Evgeni Malkin Signs Four-Year Extension
Turns out Evgeni Malkin isn’t heading to market after all. After going back and forth for months, the Pittsburgh Penguins and their Russian superstar have come to an agreement just 12 hours before he was set to hit the open market. Malkin has signed a four-year extension that will pay him $24.4MM ($6.1MM AAV).
General manager Ron Hextall released the following statement:
Evgeni is a generational talent who will be remembered as one of the greatest players in NHL history. His hockey resume and individual accomplishments speak volumes about him as a player, and we are thrilled to watch him continue his remarkable legacy in Pittsburgh.
Malkin, 35, will now be under contract through the 2025-26 season, one year longer than teammate Sidney Crosby (but two years shorter than the recently-extended Kris Letang, who now carries the same cap hit). Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic reports the full details of the contract:
- 2022-23: $4.0MM salary + $4.0MM signing bonus
- 2023-24: $6.0MM salary
- 2024-25: $5.6MM salary
- 2025-26: $1.0MM salary + $3.8MM signing bonus
The deal also includes a full no-movement clause throughout, though trade speculation will likely never stop, as it has followed Malkin through most of his career.
What a career it has been. The second-overall pick from 2004 stepped into the NHL in 2006 as an instant superstar, winning the Calder Trophy in a landslide over Paul Stastny (Malkin received 120 of the 143 first-place votes) and scoring 85 points in 78 games. By year two, he was already the Hart Trophy runner-up and by year three he was taking home the Art Ross as the league’s most productive player. He also happened to take home the Conn Smythe that year, as the Malkin and the Crosby-led Penguins lifted the Stanley Cup for the first time. They would do it twice more with that dynamic duo in place, and now look to try it again while they are still effective.
It has never been Malkin’s effectiveness that is questioned, only his consistency and health. The big center has only played 70 games in a season once over the last decade, usually missing significant stretches due to injury. This season he played in just 41 games, though he still managed to score at a better than point-per-game pace, registering 20 goals and 42 points.
The negotiation, obviously stressful on both sides, has resulted in a deal that seems more than reasonable. The Penguins get to have Malkin back for a cap hit quite a bit lower than the $9.5MM he had been carrying since 2014, while the veteran forward gets the security of a four-year deal to play out his career in Pittsburgh.
Now the question of whether Malkin, Crosby, and Letang are still good enough to lead this team to the promised land will be asked–or whether all this contract confirms is that they will each be Penguins for life.
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Duncan Keith Announces Retirement
The Edmonton Oilers have cleared even more cap space. Duncan Keith has decided to retire, which will not only open cap space for the Oilers but also means a significant cap recapture penalty for the Chicago Blackhawks:
- 2022-23: $5.54MM
- 2023-24: $1.94MM
Cap recapture is a function of the CBA that penalizes teams for previously signing extremely front-loaded contracts. When Keith signed his 13-year, $72MM deal in 2009, the last few years included a very low salary in order to drop the overall average.
For instance, he would have only earned $1.5MM this season in actual salary. The Blackhawks then must repay the savings they received in the early part of the contract–Keith was earning $8MM per season at the start of the deal while carrying a cap hit of just $5.54MM.
On the other end of that coin, the Oilers should actually receive a cap credit, as they paid the elevated cap hit this season despite Keith only making $2.1MM. Unfortunately, that credit is apparently being removed by the NHL–though a grievance process is possible through the NHLPA. For now, they will only receive the benefit of clearing the $5.54MM cap hit off the books for 2022-23.
While the cap implications will cloud Keith’s retirement, nothing should overshadow the fact that one of the best players of his generation is calling it quits.
The 38-year-old played 1,256 regular season games, 151 playoff contests, and won three Stanley Cups with the Chicago Blackhawks. An elite two-way player, Keith racked up offensive numbers while also playing a quiet, effective defensive game.
During his 16 years with Chicago, he averaged nearly 25 minutes a night, won the Norris Trophy twice and the Conn Smythe in 2015. He sits 34th all-time in points from a defenseman, and 26th in games played.
When he is eligible, Keith will have a great case for Hall of Fame induction, as a player who was legitimately at (or at least near) the top of his position for a long stretch in his prime.
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Pittsburgh Penguins Expected To Re-Sign Rickard Rakell
As The Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reports, the Pittsburgh Penguins appear to be keeping their trade deadline acquisition around a while longer, re-signing forward Rickard Rakell. Mike DeFabo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette adds that the contract is expected to be for six years at $5MM per season. Pittsburgh had acquired Rakell at the trade deadline from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a 2022 second-round pick, forwards Zach Aston-Reese and Dominik Simon, and goaltender Calle Clang.
Rakell’s extension at this rate is an interesting one, the winger having recorded as many as 34 goals and 69 points in 77 games in 2017-18, but has not come close to either of those marks since. This season, Rakell scored 20 goals to go along with 21 assists in 70 games, four goals and 13 points of which came as a member of the Penguins in 19 games after the trade. Dealing with injury, Rakell played in just two of Pittsburgh’s seven postseason games. If the forward can get back to the player he was from 2016-2018 and be a reliable 30 goal scorer, then the contract should pose great value for the Penguins.
After carrying a $3.79MM cap hit, the extension brings Rakell up to $5MM, leaving Pittsburgh with just over $10.3MM in available salary cap space, without factoring in a new contract for RFA forward Kasperi Kapanen. The deal does not necessarily foreclose the possibility for re-signing superstar Evgeni Malkin, however the earlier news that Malkin would test free agency does put his future in the steel city squarely in doubt. Still, without Malkin, the remaining space would allow the team to pursue an extension with Evan Rodrigues, who is also slated to hit the open market on Wednesday afternoon and potentially even pursue a few extra additions to round out the roster.
Colorado Avalanche Sign Valeri Nichushkin To Eight-Year Extension
The Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche are retaining winger Valeri Nichushkin with an eight-year extension. Nichushkin was one of the most valuable two-way wingers hitting unrestricted free agency this offseason. The Athletic’s Peter Baugh reports the contract is worth $49MM in total, or $6.125MM per season through 2029-30.
PuckPedia has the details of the massive extension for Nichushkin:
2022-23: $6MM base, full NMC
2023-24: $7.5MM base, full NMC
2024-25: $8MM base, full NMC
2025-26: $7.3MM base, 12-team NTC
2026-27: $4.8MM base, $1MM SB, 12-team NTC
2027-28: $4.8MM base, 12-team NTC
2028-29: $2.8MM base, $2MM SB, 12-team NTC
2029-30: $2.8MM base, $2MM SB, 12-team NTC
Nichushkin, 27, has spent the last three seasons in Colorado growing into one of the game’s most underrated commodities. Bought out by the Dallas Stars after a goalless 2018-19 season, the 2013 10th overall pick saw his defensive game get recognition with the Avalanche before finally exploding offensively in 2021-22. Nichushkin scored 25 goals and 27 assists for 52 points in 62 games this season, with all of those offensive numbers being career highs.
He’s received Selke Trophy votes each of the past three seasons, a true compliment to just how good he’s been on both sides of the puck since joining Colorado. He really just got a top-six role in earnest for the first time this season, though, averaging 19:02 per game. Nichushkin had never averaged above 15 minutes per night in his career. It’s one of the best career turnaround stories in the league, making the eight-year extension one of the feel-good stories of the offseason.
It’s a monster raise for Nichushkin, who was coming off a two-year deal with just a $2.5MM cap hit. If his 15 points in 20 playoff games is a sign that this level of production from him is sustainable over the next few years, he’ll be well worth the money — especially when considering his defensive prowess.
Next, Colorado and brand-new general manager Chris MacFarland will have to navigate what to do with Nazem Kadri and Andre Burakovsky. While Burakovsky is expected to hit the open market on Wednesday, the certainty of Nichushkin’s cap hit now allows Colorado to try and grind out an extension with Kadri. CapFriendly has Colorado with just under $15MM in projected cap space after the Nichushkin extension.
Philadelphia Flyers Acquire Tony DeAngelo
July 11: The Flyers have officially announced the two-year extension, which will carry an average annual value of $5MM exactly. DeAngelo will be scheduled for unrestricted free agency following the 2023-24 season.
July 8: The Philadelphia Flyers have added some offense to their blue line, acquiring Tony DeAngelo from the Carolina Hurricanes for pick No. 101 today, a third-round pick in 2023 (the lowest of the three they own), and a second-round pick in 2024. The Flyers will also receive pick No. 220 today.
Philadelphia general manager Chuck Fletcher released the following:
We’re very happy to add Tony to our team and I know he is very excited to join the Flyers. We did our due diligence and we strongly believe in Tony and his ability to help our team. He is a right-handed shot who moves the puck extremely well and will drive offense from the back end for us.
Because DeAngelo is a restricted free agent, the Flyers also needed to work out an extension with him. Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports that the deal will be for two years, while Charlie O’Connor of The Athletic adds that it will carry an average annual value of about $5MM.
After being exiled from the New York Rangers locker room and bought out at the end of the 2020-21 season, DeAngelo arrived in Carolina to try and re-establish himself as a premier offensive defenseman in the league. He did just that, scoring 51 points in 64 games, while generally staying out of the spotlight.
Still, the Hurricanes decided to move on before they had to, as the 26-year-old defenseman could have been kept through the arbitration process. Instead, he was given permission to speak with other teams about a potential trade and extension.
They found a taker in Philadelphia, who give up a good amount of draft capital for the right to sign DeAngelo to a relatively expensive contract. The Flyers have made it very clear that they have no interest in a rebuild, and this shows they are committed to trying to compete in 2022-23.
It also might point to the uncertainty surrounding the health of Ryan Ellis, who may not be ready for the start of the season. DeAngelo can run the powerplay and log minutes on the right side, though he doesn’t exactly have the same defensive chops.
For Carolina, who is also expected to move Ethan Bear at some point this offseason, there are some holes to fill on the back end. Jaccob Slavin and Brett Pesce can cover up a lack of depth to a point but it will be interesting to see how aggressive they are in free agency next week.
Predators Agree To Eight-Year Contract With Filip Forsberg
July 11: The Predators have now officially announced the contract, with Poile releasing the following statement:
We are very pleased to announce Filip’s signing today. As one of the best offensive players in our history, we are thrilled to have Filip as a part of our team for the next eight seasons. His talent, competitiveness and leadership are critical to our future as we continue to strive for our goal of winning a Stanley Cup. We believe that Filip, like Pekka Rinne before him and like our captain, Roman Josi, is doing now, will write a legacy with the Predators that fans will remember forever. Additionally, we’d like to wish Filip and his fiancée Erin all the best as they get married later this month. We appreciate having them both in our SMASHVILLE family for the next eight years.
July 9: Filip Forsberg isn’t leaving Nashville anytime soon as the team announced (Twitter link) that they’ve agreed to an eight-year contract with the winger. While financial terms weren’t officially disclosed, 104.5 The Zone’s Dawn Davenport was the first to report (Twitter link) that the deal is worth around $70MM; Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli confirms (via Twitter) that the deal carries an $8.5MM AAV which is worth a total of $68MM.
TSN’s Pierre LeBrun reported Sunday morning on the financial structure of the Forsberg deal. It is as follows:
- 2022-23: $10MM
- 2023-24: $10MM
- 2024-25: $10MM
- 2025-26: $10MM
- 2026-27: $4.5MM base salary, $3MM signing bonus
- 2027-28: $4MM base salary, $3MM signing bonus
- 2028-29: $4MM base salary, $3MM signing bonus
- 2029-30: $3.5MM base salary, $3MM signing bonus
Interestingly, the deal does, in fact, come with some protection against movement. Per LeBrun, the deal has a full no-movement clause throughout, and a modified no-trade clause for the final two seasons of the contract.
The 27-year-old has spent parts of the last ten seasons with the Predators after they acquired him at the trade deadline from Washington in 2013 in exchange for Martin Erat and Michael Latta in a trade that worked out a whole lot better for Nashville than it did for the Capitals. Since then, Forsberg has become a consistent scorer for the Preds and has been a key cog on their top line for several years.
While Forsberg has been pretty steady in the goal-scoring department having notched at least 20 goals in each of his first six seasons (and produced at a 20-plus-goal pace in 2020-21), he found a new gear this past season, scoring 42 goals while chipping in with 42 assists, both career highs by a considerable margin. That was good enough to finish third on the Predators in points behind Roman Josi and Matt Duchene with their goal output – which ranked 12th in the league – helping to propel them to the postseason with the team only being in the middle of the pack in goals allowed.
The timing for that jump in production couldn’t have been better for Forsberg as it placed him as one of the top free agents of this year’s class, giving him plenty of leverage in contract talks. That has allowed him to earn a $2.5MM raise from his previous contract and plenty of job security since he’ll be signed through the 2029-30 season. It will be interesting to see if he was able to get any form of trade protection in the contract as that’s something that GM David Poile has historically been extremely hesitant to hand out over the years.
Nashville is clearly looking to remain in the playoff picture after adding Ryan McDonagh earlier this offseason and keeping Forsberg in the fold will certainly help their chances of reaching the postseason again. They have a little over $9MM left in cap space per CapFriendly with RFA winger Yakov Trenin the most notable still to be signed so it’s possible that the Predators could look to add another impact player this summer if they intend to spend close to the $82.5MM salary cap.
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Colorado Avalanche Extend Alexandar Georgiev, Jacob MacDonald
The Colorado Avalanche announced via Twitter that they have extended goaltender Alexandar Georgiev for three years. TSN’s Chris Johnston reports that the deal is expected to carry a $3.4MM AAV and Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic reports the salary breakdown to be $3.6MM in year one, $3.7MM in year two, and $2.9MM in year three. Colorado had acquired the goaltender on Thursday in exchange for a 2022 third-round pick, a 2022 fifth-round pick, and a 2023 third-round pick. The trade, and now this extension, seems to put a close to Darcy Kuemper‘s time in Colorado, as he is set to hit the free agent market on Wednesday.
Just after the Georgiev announcement, the team also announced via Twitter and their website that they have extended defenseman Jacob MacDonald for two years. The news was first broke by The Athletic’s Peter Baugh. MacDonald’s contract is two-way, with a $450K salary in the minors and carries a cap hit of $762.5K each season (link).
Georgiev, 26, was an arbitration-eligible RFA who was due a $2.65MM qualifying offer, one the Rangers likely couldn’t afford, especially as a backup to Vezina Trophy winner Igor Shesterkin. With speculation that the team could let Georgiev walk in free agency, the team was able to secure a return by sending him to Colorado for the above draft picks. Colorado appeared set to try and work out an extension with Kuemper, the incumbent goaltender, but with several other UFAs on the docket and a goalie market with seemingly much higher demand than supply, Georgiev became the more attractive option.
The reigning Stanley Cup Champion Avalanche now boast a duo of Georgiev and Pavel Francouz in net, which will cost a combined $5.4MM over each of the next two seasons before Francouz becomes a UFA after 2023-24. The cost for both goaltenders is surely attractive for Colorado, given it is less than some teams pay for just their starter, however it doesn’t come without some questions as to performance. In 33 games last season, Georgiev played to just an .898 save-percentage, the worst mark of his career, and a 2.92 goals-against average. Francouz played to a far better .916 save-percentage and 2.55 goals-against average in 21 regular season games, as well as a .906 save-percentage and 2.81 goals-against average in seven playoff games, filling in for an injured Kuemper. Though Francouz’s numbers are relatively good, the Avalanche have made clear his role is as the backup. This may not necessarily hold true over the remainder of his contract, and could formulate strong competition between the two for playing time.
Switching gears and turning back to MacDonald, the 29-year-old is a veteran of 43 NHL games, including eight in 2021-22 for the Avalanche, his most significant time however, coming in 2020-21, where he played in 33 games. Having just two goals and eight assists in his NHL career to date, the defenseman has been a prolific point-producer at the AHL level, hitting the 40-point mark three times, including one 55 point season. This season, MacDonald tallied 10 goals and 15 assists in a mere 33 AHL games. The Cornell University alum could be a candidate to push for more playing time with the Avalanche this year, having shown his ability to play at the NHL level, his affordability, and with questions regarding other Avalanche defensemen, including pending UFAs Josh Manson, Jack Johnson, and Ryan Murray, as well as Samuel Girard, who broke his sternum in Colorado’s second-round series against the St. Louis Blues.
Los Angeles Kings Extend Adrian Kempe
July 10th: The deal is now official. The Kings have announced Kempe’s four-year, $5.5MM AAV contract extension.
July 8th 4:25 PM: TSN’s Darren Dreger reports that the deal has a $5.5MM average annual value. The contract carries the following year-by-year structure:
- 2022-23 $5.25M
- 2023-24 $5.75M
- 2024-25 $5.5M
- 2025-26 $5.5M
The deal also carries a modified ten-team no-trade clause for the final two years of the contract. PuckPedia was on the details of the contract first.
July 8th 3:44 PM: The NHL Draft wasn’t the only business the Los Angeles Kings’ front office took care of in Montreal. According to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic, the Kings have reached a deal with restricted free agent forward Adrian Kempe on a four-year extension. The official announcement of the deal is expected to come on Saturday. Word has not yet come in on the financial parameters of the deal outside of the term that LeBrun reported.
Kempe, 25, was set to become an arbitration-eligible restricted free agent next Wednesday. He’s coming off a breakout season, a year where the flew past his prior career highs in both goal scoring and overall point production. Kempe led the Kings with 35 goals, more than double his previous career-high of 16, a high he set all the way back in the 2017-18 season.
Kempe became one of the most frequently relied-upon wingers on Los Angeles’ roster, averaging nearly three minutes of ice time per game on the powerplay and nearly a minute and a half of ice time short-handed. His short-handed ice time ranked fourth on the Kings, and with Alex Iafallo also on the roster, the Kings have two wingers who bring speed, (varying degrees of) goal-scoring, and reliable two-way play to their lineup.
The Kings have already been active in improving their team this offseason, adding a dynamic, point-per-game winger to their top-six in Kevin Fiala. After an encouraging run to the playoffs in coach Todd McLellan’s third season in Los Angeles, it’s clear that the Kings’ front office wants to move their organization out of their rebuild and into the next phase of their competitive cycle. Getting Kempe back on a deal that buys two of his unrestricted free agent years, as they’ve reportedly done, is one important step in that process.
2022 NHL Draft Pick Trade Tracker
While names like Alex DeBrincat and Kevin Fiala have been moved in blockbuster trades, a lot of the deals around the draft are limited to just selection swaps. As the 2022 draft unfolds, with the first round on Thursday evening and the remaining six on Friday, follow along here for all of those draft-pick-for-draft-pick deals, as teams move up and down the board.
Arizona Coyotes Receive: No. 11 (F Conor Geekie)
San Jose Sharks Receive: No. 27 (F Filip Bystedt), No. 34 (F Cameron Lund), and No. 45 (D Mattias Havelid)
Vegas Golden Knights Receive: No. 79 (F Jordan Gustafson)
Toronto Maple Leafs Receive: No. 95 (F Nicholas Moldenhauer), No. 135 (F Nikita Grebyonkin)
Tampa Bay Lightning Receive: No. 86 (F Lucas Edmonds)
Los Angeles Kings Receive: No. 103 (F Kenny Connors), No. 169 (F Jared Wright)
Seattle Kraken Receive: No. 91 (F Ben MacDonald)
Boston Bruins Receive: No. 117 (F Cole Spicer), No. 132 (D Frederic Brunet)
Arizona Coyotes Receive: No. 94 (D Jeremy Langlois)
Chicago Blackhawks Receive: 2023 third-round pick (DAL)
Toronto Maple Leafs Receive: No. 122 (G Dennis Hildeby)
Nashville Predators Receive: 2023 fourth-round pick (TOR)
Vegas Golden Knights Receive: No. 128 (G Cameron Whitehead)
Montreal Canadiens Receive: 2023 fourth-round pick (TBL)
Columbus Blue Jackets Receive: No. 138 (G Sergei Ivanov)
San Jose Sharks Receive: 2023 fifth-round pick (CBJ)
Chicago Blackhawks Receive: No. 188 (F Nils Juntorp)
Carolina Hurricanes Receive: 2023 sixth-round pick (CHI)
Arizona Coyotes Receive: No. 204 (F Adam Zlnka)
San Jose Sharks Receive: 2023 seventh-round pick (VAN)
Florida Panthers Receive: No. 214 (F Liam Arnsby)
Pittsburgh Penguins Receive: 2023 seventh-round pick (FLA)
Los Angeles Kings Receive: No. 215 (F Kaleb Lawrence)
Boston Bruins Receive: 2023 seventh-round pick (LAK)
2022 NHL Draft Results
The Bell Centre in Montreal is home to delegations from 32 teams this evening, as one of the premier events on the hockey calendar is finally happening again in person. After two straight years of being held remotely, the executives, players, and fans are back in attendance.
The 2022 NHL Draft will include trades, surprise picks, and plenty of intrigue, as the hometown team gets to pick first overall.
Below, we’ll keep track of all 225 selections (remember, the Minnesota Wild will receive a compensatory second-round pick for failing to sign Filip Johansson), through tonight and tomorrow.
Round 1
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- Montreal Canadiens – F Juraj Slafkovsky, TPS Turku (Liiga)
- New Jersey Devils – D Simon Nemec, Nitra MHC (Slovakia)
- Arizona Coyotes – F Logan Cooley, USNTDP (USHL)
- Seattle Kraken – F Shane Wright, Kingston (OHL)
- Philadelphia Flyers – F Cutter Gauthier, USNTDP (USHL)
- Columbus Blue Jackets (from CHI) – D David Jiricek, Plzen HC (Czech)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from OTT) – D Kevin Korchinski, Seattle (WHL)
- Detroit Red Wings – F Marco Kasper, Rogle BK (SHL)
- Buffalo Sabres – F Matthew Savoie, Winnipeg (WHL)
- Anaheim Ducks – D Pavel Mintyukov, Saginaw (OHL)
- Arizona Coyotes (from SJS) – F Conor Geekie, Winnipeg (WHL)
- Columbus Blue Jackets – D Denton Mateychuk, Moose Jaw (WHL)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from NYI, via MTL) – F Frank Nazar, USNTDP (USHL)
- Winnipeg Jets – F Rutger McGroarty, USNTDP (USHL)
- Vancouver Canucks – F Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Djurgardens IF (SHL)
- Buffalo Sabres (from VGK) – F Noah Ostlund, Djurgardens IF (SHL)
- Nashville Predators – F Joakim Kemell, JYP HT (Liiga)
- Dallas Stars – D Lian Bichsel, Leksands IF (SHL)
- Minnesota Wild (from LAK) – F Liam Ohgren, Djurgardens IF (SHL)
- Washington Capitals – F Ivan Miroshnichenko, Omskie Krylia (VHL)
- Pittsburgh Penguins – D Owen Pickering, Swift Current (WHL)
- Anaheim Ducks (from BOS) – F Nathan Gaucher, Quebec (QMJHL)
- St. Louis Blues – F Jimmy Snuggerud, USNTDP (USHL)
- Minnesota Wild – F Danila Yurov, Magnitogorsk (KHL)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from TOR) – D Sam Rinzel, Chaska High (High School)
- Montreal Canadiens (from CGY) – F Filip Mesar, Poprad HK (Slovakia)
- San Jose Sharks (from CAR, via MTL, ARI) – F Filip Bystedt, Linkoping HC (SHL)
- Buffalo Sabres (from FLA) – F Jiri Kulich, Karlovy Vary HC (Czech)
- Arizona Coyotes (from EDM) – D Maveric Lamoureux, Drummondville (QMJHL)
- Winnipeg Jets (from NYR) – F Brad Lambert, Lahti (Liiga)
- Tampa Bay Lightning – F Isaac Howard, USNTDP (USHL)
- Edmonton Oilers (from COL, via ARI) – F Reid Schaefer, Seattle (WHL)
Round 2
- Montreal Canadiens – F Owen Beck, Mississauga (OHL)
- San Jose Sharks (from ARI) – F Cameron Lund, Green Bay (USHL)
- Seattle Kraken – F Jagger Firkus, Moose Jaw (WHL)
- Arizona Coyotes (from PHI) – D Artem Duda, Krasnaya Armiya Moscow (MHL)
- Washington Capitals (from NJD) – D Ryan Chesley, USNTDP (USHL)
- Toronto Maple Leafs (from CHI) – F Fraser Minten, Kamloops (WHL)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from OTT) – F Paul Ludwinski, Kingston (OHL)
- Detroit Red Wings – F Dylan James, Sioux City (USHL)
- Buffalo Sabres – G Topias Leinonen, JYP HT (Liiga)
- Anaheim Ducks – D Noah Warren, Gatineau (QMJHL)
- Arizona Coyotes – F Julian Lutz, EHC Munich (DEL)
- Columbus Blue Jackets – F Luca Del Bel Belluz, Mississauga (OHL)
- San Jose Sharks (from NYI, via ARI) – D Mattias Havelid, Linkoping HC (SHL)
- New Jersey (from WPG, via WSH) – D Seamus Casey, USNTDP (USHL)
- Minnesota Wild (from VAN, via ARI) – F Hunter Haight, Barrie (OHL)
- Vegas Golden Knights – F Matyas Sapovaliv, Saginaw (OHL)
- Seattle Kraken (from NSH) – F Jani Nyman, Ilves (Liiga)
- Dallas Stars – D Christian Kyrou, Erie (OHL)
- Los Angeles Kings – F Jack Hughes, Northeastern (Hockey East)
- Detroit Red Wings (from WSH) – F Dmitri Buchelnikov, SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (MHL)
- Anaheim Ducks (from PIT) – D Tristan Luneau, Gatineau (QMJHL)
- Boston Bruins – F Matthew Poitras, Guelph (OHL)
- Winnipeg Jets (from STL, via NYR) – D Elias Salomonsson, Skelleftea AIK (SHL)
- Minnesota Wild (compensatory) – F Rieger Lorenz, Okotoks (AJHL)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from MIN) – F Ryan Greene, Green Bay (USHL)
- Seattle Kraken (from TOR) – G Niklas Kokko, Karpat (Liiga)
- Calgary Flames – F Topi Ronni, Tappara (Liiga)
- Carolina Hurricanes – F Gleb Trikozov, Omskie Yastreby (MHL)
- Seattle Kraken (from FLA, via CGY) – F David Goyette, Sudbury (OHL)
- Montreal Canadiens (from EDM, via CHI) – D Lane Hutson, USNTDP (USHL)
- New York Rangers – F Adam Sykora, HK Nitra (Slovakia)
- Ottawa Senators (from TBL) – D Filip Nordberg, Sodertalje SK (Allsvenskan)
- New York Islanders (from COL) – D Calle Odelius, Djurgardens IF (SHL)
Round 3
- Chicago Blackhawks (from MTL) – F Gavin Hayes, Flint (OHL)
- Arizona Coyotes – F Miko Matikka, Jokerit (Finland U20)
- Seattle Kraken – D Ty Nelson, North Bay (OHL)
- Philadelphia Flyers – F Devin Kaplan, USNTDP (USHL)
- Washington Capitals (from NJD) – F Alexander Suzdalev, HV71 (Allsvenskan)
- Carolina Hurricanes (from CHI) – F Alexander Perevalov, Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)
- Ottawa Senators – F Oskar Pettersson, Rogle BK (SHL)
- St. Louis Blues (from DET) – F Aleksanteri Kaskimaki, HIFK (Liiga)
- Buffalo Sabres – F Viktor Neuchev, Avto Yekaterinburg (MHL)
- Montreal Canadiens (from ANA) – F Vinzenz Rohrer, Ottawa (OHL)
- San Jose Sharks – D Michael Fisher, St. Mark’s (High School)
- Winnipeg Jets (from CBJ) – F Danny Zhilkin, Guelph (OHL)
- New York Islanders – F Quinn Finley, Madison (USHL)
- Vegas Golden Knights (from WPG, via VAN and TOR) – F Jordan Gustafson, Seattle (WHL)
- Vancouver Canucks – D Elias Pettersson, Orebro HK (SHL)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from VGK) – F Samuel Savoie, Gatineau (QMJHL)
- Nashville Predators – F Adam Ingram, Youngstown (USHL)
- Dallas Stars – D George Fegaras, North York (OJHL)
- Nashville Predators (from LAK) – D Kasper Kulonummi, Jokerit (Finland U20)
- Washington Capitals – F Ludwig Persson, Frolunda HC (SHL)
- Tampa Bay Lightning (from PIT, via LAK) – F Lucas Edmonds, Kingston (OHL)
- Ottawa Senators (from BOS) – D Tomas Hamara, Tappara (Liiga)
- St. Louis Blues – D Michael Buchinger, Guelph (OHL)
- Minnesota Wild – F Mikey Milne, Winnipeg (WHL)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from TOR, via CGY) – F Aidan Thompson, Lincoln (USHL)
- Seattle Kraken (from CGY, via BOS) – F Ben MacDonald, Noble & Greenough School (High School)
- Montreal Canadiens (from CAR) – D Adam Engstrom, Djurgardens IF (SHL)
- Florida Panthers – D Marek Alscher, Portland (WHL)
- Arizona Coyotes (from EDM, via CHI) – D Jeremy Langlois, Cape Breton (QMJHL)
- Toronto Maple Leafs (from NYR, via VGK) – F Nicholas Moldenhauer, Chicago (USHL)
- Columbus Blue Jackets (from TBL) – F Jordan Dumais, Halifax (QMJHL)
- New York Rangers (from COL) – F Bryce McConnell-Barker, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
Round 4
- New York Islanders (from MTL) – D Isaiah George, London (OHL)
- Winnipeg Jets (from ARI) – D Garrett Brown, Sioux City (USHL)
- Seattle Kraken – D Tyson Jugnauth, West Kelowna (BCHL)
- Carolina Hurricanes (from PHI) – D Simon Forsmark, Orebro HK (SHL)
- New Jersey Devils – G Tyler Brennan, Prince George (WHL)
- Los Angeles Kings (from CHI, via TBL) – F Kenny Connors, Dubuque (USHL)
- Ottawa Senators – F Stephen Halliday, Dubuque (USHL)
- Detroit Red Wings – D Anton Johansson, Leksands IF (SHL)
- Buffalo Sabres – D Mats Lindgren, Kamloops (WHL)
- Anaheim Ducks – F Benjamin King, Red Deer (WHL)
- San Jose Sharks – G Mason Beaupit, Spokane (WHL)
- Columbus Blue Jackets – F Kirill Dolzhenkov, Krasnaya Armiya Moscow (MHL)
- New Jersey Devils (from NYI) – D Daniil Orlov, Sakhalinskiye Akuly (MHL)
- New York Rangers (from WPG, via VGK) – F Noah Laba, Lincoln (USHL)
- Vancouver Canucks – F Daimon Gardner, Warroad High (High School)
- Detroit Red Wings (from VGK) – F Amadeus Lombardi, Flint (OHL)
- Nashville Predators – F Cole O’Hara, Tri-City (USHL)
- Dallas Stars – D Gavin White, Hamilton (OHL)
- Los Angeles Kings – D Angus Booth, Shawinigan (QMJHL)
- Boston Bruins (from WSH, via SEA) – F Cole Spicer, USNTDP (USHL)
- Pittsburgh Penguins – G Sergei Murashov, Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)
- Boston Bruins – F Dans Locmelis, Lulea HF (SHL)
- St. Louis Blues – D Arseni Koromyslov, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)
- Minnesota Wild – D Ryan Healey, Sioux Falls (USHL)
- Toronto Maple Leafs – G Dennis Hildeby, Farjestad BK (SHL)
- Seattle Kraken (from CGY) – F Tucker Robertson, Peterborough (OHL)
- Carolina Hurricanes – F Cruz Lucius, USNTDP (USHL)
- Florida Panthers – D Ludvig Jansson, Sodertalje SK (Allsvenskan)
- New Jersey Devils (from EDM) – D Charlie Leddy, USNTDP (USHL)
- Montreal Canadiens (from NYR, via FLA) – F Cedrick Guindon, Owen Sound (OHL)
- Vegas Golden Knights (from TBL, via MTL) – G Cameron Whitehead, Lincoln (USHL)
- Detroit Red Wings (from COL) – F Luis Schinko, Grizzlys Wolfsburg (DEL)
Round 5
- Montreal Canadiens – F Jared Davidson, Seattle (WHL)
- Arizona Coyotes – D Matthew Morden, St. Andrew’s College (High School)
- Boston Bruins (from SEA) – D Frederic Brunet, Rimouski (QMJHL)
- Philadelphia Flyers – F Alex Bump, Omaha (USHL)
- Buffalo Sabres (from NJD) – D Vsevolod Komarov, Quebec (QMJHL)
- Toronto Maple Leafs (from CHI, via VGK) – F Nikita Grebyonkin, Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk (MHL)
- Ottawa Senators – D Jorian Donovan, Hamilton (OHL)
- Detroit Red Wings – D Tnias Mathurin, North Bay (OHL)
- Columbus Blue Jackets (from BUF, via VGK, SJS) – G Sergei Ivanov, SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (MHL)
- Anaheim Ducks – F Connor Hvidston, Swift Current (WHL)
- San Jose Sharks – D Jake Furlong, Halifax (QMJHL)
- New Jersey Devils (from CBJ) – F Petr Hauser, HC Sparta Praha (Czechia U20)
- New York Islanders – F Matt Maggio, Windsor (OHL)
- Ottawa Senators (from WPG) – F Cameron O’Neill, Mount St. Charles Academy (High School)
- Vancouver Canucks – G Ty Young, Calgary (AJHL)
- Vegas Golden Knights – F Patrick Guay, Charlottetown (QMJHL)
- Nashville Predators – D Graham Sward, Spokane (WHL)
- Dallas Stars – G Maxim Mayorov, Lada Togliatti (VHL)
- Los Angeles Kings – D Otto Salin, HIFK (Finland U20)
- Washington Capitals – F Jake Karabela, Guelph (OHL)
- Pittsburgh Penguins – F Zam Plante, Chicago (USHL)
- Ottawa Senators (from BOS) – G Kevin Reidler, AIK (Sweden J20)
- St. Louis Blues – D Marc-Andre Gaudet, Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
- Minnesota Wild – D David Spacek, Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
- Anaheim Ducks (from TOR) – F Michael Callow, St. Sebastian’s School (High School)
- Calgary Flames – F Parker Bell, Tri-City (WHL)
- Carolina Hurricanes – D Vladimir Grudinin, Krasnaya Armiya Moscow (MHL)
- Florida Panthers – F Sandis Vilmanis, Lulea HF (Sweden U20)
- Edmonton Oilers – G Samuel Jonsson, Brynas IF (Sweden U20)
- New York Rangers – D Victor Mancini, University of Nebraska-Omaha (NCHC)
- Tampa Bay Lightning – G Nick Malik, KooKoo (Liiga)
- New York Rangers (from COL) – F Maxim Barbashev, Moncton (QMJHL)
Round 6
- Montreal Canadiens – G Emmett Croteau, Waterloo (USHL)
- Arizona Coyotes – D Maksymilian Szuber, EHC Munich (DEL)
- Seattle Kraken – F Barrett Hall, Gentry Academy (High School)
- Philadelphia Flyers – D Hunter McDonald, Chicago (USHL)
- New Jersey Devils – F Josh Filmon, Swift Current (WHL)
- Pittsburgh Penguins (from CHI) – D Nolan Collins, Sudbury (OHL)
- Ottawa Senators – D Theo Wallberg, Skelleftea AIK (Sweden U20)
- Los Angeles Kings (from DET, via TBL) – F Jared Wright, Omaha (USHL)
- Buffalo Sabres – F Jake Richard, Muskegon (USHL)
- Carolina Hurricanes (from ANA) – G Jakub Vondras, HC Plzen (Czechia U20)
- San Jose Sharks – F Joey Muldowney, Nichols School (High School)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from CBJ) – F Dominic James, University of Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC)
- New York Islanders – F Daylan Kuefler, Kamloops (WHL)
- Winnipeg Jets – F Fabian Wagner, Linkoping HC (Sweden U20)
- Vancouver Canucks – D Jackson Dorrington, Des Moines (USHL)
- Vegas Golden Knights – F Ben Hemmerling, Everett (WHL)
- Anaheim Ducks (from NSH) – G Vyacheslav Buteyets, Chelyabinsk (VHL)
- Dallas Stars – F Matthew Seminoff, Kamloops (WHL)
- Los Angeles Kings – D Jack Sparkes, St. Michael’s (OJHL)
- Washington Capitals – F Ryan Hofer, Everett (WHL)
- Pittsburgh Penguins – F Luke Devlin, St. Andrew’s College (High School)
- Boston Bruins – G Reid Dyck, Swift Current (WHL)
- St. Louis Blues – F Landon Sim, London (OHL)
- Minnesota Wild – F Servac Petrovsky, Owen Sound (OHL)
- Florida Panthers (from TOR, via CBJ) – F Joshua Davies, Swift Current (WHL)
- Buffalo Sabres (from CGY, via FLA) – F Gustav Karlsson, Orebro HK (Sweden U20)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from CAR) – F Nils Juntorp, HV71 (Sweden U20)
- Florida Panthers – G Tyler Muszelik, USNTDP (USHL)
- Edmonton Oilers – D Nikita Yevseyev, Kazan (VHL)
- New York Rangers – F Zakary Karpa, Harvard (ECAC)
- Tampa Bay Lightning – F Connor Kurth, Dubuque (USHL)
- Colorado Avalanche – D Christopher Romaine, Milton Academy (High School)
Round 7
- Montreal Canadiens – D Petteri Nurmi, HPK (Liiga)
- San Jose Sharks (from ARI) – D Eli Barnett, Victoria (BCHL)
- Seattle Kraken – F Kyle Jackson, North Bay (OHL)
- Philadelphia Flyers – F Santeri Sulku, Jokerit (Finland U20)
- New Jersey Devils – D Artyom Barabosha, Krasnaya Armiya Moskva (MHL)
- Chicago Blackhawks – F Riku Tohila, JYP (Finland U20)
- Boston Bruins (from OTT) – D Jackson Edward, London (OHL)
- Detroit Red Wings – F Owen Mehlenbacher, Muskegon (USHL)
- Buffalo Sabres – F Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Frolunda HC (Sweden U20)
- Columbus Blue Jackets (from ANA) – F James Fisher, Belmont Hill School (High School)
- Arizona Coyotes (from SJS) – F Adam Zlnka, Sioux Falls (USHL)
- Carolina Hurricanes (from CBJ) – D Alexander Pelevin, Nizhny Novgorod (MHL)
- Ottawa Senators (from NYI) – F Tyson Dyck, Cranbrook (BCHL)
- Winnipeg Jets – G Domenic DiVincentiis, North Bay (OHL)
- Vancouver Canucks – D Kirill Kudryavtsev, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
- Vegas Golden Knights – D Abram Wiebe, Chilliwack (BCHL)
- Nashville Predators – F Benjamin Strinden, Muskegon (USHL)
- Buffalo Sabres (from DAL) – F Linus Sjodin, Rogle BK (SHL)
- Detroit Red Wings (from LAK) – F Brennan Ali, Avon Old Farms School (High School)
- Washington Capitals – D David Gucciardi, Michigan State University (Big 10)
- Florida Panthers (from PIT) – F Liam Arnsby, North Bay (OHL)
- Los Angeles Kings (from BOS) – F Kaleb Lawrence, Owen Sound (OHL)
- Montreal Canadiens (from STL, via PHI, ARI) – D Miguel Tourigny, Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
- San Jose Sharks (from MIN) – F Reese Laubach, Northstar Christian Academy (High School)
- Toronto Maple Leafs – F Brandon Lisowsky, Saskatoon (WHL)
- Calgary Flames – F Cade Littler, Wenatchee (BCHL)
- Philadelphia Flyers (from CAR) – F Alexis Gendron, Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)
- Florida Panthers – F Jack Devine, University of Denver (NCHC)
- Edmonton Oilers – F Joel Maatta, University of Vermont (Hockey East)
- Tampa Bay Lightning (from NYR) – D Dyllan Gill, Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
- Tampa Bay Lightning – F Klavs Veinbergs, Zemgale (Latvia)
- Colorado Avalanche – G Ivan Zhigalov, Sherbrooke (QMJHL)