It all started innocently enough. During the first two days off between Games 5 and 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, it was reported that the Carolina Hurricanes were finalizing an eight-year extension for defenseman Jaccob Slavin, Elliotte Friedman reports, avg. annually $6.5 million.
, not a bad job for new general manager Eric Tulsky.
Things got even better when the long-awaited Jacob Markstrom deal finally came to fruition as the goaltender was returned to New York.
Jersey in exchange for Kevin Bahl and a protected top-10 first-round pick in 2025.
Not only do the Devils get a new number one scorer for the draft and future prospect, but it also allows Calgary eat up 31.25% of Markstrom’s remaining contract.
If Markstrom provides slightly above-average scoring (and Jack Hughes stays healthy), the Devils will likely be a playoff team next season and this draft pick will fall between the 20
San Jose.Having already engaged in trade activity by acquiring 23-year-old forward Ty Dellandrea for a fourth-round pick in the 2025 draft, Dellandrea found his trajectory somewhat hindered with the arrival of Wyatt Johnston and Logan Stankhoven with.
Mavrik Borque waited in the wings. In San Jose, Dellandrea will get more ice time.
Joining him on the ice in San Jose will be Barclay Goodrow.
Bolt was previously waived by the New York Rangers yesterday and the Sharks claimed him.
With veteran leadership on the ice, Goodrow’s $3.641 million cap hit should help the Sharks reach the cap.
They are currently at $55,270,834 with a cap of $65 million.
It’s true that San Jose has seven restricted free agents to sign, so that number will increase over the next ten days.
Later in the day, it was reported that the Rangers were looking ways to trade Goodrow to San Jose, but the Sharks are on his no-trade list.
Because they topped the number of waiver requests, New York chose the waiver route to bypass the no-trade provision and simply keep the cap in place.
All of these measures will have an impact. for a great day (especially since the league office tends to be unhappy with clubs that make the Stanley Cup Final), but there’s still one last big move on the cards.
The Los Angeles Kings and Washington Capitals have reached individual deals for several players who could benefit from a change of scenery.
Striker Pierre-Luc Dubois is (still) on the move to the country’s capital in exchange for goalkeeper Darcy Kuemper.
Despite having acquired a PLD and his AAV of 8.5 million in 8 year Just a year ago, things in LaLa Land were rapidly deteriorating and the Kings felt a sense of urgency to move Dubois.
His no-trade clause took effect on July 1, but another deadline has arrived.
This striker is expected to turn 26 years old on June 24. Once that happens, his buyout will increase from 1/3 of his remaining contract to 2/3.
With the trade window only opening 48 hours after the final Stanley Cup game, that’s a pretty tight window.
Los Angeles decided not to wait to see if Florida could wrap things up in time to use that option and traded for Kuemper, who would likely be their number one goalie.
As the league looks toward less than two weeks until free agency, it seems like some general managers are a little nervous about getting their rosters together before the draft and unrestricted free agency.
While we probably won’t see many more big deals, expect more extensions for free agents who choose to stay with their current organizations, like Filip Hronek’s eight-year deal with the Vancouver Canucks
Who knows. , maybe the Lightning will bless us with a Steven Stamkos extension in the next few days.
