Hockey headlines for July 3, 2024

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

A Lightning lifer? Defenseman Victor Hedman signs 4-year extension (Tampa Bay Times)
Blues sign forward Pavel Buchnevich to 6-year contract extension (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Ducks acquire defenseman Brian Dumoulin from Seattle (Orange County Register)
Penguins sign Sebastian Aho, the former Islanders defenseman, to multiyear deal (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Dallas Stars trade forward Radek Faksa to St. Louis Blues (Dallas Morning News)
Senators sign Shane Pinto to two-year deal after sending Mathieu Joseph to St. Louis (Ottawa Sun)
Knights sign goal-scoring forward to 1-year contract (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lightning address forward depth, sign Cam Atkinson to 1-year deal (Tampa Bay Times)
Colin Blackwell signs with Dallas Stars on one-year deal (Dallas Morning News)
Florida Panthers add to defenseman depth with reported signing of veteran Nate Schmidt (Miami Herald)
St. Clair's Tyler Motte is latest Red Wings free-agent addition (Detroit News)
Rangers sign depth players Fitzgerald, Groulx (New York Newsday)
Canucks lose one giant D-man in Nikita Zadorov in free agency but add another in Vincent Desharnais (Vancouver Province)
Report says Blue Jackets to sign sign Johnson with efficient deal (Columbus Dispatch)
Sabres sign veteran goalie James Reimer as depth behind UPL, Devon Levi (Buffalo News)
Brad Treliving adds three more low-cost UFAs to Maple Leafs (Toronto Sun)
How Lightning GM approached 4th contract talks with Stamkos, Hedman (Tampa Bay Times)
Utah Hockey Club had a big offseason need. Here’s how the club is filling it. (Salt Lake Tribune)
Why GM Barry Trotz is not done making changes to the Nashville Predators roster (The Tennessean)
Canadiens GM Kent Hughes confident he can get free agents in future (Montreal Gazette)
Carolina Hurricanes GM Eric Tulsky feels ‘enormous responsibility,’ but not pressure (Raleigh News & Observer)
Islanders have dwindling options for further improvements (New York Post)
Rangers appear poised to run it back with little NHL free agency flexibly after Jacob Trouba drama (New York Post)
How will Blackhawks' free-agent feast affect prospects and rebuild? (Chicago Sun-Times)
Devils’ championship window attracted star defenseman to sign in free agency (NJ.com)
Cam Talbot finds 'right fit' with Red Wings, eager for competition in net (Detroit News)
How did defenseman Sean Walker wind up with Carolina Hurricanes? It was a ‘whirlwind’ (Raleigh News & Observer)
New Stars goalie Casey DeSmith optimistic about partnership with Jake Oettinger (Dallas Morning News)
'I’ve always wanted to play for the Flames': Opportunity knocks for Jake Bean in return to Calgary (Calgary Sun)
Celebrini excited to start playing in front of San Jose Sharks fans (San Jose Mercury News)
Top draft pick Berkly Catton, new coach Dan Bylsma make debuts with Kraken (Seattle Times)
New Lightning top prospect Conor Geekie hopes to make leap to NHL (Tampa Bay Times)
Top prospects Easton Cowan, Fraser Minten headline roster for Leafs development camp (Toronto Star)
First-round pick Jett Luchanko gets his first taste of Flyers development camp (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Othmann gets chance to prove himself at Rangers camp (New York Newsday)
Flyers draft pick Noah Powell is hearing impaired but is ‘not going to let anything hold him back’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
His draft moment over in a flash, St. Francis' Patrick Geary revels in Sabres' camp role (Buffalo News)
‘Elliott Groenewold was a Bruins fan growing up and is now hoping to impress at the team’s development camp (Boston Globe)
Jets hopefuls out to impress (Winnipeg Free Press)
Red Wings prospects awestruck seeing Pavel Datsyuk at development camp (MLive.com)
Blue Jackets name Jeff Rimer's replacement as team's TV voice (Columbus Dispatch)