The Offseason Thread

I just read on Hockeybuzz that Kevin Kurz said the Sharks have offered Karlson 8 years 88 million...

Trade for Dell?

They also signed one the top NCAA goalies as well.

Pending NHL Free Agents



Arizona Coyotes ($8,615,557)



Josh Archibald (RFA)

Michael Bunting (RFA)

Nick Cousins (RFA)

Lawson Crouse (RFA)

Hudson Fasching (RFA)

Adin Hill (RFA)

Mario Kempe (UFA)

Ilya Lyubushkin (RFA)

Dysin Mayo (RFA)

Dakota Mermis (UFA)

Hunter Miska (RFA)

Richard Panik (UFA)

Calvin Pickard (UFA)



Dave Bolland - Retired

Emil Pettersson - Växjö Lakers (SHL)

David Ullstrom - Dinamo Riga (KHL)



Anaheim Ducks ($9,125,242)



Sam Carrick (UFA)

Adam Cracknell (UFA)

Chase De Leo (RFA)

Jake Dotchin (RFA)

Derek Grant (UFA)

Korbinian Holzer (UFA)

Chad Johnson (UFA)

Justin Kloos (RFA)

Kalle Kossila (UFA)

Jaycob Megna (UFA)

Ryan Miller (UFA)

Kevin Roy (UFA)

Ben Street (UFA)

Keaton Thompson (RFA)

Andy Welinski (UFA)



Trevor Murphy - Kunlun Red Star (KHL)

Andrej Sustr - Kunlun Red Star (KHL)



Boston Bruins ($14,303,334)



Noel Acciari (UFA)

Brandon Carlo (RFA)

Peter Cehlarik (RFA)

Ryan Fitzgerald (RFA)

Danton Heinen (RFA)

Marcus Johansson (UFA)

Steven Kampfer (UFA)

Sean Malone (RFA)

Charlie McAvoy (RFA)

Zane McIntyre (UFA)

Mark McNeill (UFA)

Gemel Smith (RFA)

Lee Stempniak (UFA)

Jordan Szwarz (UFA)



Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - Växjö Lakers (SHL)



Buffalo Sabres ($20,415,476)



Eric Cornel (RFA)

Kyle Criscuolo (UFA)

Jack Dougherty (RFA)

Remi Elie (RFA)

Zemgus Girgensons (RFA)

Johan Larsson (RFA)

Taylor Leier (UFA)

Brycen Martin (RFA)

Jake McCabe (RFA)

Matt Moulson (UFA)

Danny O'Regan (UFA)

Jason Pominville (UFA)

Evan Rodrigues (RFA)

C.J. Smith (RFA)

Matt Tennyson (UFA)

Linus Ullmark (RFA)

Scott Wedgewood (UFA)

Adam Wilcox (UFA)



Kevin Porter - Rochester Americans (AHL)

Jeff Skinner - Re-signed (8x$9 million)



Calgary Flames ($14,458,292)



Sam Bennett (RFA)

Oscar Fantenberg (UFA)

Tyler Graovac (UFA)

Garnet Hathaway (UFA)

Josh Healey (RFA)

Curtis Lazar (RFA)

Ryan Lomberg (RFA)

Andrew Magiapane (RFA)

Mason McDonald (RFA)

Anthony Peluso (UFA)

Brett Pollock (RFA)

Dalton Prout (UFA)

Alan Quine (RFA)

Kerby Rychel (RFA)

David Rittich (RFA)

Mike Smith (UFA)

Matt Taormina (UFA)

Matthew Tkachuk (RFA)

Rinat Valiev (RFA)



Spencer Foo - Kunlun Red Star (KHL)

Marcus Hogstrom - Djurgårdens IF (SHL)



Carolina Hurricanes ($28,761,667)



Sebastian Aho (RFA)

Clark Bishop (RFA)

Patrick Brown (UFA)

Trevor Carrick (RFA)

Micheal Ferland (UFA)

Haydn Fleury (RFA)

Saku Maenalanen (RFA)

Curtis McElhinney (UFA)

Brock McGinn (RFA)

Greg McKegg (UFA)

Roland McKeown (RFA)

Petr Mrazek (UFA)

Alex Nedeljkovic (RFA)

Andrew Poturalski (UFA)

Daniel Renouf (UFA)

John Wesley (RFA)

Justin Williams (UFA)



Chicago Blackhawks ($20,394,872)



Andrew Campbell (UFA)

Brandon Davidson (UFA)

Anton Forsberg (RFA)

Gustav Forsling (RFA)

Blake Hillman (RFA)

David Kampf (RFA)

Marcus Kruger (UFA)

Chris Kunitz (UFA)

Anthony Louis (RFA)

Andreas Martinsen (UFA)

Brendan Perlini (RFA)

Dylan Sikura (RFA)

Tyler Sikura (UFA)

Cam Ward (UFA)

Spencer Watson (RFA)



Victor Ejdsell - Färjestad BK (SHL)

Peter Holland - Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)

Jordan Schroeder - Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)



Colorado Avalanche ($37,025,239)



Sven Andrighetto (RFA)

Andrew Agozzino (UFA)

Sergei Boikov (RFA)

Gabriel Bourque (UFA)

Derick Brassard (UFA)

J.T. Compher (RFA)

Sheldon Dries (RFA)

Martin Geertsen (RFA)

Ryan Graves (RFA)

A.J. Greer (RFA)

Vladislav Kamenev (RFA)

Alexander Kerfoot (RFA)

Scott Kosmachuk (UFA)

Anton Lindholm (RFA)

Spencer Martin (RFA)

Max McCormick (UFA)

Julien Nantel (RFA)

Patrik Nemeth (UFA)

Mikko Rantanen (RFA)

Dominic Toninato (RFA)

Semyon Varlamov (UFA)

David Warsofsky (UFA)

Colin Wilson (UFA)

Nikita Zadorov (RFA)



Joe Cannata - IF Björklöven (Allsvenskan)



Columbus Blue Jackets($32,473,376)



Sergei Bobrovsky (UFA)

J-F Berube (UFA)

Adam Clendening (RFA)

Tommy Cross (UFA)

Matt Duchene (UFA)

Ryan Dzingel (UFA)

Markus Hannikainen (RFA)

Scott Harrington (RFA)

Keith Kinkaid (UFA)

Joonas Korpisalo (RFA)

Mark Letestu (UFA)

Ryan MacInnis (RFA)

Adam McQuaid (UFA)

Sonny Milano (RFA)

Ryan Murray (RFA)

Artemi Panarin (UFA)

Eric Robinson (RFA)

Justin Scott (RFA)

Doyle Somerby (RFA)

Sam Vigneault (RFA)

Zach Werenski (RFA)



Lukas Sedlak - Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)



Dallas Stars ($12,390,001)



Gavin Bayreuther (RFA)

Landon Bow (RFA)

Erik Condra (UFA)

Philippe Desrosiers (RFA)

Jason Dickinson (RFA)

Taylor Fedun (UFA)

Dillon Heatherington (RFA)

Julius Honka (RFA)

Ben Lovejoy (UFA)

Chris Martenet (RFA)

Brett Ritchie (RFA)

Reece Scarlett (UFA)

Jason Spezza (UFA)

Mats Zuccarello (UFA)



Niklas Hansson - Rögle BK (SHL)



Detroit Red Wings ($13,679,623)



Martin Frk (RFA)

Joe Hicketts (RFA)

Niklas Kronwall (UFA)

Wade Megan (UFA)

Patrik Rybar (RFA)

Dylan Sadowy (RFA)

Dominic Turgeon (RFA)

Thomas Vanek (UFA)

Luke Witkowski (UFA)



Jake Chelios - Kunlun Red Star (KHL)

Harri Sateri - Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)

Libor Sulak - Severstal Cherepovets (KHL)

Axel Holmstrom - HV71 (SHL)



Edmonton Oilers ($9,833,001)



Mitch Callahan (UFA)

Alex Chiasson (UFA)

Kevin Gravel (UFA)

Jujhar Khaira (RFA)

Colin Larkin (RFA)

Al Montoya (UFA)

Robin Norell (RFA)

Alex Petrovic (UFA)

Jesse Puljujarvi (RFA)

Ty Rattie (RFA)

Tobias Rieder (UFA)

Ryan Stanton (UFA)

Anthony Stolarz (UFA)

Tyler Vesel (RFA)



Patrick Russell - Re-signed (1x$700k)



Florida Panthers ($21,975,001)



Troy Brouwer (UFA)

Jean-Sebastien Dea (UFA)

Michael Downing (RFA)

Anthony Greco (RFA)

Jayce Hawryluk (RFA)

Dryden Hunt (RFA)

Juho Lammikko (RFA)

Denis Malgin (RFA)

Ian McCoshen (RFA)

Jamie McGinn (UFA)

Julian Melchiori (UFA)

Samuel Montembeault (RFA)

Tomas Schemitsch (RFA)

Riley Sheahan (UFA)

MacKenzie Weegar (RFA)



Ludwig Bystrom - Kärpät (Liiga)

Henrik Haapala - Jokerit (KHL)

Derek MacKenzie - Retired

Maxim Mamin - CSKA Moscow (KHL)

Vincent Praplan - SC Bern (NL)



Los Angeles Kings ($11,728,106)



Michael Amadio (RFA)

Daniel Brickley (RFA)

Jonny Brodzinski (UFA)

Matheson Iacopelli (RFA)

Alex Iafallo (RFA)

Pavel Jenys (RFA)

Adrian Kempe (RFA)

Brendan Leipsic (RFA)

Alex Lintuniemi (RFA)

Zack Mitchell (UFA)

Cal Petersen (RFA)

Sheldon Rempal (RFA)

Matt Roy (RFA)



Peter Budaj - Retired

Nikita Scherbak - Avangard Omsk (KHL)



Minnesota Wild ($21,446,411)



Pontus Aberg (RFA)

Louis Belpedio (RFA)

Anthony Bitetto (UFA)

Ryan Donato (RFA)

Joel Eriksson Ek (RFA)

Eric Fehr (UFA)

Landon Ferraro (UFA)

Kevin Fiala (RFA)

Andrew Hammond (UFA)

Brad Hunt (UFA)

Michael Kapla (RFA)

Chase Lang (RFA)

Nate Prosser (UFA)

Cal O'Reilly (UFA)

Matt Read (UFA)

Dante Salituro (RFA)

Carson Soucy (RFA)

Nico Sturm (RFA)

Hunter Warner (RFA)



Matt Bartkowski - Re-signed (1x$700k)



Montreal Canadiens ($11,706,191)



Joel Armia (RFA)

Daniel Audette (RFA)

Jordie Benn (UFA)

Charles Hudon (RFA)

Artturi Lehkonen (RFA)

Brett Lernout (RFA)

Michael McCarron (RFA)

Mike Reilly (RFA)

Hunter Shinkaruk (RFA)



Antti Niemi - Jokerit (KHL)

Gustav Olofsson - Re-signed (1x$700k)



Nashville Predators ($7,108,334)



Brian Boyle (UFA)

Phillip Di Giuseppe (RFA)

Tyler Gaudet (UFA)

Rocco Grimaldi (RFA)

Justin Kirkland (RFA)

Tom McCollum (UFA)

Cody McLeod (UFA)

Zac Rinaldo (UFA)

Cole Schneider (UFA)

Wayne Simmonds (UFA)

Colton Sissons (RFA)



New Jersey Devils ($35,603,334)



Kenny Agostino (UFA)

Brandon Baddock (RFA)

Will Butcher (RFA)

Connor Carrick (RFA)

Kurtis Gabriel (UFA)

Eric Gryba (UFA)

Josh Jacobs (RFA)

Cam Johnson (RFA)

Eddie Lack (UFA)

Nick Lappin (UFA)

Mirco Mueller (RFA)

Ryan Murphy (RFA)

Stefan Noesen (RFA)

Blake Pietila (UFA)

John Quenneville (RFA)

Drew Stafford (UFA)

Eric Tangradi (UFA)

Pavel Zacha (RFA)



John Ramage - Eisbären Berlin (DEL)

Egor Yakovlev - Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)



New York Islanders ($22,246,667)



Anthony Beauvillier (RFA)

Steve Bernier (UFA)

Michael Dal Colle (RFA)

Valtteri Filppula (UFA)

Stephen Gionta (UFA)

Josh Ho-Sang (RFA)

Tom Kuhnhackl (UFA)

Anders Lee (UFA)

Robin Lehner (UFA)

Luca Sbisa (UFA)

Dennis Seidenberg (UFA)

Mike Sislo (UFA)

John Stevens (RFA)



Jordan Eberle - Re-signed (5x$5.5)

Jeremy Smith - Kunlun Red Star (KHL)



New York Rangers ($19,036,391)



Chris Bigras (RFA)

Connor Brickley (UFA)

Pavel Buchnevich (RFA)

Fredrik Claesson (RFA)

Anthony DeAngelo (RFA)

John Gilmour (UFA)

Brandon Halverson (RFA)

Brendan Lemieux (RFA)

Vinni Lettieri (RFA)

Chris Nell (RFA)

Rob O'Gara (UFA)

Neal Pionk (RFA)

Dustin Tokarski 🐐 (UFA)



Julius Bergman - Frölunda HC (SHL)



Ottawa Senators ($35,144,167)



Darren Archibald (UFA)

Chase Balisy (UFA)

Erik Burgdoerfer (UFA)

Cody Ceci (RFA)

Anthony Duclair (RFA)

Stefan Elliott (UFA)

Andreas Englund (RFA)

Justin Falk (UFA)

Cody Goloubef (UFA)

Marcus Hogberg (RFA)

Oscar Lindberg (UFA)

Jim O'Brien (UFA)

Magnus Paajarvi (UFA)

Nicholas Paul (RFA)

Jack Rodewald (RFA)

Alex Tambellini (RFA)

Colin White (RFA)

Christian Wolanin (RFA)



Morgan Klimchuk - Re-signed (1x$700k)



Philadelphia Flyers ($31,010,834)



Nicolas Aube-Kubel (RFA)

Justin Bailey (RFA)

Cole Bardreau (UFA)

Greg Carey (UFA)

Brian Elliott (UFA)

Byron Froese (UFA)

Tyrell Goulbourne (UFA)

Jacob Graves (RFA)

Ryan Hartman (RFA)

Kevin Hayes (UFA)

Travis Konecny (RFA)

Scott Laughton (RFA)

Mike McKenna (UFA)

Michal Neuvirth (UFA)

Ivan Provorov (RFA)

Travis Sanheim (RFA)

Cam Talbot (UFA)

Philip Varone (UFA)

Michael Vecchione (UFA)



Corban Knight - Barys Astana (KHL)

Jori Lehtera - SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)



Pittsburgh Penguins ($3,216,667)



Joseph Blandisi (RFA)

Teddy Blueger (RFA)

Matt Cullen (UFA)

Kevin Czuczman (UFA)

Macoy Erkamps (RFA)

Jimmy Hayes (UFA)

Adam Johnson (RFA)

John Muse (UFA)

Marcus Pettersson (RFA)

Ethan Prow (UFA)

Zach Aston-Reese (RFA)

Ben Sexton (UFA)

Blake Siebenaler (RFA)

Chris Summers (UFA)

Jeff Taylor (RFA)

Zach Trotman (UFA)

Chris Wideman (UFA)

Garrett Wilson (UFA)



San Jose Sharks ($24,703,333)



Michael Brodzinski (RFA)

Rourke Chartier (RFA)

Tim Clifton (UFA)

Nick DeSimone (RFA)

Cody Donaghey (RFA)

Joonas Donskoi (UFA)

Calvin Fitzgerald (RFA)

Dylan Gambrell (RFA)

Micheal Haley (UFA)

Tim Heed (UFA)

Erik Karlsson (UFA)

Kevin Labanc (RFA)

Maxim Letunov (RFA)

Jonathon Matin (RFA)

Timo Meier (RFA)

Gustav Nyquist (UFA)

Joe Pavelski (UFA)

Francis Perron (RFA)

Joakim Ryan (RFA)

Alex Schoenborn (RFA)

Antti Suomela (RFA)

Joe Thornton (UFA)

Kyle Wood (RFA)



St. Louis Blues ($18,733,334)



Ivan Barbashev (RFA)

Jordan Binnington (RFA)

Samuel Blais (RFA)

Chris Butler (UFA)

Jared Coreau (UFA)

Michael Del Zotto (UFA)

Joel Edmundson (RFA)

Robby Fabbri (RFA)

Carl Gunnarsson (UFA)

Ville Husso (RFA)

Patrick Maroon (UFA)

Jordan Nolan (UFA)

Mitch Reinke (RFA)

Zach Sanford (RFA)

Oskar Sundqvist (RFA)

Nolan Stevens (RFA)

Chris Thorburn (UFA)

Tyler Wotherspoon (UFA)



Jakub Jerabek - Vityaz Podolsk (KHL)

Nikita Soshnikov - Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)



Tampa Bay Lightning ($8,576,669)



Andy Andreoff (UFA)

Braydon Coburn (UFA)

Gabriel Dumont (UFA)

Adam Erne (RFA)

Dan Girardi (UFA)

Mitch Hults (RFA)

Kevin Lynch (UFA)

Danick Martel (RFA)

Dominik Masin (RFA)

Cedric Paquette (RFA)

Brayden Point (RFA)

Anton Stralman (UFA)

Ben Thomas (RFA)

Carter Verhaeghe (RFA)

Daniel Walcott (UFA)



Michael Bournival - Retired

Cameron Gaunce - Re-signed (1x$700k)

Eddie Pasquale - Barys Nur-Sultan (KHL)



Toronto Maple Leafs ($8,790,301)



Nicholas Baptiste (RFA)

Michael Carcone (RFA)

Tyler Ennis (UFA)

Gabriel Gagne (RFA)

Jake Gardiner (UFA)

Ron Hainsey (UFA)

Michael Hutchinson (UFA)

Andreas Johnsson (RFA)

Kasperi Kapanen (RFA)

Vincent LoVerde (UFA)

Martin Marincin (UFA)

Mitch Marner (RFA)

Eamon McAdam (RFA)

Chris Mueller (UFA)

Steve Oleksy (UFA)

Jordan Subban (RFA)



Josh Jooris - Lausanne HC (NL)

Igor Ozhiganov - Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)



Vancouver Canucks ($30,510,836)



Brock Boeser (RFA)

Reid Boucher (RFA)

Alexander Edler (UFA)

Brendan Gaunce (RFA)

Nikolay Goldobin (RFA)

Markus Granlund (RFA)

Ben Hutton (RFA)

Tanner Kero (UFA)

Y-P Laplante (RFA)

Michael Leighton (UFA)

Josh Leivo (RFA)

Evan McEneny (UFA)

Tyler Motte (RFA)

Derrick Pouliot (RFA)

Tom Pyatt (UFA)

Brogan Rafferty (RFA)

Luke Schenn (UFA)

Josh Teves (RFA)



Derek Dorsett - Retired

Marek Mazanec - Mountfield HK (ELH)



Vegas Golden Knights ($0)



P-E Bellemare (UFA)

Jake Bischoff (RFA)

Alex Broadhurst (UFA)

Ryan Carpenter (UFA)

Daniel Carr (UFA)

Deryk Engelland (UFA)

Zach Fucale (RFA)

Alex Gallant (RFA)

Nikita Gusev (RFA)

Tomas Hyka (RFA)

William Karlsson (RFA)

Maxime Lagace (UFA)

Zachary Leslie (UFA)

Tobias Lindberg (RFA)

Brooks Macek (UFA)

Stefan Matteau (UFA)

Tomas Nosek (RFA)

Brandon Pirri (UFA)

Griffin Reinhart (UFA)

Jimmy Schuldt (RFA)

Malcolm Subban (RFA)

T.J. Tynan (UFA)



Washington Capitals ($12,480,706)



Riley Barber (UFA)

Andre Burakovsky (RFA)

Brett Connolly (UFA)

Christian Djoos (RFA)

Hampus Gustafsson (RFA)

Carl Hagelin (UFA)

Mathias Bau-Hansen (RFA)

Dmitrij Jaskin (RFA)

Jayson Megna (UFA)

Mason Mitchell (RFA)

Aaron Ness (UFA)

Brooks Orpik (UFA)

Michael Sgarbossa (UFA)

Devante Smith-Pelly (UFA)

Chandler Stephenson (RFA)

Vitek Vanecek (RFA)

Jakub Vrana (RFA)

Nathan Walker (UFA)

Colby Williams (RFA)



Parker Milner - Hershey Bears (AHL)

Liam O'Brien - Re-signed (1x$700k)



Winnipeg Jets ($25,372,503)



Ken Appleby (RFA)

Nathan Beaulieu (RFA)

Ben Chiarot (UFA)

Eric Comrie (RFA)

Kyle Connor (RFA)

Andrew Copp (RFA)

Marko Dano (RFA)

Matt Hendricks (UFA)

Jacob Trouba (RFA)

Nicolas Kerdiles (UFA)

Bogdan Kiselevich (UFA)

Patrik Laine (RFA)

Par Lindholm (UFA)

Joe Morrow (RFA)

Tyler Myers (UFA)

Nelson Nogier (RFA)

Jimmy Oligny (RFA)

Cameron Schilling (UFA)

Brandon Tanev (UFA)

I believe Dell's contract maybe higher than 750k &  The Maple Loafs are trying to get room to sign Marner

James Riemer is on the trading block. I would trade Dell for him. Word is the Panthers might retain part of Reimers contract to get rid of him

Ouch. Good bye Joe Pa.

from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet,

- We are getting close to clarity on Erik Karlsson and San Jose. The Sharks have worked this hard. It is believed they’ve made him an offer that will challenge, if not surpass, Drew Doughty’s extension from last summer. Three weeks ago, I thought Karlsson was going back east for family reasons and a travel schedule that’s easier on the body. San Jose needs a decision, conversations have intensified, and I think they’ve got a shot.

- There’s a ton of trade talk. Among the most aggressive teams: Buffalo, Calgary, Chicago, Minnesota, Nashville, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Vancouver, Vegas, Washington and Winnipeg. Depending on how the draft goes, we could see some frenetic attempts to move up and down.

The Sabres have talked to the Rangers about Jimmy Vesey. The Flames tested the market on James Neal. The Blackhawks are looking for a defenceman. Toronto’s asking price for Nikita Zaitsev is either another defenceman, or something they can use to get one. They will have no shortage of options if they do decide to move Nazem Kadri (Winnipeg is on his no-trade list, so he’d have to be approached about it.) Loui Eriksson’s agent, JP Barry, confirmed on Sportsnet 650 in Vancouver on Friday that it is time for the winger to move on. Other teams believe the Capitals are in total "go for it" mode.

- The buyout window opens Saturday. Names to watch: Scott Darling (Carolina), Andrew MacDonald (Philadelphia), Corey Perry (Anaheim) and Dion Phaneuf (Los Angeles). Dallas’s Valeri Nichushkin is under 26, so he can be bought out at one-third, (not two-thirds of) the money, which makes him very vulnerable. You always have to keep an eye on who might be injured, therefore ineligible for one.

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The buyout window opens Saturday. Names to watch: Scott Darling (Carolina), Andrew MacDonald (Philadelphia), Corey Perry (Anaheim) and Dion Phaneuf (Los Angeles). Dallas’s Valeri Nichushkin is under 26, so he can be bought out at one-third, (not two-thirds of) the money, which makes him very vulnerable. You always have to keep an eye on who might be injured, therefore ineligible for one.

The Winnipeg Jets are listening to offers on forward Nikolaj Ehlers due to cap issues.

The Jets currently have ~$25 million in available cap space but at least $15 million of that will be going to Patrik Laine and Kyle Connor and they still have to replace Tyler Myers and Jacob Trouba.

This would be an interesting consideration but we surely wouldn't have space after EK65.