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Saturday, June 27, 2026

The Maple Leafs take Gavin McKenna No. 1 in the NHL draft after all — with an assist from Justin Bieber (Toronto Star)
How Swede it is! Sharks select Ivar Stenberg second overall at NHL draft (San Jose Mercury News)
Blues trade two first-round picks to Anaheim for center Mason McTavish (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Bruins trade two first-round picks for Mammoth winger JJ Peterka (Boston Globe)
Golden Knights trade leading goal scorer to New York Rangers for 3 draft picks (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Busy week for deals continues as Senators acquire winger Andre Burakovsky from Blackhawks (Ottawa Sun)
Ducks trade Olen Zellweger for Anton Wahlberg and a 2nd-round pick (Orange County Register)
Red Wings trade goalie Cossa; draft Michigan winger Hurlbert (Detroit News)
Canadiens trade defenceman William Trudeau to Rangers for Brett Berard in minor-league move (Montreal Gazette)
Ottawa Senators acquire goalie Samuel Ersson from Toronto Maple Leafs (Ottawa Sun)
Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis out 4-6 months after shoulder surgery (Raleigh News & Observer)
Bill Guerin named NHL’s top GM on a night when the Wild don’t have a first-round draft pick (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
The ‘amazing story’ of Gavin McKenna, the 18-year-old Yukon hockey phenom who joins the Toronto Maple Leafs (Toronto Star)
Cheveldayoff open to Hellebuyck trade (Winnipeg Free Press)
Report says Columbus Blue Jackets assessing trade offers for Zach Werenski (Columbus Dispatch)
Avalanche signs defensemen Brent Burns, Brett Kulak to new contracts (Denver Post)
Kings re-sign Brandt Clarke to 5-year, $37 million deal (Los Angeles Daily News)
Islanders re-sign Tony DeAngelo (New York Newsday)
Columbus Blue Jackets re-sign depth forward Mikael Pyyhtia (Columbus Dispatch)
Sabres draft defenseman Daxon Rudolph of Prince Albert of WHL at No. 4 (Buffalo News)
Rangers select defenseman Alberts Smits with No. 5 pick in 2026 NHL Draft to fill need in retool (New York Post)
Flames bolster blue line, select Carson Carels sixth overall (Calgary Sun)
Kraken go different direction in first round of NHL draft (Seattle Times)
Jets strike Swedish gold: Draft Björck eighth overall (Winnipeg Sun)
Sharks take defenseman Keaton Verhoeff with No. 9 pick at NHL draft (San Jose Mercury News)
Nashville Predators select winger Wyatt Cullen at No. 10 in 2026 NHL Draft (The Tennessean)
Busy Utah Mammoth trade up and select a, well, mammoth forward in the NHL draft (Salt Lake Tribune)
Islanders draft Swedish defenseman Malte Gustafsson in first round (New York Newsday)
Columbus Blue Jackets select power forward Oscar Hemming 14th overall (Columbus Dispatch)
Capitals draft 17-year-old Oliver Suvanto from Finland with first-round pick (Washington Post)
Kings trade down, select Elton Hermansson at No. 19 (Los Angeles Daily News)
Sabres draft Miami (Ohio) forward Ilia Morozov at No. 20 in the NHL Draft (Buffalo News)
Nashville Predators trade up into 1st round, select D Tommy Bleyl at No. 31 (The Tennessean)
Penguins select high-scoring winger Liam Ruck with the 22nd pick in the NHL Draft (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Senators keep No. 25 pick to roll the dice on Swedish winger Jonas Lagerberg Hoen (Ottawa Sun)
Flyers draft towering defenseman Maksim Sokolovskii after trading back in Round 1 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
J Canadiens move up to No. 26 in NHL Draft to pick Russian Gleb Pugachyov (Montreal Gazette)
Flames add highly skilled, highly competitive centre Jack Hextall with 30th overall pick (Calgary Sun)
Senators select Jaxon Cover 32nd overall at 2026 NHL Draft (Ottawa Sun)
Golden Knights draft defenseman from Finland in 1st round (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Panthers see no action in first round of NHL draft amid ‘constant buzz of what-ifs’ (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Bruins’ GM Don Sweeney fills part of wish list with J.J. Peterka (Boston Herald)
Avalanche GM Joe Sakic wants to keep adding after ‘cap decisions’ led to key departures (Denver Post)
Why did Predators trade up to get Tommy Bleyl? GM Chris MacFarland explains (The Tennessean)
Penguins’ Kyle Dubas is fine with a ‘brick-by-boring-brick style’ of building his team (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Future Gophers forward Wyatt Cullen picked 10th overall by Nashville (St. Paul Pioneer Press))
Allen's J.P. Hurlbert becomes first Texan selected in NHL draft's first round since 2013 (Dallas Morning News)
Michigan State hockey commits dominate first round of 2026 NHL Draft (Detroit Free Press)
Columbus Blue Jackets accept risk for reward with Valeri Nichushkin (Columbus Dispatch)
Wings' Draper: Cossa 'didn't work out'; Hurlbert adds creativity (Detroit News)
Where will Brady Tkachuk play with Panthers? Paul Maurice hints at lineup plan (Miami Herald)
Is William Eklund worthy of playing with Tim Stutzle on the Senators' top line? (Ottawa Sun)
Alex Tuch: 'Leaving Buffalo, it was one of the hardest decisions of my life' (Buffalo News)
Injured Florida Panthers ‘on schedule with recovery.’ All the details (Miami Herald)
Could Sebastian Cossa be in the goaltending mix for the Edmonton Oilers? (Edmonton Sun)
Canadiens will play Senators three times, Leafs twice in shortened pre-season (Montreal Gazette)
Former Canadiens captain Yvan Cournoyer appointed to Order of Canada (Montreal Gazette)
‘Don’t shy away’: Bryan Rust, Michael Pittman Jr. carry a common message of inspiration for children who stutter (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)