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Montreal adds depth on the blue line The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenseman Maksymilian Szuber. The club announced a one-year, two-way deal yesterday for the 2026-27 season. Szuber is 23. He spent last season with the Tucson Roadrunners in the American Hockey League, where he put up 11 goals and 27 points in 65 games.…

Early August, and the phone still isn’t ringing Two of the more reliable goal-scorers of the last decade are sitting at home. Patrik Laine. Vladimir Tarasenko. Both still unsigned, both still waiting for an offer that fits. They aren’t alone. Michael Bunting, Eeli Tolvanen and Logan Stanley are floating around the same free-agent pool. On…

The Montreal Canadiens have signed 23-year-old defenseman Maksymilian Szuber to a one-year, two-way deal after his 27-point season in the AHL.

San Jose bets on a winger who hasn’t arrived yet Three years. $12.75 million. That is the deal Collin Graf just signed with the San Jose Sharks, and it says plenty about how the club sees him. Roughly $4.25 million a season is real money for a forward still learning the league. San Jose isn’t…

The one guy who never left the lineup gets paid Pittsburgh took care of business this week, locking Tommy Novak into a three-year extension at $4.65 million per season, $13.95 million all in. The forward was set to reach free agency after 2026-2027. The Penguins did not feel like waiting. The new money does not…

San Jose locked up a breakout winger. Collin Graf cashed in after a 21-goal season that changed how the Sharks see him.

Montreal works the market The Montreal Canadiens have landed Sasha Pastujov from the Anaheim Ducks. Heading the other way: Sean Farrell. Both clubs announced the young-player swap on Monday. It is the kind of move Montreal has leaned on for two years now. Collect cheap offensive upside, bet on players still figuring it out, and…

Cole Sillinger avoided arbitration and re-signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets on a three-year, $13.875 million deal through 2028-29.

Boston rips it back in 20 minutes Down 3-0. On the road. Getting run out of the building. Then it all flipped. The Boston Bruins pulled off one of the season’s biggest comebacks against the Columbus Blue Jackets, winning 4-3 in a shootout. The third period was bonkers, with Pavel Zacha and Viktor Arvidsson each…