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Cam Atkinson To Retire
After a 13-season NHL career, veteran winger Cam Atkinson is hanging up his skates. The Blue Jackets announced Wednesday that they’ll be signing him to a one-day contract and will officially honor his retirement on Oct. 16 against the Avalanche. He’s expected to join Columbus in a front-office capacity at some point down the road, but that announcement won’t be coming now, he told Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.
Atkinson is one of the better draft steals in Blue Jackets franchise history, coming to them in the sixth round in 2008. He signed with Columbus three years later after a great run at Boston College and made his NHL debut in 2011-12, although it took him another two years to fully establish himself on the active roster. After going up and down between Columbus and AHL Springfield, Atkinson broke out into a top-six role for the 2013-14 season. He finished third on the team with 21 goals and fourth with 40 points in 79 appearances, helping fuel the Jackets to a then-franchise record 43-win season that resulted in their second-ever playoff appearance.
The undersized but skilled Atkinson remained a fixture in Columbus’ top six for the balance of the decade. He was a two-time All-Star, including his career-best 41-goal, 69-point effort in 2018-19 – leading the team in goals in the year they orchestrated one of the most drastic upsets in league history by sweeping the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Lightning in the first round for their first series win in franchise history. After the COVID-shortened 2021 season, Atkinson had totaled a 213-189–402 scoring line in 627 games for Columbus, still holding up as the second-leading goalscorer and point-getter in the Jackets’ record books behind Rick Nash.
After Atkinson’s points per game production peaked at 0.86 in that career year, he only managed to produce at about a 0.60 pace over the next two years. That soft decline led Columbus to ship Atkinson to the Flyers in the 2021 offseason in a one-for-one swap for Jakub Voráček. In hindsight, it ended up being a bit of a lose-lose endeavor. Atkinson seemed to pop back into form with a 23-27–50 effort in 73 games in 2021-22, but a neck injury sustained in the following training camp ended up costing him the entire 2022-23 season and accelerating his decline. He had just 28 points in 70 games for Philly upon returning to play in 2023-24, leading the club to buy out the final year of the seven-year, $41.13MM extension he signed with Columbus back in 2017.
Atkinson became an unrestricted free agent a year ahead of schedule and signed on with the Lightning on a one-year deal worth $900K. The bounceback he was looking for never came, though. He struggled to stick in the lineup and played sparingly when he did dress, averaging just nine minutes per game across 39 contests. After finishing the year with a 4-5–9 scoring line, the Lightning were quick to say Atkinson wouldn’t be brought back.
Atkinson told Portzline that he received professional tryout offers this summer but declined them, saying he essentially made up his mind when he made his final regular-season appearance for Tampa. He ends his career with a 253-236–489 scoring line in 809 appearances, including a -11 rating while averaging north of 17 minutes per game. We at Pro Hockey Rumors congratulate Atkinson on a lengthy and successful pro career and wish him the best in whatever comes next.
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Avalanche Reassign Jack Ahcan
The Avalanche assigned defenseman Jack Ahcan outright to AHL Colorado, according to a team announcement. Ahcan had cleared waivers on Monday but was not immediately reassigned, remaining with the club as a healthy scratch for their opening night win over the Kings on Tuesday. His demotion indicates that defenseman Ilya Solovyov, whom Colorado plucked off the wire from the Flames last week, has resolved his work visa issues and is ready to come off the non-roster list.
Ahcan, 28, is entering his third season in the Colorado organization. He was very briefly an unrestricted free agent on July 1 before opting to return to Colorado on a one-year, two-way deal that guarantees him at least $450K. He initially joined the Avs on a two-year, two-way deal as a Group VI UFA back in 2023.
Before that, Ahcan was in the Bruins’ pipeline. They signed him as an undrafted free agent out of St. Cloud State in 2020. He saw brief NHL looks with Boston in his first two professional seasons, making nine appearances for the club from 2020-22. He was given a somewhat long leash, averaging 17:34 per game, but only scored one goal with a -6 rating with middling possession numbers. After that, Ahcan didn’t appear in an NHL game again until last season, skating in a pair of late-season games as Colorado rested its NHL regulars. He averaged 15:48 over that pair of games while recording a shot, block, and three hits.
The 5’9″ lefty has created enough offense at the minor-league level to stay afloat. He’s coming off a career-best effort with Colorado’s AHL affiliate, the Eagles, posting a 5-36–41 line in 69 appearances. In 272 career AHL appearances, he has 23 goals and 125 assists for 148 points with a +22 rating.
Colorado will keep Ahcan in the organization for the balance of the season as one of their primary recall options should they need a fill-in on the NHL roster, particularly if there’s a need for a puck-mover.
2026-27 Salary Cap Will Likely Increase Past $104MM
Last season, the NHL made an unprecedented decision to release an official salary cap figure well in advance of the upcoming campaign. Not only did they lock in this year’s $95.5MM upper limit number well in advance of when they normally do, but they also informed teams that the league and NHLPA had agreed upon a $104MM cap for 2026-27 and a $113.5MM cap for 2027-28.
Those figures were subject to “potential minor adjustments,” however, and it appears those may already be coming into play. Next season’s figure may rise by as much as $3MM to an upper limit of $107MM, sources tell Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.
That would be a 12% increase from this season’s number, almost as large a jump as the change from last year to this one that kicked off the post-pandemic era of rapid salary cap growth. Last year’s salary cap was set at $88MM before jumping to $95.5MM for 2025-26, a 13.1% increase.
An upper limit of $107MM for 2026-27 would thus mean a salary cap increase of $19MM in just two years. For context, a player who signed a contract carrying a $5MM cap hit in 2024-25 would be making $6.1MM per season if he signed for the same percentage of the cap in 2026-27 as he did two years prior. For the league’s new highest-paid player, Kirill Kaprizov, his $17MM AAV extension that takes effect next season would be equivalent to $14MM if signed for the same percentage of the cap in 2024-25.
While not a sure thing, it’s a fair assumption that a slight increase in next year’s cap would mean further upscaling of 2027-28’s $113.5MM number as well. The percentage increase between the initial two figures for 2026-27 and 2027-28 was 9.1%. If that’s now based on an $107MM upper limit for 2026-27, the upper limit for 2027-28 could theoretically be near the $117MM range.
It’s great news for the 2026 free agent class, particularly since a good portion of its high-profile names have come off the market in the weeks leading up to this season. Kaprizov, Connor McDavid, and Kyle Connor have taken themselves off the market, leaving remaining headliners like Jack Eichel, Adrian Kempe, Martin Nečas, and Artemi Panarin even more room to cash in, whether that’s as a UFA or on an extension.
Devils Recall Zack MacEwen
The Devils announced today that they have recalled forward Zack MacEwen from AHL Utica. He was acquired from the Senators in exchange for fellow enforcer Kurtis MacDermid last week, but was placed on waivers the following day and subsequently cleared. No corresponding transaction is required; the team opened up two spots by reassigning Lenni Hämeenaho and Shane Lachance to Utica last night, and only filled one of them by signing veteran camp invite Luke Glendening.
MacEwen, 29, is now on his fourth team in the last four years. The undrafted 6’4″ forward can play all forward positions and, while he’s enjoyed some offensive success at the AHL level, has been a fourth-line tough guy type through the entirety of his seven-year NHL career to date. He has a 17-17–34 career scoring line in 237 appearances, including 323 PIMs and 523 hits for averages of 112 and 181 per 82 games, respectively.
While Hämeenaho and Lachance are a pair of intriguing youngsters in New Jersey’s pipeline, it’s clear now they were only included on the opening night roster for salary cap purposes as they aimed to maximize the initial relief from placing defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic on long-term injured reserve. Glendening should be in the opening-night lineup – he spent most of camp centering the fourth line between Paul Cotter and rookie Arseny Gritsyuk – while MacEwen should be ticketed for a press-box role to start.
He could end up back on waivers once winger Stefan Noesen is ready to come off injured reserve, which isn’t expected to be anytime soon. If it’s before Nov. 4, though, MacEwen could head straight back to Utica without clearing waivers since he’s already done so in the last 30 days.
Kevin Labanc Signs With KHL’s Shanghai Dragons
Winger Kevin Labanc has signed with the Shanghai Dragons of the Kontinental Hockey League, the team announced. He had attended the Hurricanes’ training camp on a PTO but was released several days ago.
Labanc, 30 in December, was once one of the league’s more intriguing young players, but his peak was early and short-lived. He fell to the Sharks in the sixth round of the 2014 draft but immediately exploded for a pair of 100-point seasons with the OHL’s Barrie Colts before turning pro with San Jose in 2016.
He stuck immediately, barely seeing any minor-league action in his first pro season and quickly emerging as a top-nine threat on a loaded Sharks group that still included all of Logan Couture, Tomáš Hertl, Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski, and Joe Thornton. By his second year, he was averaging over 14 minutes per game and by Year 3, he played in all 82 games while recording a 17-39–56 scoring line to rank sixth on the team in scoring.
That would be the end of Labanc’s forward progress. He was a restricted free agent after his breakout year and, in hindsight, the Sharks were blessed to be cap-strapped and only sign him to a one-year, $1MM bridge. As the Sharks crumbled the following season, so did Labanc, whose production dropped to 33 points in 70 games along with a team-worst -33 rating. They still chose to reward that with a four-year, $18.9MM contract, betting on his upside. He still averaged 32 points per 82 games over that deal, but availability was an issue – dragged down by the pandemic and a dislocated shoulder that cost him most of the 2021-22 campaign, Labanc only averaged 49 appearances per season. By the end of the contract, he was no longer a regular in San Jose’s lineup and sat as a healthy scratch 32 times in the 2023-24 season.
Unsurprisingly, the Sharks moved on. Labanc even failed to land a guaranteed offer in free agency and settled for a camp tryout with the Devils, who ultimately decided not to sign him. He still ended up landing a one-year, league-minimum contract with the Blue Jackets, though. He was a serviceable bottom-six depth scorer for Columbus, notching a 2-10–12 scoring line in 34 games in just 10:30 per night until another shoulder surgery ended his season in February.
Like the summer before, Labanc didn’t have any offers on July 1. He was receiving KHL interest from CSKA Moscow relatively early in free agency, but declined it in hopes of still landing an NHL deal. After not converting on his PTO with Carolina, though, he’ll head to the KHL’s lone China-based club (although they currently play in St. Petersburg) to play under longtime NHL head coach Gerard Gallant.
Oilers Extend Mattias Ekholm
The Oilers announced that they have agreed to a three-year contract extension with defenseman Mattias Ekholm. It runs from 2026-27 through 2028-29 with a cap hit of $4MM and a total value of $12MM. According to Ryan Rishaug of TSN, he’ll have a $2MM signing bonus with a $2MM salary in 2026-27, followed by a flat $4MM salary in the final two years. He will have a no-movement clause for the life of the contract. Ekholm was previously slated for unrestricted free agency after this season.
Ekholm, 35, has long been a quality top-four piece and one of the league’s better two-way defenders. The 6’5″ lefty was drafted in the fourth round in 2009 by the Predators, with whom he’s spent the vast majority of his career. He first cracked the NHL lineup two years later and was a full-timer by 2013, one of many high-end young defenders Nashville was churning out in that era alongside Ryan Ellis, Seth Jones, and Roman Josi. He was a top-four staple by the time Nashville’s championship contention window opened, culminating in a Stanley Cup Final appearance in 2017, and peaked with a 10th-place finish in Norris Trophy voting in the 2018-19 season.
While Ekholm signed a four-year, $25MM extension with Nashville in 2021, he wouldn’t play very much for the Preds under that deal. With the club falling out of the playoff race in 2022-23 and the Oilers in desperate need of a needle-mover on defense, Edmonton surrendered a haul that included Tyson Barrie, recent first-round pick Reid Schaefer, plus their 2023 first-round pick to acquire Ekholm with three full seasons still left on his deal at a $6.25MM cap hit, which Nashville brought down to $6MM for the Oilers with a small amount of retention.
Since the deal, Ekholm has more than held up his end of the bargain. He’s been a staple on Edmonton’s top pair alongside offensive dynamo Evan Bouchard, highlighted by a dominant 2023-24 campaign that saw him record a career-high 11-34–45 scoring line in 79 games along with a dominant +44 rating. He finished 12th in Norris voting that year, controlling a remarkable 62.8% of expected goals on his pairing with Bouchard, according to MoneyPuck.
Last year was more of the same. He had 33 points in 65 games with a +11 rating, averaging north of 22 minutes per game, until a torn adductor effectively ended his regular season in March. He missed the vast majority of Edmonton’s second straight run to the Cup Final as a result, although he did return for the clinching Game 5 of the Western Conference Final and played through the entirety of the Cup Final. He wasn’t fully healthy and had his minutes capped at a slightly more conservative 21:35 per game as a result, but he still managed an even rating and remained involved offensively with a goal and five assists.
He remained stapled to Bouchard, and while they weren’t quite as dominant at controlling play as they were in 2023-24, they still controlled a sparkling 59.5% of expected goals together, finishing second in the league among pairings who logged at least 500 minutes. With his point production yet to see a sharp decline and his under-the-hood numbers remaining some of the best in the league in a system that serves him well, it’s easy to see why the Oilers don’t have a ton of concern about signing him through his age-38 season – particularly at a price as attractive as $4MM per season for a top-pair blue liner, far below his present market value.
Last week, it looked like Edmonton would enter the season with four big-name pending UFAs: Ekholm, Stuart Skinner, Jake Walman, and, in a category of his own, Connor McDavid. Three of those names have signed in the last three days. Walman’s seven-year, $49MM extension means Edmonton’s top four blue-liners, Bouchard and Darnell Nurse included, are now all signed through 2029, when Bouchard and Ekholm will be UFAs. There’s McDavid’s “win-now-or-lose-me” two-year, $25MM extension as well that keeps all of Edmonton’s true core in place through at least 2028, giving them three more legitimate chances at a championship before their window might begin to close.
With Ekholm and McDavid taking significant discounts, things are looking quite comfortable for Edmonton next summer. The club projects to have at least $18.71MM in cap space to fill eight roster spots, a number that could rise by a few million if the cap increases past its projected $104MM limit. While the big names are taken care of, there’s still serviceable depth like Adam Henrique, Kasperi Kapanen, and Brett Kulak on expiring deals, plus their top two goalies in Skinner and Calvin Pickard.
Photo courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images.
Maple Leafs Recall Top Prospect Easton Cowan
The Maple Leafs announced that No. 1 prospect Easton Cowan has been recalled from AHL Toronto. He was expected to be included on the club’s opening night roster but was assigned to the minors on Monday as the team claimed Sammy Blais and Cayden Primeau off waivers and set their LTIR capture with defenseman Marshall Rifai. Forward Jacob Quillan has been assigned to the AHL in a corresponding move.
Whether Cowan makes his NHL debut tonight when the Leafs open their season against the Canadiens remains to be seen. The 20-year-old was a late riser in the 2023 draft, fueled by a strong combine performance, and went 28th overall to Toronto. He’s slotted in as the organization’s top-ranked prospect ever since and still holds the title over 2024 first-rounder Ben Danford, according to NHL.com. The 6’0″ center has enjoyed an offensive surge in juniors in the two years following his selection but also plays an intriguing physical brand.
While Cowan wasn’t technically on Toronto’s initial roster submission, he would have broken camp with the team if not for roster constraints. He was a late cut in each of the last two seasons after signing his entry-level contract back in August 2023 and had a good preseason showing for the Leafs, managing two assists in five games while generating seven individual scoring chances, per Natural Stat Trick. He looked like a sure bet to open the season as Toronto’s fourth-line right wing alongside Steven Lorentz and Scott Laughton, a spot where he spent virtually all of training camp, until Laughton was sidelined late in preseason with a lower-body injury and landed on IR to start the year.
Two years on from draft day, Cowan is still considered a top-100 prospect in the NHL – checking in as high as No. 48 league-wide in preseason rankings by Steven Ellis of Daily Faceoff. He’s been the offensive centerpiece of a dominant London Knights team in the OHL over the past two seasons, winning a pair of league championships. He’s led the OHL postseason in scoring in back-to-back years – same with the Memorial Cup – and has won MVP honors once in each tournament. Since draft day, Cowan has amassed 92 goals, 161 assists, 253 points, and a +105 rating in 144 regular-season, playoff, and Memorial Cup games – a rate of 1.76 points per game.
That resume, plus Cowan’s strong camp performance, was enough for the Leafs to risk exposing serviceable depth forwards David Kämpf and Michael Pezzetta to waivers in order to keep maneuverability open to get him a spot. After “making” the team, Cowan’s attention now turns toward staying in the lineup and putting himself ahead of names like Blais, Calle Järnkrok, and Nicholas Robertson on the depth chart.
His $873,500 cap hit is ever so slightly less than Quillan’s $875,000 cap hit, explaining why the latter was included to help them get as close as possible to unlocking the max $775,000 worth of initial relief that placing Rifai on LTIR provides (he had wrist surgery last month). While Quillan’s initial inclusion may have only been for cap purposes, it likely won’t be the last of him on Toronto’s roster this season. An undrafted free agent signed out of Quinnipiac in 2024, Quillan had 37 points in 67 AHL games last season and earned his first NHL call-up, although he was injured early and skated just 5:21 in a January game against the Senators.
Quillan is a pending restricted free agent and has two waiver-exempt seasons remaining, unless he hits 70 career NHL games before the end of the 2026-27 campaign. The 23-year-old will look toward next training camp as a chance to stick around as a depth checking forward.
Jets Sign Kyle Connor To Eight-Year Extension
Oct. 8: 8:37 a.m.: It will indeed be an eight-year, $96MM deal that pays Connor $41MM in signing bonuses over the life of the deal, according to Darren Dreger of TSN. The Jets have now announced the deal.
Oct. 8, 7:00 a.m.: Connor’s deal is expected to come in around the $12MM mark per season when done for a total value of $96MM, Friedman adds Wednesday. That would be the largest contract in franchise history. He’s also set to receive a full no-move clause and significant signing bonuses – something Winnipeg has never given out, not even in their landmark extensions for Connor Hellebuyck and Mark Scheifele two years ago.
Oct. 7: The Winnipeg Jets and star forward Kyle Connor have “made progress on a long-term extension,” Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Tuesday night. Friedman added that both Connor’s camp and the Jets are working to secure an extension before the team’s season opener on Thursday. TSN’s Darren Dreger seconded Friedman’s report, saying both sides “are getting closer to a contract extension.” At the same time, The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun added that he expects the upcoming contract extension to carry an eight-year term.
While a complete agreement on a deal has thus far proved elusive, the widespread expectation has long been that Connor would re-sign with the Jets, the only NHL franchise he has ever played for. Last month, owner Mark Chipman expressed confidence that the club would be able to re-sign its star winger, even going so far as to say that he expected that a deal would be completed “sooner rather than later.”
With today’s reports from some of the game’s most connected insiders, it appears Chipman was right. While the full terms of this expected contract extension are still unknown, signing Connor to such a deal would be a significant win for the Jets organization. Despite the Jets’ consistent on-ice success, Winnipeg has long faced an uphill battle in convincing players to commit to playing there.
The Jets are owned by a committed ownership group and are managed by a hockey operations department with a consistent track record of success. They can offer players the opportunity to play in front of a die-hard fan base that is the envy of most of the league. However, despite this, the Jets have had to contend with a perception among players that Winnipeg is not a premier free agent destination, a perception that has proved frustratingly persistent.
Back in 2019, 42% of NHL players polled by ESPN listed Winnipeg as the “road city [they] dread the most.” The team has not been a significant player at the highest levels of unrestricted free agency and is reportedly listed as a standard on players’ trade protection lists.
All of that is to say that the Jets face a different player acquisition landscape compared to other NHL teams. Teams such as the Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars have a favorable climate and tax situation, while others, like the New York Rangers or Los Angeles Kings, can market themselves as unique, destination cities to prospective players. Winnipeg has not been able to employ similar tactics to recruit players, instead building its Stanley Cup-contending team through a diligent draft-and-develop model combined with savvy work on the trade market.
Their model only works, though, if they are able to convince the players they draft and/or develop to remain in Winnipeg for the best years of their career, and in many recent cases, the Jets have had remarkable success doing so.
They’ve been able to re-sign franchise pillars such as Mark Scheifele and Connor Hellebuyck, as well key contributors such as Neal Pionk.
With today’s reports, it seems Connor’s name will soon be added to that list of key Jets players to commit to a long-term extension with the franchise. In re-signing Connor, they’ll manage to keep their most lethal scorer, and arguably their most important forward, on their roster for eight years after this one.
Since the Jets returned to Winnipeg, just two forwards have scored more points than Connor, and just one has scored more goals. His 0.95 career points-per-game ranks first in modern Jets franchise history. Connor also owns the two highest-scoring seasons in the modern history of the Jets, including his fantastic 2024-25 when he scored a franchise-record 97 points in 82 games.
He’s one of the game’s elite play-driving wingers, and he’s a threat to score whenever he steps on the ice. He’s a consistent playoff performer as well, and is coming off of the best postseason run of his career – he scored 17 points in 13 games during the Jets’ most recent playoff run.
All of that means Connor is unlikely to come cheap. It’s difficult to project long-term contracts at the top of the market at this point, as two of the most recent big signings were impacted by unique circumstances that are not applicable to other players and situations. Minnesota Wild superstar winger Kirill Kaprizov is in some ways comparable to Connor (both are play-driving true number-one wingers) but Kaprizov was widely seen as far more of a threat to test unrestricted free agency – making the Wild all the more willing to pay whatever it took to get his signature on an extension. That resulted in a $17MM AAV, something Connor, or any other player, for that matter, appears likely to match anytime soon.
And then there is the recent re-signing of Connor McDavid with the Edmonton Oilers. McDavid is the game’s unquestioned best player, but his extension carries a two-year term and just a $12.5MM AAV. Under normal circumstances, it’d be hard for Connor to argue that he deserves to make as much – let alone more – than McDavid, but again, it was a unique circumstance. It was widely reported that McDavid opted to be paid a notable amount less than his market value in order to maximize the Oilers’ ability to field an elite team to support him.
For what it’s worth, AFP Analytics projected Connor’s next contract to be worth just north of $12MM annually, and that would seem to be an appropriate price for Connor given his abilities, the market environment, and the rising salary cap. But at this stage, the only reports are that there is serious momentum to complete a deal on both sides of the negotiation, not that there is a completed deal at this point. So until there is further reporting, all we can do is speculate on what the terms of Connor’s extension will ultimately be.
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2025-26 NHL Active Roster Tracker
PHR’s Active Roster Tracker is back for the 2025-26 season! Each team’s current list of game-available players, plus injured reserve, non-roster, and suspended players, will be updated here daily throughout the campaign.
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Anaheim Ducks
Roster size: 25
Last updated April 6, 10:00 p.m.
Forwards (14): Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, Mikael Granlund, Jansen Harkins, Ross Johnston, Alex Killorn, Chris Kreider, Mason McTavish, Ryan Poehling, Beckett Sennecke, Troy Terry, Frank Vatrano, Jeffrey Viel, Tim Washe
Defensemen (9): John Carlson, Radko Gudas, Drew Helleson, Tyson Hinds, Jackson LaCombe, Pavel Mintyukov, Ian Moore, Jacob Trouba, Olen Zellweger
Goaltenders (2): Lukáš Dostál, Ville Husso
IR: G Petr Mrázek (undisclosed, out for season)
Boston Bruins
Roster size: 23
Last updated April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Forwards (14): Viktor Arvidsson, Michael Eyssimont, Morgan Geekie, Tanner Jeannot, Mark Kastelic, Marat Khusnutdinov, Sean Kuraly, Elias Lindholm, Fraser Minten, Casey Mittelstadt, David Pastrňák, Lukas Reichel, Alex Steeves, Pavel Zacha
Defensemen (8): Jonathan Aspirot, Jordan Harris, Henri Jokiharju, Hampus Lindholm, Mason Lohrei, Charlie McAvoy, Andrew Peeke, Nikita Zadorov
Goaltenders (2): Joonas Korpisalo, Jeremy Swayman
Buffalo Sabres
Roster size: 28
Last updated April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Forwards (16): Zach Benson, Sam Carrick, Josh Doan, Joshua Dunne, Jordan Greenway, Tyson Kozak, Peyton Krebs, Beck Malenstyn, Ryan McLeod, Joshua Norris, Noah Ostlund, Tanner Pearson, Jack Quinn, Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, Jason Zucker
Defensemen (9): Bowen Byram, Rasmus Dahlin, Michael Kesselring, Zach Metsa, Owen Power, Mattias Samuelsson, Luke Schenn, Logan Stanley, Conor Timmins
Goaltenders (3): Colten Ellis, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Alex Lyon
IR: F Justin Danforth (lower body, month-to-month), F F Jiri Kulich (blood clot, indefinite)
Calgary Flames
Roster size: 26
Last updated March 28, 2:07 p.m.
Forwards (16): Mikael Backlund, John Beecher, Blake Coleman, Matthew Coronato, Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Matvei Gridin, Tyson Gross, Adam Klapka, Ryan Lomberg, Victor Olofsson, Brennan Othmann, Martin Pospisil, Yegor Sharangovich, Ryan Strome, Connor Zary
Defensemen (8): Kevin Bahl, Hunter Brzustewicz, Joel Hanley, Yan Kuznetsov, Olli Määttä, Brayden Pachal, Zayne Parekh, Zach Whitecloud
Goaltenders (2): Devin Cooley, Dustin Wolf
IR: D Jake Bean (undisclosed, indefinite), F Samuel Honzek (upper body, out for season), F Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery, out for season)
Carolina Hurricanes
Roster size: 27
Last updated April 14, 6:45 p.m.
Forwards (16): Sebastian Aho, Jackson Blake, Skyler Brind’Amour, William Carrier, Nicolas Deslauriers, Nikolaj Ehlers, Taylor Hall, Mark Jankowski, Seth Jarvis, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jordan Martinook, Bradly Nadeau, Eric Robinson, Jordan Staal, Logan Stankoven, Andrei Svechnikov
Defensemen (8): Jalen Chatfield, Shayne Gostisbehere, Charles-Alexis Legault, K’Andre Miller, Alexander Nikishin, Mike Reilly, Jaccob Slavin, Sean Walker
Goaltenders (3): Frederik Andersen, Brandon Bussi, Pyotr Kochetkov
Chicago Blackhawks
Roster size: 26
Last updated April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Forwards (16): Connor Bedard, Tyler Bertuzzi, Sacha Boisvert, André Burakovsky, Ryan Donato, Anton Frondell, Ryan Greene, Sam Lafferty, Nick Lardis, Andrew Mangiapane, Ilya Mikheyev, Oliver Moore, Frank Nazar, Landon Slaggert, Teuvo Teräväinen, Dominic Toninato
Defensemen (8): Louis Crevier, Ethan Del Mastro, Matt Grzelcyk, Wyatt Kaiser, Kevin Korchinski, Artyom Levshunov, Sam Rinzel, Alex Vlasic
Goaltenders (2): Spencer Knight, Arvid Söderblom
IR: D Ryan Ellis (pelvic tear, retired), D Shea Weber (ankle, retired)
Colorado Avalanche
Roster size: 23
Last updated April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Forwards (14): Zakhar Bardakov, Ross Colton, Jack Drury, Nazem Kadri, Parker Kelly, Joel Kiviranta, Gabriel Landeskog, Artturi Lehkonen, Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas, Brock Nelson, Valeri Nichushkin, Logan O’Connor, Nicolas Roy
Defensemen (7): Nick Blankenburg, Brent Burns, Brett Kulak, Cale Makar, Sam Malinski, Josh Manson, Devon Toews
Goaltenders (2): Mackenzie Blackwood, Scott Wedgewood
Columbus Blue Jackets
Roster size: 26
Last updated April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Forwards (16): Zach Aston-Reese, Charlie Coyle, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Adam Fantilli, Conor Garland, Danton Heinen, Boone Jenner, Kent Johnson, Isac Lundeström, Kirill Marchenko, Mason Marchment, Sean Monahan, Mathieu Olivier, Cole Sillinger, Dmitri Voronkov, Miles Wood
Defensemen (8): Jake Christiansen, Dante Fabbro, Erik Gudbranson, Denton Mateychuk, Ivan Provorov, Damon Severson, Zach Werenski, Egor Zamula
Goaltenders (2): Jet Greaves, Elvis Merzļikins
IR: D Brendan Smith (lower leg, week-to-week)
Dallas Stars
Roster size: 28
Last updated April 18, 6:00 p.m.
Forwards (16): Oskar Bäck, Nathan Bastian, Jamie Benn, Colin Blackwell, Mavrik Bourque, Michael Bunting, Matt Duchene, Adam Erne, Radek Faksa, Roope Hintz, Justin Hryckowian, Arttu Hyry, Wyatt Johnston, Mikko Rantanen, Jason Robertson, Sam Steel
Defensemen (9): Lian Bichsel, Kyle Capobianco, Thomas Harley, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lindell, Nils Lundkvist, Ilya Lyubushkin, Tyler Myers, Alexander Petrovic
Goaltenders (3): Casey DeSmith, Ben Kraws, Jake Oettinger
Season-ending LTIR: F Tyler Seguin (ACL, indefinite)
Detroit Red Wings
Roster size: 25
Last updated April 10, 9:00 a.m.
Forwards (14): Mason Appleton, J.T. Compher, Andrew Copp, Alex DeBrincat, Emmitt Finnie, Patrick Kane, Marco Kasper, Dylan Larkin, Carter Mazur, David Perron, Michael Rasmussen, Lucas Raymond, Dominik Shine, James van Riemsdyk
Defensemen (8): Jacob Bernard-Docker, Ben Chiarot, Simon Edvinsson, Justin Faulk, Travis Hamonic, Albert Johansson, Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Moritz Seider
Goaltenders (3): John Gibson, Michal Postava (emergency), Cam Talbot
Edmonton Oilers
Roster size: 22
Last updated April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Forwards (13): Jason Dickinson, Trent Frederic, Adam Henrique, Zach Hyman, Max Jones, Kasperi Kapanen, Curtis Lazar, Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Vasily Podkolzin, Jack Roslovic, Josh Samanski, Matthew Savoie
Defensemen (7): Evan Bouchard, Mattias Ekholm, Ty Emberson, Connor Murphy, Darnell Nurse, Spencer Stastney, Jake Walman
Goaltenders (2): Connor Ingram, Tristan Jarry
LTIR: F Colton Dach (undisclosed), F Leon Draisaitl (lower body, out for regular season), F Mattias Janmark (undisclosed, week-to-week)
Florida Panthers
Roster size: 31
Last updated April 14, 7:15 p.m.
Forwards (17): Sam Bennett, Jesper Boqvist, Nolan Foote, A.J. Greer, Noah Gregor, Vinnie Hinostroza, Luke Kunin, Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen, Tomáš Nosek, Cole Reinhardt, Sam Reinhart, Mackie Samoskevich, Cole Schwindt, Wilmer Skoog, Matthew Tkachuk, Carter Verhaeghe
Defensemen (11): Marek Alscher, Uvis Balinskis, Michael Benning, Tobias Björnfot, Aaron Ekblad, Gustav Forsling, Mikulas Hovorka, Ludvig Jansson, Seth Jones, Dmitry Kulikov, Donovan Sebrango
Goaltenders (2): Sergei Bobrovsky, Daniil Tarasov
LTIR: F Aleksander Barkov (right ACL/MCL, proj. return April 26 – June 26), F Jonah Gadjovich (upper body, proj. return Feb. 8), F Brad Marchand (lower body, indefinite), D Niko Mikkola (knee, season), F Evan Rodrigues (broken finger, indefinite)
Los Angeles Kings
Roster size: 24
Last updated April 18, 6:00 p.m.
Forwards (14): Joel Armia, Quinton Byfield, Samuel Helenius, Mathieu Joseph, Adrian Kempe, Anže Kopitar, Alex Laferriere, Scott Laughton, Jeff Malott, Trevor Moore, Artemi Panarin, Alex Turcotte, Taylor Ward, Jared Wright
Defensemen (7): Mikey Anderson, Cody Ceci, Brandt Clarke, Drew Doughty, Brian Dumoulin, Joel Edmundson, Jacob Moverare
Goaltenders (3): Pheonix Copley, Anton Forsberg, Darcy Kuemper
IR: F Kevin Fiala (leg fractures, out for season), F Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus, week-to-week)
Minnesota Wild
Roster size: 30
Last updated April 13, 10:00 a.m.
Forwards (18): Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Matt Boldy, Bobby Brink, Joel Eriksson Ek, Robby Fabbri, Marcus Foligno, Nick Foligno, Hunter Haight, Ryan Hartman, Marcus Johansson, Ben Jones, Kirill Kaprizov, Michael McCarron, Nico Sturm, Vladimir Tarasenko, Yakov Trenin, Danila Yurov, Mats Zuccarello
Defensemen (10): Zach Bogosian, Jonas Brodin, Brock Faber, Viking Gustafsson Nyberg, Quinn Hughes, Daemon Hunt, Matt Kiersted, Jacob Middleton, Jeff Petry, Jared Spurgeon
Goaltenders (2): Filip Gustavsson, Jesper Wallstedt
Montreal Canadiens
Roster size: 25
Last updated March 30, 5:15 p.m.
Forwards (14): Josh Anderson, Zachary Bolduc, Cole Caufield, Kirby Dach, Phillip Danault, Ivan Demidov, Jake Evans, Brendan Gallagher, Oliver Kapanen, Alex Newhook, Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki, Alexandre Texier, Joe Veleno
Defensemen (8): Alexandre Carrier, Noah Dobson, Adam Engstrom, Kaiden Guhle, Lane Hutson, Mike Matheson, Jayden Struble, Arber Xhekaj
Goaltenders (3): Jakub Dobes, Jacob Fowler, Sam Montembeault
IR: F Patrik Laine (abdomen, indefinite)
Nashville Predators
Roster size: 22
Last updated April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Forwards (13): Luke Evangelista, Filip Forsberg, Erik Haula, Tyson Jost, Joakim Kemell, Zachary L’Heureux, Jonathan Marchessault, Ryan O’Reilly, Reid Schaefer, Steven Stamkos, Fedor Svechkov, Ozzy Wiesblatt, Matthew Wood
Defensemen (7): Justin Barron, Nicolas Hague, Roman Josi, Nick Perbix, Brady Skjei, Ryan Ufko, Adam Wilsby
Goaltenders (2): Justus Annunen, Juuse Saros
New Jersey Devils
Roster size: 23
Last updated April 13, 1:15 p.m.
Forwards (13): Nick Bjugstad, Jesper Bratt, Connor Brown, Paul Cotter, Evgenii Dadonov, Cody Glass, Arseny Gritsyuk, Nico Hischier, Jack Hughes, Marc McLaughlin, Timo Meier, Dawson Mercer, Maxim Tsyplakov
Defensemen (8): Dennis Cholowski, Brenden Dillon, Dougie Hamilton, Luke Hughes, Johnathan Kovacevic, Simon Nemec, Brett Pesce, Jonas Siegenthaler
Goaltenders (2): Jake Allen, Jacob Markstrom
LTIR: F Zack MacEwen (lower body, season), F Stefan Noesen (knee, indefinite)
Non-roster: F Brian Halonen (waivers)
New York Islanders
Roster size: 24
Last updated Mar. 26, 10:00 a.m.
Forwards (14): Mathew Barzal, Casey Cizikas, Anthony Duclair, Marc Gatcomb, Emil Heineman, Simon Holmström, Bo Horvat, Anders Lee, Kyle MacLean, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ondřej Palát, Calum Ritchie, Brayden Schenn, Maxim Shabanov
Defensemen (8): Adam Boqvist, Tony DeAngelo, Isaiah George, Scott Mayfield, Adam Pelech, Ryan Pulock, Matthew Schaefer, Carson Soucy
Goaltenders (2): David Rittich, Ilya Sorokin
LTIR: F Pierre Engvall (ankle, out for season), F Kyle Palmieri (ACL, out for season), D Alexander Romanov (upper body, indefinite), G Semyon Varlamov (knee, indefinite)
New York Rangers
Roster size: 25
Last updated April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Forwards (14): Jonny Brodzinski, Jaroslav Chmelar, William Cuylle, Adam Edstrom, Tye Kartye, Noah Laba, Alexis Lafrenière, J.T. Miller, Gabriel Perreault, Taylor Raddysh, Conor Sheary, Adam Sykora, Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad
Defensemen (8): William Borgen, Drew Fortescue, Adam Fox, Vladislav Gavrikov, Vincent Iorio, Matthew Robertson, Braden Schneider, Urho Vaakanainen
Goaltenders (3): Dylan Garand, Jonathan Quick, Igor Shesterkin
IR: F Matt Rempe (thumb surgery, week-to-week)
Ottawa Senators
Roster size: 27
Last updated April 4, 10:15 a.m.
Forwards (14): Michael Amadio, Drake Batherson, Nick Cousins, Dylan Cozens, Lars Eller, Warren Foegele, Claude Giroux, Ridly Greig, Stephen Halliday, Kurtis MacDermid, Shane Pinto, Tim Stützle, Brady Tkachuk, Fabian Zetterlund
Defensemen (11): Thomas Chabot, Cameron Crotty, Jorian Donovan, Dennis Gilbert, Tyler Kleven, Nikolas Matinpalo, Jake Sanderson, Jordan Spence, Lassi Thomson, Carter Yakemchuk, Artem Zub
Goaltenders (2): James Reimer, Linus Ullmark
IR: D Nick Jensen (knee surgery, six weeks)
Philadelphia Flyers
Roster size: 24
Last updated April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Forwards (15): Denver Barkey, Alex Bump, Noah Cates, Sean Couturier, Christian Dvorak, Luke Glendening, Nikita Grebenkin, Carl Grundström, Garnet Hathaway, Travis Konecny, Porter Martone, Matvei Michkov, Owen Tippett, Garrett Wilson, Trevor Zegras
Defensemen (7): Emil Andrae, Jamie Drysdale, Noah Juulsen, Rasmus Ristolainen, Travis Sanheim, Nick Seeler, Cam York
Goaltenders (2): Samuel Ersson, Daniel Vladař
IR: F Rodrigo Abols (upper body, indefinite), F Tyson Foerster (arm surgery, proj. return May 17)
Pittsburgh Penguins
Roster size: 29
Last updated April 11, 11:50 a.m.
Forwards (17): Noel Acciari, Justin Brazeau, Yegor Chinakhov, Sidney Crosby, Connor Dewar, Kevin Hayes, Benjamin Kindel, Ville Koivunen, Joona Koppanen, Blake Lizotte, Evgeni Malkin, Anthony Mantha, Rutger McGroarty, Thomas Novak, Rickard Rakell, Bryan Rust, Elmer Söderblom
Defensemen (10): Connor Clifton, Samuel Girard, Ryan Graves, Caleb Jones, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, Ryan Shea, Ilya Solovyov, Jack St. Ivany, Parker Wotherspoon
Goaltenders (2): Arturs Silovs, Stuart Skinner
IR: F Filip Hallander (blood clots, proj. return early-mid Feb.)
SOIR: F Tanner Howe (ACL, proj. return Jan. 24)
San Jose Sharks
Roster size: 25
Last updated April 1, 7:00 p.m.
Forwards (16): Macklin Celebrini, Igor Chernyshov, Ty Dellandrea, William Eklund, Adam Gaudette, Barclay Goodrow, Collin Graf, Philipp Kurashev, Michael Misa, Zack Ostapchuk, Ryan Reaves, Pavol Regenda, Kiefer Sherwood, Will Smith, Tyler Toffoli, Alexander Wennberg
Defensemen (7): Vincent Desharnais, Sam Dickinson, Mario Ferraro, John Klingberg, Nick Leddy, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Dmitry Orlov
Goaltenders (2): Yaroslav Askarov, Alex Nedeljkovic
IR: F Logan Couture (osteitis pubis, retired)
Season-ending LTIR: G Carey Price (knee)
Seattle Kraken
Roster size: 27
Last updated April 14, 5:15 p.m.
Forwards (14): Matty Beniers, Berkly Catton, Jordan Eberle, Frédérick Gaudreau, Kaapo Kakko, Jared McCann, Bobby McMann, Ben Meyers, Jani Nyman, Jaden Schwartz, Chandler Stephenson, Eeli Tolvanen, Ryan Winterton, Shane Wright
Defensemen (8): Vince Dunn, Ryker Evans, Cale Fleury, Adam Larsson, Ryan Lindgren, Josh Mahura, Brandon Montour, Jamie Oleksiak
Goaltenders (5): Joey Daccord, Philipp Grubauer, Niklas Kokko, Matt Murray, Victor Ostman
SOIR: F Max McCormick (hip, out for season)
St. Louis Blues
Roster size: 25
Last updated March 9, 2:14 p.m.
Forwards (15): Jonatan Berggren, Pavel Buchnevich, Jonathan Drouin, Dalibor Dvorsky, Jack Finley, Dylan Holloway, Jordan Kyrou, Jake Neighbours, Jimmy Snuggerud, Otto Stenberg, Oskar Sundqvist, Pius Suter, Robert Thomas, Alexey Toropchenko, Nathan Walker
Defensemen (8): Philip Broberg, Cam Fowler, Justin Holl, Matthew Kessel, Theo Lindstein, Logan Mailloux, Colton Parayko, Tyler Tucker
Goaltenders (2): Jordan Binnington, Joel Hofer
Season-ending LTIR: D Torey Krug (ankle, out for season)
Tampa Bay Lightning
Roster size: 24
Last updated April 11, 10:38 a.m.
Forwards (14): Oliver Bjorkstrand, Mitchell Chaffee, Anthony Cirelli, Zemgus Girgensons, Gage Goncalves, Yanni Gourde, Jake Guentzel, Brandon Hagel, Pontus Holmberg, Nikita Kucherov, Nick Paul, Corey Perry, Brayden Point, Scott Sabourin
Defensemen (8): Declan Carlile, Erik Černák, Charle-Édouard D’Astous, Emil Martinsen Lilleberg, Ryan McDonagh, J.J. Moser, Darren Raddysh, Steven Santini
Goaltenders (2): Jonas Johansson, Andrei Vasilevskiy
LTIR: D Maxwell Crozier (core surgery, done for regular season), D Victor Hedman (undisclosed, indefinite), F Dominic James (leg, indefinite)
Toronto Maple Leafs
Roster size: 26
Last updated April 14, 3:45 p.m.
Forwards (15): Easton Cowan, Max Domi, Luke Haymes, Calle Järnkrok, Dakota Joshua, Matthew Knies, Steven Lorentz, Matias Maccelli, Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Michael Pezzetta, Jacob Quillan, Nicholas Robertson, John Tavares, Ryan Tverberg
Defensemen (8): Simon Benoit, Brandon Carlo, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jake McCabe, Philippe Myers, Morgan Rielly, Troy Stecher, William Villeneuve
Goaltenders (3): Dennis Hildeby, Anthony Stolarz, Joseph Woll
LTIR: D Chris Tanev (core muscle surgery, out for season)
Utah Mammoth
Roster size: 26
Last updated April 13, 9:00 a.m.
Forwards (15): Michael Carcone, Logan Cooley, Lawson Crouse, Dylan Guenther, Barrett Hayton, Clayton Keller, Alexander Kerfoot, Jack McBain, Liam O’Brien, JJ Peterka, Kevin Rooney, Nick Schmaltz, Kevin Stenlund, Brandon Tanev, Kailer Yamamoto
Defensemen (8): Ian Cole, Nick DeSimone, Sean Durzi, John Marino, Nate Schmidt, Mikhail Sergachev, Dmitri Simashev, MacKenzie Weegar
Goaltenders (3): Vítek Vaněček, Karel Vejmelka, Matt Villalta
Vancouver Canucks
Roster size: 25
Last updated April 11, 3:15 p.m.
Forwards (14): Teddy Blueger, Brock Boeser, Jake DeBrusk, Curtis Douglas, Nils Höglander, Evander Kane, Linus Karlsson, Ty Mueller Drew O’Connor, Liam Ohgren, Elias Pettersson, Aatu Räty, Marco Rossi, Max Sasson
Defensemen (8): Zeev Buium, Filip Hronek, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Victor Mancini, Elias N. Pettersson, Marcus Pettersson, Tom Willander
Goaltenders (3): Kevin Lankinen, Jiri Patera, Nikita Tolopilo
IR: F Filip Chytil (facial fracture, indefinite)
LTIR: G Thatcher Demko (hip, out for season), D Derek Forbort (undisclosed, indefinite)
Vegas Golden Knights
Roster size: 22
Last updated April 1, 6:35 p.m.
Forwards (13): Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Dorofeyev, Nic Dowd, Jack Eichel, Tomáš Hertl, Brett Howden, Keegan Kolesar, Mitch Marner, Brandon Saad, Colton Sissons, Cole Smith, Reilly Smith, Mark Stone
Defensemen (7): Rasmus Andersson, Noah Hanifin, Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak, Jeremy Lauzon, Brayden McNabb, Shea Theodore
Goaltenders (2): Adin Hill, Akira Schmid
IR: F Jonas Rondbjerg (undisclosed, week-to-week)
LTIR: G Carter Hart (lower body, indefinite), F William Karlsson (lower body, indefinite)
Season-ending LTIR: D Alex Pietrangelo (various)
Washington Capitals
Roster size: 25
Last updated April 1, 6:36 p.m.
Forwards (14): Anthony Beauvillier, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Brandon Duhaime, Ethen Frank, David Kämpf, Hendrix Lapierre, Ryan Leonard, Connor McMichael, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Alex Ovechkin, Aliaksei Protas, Justin Sourdif, Dylan Strome, Tom Wilson
Defensemen (9): Declan Chisholm, Jakob Chychrun, Martin Fehérváry, Cole Hutson, Timothy Liljegren, Dylan McIlrath, Matt Roy, Rasmus Sandin, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Goaltenders (2): Charlie Lindgren, Logan Thompson
Winnipeg Jets
Roster size: 24
Last updated April 18, 6:00 p.m.
Forwards (14): Morgan Barron, Kyle Connor, Alex Iafallo, Cole Koepke, Adam Lowry, Vladislav Namestnikov, Nino Niederreiter, Gustav Nyquist, Cole Perfetti, Isak Rosen, Mark Scheifele, Jonathan Toews, Gabriel Vilardi, Danil Zhilkin
Defensemen (8): Jacob Bryson, Dylan DeMelo, Haydn Fleury, Ville Heinola, Josh Morrissey, Neal Pionk, Elias Salomonsson, Dylan Samberg
Goaltenders (2): Eric Comrie, Connor Hellebuyck
IR: D Colin Miller (lower body, week-to-week)