Noah Philp On Waivers
The Oilers announced Sunday they’ve placed center Noah Philp on waivers for the purpose of assignment to AHL Bakersfield. Now that the holiday roster freeze has lifted, Edmonton has also made official the unconditional waiver placement for David Tomasek that was reported on Friday, meaning he’ll have his contract terminated tomorrow.
Philp had been out since Nov. 17 with an upper-body injury and was on long-term injured reserve. Technically, he needs to be activated from LTIR before being placed on waivers. The Oilers created a roster spot and cap space by suspending Tomasek without pay, something they were eligible to do because he’d already left the club to return to Sweden, where he’ll be signing with the SHL’s Färjestad BK.
Before his injury, the 27-year-old Philp had rotated in and out of the lineup as the Oilers’ fourth-line center. Entering the year with only 15 games of NHL experience, all coming with Edmonton last season, he was given extremely difficult 5-on-5 deployment and started just 27.8% of his shifts in the offensive zone.
As a result, Philp’s numbers at face value were underwhelming. He had a 2-1–3 scoring line in 15 games with a -7 rating, ranking last among Oilers forwards in Corsi for percentage (41.9), shots for percentage (42.9), and expected goals for percentage (36.4) at 5-on-5.
Those are excusable figures given his deployment, though, and he has been one of Edmonton’s best faceoff men this year at 56.9%. There’s a definite risk of losing Philp on the wire as a result if a team is looking for affordable fourth-line help, particularly thanks to his league minimum salary, two-way contract structure, and expiring deal.
Kraken Activate Jared McCann
The Kraken will see Jared McCann return to the lineup against the Flyers tonight, teammate Matty Beniers told reporters (including Kate Shefte of The Seattle Times). The team subsequently announced he’s been activated from injured reserve. With an open roster spot, there’s no need for a corresponding move.
McCann’s return comes a few days ahead of schedule. The 29-year-old sustained a lower-body injury against the Kings on Dec. 10 that was expected to keep him out for three weeks. That would have put his return late next week.
Lower-body issues have kept McCann on the sidelines for much of this season. His latest seven-game absence teamed up with a weeks-long one earlier in the year. All told, he’s been limited to 11 appearances but has kept up his longstanding role as the Kraken’s top offensive weapon, totaling five goals and eight points.
Seattle’s woeful offense, 31st in the league at 2.54 goals per game, now gets back its franchise-leading scorer on the heels of a three-game win streak leading into the holiday break. The Kraken were 11-5-5 through their first 21 games, putting themselves in the playoff conversation, before undoing all that work with a 1-9-1 run over their next 11. That win streak has them back above .500 and three points back of the Sharks for the wild-card cutoff with three games in hand, though.
For a group that’s been without Jaden Schwartz for several weeks due to a lower-body injury and lost Mason Marchment when he was traded to the Blue Jackets earlier this month, getting McCann back in on the wing is a true needle-mover. Seattle has gone 4-5-2 with McCann in the lineup this season.
The Kraken will also be getting top-pair staple Vince Dunn back in the lineup on the back end, head coach Lane Lambert said (via Alison Lukan of NHL.com). He missed Seattle’s last game before the break with an upper-body injury but, along with McCann, was a full participant in yesterday’s practice. With 19 points in 34 games this season, he leads Kraken defenders in scoring and is fifth on the team overall but has a team-worst -15 rating.
Image courtesy of Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images.
Lightning Activate Brandon Hagel From Injured Reserve
12:02 p.m.: McDonagh in fact won’t be available tonight. He’s been placed on injured reserve while defenseman Maxim Groshev was recalled from Syracuse in the corresponding move for Santini’s demotion, the team announced. While Groshev’s been recalled multiple times this season without making his NHL debut, that will change as he’s one of only six defensemen on Tampa’s active roster.
11:32 a.m.: The Lightning have activated left winger Brandon Hagel from injured reserve, Erik Erlendsson of Lightning Insider reports. Tampa returned defenseman Steven Santini to AHL Syracuse in the corresponding move, indicating Ryan McDonagh could be back in the lineup after sitting out last night’s win over the Panthers with an undisclosed injury.
Hagel has been dealing with an upper-body injury since the Bolts’ second-most recent rivalry game against Florida back on Dec. 15. He’s missed the last four games and nearly two weeks as a result. They’ll welcome him back to the lineup this evening against the Canadiens.
The 27-year-old is now in his fifth season in Tampa, continuing to pay dividends after they gave up a steep package to acquire him from the Blackhawks at the 2022 trade deadline. He’s continued to hover near a point per game with an 18-15–31 scoring line in 32 appearances this season. Named to the league’s second All-Star Team last year while finishing top 10 in Selke voting, Hagel’s 121 points in 114 games since the beginning of 2024-25 are tied with Lucas Raymond for 20th in the league.
Tampa dealt with his absence quite well, though. They went 3-1-0 in four games without him while outscoring opponents 15-9, scoring four-plus goals three times. His return will give the Bolts a fully healthy forward group for just the third time this season.
With Erik Černák, Victor Hedman, and Emil Martinsen Lilleberg on IR, Santini was summoned yesterday to fill the gap after they received word that McDonagh couldn’t go. The 30-year-old saw 7:58 of ice time in what was his ninth appearance of the season for Tampa Bay, recording a +1 rating with a hit and a block.
The injury keeping McDonagh out of action was a re-aggravation of the undisclosed issue that sidelined him for over a month, head coach Jon Cooper said yesterday. He returned to play in three straight before the holiday break, but evidently needed some more load management before getting back into the lineup. Whether the extra day of rest ends up being enough to get him back to 100% – or at least healthy enough to play every night – will be something to watch.
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Wild Acquire Boris Katchouk
The Wild announced they’ve acquired left winger Boris Katchouk from the Lightning in exchange for fellow lefty Michael Milne. Both players were on minor-league assignments and will report to their new affiliates in AHL Iowa and Syracuse, respectively.
While the trade is a relatively routine one-for-one swap of minor-league forwards, there’s an unusual gap between where Katchouk and Milne are in their development. At 27, Katchouk is a higher-floor, lower-ceiling call-up option for a Minnesota squad that’s struggled to field a competitive farm team in Iowa for the past several seasons.
Katchouk was a second-round pick by Tampa back in 2016 and bounced around quite a bit before returning to the Bolts on a two-way deal last offseason. He was coming off a 21-goal, 49-point resurgence in 67 games for AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while on a minor-league deal.
So far, those numbers haven’t carried over into Katchouk’s second stint in the Lightning organization. He’s been limited to four goals and 10 points in 21 games with Syracuse, tied only for 10th on the team in scoring.
Katchouk did get a brief recall earlier this season, making three appearances for Tampa in November, his first NHL action since 2023-24 with the Blackhawks and Senators. He posted zeros across the board, going 7-for-19 (36.8%) on faceoffs as the Bolts opted to deploy the natural winger down the middle.
The 6’2″, 212-lb Katchouk has 15 goals, 21 assists, 36 points, and a -23 rating in 179 career NHL appearances for Tampa, Chicago, and Ottawa. That’s 178 more than what Milne has. The 23-year-old was a third-round selection by Minnesota in 2022.
The Bolts thus net a potential higher-upside piece but one without the experience of slotting in as a bottom-six piece if needed, like Katchouk. Milne’s lone NHL game came last season on Nov. 16, 2024, against the Stars, recording three hits in 6:34 of ice time.
He didn’t get his season underway in Iowa until the beginning of November due to an undisclosed injury. Since returning, he’s managed five points and a -11 rating in 15 games.
A couple of years ago, it looked like the British Columbia native might be able to pan out as a bottom-six energy piece in Minnesota. A good skater with great endurance, he scored 21 points in just 40 games for Iowa in 2023-24 but hasn’t been able to recapture that offensive pace ever since.
The Lightning now take a flyer on him, parting ways with a familiar replacement piece to do so. There’s no impact on either team’s cap or roster situation since they were both in the minors at the time of the swap. Milne’s minor-league salary is $100K, and he’ll be a restricted free agent with arbitration rights at the end of the season. Katchouk is owed a $250K AHL salary with a $350K guarantee and will be an unrestricted free agent in July.
Bruins Activate, Reassign Michael Callahan, Matej Blumel
The Bruins announced they’ve activated defenseman Michael Callahan and left winger Matěj Blümel from injured reserve and simultaneously assigned both to AHL Providence.
Callahan had been out since early in the month with a lower-body injury, missing Boston’s last 11 games. The 26-year-old Massachusetts native was an injury replacement himself, elevated from Providence just days before when Henri Jokiharju sustained an undisclosed injury that’s still got him sidelined.
A fifth-round pick by the Coyotes back in 2018, the B’s acquired Callahan’s signing rights when he wrapped up his collegiate career with Providence College in 2022. He’s since developed into a reliable call-up option if Boston needs a no-fuss, stay-at-home option to slot in on the left side.
Callahan has now made 22 NHL appearances over this year and last, scoring once with a -6 rating while averaging 13:53 of ice time per game. Callahan’s 48.1% shot share at 5-on-5 ranks ninth among 14 Bruins defenders to play at least 50 minutes since the beginning of last season.
Boston is still dealing with injury concerns on the blue line. In addition to Jokiharju, Jonathan Aspirot and Jordan Harris are IR or LTIR-bound. The team added some younger, higher-end depth in the form of Vladislav Kolyachonok off waivers while Callahan was absent, though, meaning there was no longer a job waiting for him when he returned to health. Since he hasn’t spent 30 days on the active roster since first clearing waivers at the beginning of the season, he can be sent directly to Providence today.
Blümel is in a similar situation. When the 25-year-old was recalled from Providence in November, the B’s were without a pair of top-six pieces in Viktor Arvidsson and Casey Mittelstadt. Both have since returned, leaving Blümel as the only Boston forward on IR or LTIR. Considering fellow call-up Alex Steeves has locked down a spot in the lineup with eight goals and 10 points in 22 games, Blümel wasn’t going to usurp him for a spot and will return to an expansive role in Providence instead of burning away his waiver exemption in Boston’s press box.
Signed as a Group VI unrestricted free agent last offseason, Blümel was one of the more intriguing under-the-radar targets on the open market last summer. He’d rattled off a league-leading 39 goals in 67 games with AHL Texas the year prior while in the Stars’ system. He’d kept up a point-per-game pace with Providence to begin the year, scoring two goals and 11 assists in 13 appearances, but went scoreless with a -3 rating in four games for Boston before landing on LTIR.
Blue Jackets To Activate Mathieu Olivier
As he signaled would be the case yesterday, Blue Jackets head coach Dean Evason told reporters that winger Mathieu Olivier will come off injured reserve and be available for tonight’s tilt against the Islanders (via Jeff Svoboda of NHL.com).
Evason also confirmed star defenseman Zach Werenski will miss a second straight game with the right foot/ankle injury he sustained on Dec. 20 against the Ducks, but reaffirmed he isn’t expected to miss significant time and is still listed as day-to-day. Since he’s already missed more than a week, he can go on injured reserve retroactively to create the roster spot for Olivier’s activation.
Also unavailable tonight for the Jackets is center Isac Lundeström, Evason said. Lundeström sustained a lower-body injury in Columbus’ first post-holiday practice session Saturday and has not yet finished being evaluated.
The 6’2″, 210-lb Olivier returns after missing more than a month with an upper-body injury. The 28-year-old grinder forced his way into the Jackets’ top nine last year with a career-high 18 goals, 32 points, and 306 hits, earning himself a six-year, $18MM extension in the process.
So far, the Mississippi native has at least kept up the pace from last season’s emergence. His goal-scoring is down, but his total production – a 3-6–9 scoring line in 23 games – mirrors his 0.39 points per game output from 2024-25. He’s doing that while averaging 14 minutes per game, averaging over three hits a night for the third straight year, and seeing some occasional shorthanded deployment.
Per yesterday’s practice, Olivier is ticketed to return as the Jackets’ third-line right wing alongside Boone Jenner and Charlie Coyle, a spot on the depth chart he’s held all season long.
Lundeström’s performance in Columbus since signing a two-year, $2.6MM deal in free agency has been par for the course. A first-round pick by the Ducks in 2018, he profiled as a high-end, bottom-six two-way center but never found his stride offensively. That’s continued in 2025-26, with the Swede posting only one goal and five points through 35 appearances.
He’s been fine in a shutdown role, posting a -5 rating and 43.3% shot attempt share while starting 32.8% of his even-strength shifts in the offensive zone. Either Zach Aston-Reese or Brendan Gaunce will relieve him as Columbus’ fourth-line center in the interim.
Andrej Sustr Signs In Sweden
Free agent defenseman Andrej Šustr has signed with Kalmar HC of HockeyAllsvenskan, Sweden’s second-tier pro league, per a team announcement.
Šustr, 35, finds a place to finish out the 2025-26 season after spending the last few weeks on the open market. The veteran of 361 NHL games hasn’t appeared at the top level since 2021-22 with the Ducks but decided to attempt a comeback in the fall, landing a professional tryout with the Rangers.
While that PTO was unsuccessful, Šustr did manage to get into regular-season action with the cross-town Islanders’ AHL affiliate. However, the 6’7″ righty only managed one assist and a -6 rating in 11 games for Bridgeport before being released earlier this month.
The move to Kalmar marks a step down for the former Lightning penalty kill specialist. After spending 2022-23 in the minors split between the Ducks and Wild organizations, he’d spent the last two years in top-division European leagues, including Kölner Haie in Germany, HC Dynamo Pardubice in Czechia, and Tappara in Liiga.
Šustr did relatively well for himself there, including a 20-point resurgence in 44 DEL games for Köln (Cologne), and still managed a respectable 1-11–12 scoring line with an even rating in 38 games for Tappara last year. Nonetheless, his underwhelming showing in Bridgeport, plus a roster spot in the top leagues being difficult to find this deep into the season, will result in the Czech rearguard bringing his experience to a Kalmar team that’s 22-5-3, vying for promotion to the SHL just three years after being promoted from HockeyEttan, Sweden’s third division. If so, he’d be part of one of the most remarkable stories in European hockey – Kalmar played in Hockeytrean, the fifth tier, as recently as 2016.
2025-26 In-Season NHL Trades
Pro Hockey Rumors will keep track of all trades made during the 2025-26 campaign, right up until the last day of the regular season, updating this post with each transaction.
Trades are listed here in reverse-chronological order, with the latest at the top. So, if a player has been traded multiple times, the first team listed as having acquired him is the one that ended up with him. If a trade has not yet been formally finalized, it will be listed in italics. The terms or structures of those deals could still change before they’re officially completed.
For our full story on each trade, click on the date above it. We’ll continue to update this list with the latest specific details on picks and other compensation, as they’re reported.
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Here’s the full list of the NHL’s 2025-26 in-season trades:
- Kings acquire F Jan Jeník
- Islanders acquire D Samuel Bolduc
- Red Wings acquire F Michael Milne and F Wojciech Stachowiak
- Lightning acquire D Ian Mitchell
- Predators acquire F Dalton Bancroft and F Massimo Rizzo.
- Bruins acquire F Navrin Mutter.
- Senators acquire F Graeme Clarke.
- Capitals acquire F Wyatt Bongiovanni.
- Flames acquire F Brennan Othmann.
- Rangers acquire F Jacob Battaglia.
- Sabres acquire F Tanner Pearson.
- Jets acquire the Sabres’ 2026 seventh-round pick.
- Avalanche acquire F Nazem Kadri and the Flames’ 2027 fourth-round pick.
- Flames acquire F Victor Olofsson, F Max Curran, Avalanche’s 2028 first-round pick, and the Avalanche’s 2027-second round pick.
- Capitals acquire D Timothy Liljegren.
- Sharks acquire Golden Knights’ 2026 fourth-round pick.
- Red Wings acquire D Justin Faulk.
- Blues acquire D Justin Holl, F Dmitri Buchelnikov, the Red Wings’ 2026 first-round pick, and the Sharks’ 2026 third-round pick.
- Bruins acquire F Lukas Reichel.
- Canucks acquire Bruins’ 2026 sixth-round pick.
- Capitals acquire F David Kampf.
- Canucks acquire Capitals’ sixth-round pick.
- Kings acquire F Scott Laughton.
- Maple Leafs acquire Kings’ conditional 2026 third-round pick.
- Note: Pick becomes a second-round pick if Kings make the playoffs.
- Flames acquire F Ryan Strome.
- Ducks acquire Flames’ 2027 seventh-round pick.
- Kraken acquire F Bobby McMann.
- Maple Leafs acquire Kraken’s 2027 second-round pick and 2026 fourth-round pick.
- Blackhawks acquire D Derrick Pouliot.
- Rangers acquire F Aidan Thompson.
- Penguins acquire F Elmer Soderblom.
- Red Wings acquire Sharks’ 2026 third-round pick.
- Islanders acquire F Brayden Schenn.
- Blues acquire F Jonathan Drouin, G Marcus Gidlof, Avalanche’s 2026 first-round pick, Devils’ 2026 third-round pick.
- Hurricanes acquire F Nicolas Deslauriers.
- Flyers acquire Flyers’ 2027 seventh-round pick.
- Panthers acquire F Vinnie Hinostroza.
- Wild acquire future considerations.
- Lightning acquire F Corey Perry.
- Kings acquire Tampa Bay’s 2028 second-round pick.
- Wild acquire F Nick Foligno.
- Blackhawks acquire future considerations.
- Flyers acquire F Brett Harrison and D Jackson Edward.
- Bruins acquire F Alexis Gendron and F Massimo Rizzo.
- Wild acquire F Bobby Brink.
- Flyers acquire D David Jiříček.
- Ducks acquire D John Carlson.
- Capitals acquire the Ducks’ 2026 first-round pick and the Ducks’ 2027 third-round pick.
- Note: the Ducks can choose to defer the first-round pick to 2027 if they fail to qualify for the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
- Sabres acquire D Logan Stanley and D Luke Schenn (50% retained).
- Jets acquire F Isak Rosen, D Jacob Bryson, the Sabres’ 2027 second-round pick, and the better of the Sabres’ or Oilers’ 2026 fourth-round pick.
- Sabres acquire F Sam Carrick.
- Rangers acquire the Sabres’ 2026 third-round pick and the Blackhawks’ 2026 sixth-round pick.
- Blue Jackets acquire F Conor Garland.
- Canucks acquire the Blue Jackets’ 2028 second-round pick and a third-round pick.
- Red Wings acquire F David Perron.
- Senators acquire the Blue Jackets’ 2026 fourth-round pick.
- Note: the pick only transfers if Perron plays at least one game for Detroit. If the Red Wings reach the second round of the playoffs and Perron plays in at least half their games in the first round, the pick upgrades to Detroit’s 2026 third-round selection.
- Senators acquire F Warren Foegele and a conditional 2026 third-round pick.
- Kings acquire the Sabres’ 2026 second-round pick and a conditional 2026 third-round pick.
- Note: view the article for the explanation of the conditions.
- Stars acquire F Michael Bunting.
- Predators acquire the Kraken’s 2026 third-round pick.
- Canucks acquire D Jack Thompson.
- Sharks acquire D Jett Woo.
- Wild acquire D Jeff Petry.
- Panthers acquire the Wild’s 2026 seventh-round pick.
- Note: the pick upgrades to Minnesota’s 2026 fifth-rounder if the Wild win at least two playoff rounds and Petry plays in 50% of playoff games.
- Avalanche acquire F Nicolas Roy.
- Maple Leafs acquire the Avalanche’s 2027 first-round pick (top-10 protected) and the lowest of the three fifth-round picks owned by the Avalanche in the 2026 draft (their own, the Bruins’, and the Flyers’).
- Golden Knights acquire F Nic Dowd.
- Capitals acquire G Jesper Vikman, the Sharks’ 2027 third-round pick, and the Golden Knights’ 2029 second-round pick.
- Oilers acquire F Jason Dickinson (50% retained), F Colton Dach.
- Blackhawks acquire F Andrew Mangiapane and the Oilers’ 2027 first-round pick (top-12 protected).
- Note: the Oilers’ 2027 first-round pick becomes unprotected if Edmonton trades away its 2028 first-round pick before the 2027 draft.
- Avalanche acquire D Nick Blankenburg.
- Predators acquire the Avalanche’s 2027 fifth-round pick.
- Mammoth acquire D MacKenzie Weegar.
- Flames acquire D Olli Määttä, signing rights to F Jonathan Castagna, and the Mammoth’s, Rangers’, and Senators’ 2026 second-round pick.
- Stars acquire D Tyler Myers (50% retained).
- Canucks acquire the Stars’ 2027 second-round pick and 2029 fourth-round pick.
- Golden Knights acquire F Cole Smith.
- Predators acquire the Golden Knights’ 2028 third-round pick and D Christoffer Sedoff.
- Wild acquire F Michael McCarron.
- Predators acquire the Wild’s 2028 second-round pick.
- Oilers acquire D Connor Murphy (50% retained).
- Blackhawks acquire the Oilers’ 2028 second-round pick.
- Flyers acquire F Boris Katchouk.
- Wild acquire D Roman Schmidt.
- Penguins acquire D Samuel Girard and the Avalanche’s 2028 second-round pick.
- Avalanche acquire D Brett Kulak.
- Islanders acquire F Matt Luff.
- Blues acquire F Julien Gauthier.
- Kings acquire F Artemi Panarin.
- Rangers acquire F Liam Greentree, a conditional 2026 third-round pick, and a conditional 2028 fourth-round pick.
- Conditions: The Rangers will receive the better of the Kings’ or the Stars’ 2026 third-round pick. The selection will upgrade to the Kings’ 2026 second-round pick if L.A. wins at least one playoff round. The Kings’ 2028 fourth-round pick will only transfer if they win at least two playoff rounds in 2026.
- Devils acquire F Nick Bjugstad.
- Blues acquire F Thomas Bordeleau and a conditional 2026 fourth-round pick.
- Condition: the Blues will receive the latest of the Devils’, Stars’ or Jets’ 2026 fourth-round pick.
- Stars acquire D Jeremie Poirier.
- Flames acquire D Gavin White.
- Islanders acquire F Ondřej Palát, the Devils’ 2026 third-round pick, and the Devils’ 2027 sixth-round pick.
- Devils acquire F Maxim Tsyplakov.
- Islanders acquire D Carson Soucy.
- Rangers acquire the Islanders’ 2026 third-round pick.
- Sabres acquire D Gavin Bayreuther.
- Hurricanes acquire F Viktor Neuchev.
- Penguins acquire D Ilya Solovyov.
- Avalanche acquire F Valtteri Puustinen and the Penguins’ 2026 seventh-round pick.
- Sharks acquire F Kiefer Sherwood.
- Canucks acquire D Cole Clayton, the Sharks’ 2026 second-round pick, and the Sharks’ 2027 second-round pick.
- Golden Knights acquire D Rasmus Andersson (50% retained).
- Flames acquire D Zach Whitecloud, the Golden Knights’ 2027 first-round pick, a conditional 2027 second-round pick, and the signing rights to D Abram Wiebe.
- Condition: The 2027 second-round pick will upgrade to Vegas’ 2028 first-round pick if they win the Stanley Cup in 2026.
- Hurricanes acquire D Kyle Masters and the Sharks’ 2026 fourth-round pick.
- Sharks acquire the Blackhawks’ 2027 fifth-round pick.
- Ducks acquire F Jeffrey Viel.
- Bruins acquire the Flyers’ or Red Wings’ 2026 fourth-round pick.
- Condition: The Bruins will acquire the highest of the two available draft selections.
- Sharks acquire D Nolan Allan, G Laurent Brossoit, and the Blackhawks’ 2028 seventh-round pick.
- Blackhawks acquire D Ryan Ellis, D Jake Furlong, and the Sharks’ 2028 fourth-round pick.
- Hurricanes acquire D Juuso Välimäki.
- Mammoth acquire future considerations.
- Penguins acquire D Egor Zamula.
- Flyers acquire RW Philip Tomasino.
- Penguins acquire RW Yegor Chinakhov.
- Blue Jackets acquire LW Danton Heinen, the Blues’ 2026 second-round pick, and the Capitals’ 2027 third-round pick.
- Wild acquire LW Boris Katchouk.
- Lightning acquire LW Michael Milne.
- Blue Jackets acquire LW Mason Marchment.
- Kraken acquire the Blue Jackets’ 2027 second-round pick and the Rangers’ 2026 fourth-round pick.
- Canadiens acquire C Phillip Danault.
- Kings acquire the Blue Jackets’ 2026 second-round pick.
- Wild acquire D Quinn Hughes.
- Canucks acquire D Zeev Buium, C Marco Rossi, LW Liam Ohgren, and the Wild’s 2026 first-round pick.
- Oilers acquire G Tristan Jarry and C Samuel Poulin.
- Penguins acquire G Stuart Skinner, D Brett Kulak, and the Oilers’ 2029 second-round pick.
- Oilers acquire D Spencer Stastney.
- Predators acquire the Oilers’ 2027 third-round pick.
Players On 2026 World Juniors Rosters By NHL Team
This year’s World Juniors kick off in just over an hour with a Group A clash between Sweden and Slovakia in St. Paul. With all 10 countries’ rosters locked in, it’s time to look at which prospects each NHL team will see representing them on the world’s biggest stage for under-20 players.
Only three teams – the Blue Jackets, Golden Knights, and Hurricanes – do not have a representative on an opening roster. The Mammoth and Predators lead the way with seven prospects each, while the Canadiens, Capitals, Ducks, Flyers, Islanders, Red Wings, and Sharks are other teams with five-plus.
Anaheim Ducks
- D Lasse Boelius (Finland)
- G Elijah Neuenschwander (Switzerland)
- C Eric Nilson (Sweden)
- C Lucas Pettersson (Sweden)
- D Darels Uljanskis (Latvia)
Boston Bruins
- D Vashek Blanár (Czechia) not registered for opener
- C James Hagens (USA)
- LW Will Zellers (USA)
Buffalo Sabres
- D Adam Kleber (USA)
- D Radim Mrtka (Czechia) not registered for opener (injury)
- D Luke Osburn (USA)
- RW Brodie Ziemer (USA)
Calgary Flames
- D Zayne Parekh (Canada)
- C Cole Reschny (Canada)
Carolina Hurricanes
none
Chicago Blackhawks
- C Anton Frondell (Sweden)
- RW Vaclav Nestrasil (Czechia)
- RW A.J. Spellacy (USA)
Maple Leafs Promote Steve Sullivan To Assistant Coach
The Maple Leafs announced Friday they’ve added Steve Sullivan to the NHL bench as an assistant coach. He was already in the organization as an assistant for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies.
Sullivan, 51, fills the vacancy that opened Monday when the Leafs fired Marc Savard. Savard’s role was to manage the team’s power play; Sullivan will likely assume the same duties.
It’s a quick promotion for Sullivan, who’s only in his second year in the organization. The veteran of over 1,000 NHL games as a player assumed his first-ever high-level bench role when he was added as a Marlies assistant before the 2024-25 campaign.
That doesn’t mean Sullivan’s sat on his laurels since retiring in 2013, though. He spent multiple years in the Coyotes’ front office as a development coach and assistant general manager. He oversaw their AHL affiliate’s operations from 2017-21 and served as the club’s interim GM during their COVID bubble playoff appearance in 2020, following John Chayka’s resignation and before Bill Armstrong’s hiring.
The 5’9″ Sullivan was one of the most consistent and unheralded two-way forwards of his era. 221 of his 747 career points (29.6%) came with the man advantage. He’s now entrusted with helping to jumpstart a Toronto power play that ranks dead last in the league at 13.0%.