Apr 27, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman (77) skates with the puck in opposition to the Florida Panthers throughout the first interval in sport 4 of the primary spherical of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Area. Obligatory Credit score: Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports activities Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman is not going anyplace.
Hedman, who has been with Tampa Bay for the primary 15 seasons of his NHL profession, signed a four-year, $32 million extension on Tuesday to stay with the Lightning by way of the 2028-29 marketing campaign.
Hedman, 33, racked up 76 factors (13 targets, 63 assists) in 78 video games final season.
In 1,052 profession video games, Hedman has amassed 156 targets and 572 assists. He’s a two-time Stanley Cup champion and six-time All-Star who gained the Norris Trophy in 2018 because the league’s high defenseman and went residence with the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2020 because the MVP within the playoffs.
In different strikes, Tampa Bay gave Emil Martinsen Lilleberg a two-year, $1.6 million extension whereas inking free agent Cam Atkinson to a one-year, $900,000 deal.
–Pavel Buchnevich bought a brand new contract from the St. Louis Blues, a six-year, $48 million extension.
Buchnevich, 29, completed with 63 factors (27 targets, 36 assists) in 80 video games final season, his third with St. Louis. He spent the primary 5 seasons of his profession with the New York Rangers (2016-21) and has tallied 162 targets and 239 assists in 517 video games throughout his time within the NHL.
The Blues have been additionally lively within the commerce market, buying ahead Radek Faksa from the Dallas Stars for future draft compensation. St. Louis additionally despatched future issues to the Ottawa Senators, getting ahead Mathieu Joseph and a 2025 third-round decide in return.
Corey Schueneman and Adam Jiricek (entry-level contract) additionally signed with the Blues. Joseph’s brother, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, is reportedly becoming a member of the workforce as properly.
–Defenseman Jake Middleton is staying with the Minnesota Wild after signing a four-year, $17.4 million contract extension.
Middleton, 28, performed in 80 video games in 2023-24, recording seven targets and 18 assists. He has performed components of three seasons with Minnesota after the San Jose Sharks traded him to the Wild in March 2022.
Middleton has notched 57 factors (14 targets, 43 assists) in 239 profession video games with San Jose (2018-22) and Minnesota.
–Ahead Victor Olofsson is becoming a member of the Vegas Golden Knights on a one-year contract value $1,075,000.
Olofsson, 28, has spent his complete six-year profession with the Buffalo Sabres, tallying 182 factors (90 targets, 92 assists) in 314 video games.
In simply 51 video games final season, Olofsson had seven targets and eight assists. He had 20 targets in every of the 2 earlier seasons.
–The Toronto Maples Leafs made some noise, signing free brokers Dakota Mermis, Philippe Myers and Cedric Pare to one-year offers.
Mermis, 30, performed a career-high 47 video games for Minnesota final season, gathering three targets and 5 assists. Myers, 27, performed simply 5 video games for Tampa Bay in 2023-24, whereas Pare, 25, has but to see the ice in an NHL sport.
–The Rangers, final season’s Presidents’ Trophy winners, introduced in free brokers Casey Fitzgerald and Bo Groulx.
Groulx skated in 45 video games for the Anaheim Geese in 2023-24, whereas Fitzgerald solely frolicked within the AHL.
–As they go for back-to-back Stanley Cup titles, the Florida Panthers added MacKenzie Entwistle on a one-year, two-way contract value $775,000 and are reportedly bringing in Nate Schmidt one a one-year, $800,000 deal.
–The San Jose Sharks, coming off a season during which that they had the worst report within the NHL, signed Lucas Carlsson to a two-year contract and Jimmy Schuldt to a one-year deal.
–Area Degree Media
