Anaheim
The Ducks made no major moves this week.
Arizona
The Coyotes made no major moves this week.
Boston
The Bruins made no major moves this week.
Buffalo
The Sabres reorganized their hockey operations department. Randy Cunneyworth has been named a player development coach, Jerry Forton has been named the team’s NCAA scout, Kevin Devine has been named director of player personnel, Jason Long has been named coordinator of player development, Corey Smith has been named video coach, Jim Kovachik has been named a pro scout, and Seamus Kotyk and Victor Nybladh have been named amateur scouts. Buffalo will also be hosting the 2015 and 2016 NHL Draft Combines from First Niagara Center.
Calgary
The Flames have named Jordan Sigalet goaltending coach.
Carolina
The Hurricanes made no major moves this week.
Chicago
The Blackhawks signed goaltender Michael Leighton to a one-year two-way contract worth $550K at the NHL level and $400K in the minors.
Colorado
The Avalanche made no major moves this week. Goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who played as Colorado’s backup from 2011/12 to 2013/14, officially announced his retirement this week.
Columbus
The Blue Jackets made no major moves this week.
Dallas
The Stars made no major moves this week.
Detroit
The Red Wings made no major moves this week.
Edmonton
The Oilers made no major moves this week.
Florida
The Panthers made no major moves this week. Defenceman Mike Mottau, who played a few games last season for the Panthers, officially announced his retirement.
Los Angeles
The Kings made no major moves this week.
Minnesota
The Wild made no major moves this week.
Montreal
The Canadiens made no major moves this week.
Nashville
The Predators made no major moves this week.
New Jersey
The Devils made no major moves this week.
NY Islanders
Islanders owner Charles Wang has agreed to sell a minority interest in the Islanders, pending Board of Governors approval, to an ownership group of Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin, with an agreement to transition the two to majority owners in two years.
NY Rangers
The Rangers have signed winger Kevin Hayes to a two-year entry-level contract.
Ottawa
The Senators have signed winger Clarke MacArthur to a five-year extension worth $23.25M effective in 2015/16. They also signed defenceman Mark Borowiecki to a three-year extension worth $3.3M effective in 2015/16.
Philadelphia
The Flyers made no major moves this week.
Pittsburgh
The Penguins made no major moves this week.
San Jose
The Sharks have stripped centre Joe Thornton of the captaincy and winger Patrick Marleau of the alternate captaincy. They will start training camp without any lettered players. Winger Raffi Torres has had surgery to fix an infection in his surgically repaired right knee, and will return during the 2014/15 season.
St. Louis
The Blues made no major moves this week.
Tampa Bay
The Lightning made no major moves this week.
Toronto
The Maple Leafs signed their 2014 first round pick, winger William Nylander, to a three-year entry-level contract.
Vancouver
The Canucks made no major moves this week.
Washington
The Capitals made no major moves this week.
Winnipeg
The Jets made no major moves this week.
The NHL has tweaked the Draft Lottery format for the 2015 NHL Draft. The odds for each of the four lowest-ranked teams winning the first-overall pick have decreased, while the odds for each of the ten highest-ranked non-playoff teams getting the pick have slightly increased. For 2016, additional lotteries will be held for the second- and third-overall selections. Now the last-place team can fall as low as fourth-overall rather than second-overall. In time for what many expect to be a talent-loaded 2015 Draft headlined by CHL exceptional status holder Connor McDavid, the idea behind these tweaks is to further reduce incentive for teams to intentionally throw away their seasons in order to easily get top prospects.
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