On KHL Signings …
Aivis Kalnins: Viktor Antipin signs with Metallug Magnitogorsk for three years.
Aivis Kalnins: Antipin will make around $2 million a season.
Aivis Kalnins: Nikolai Kulemin sign with Metallug Magnitogorsk for three years.
On Slava Voynov …
Aivis Kalnins: Voynov can apply for a US work visa today. If he gets accepted, he’ll start the process to try and return to the NHL.
On the Anaheim Ducks …
Craig Custance: The Ducks have signed Jared Coreau to a one-year deal for $650,000 in the NHL and $450,000 in the AHL.
On the Calgary Flames …
Bob McKenzie: The Flames and James Neal finalized a five-year deal at a $5.75 million cap hit.
Pat Steinberg: Matthew Tkachuk is eligible to sign a contract extension – enter the last year of his entry-level deal – and GM Brad Trevliving said they are open to the idea.
On the Los Angeles Kings …
Helene Elliott: Drew Doughty on doing his own contract extension negotiations instead of using an agent: “I was thinking about that for years.” Said he knew $ and term and “it was kind of easy for me” to represent himself. “Amount of money I saved doing the deal myself is ridiculous.”
On the New York Islanders …
Arthur Staple: The Islanders signed forward Valtteri Filppula to a one-year, $2.75 million deal.
Arthur Staple: “Have to believe the Komarov/Filppula deals were for the awful PK. Lot of dough/term (for Komarov) for bottom-sixers. Not much could have changed the narrative after losing Tavares. It’s a brutal day for #Isles, period.”
On the San Jose Sharks …
John Hoven: Logan Couture’s contract extension has a three-team modified no-trade clause.
Curtis Pashelka: Sharks GM Doug Wilson said that he heard from John Tavares Sunday morning with his decision, and felt that he was very respectful.
On the St. Louis Blues …
Andy Strickland: GM Doug Armstrong said that over the past few days that paying Ryan O’Reilly’s $7.5 million bonus on July 1st wouldn’t be an issue for Chairman Tom Stillman.
Greg Wyshynski: The first-round draft pick the Blues sent the Sabres in the O’Reilly trade is lottery protected.
On the Vegas Golden Knights …
Renaud Lavoie: Paul Stastny didn’t receive any signing bonuses in his deal. Salaries of $7.5 million, $6.5 million and $5.5 million with a modified 10-team no-trade list. believes he had a better deal from another team.x
