Hockey headlines for July 2, 2024

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

End of an era as Steven Stamkos leaves Lightning, signs with Predators (Tampa Bay Times)
Predators agree to terms with Jonathan Marchessault on five-year deal (The Tennessean)
Lightning sign Jake Guentzel, take top pending free agent off the market (Tampa Bay Times)
Predators agree to terms with Brady Skjei on seven-year deal (The Tennessean)
Canucks sign Jake DeBrusk as big names go fast (Vancouver Province)
Columbus Blue Jackets ink center Sean Monahan to five-year contract (Columbus Dispatch)
Penguins trade winger Reilly Smith to Rangers for 2 future draft picks (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Not going anywhere: Senators deny unsigned centre Shane Pinto has requested a trade (Ottawa Sun)
Panthers’ 2024-25 home opener announced, when team will raise championship banner (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Former Blackhawks executives Stan Bowman, Joel Quenneville, Al MacIsaac reinstated by NHL (Chicago Sun-Times)
Why Predators GM Barry Trotz spent $111.5 million on free agents in 1 day (The Tennessean)
How Luke Schenn played a part in getting Steven Stamkos to Predators (The Tennessean)
Devout Steven Stamkos fans cope with the loss of Lightning captain (Tampa Bay Times)
‘I was all for it’: Flames see Mantha as potential Huberdeau sidekick (Calgary Sun)
End of an era: Why Knights, Marchessault went separate ways (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Florida Panthers’ ‘big head start’ to free agency helps as Zito continues to build roster (Miami Herald)
Maple Leafs bolster the blue line, signing Tanev and Ekman-Larsson, and settle their goaltending (Toronto Star)
Conroy strikes different tone as Flames' focus shifts towards adding, not subtracting (Calgary Sun)
The Stars had clear intentions to bolster their defense in free agency. How did they do? (Dallas Morning News)
Jason Zucker headlines free-agent haul as Sabres try to become 'harder to play against' (Buffalo News)
With long-term goals in mind, Penguins avoid 'big fish' in free agency (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Jets buy goalie battle, depth defenceman as free agency opens (Winnipeg Sun)
Ducks take surprisingly quiet approach to free agency (Orange County Register)
Red Wings make little noise in free agency, but job isn’t done (MLive.com)
Low-key free-agent success? Maybe the Ottawa Senators finally have a good plan (Ottawa Sun)
Teuvo Teravainen, Tyler Bertuzzi headline Blackhawks' huge wave of free-agent signings (Chicago Sun-Times)
Carolina Hurricanes work slowly into NHL free agency, pick up steam on the first day (Raleigh News & Observer)
Edmonton Oilers score big with Skinner and Arvidsson (Edmonton Sun)
Kraken make big splash with signings of Brandon Montour, Chandler Stephenson (Seattle Times)
Bruins land both Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov (Boston Herald)
Kings sign Joel Edmundson and Warren Foegele to beef up the roster (Los Angeles Daily News)
Islanders agree to terms with free-agent forward Duclair and re-sign defenseman Reilly (New York Newsday)
Capitals add Jakob Chychrun and Matt Roy in a blue line overhaul (Washington Post)
Predators agree to terms with goalie Scott Wedgewood on two-year deal (The Tennessean)
Knights add backup goalie from Maple Leafs in free agency (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Wild one-and-done in free agency, sign forward Yakov Trenin (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
On quiet 1st day of free agency, Blues bring back forward Kasperi Kapanen (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Zemgus Girgensons ends 10-year run with Sabres, signs with Tampa Bay (Buffalo News)
Kings lose Matt Roy, Viktor Arvidsson in free agency (Los Angeles Daily News)
Former Sabres winger Jeff Skinner joins Connor McDavid in Edmonton (Buffalo News)
Defenseman Alexandre Carrier, Predators agree on 3-year, $11.25M deal (The Tennessean)
Canadiens sign Juraj Slafkovsky to eight-year, US$60.8-million contract (Montreal Gazette)
Predators, Juuse Saros finalize eight-year, $61.92 million extension (The Tennessean)
Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland finds “sweet spot” to keep Jonathan Drouin, raise club’s ceiling amid wild start to NHL free agency (Denver Post)
Middleton gets contract extension from Wild (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Flyers sign Garnet Hathaway to a two-year extension (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Flyers sign Erik Johnson to one-year, $1 million deal (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Edmonton Oilers re-sign forward Connor Brown to one-year, $1M deal (Edmonton Sun)
Matvei Michkov signs his entry-level contract with the Flyers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Flyers GM Danny Brière on the start of the Matvei Michkov era: ‘Patience is the key here’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Wild fill assistant coaching vacancy, adding Capuano to Hynes' staff (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Islanders add two-time Stanley Cup winner Tommy Albelin as assistant coach (New York Post)
Alex Burrows steps down as assistant coach with Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
Top prospect Conor Geekie headlines Lightning development camp roster (Tampa Bay Times)
'It's all up to me': Prospect Dalibor Dvorsky has his eyes set on making the Blues' NHL roster (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Matvei Michkov and Alexei Kolosov will not attend Flyers development camp (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Flyers draft pick Spencer Gill has a connection to a Broad Street Bully (Philadelphia Inquirer)
NHL announces date for San Jose Sharks’ home opener (San Jose Mercury News)
NHL announce opening dates for Dallas Stars’ 2024-25 season (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Blue Jackets to open 2024-25 home schedule vs. Florida Panthers (Columbus Dispatch)
Kraken will open season at home for first time, playing an Oct. 8 matinee (Seattle Times)
Nashville Predators to open 2024-25 season home against Dallas Stars (The Tennessean)
Bruins to host Canadiens in 2024-25 home opener after facing champion Panthers on the road (Boston Globe)
Canucks schedule: Vancouver to open 2024-25 season at home against the Flames (Vancouver Province)