Andrea Athanasiou has re-signed a two-year, $4.25 Million deal with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Athanasiou had 20 goals, 20 assists, 175 SOG, 34 PIMs and a -29 plus/minus through 81 games in his first season in Chicago in 2022-23 and has signed a two-year, $4.25 million ($2,175,000 AAV) contract extension to stay with the Blackhawks. The 28-year-old centre has played for four teams across eight season amassing 459 games played.
Source: Puck Pedia 06/7/23, 6:46 pm EST

Vladislav Gavrikov has signed a two-year, $11,750,000 ($5.875 AAV) contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings.
Gavrikov had six goals, 13 assists, 89 SOG, 38 PIMS and a +4 plus/minus through 72 games with Los Angeles and Columbus in 2022-23 and has signed a two-year, $11,750,000 ($5.875 AAV) contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings. The 27-year-old has 276 career games played, picking up 18 goals, 82 points and 138 penalty minutes across his five year career.

Radko Gudas (undisclosed) is expected to return for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Gudas left Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final after taking a massive hit from Ivan Barbashev which caused him to leave the game after just 2:11 TOI but is expected back in the Panthers' lineup for Game 3 on Thursday vs. Vegas. The 33-year-old has three assists, 30 PIMs and 13 SOG through 18 games throughout the playoffs thus far.

Sergei Bobrovsky will start Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. Vegas.
Bobrovsky was pulled in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final after allowing four goals on 13 shots (.692 SV%) as Florida dropped to 0-2 in the series but is expected to take the crease again for Game 3 vs. Vegas on Thursday. The 34-year-old has been a godsend throughout the playoffs, leading Florida with an 11-4-0 record, 2.50 GAA and .925 SV%. He will hope to get his team in the winning column for the first time in the Finals as he takes on Vegas, who has won three straight and finished the regular season 11th in the NHL in goals allowed per game (2.74).

Wyatt Aamodt has signed a one-year, two-way contract extension for the 2023-24 season.
Aamodt had three goals, 15 assists, 39 PIMs and a +5 plus/minus through 52 games played with the Colorado Eagles (AHL) in 2022-23 and has signed a one-year, two-way contract extension on Tuesday. The 25-year-old was signed as a free agent out of college in 2022 and will hope to grow off a strong first full AHL season.

Kevin Connauton has been traded to the Los Angeles Kings as part of a three-team deal involving the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Connauton has been traded to the Los Angeles Kings as part of a three-team blockbuster trade involving Columbus and five players and three draft picks. The 33-year-old defensemen had three goals, 12 assists, 49 PIMs and a +6 plus/minus through 63 games played with Lehigh Valley (AHL) in 2022-23 and has 360 career NHL games played with 80 points (28G/52A) across that span.

Hayden Hodgson has been dealt to Los Angeles as part of a three team trade involving Columbus.
Hodgson has been dealt to Los Angeles as part of a three-team blockbuster trade involving Columbus and five players and three draft picks. The 27-year-old played one NHL game in 2022-23, but had three goals, eight assists, 83 PIMs and a -1 plus/minus through 44 games with Lehigh Valley (AHL) during the regular season.

Helge Grans has been traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in a three-team trade involving Columbus.
Grans has been traded to Philadelphia as part of a three-team blockbuster trade involving Columbus and five players and three draft picks. The 21-year-old was Los Angeles 2020 second round pick (35th overall) and had two goals, seven assists, 22 PIMs and a -8 plus/minus through 59 games played with Ontario (AHL) in 2022-23.

Sean Walker has been traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in a three-team trade involving Philadelphia.
Walker was traded to Philadelphia as part of a three-team blockbuster trade involving Columbus and five players and three draft picks. The 28-year-old had three goals, 10 assists, 94 SOG, 36 PIMs and a -3 plus/minus through 70 games in 2022-23. He has 232 career games played throughout five NHL seasons.

Cal Petersen has been traded to Philadelphia in a three-team trade involving Columbus.
Petersen has been traded to Philadelphia in a three-team, five player, three draft-pick trade that also involved the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 28-year-old had a horrendous 2022-23 season, being assigned to the AHL in December after posting a 5-3-2 record, .868 SV% and 3.75 GAA. He has 101career NHL games played under his belt across five professional seasons.

Ivan Provorov has been traded to Columbus in a three-team deal involving the Los Angeles Kings.
Provorov was dealt to Columbus as part of a three-team blockbuster trade involving Los Angeles and five players and three draft picks. The 26-year-old defensemen had six goals, 21 assists, 115 SOG, 24 PIMs and a -17 plus/minus through 82 games played with Philadelphia in 2022-23. He has 532 career NHL games played, racking up a career high of 41 points (17G/24A) in 2017-18.

Fredrik Karlstrom has signed a one-year, two-way contract extension through the 2023-24 season.
Karlstrom failed to pick a point through five NHL games in 2022-23 but had 10 goals, 16 assists, 16 PIMs and a +4 plus/minus through 47 games with the Texas Stars (AHL) and signed a one-year, two-way contract extension through the 2023-24 season Tuesday. The 25-year-old was Dallas' 2016 third-round pick (90th overall).

Oskar Dansk has re-signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Calgary Flames
Dansk was 8-6-2 with a 2.75 GAA and .905 SV% with the Calgary Wranglers (AHL) and has signed a one-year, two-way contract extension ($775,000/$275,000) through the 2023-24 season. The 29-year-old has played in six career NHL games, picking up a 4-1-0 record after being Columbus' second round pick (31st overall) in 2012.

Fitzgerald will dress as the seventh defenseman in Game 2 in Vegas.

Dalpe will be a healthy scratch for Game 2 in Vegas.

Adin Hill will start Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. Florida.
Source: Ben Gotz 06/5/23, 7:43 pm EST

Sergei Bobrovsky will start game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. Vegas.
Source: Ben Gotz 06/5/23, 7:42 pm EST

Jake Christiansen has signed a one-way, two year contract through the 2023-24 season.
Christiansen had four assists, 25 SOG, a -7 plus/minus and four PIMs through 24 games during the 2022-23 season with the Columbus Blue Jackets and has signed a one-way, two year contract through the 2023-24 season. The 23-year-old has 32 career NHL games played and was originally signed as a free agent by the Blue Jackets after he finished junior hockey in Everett (WHL) in 2019-20.

Sean Day has re-signed a one-year, two-way contract with Tampa Bay.
Day failed to pick up a goal but had 14 assist, and 41 PIMs across 63 games with the Syracuse Crunch (AHL) in 2022-23 and has now re-signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 25-year-old has played In two total career NHL games played and was a 2016 third-round pick (81st overall) by the New York Rangers.

The Canadiens have signed Cole Caufield to an eight-year contract extension worth $62.8 million ($7.85M AAV).
Caufield was limited to just 46 games during the 2022-23 season but set a career-best with 26 goals while adding 10 assists (36 points). The new deal makes Caufield the second-highest-paid skater in Montreal, behind Nick Suzuki ($7.875M AAV).
Source: Frank 06/5/23, 9:10 am EST
