Everything There Is to Know About NHL Transactions
Stay up to date with all the NHL transactions at PuckPedia. You can also follow your favorite teams in both the AHL and ECHL, watching as they move between leagues. You’ll find information on trades, signings, terminations, injury designations, minor assignments, call-ups, and more.
To see the latest NHL transactions, check out our Team pages. Here you will find the most up-to-date information with the salary cap impact calculated.
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2020-09-23
signed C Jake Evans to a two-year, $1.5 million contract extension.
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2020-09-23 |
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2020-09-23
signed RW Michael McCarron to a one-year, two-way contract extension worth $700,000.
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2020-09-23 |
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2020-09-23
assigned RW Patrick Russell to Rungsted Seier Capital (Denmark).
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2020-09-23 |
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2020-09-23
assigned C Michael Rasmussen to Team Graz 99ers (Austria).
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2020-09-23 |
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2020-09-22
assigned RW Eetu Tuulola to Vasterviks IK (Sweden).
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2020-09-22 |
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2020-09-22
assigned G Mikhail Berdin to SKA St. Petersburg (KHL).
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2020-09-22 |
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2020-09-21
assigned LW Tyler Benson to GCK Lions (Sweden).
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2020-09-21 |
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2020-09-21
assigned D Jared McIsaac to HPK (Finland).
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2020-09-21 |
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2020-09-21
assigned D Oskari Laaksonen to Lahden Pelicans (Finland).
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2020-09-21 |
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2020-09-19
signed RW Daniel Sprong to a two-year, $1.45 million contract.
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2020-09-19 |
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2020-09-18
signed RW Daniel Sprong to a two-year, $1.45 million contract.
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2020-09-18 |
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2020-09-18
assigned C Cooper Marody to Dornbirn Bulldogs (Austria).
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2020-09-18 |
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2020-09-18
re-signed LW Jared McCann to a two-year, $5.88 million contract.
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2020-09-18 |
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2020-09-17
signed C Brian Pinho to a two-year, $1.45 million contract.
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2020-09-17 |
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2020-09-17
assigned D Linus Hogberg to HC Vita Hasten (Sweden).
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2020-09-17 |
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2020-09-17
signed RW Nicolas Aube-Kubel to a two-year, $1.075 million contract extension.
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2020-09-17 |
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2020-09-17
assigned LW Janne Kuokkanen to Oulun Karpat Oy (Finland).
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2020-09-17 |
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2020-09-16
assigned RW Fabian Zetterlund to HC Vita Vasten (Sweden).
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2020-09-16 |
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2020-09-16
signed D Joel Edmundson to a four-year, $14 million contract.
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2020-09-16 |
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2020-09-16
TRADE ANALYSISThe Buffalo Sabres acquired Eric Staal from the Minnesota Wild for Marcus Johansson () Leave a Comment |
2020-09-16 |
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2020-09-15
signed G Adin Hill to a one-year, $800,000 contract extension.
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2020-09-15 |
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2020-09-15
signed D Jonas Brodin to a seven-year, $42 million contract extension.
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2020-09-15 |
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2020-09-14
assigned LW Axel Jonsson-Fjallby to Vastervik IK (Sweden).
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2020-09-14 |
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2020-09-14
assigned RW Martin Kaut to HC Dynamo (Czech Republic).
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2020-09-14 |
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2020-09-12
announced LW Alex Killorn to has served his suspension.
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2020-09-12 |
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2020-09-12
assigned C Hayden Verbeek to Banska Bystrica HC05 (Slovakia).
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2020-09-12 |
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2020-09-12
TRADE ANALYSISThe Montreal Canadiens acquired Joel Edmundson from the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2020 fifth round pick () Leave a Comment |
2020-09-12 |
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2020-09-11
signed D Sean Walker to a four-year, $10.6 million contract extension.
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2020-09-11 |
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2020-09-11
TRADE ANALYSISThe Minnesota Wild acquired Nick Bjugstad from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a conditional 2021 7th Round Pick () Leave a Comment |
2020-09-11 |
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2020-09-10
signed RW Adam Cracknell to a one-year, two-way contract.
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2020-09-10 |
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2020-09-10
(NHL) suspended LW Alex Killorn one game for boarding.
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2020-09-10 |
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2020-09-10
signed LW Jacob De La Rose to a one-year, $700,000 contract extension.
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2020-09-10 |
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2020-09-10
assigned C Oskar Steen to IF Bjorkleven (Sweden).
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2020-09-10 |
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2020-09-09
signed D Alexander Green to a two-year, entry-level contract.
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2020-09-09 |
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2020-09-08
assigned D Evan Bouchard to Sodertalje SK (Sweden).
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2020-09-08 |
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2020-09-08
assigned C Gaetan Haas to SC Bern (Switzerland).
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2020-09-08 |
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2020-09-08
assigned G Veini Vehvilainen to JYP Jyvaskyla (Finland).
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2020-09-08 |
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2020-09-08
assigned C Alexandre Texier to KalPa (Finland).
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2020-09-08 |
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2020-09-08
assigned RW Emil Bemstrom to HIFK Helsinki (Finland).
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2020-09-08 |
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2020-09-08
assigned C Pius Suter to GCK Lions (Switzerland).
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2020-09-08 |
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2020-09-08
assigned D Jacob Moverare to SaiPa (Sweden).
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2020-09-08 |
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2020-09-06
assigned C Lukas Vejdemo to Sodertalje SK (Sweden).
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2020-09-06 |
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2020-09-05
assigned LW Carl Grundstrom to IF Bjorklowen (Sweden).
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2020-09-05 |
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2020-09-05
assigned C Ryan McLeod to EV Zug (Switzerland).
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2020-09-05 |
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2020-09-05
re-signed D Juuso Riikola to a two-year, $2.3-million contract.
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2020-09-05 |
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2020-09-05
(NHL) suspended RW Ryan Reaves one game for an illegal check to the head.
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2020-09-05 |
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2020-09-04
signed C Lukas Vejdemo to a one-year, two-way contract.
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2020-09-04 |
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2020-09-03
assigned D Alexander Alexeyev to Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL).
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2020-09-03 |
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2020-09-03
recalled G Jake Kielly from Utica (AHL).
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2020-09-03 |
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2020-09-02
assigned G Filip Larsson to Almtuna (Sweden).
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2020-09-02 |
Trades
NHL player transactions include the exchange of players, prospects, and draft picks among teams. Teams only have until the trade deadline, which tends to fall on the last week of February or the first week of March. The trade deadline for the current season is Monday, February 26, 2018.
Signings, Terminations & Injury Designations
Other ways the players on a team are impacted are through signings, terminations, and injury designations.
Free agents
Players who are free agents have no contract and are able to sign with any club. Previously, players could have unrestricted free agency if they were 31 years old or over. After the CBA came out of the lockout in 2005, the rules changed. Now, players aged 27 and over, as well as those with at least seven years in the NHL with expired contracts, can become unrestricted free agents. Plus, players aged 22 years and over who are not selected in the NHL Draft can sign with any team as a free agent.
Unrestricted free agents can start negotiating and signing contracts with any team after July 1 of each year. Before, teams were awarded with draft picks as compensation when they lost unrestricted free agents. Since 2004, there has been no compensation.
Buyouts
Buyouts occur when teams buy a player at the end of a season for the remainder of the player’s contract. This impacts both pay and cap hit. For players under the age of 26, pay and cap hit are reduced by two-thirds. For players aged 26 to 35, pay and cap hit are reduced by one-third. Finally, for players over the age of 35, pay is reduced by one-third but cap hit is not reduced. In addition, the new team pays over twice the period of the remaining contract.
Injured Reserve List
Players who are injured, disabled, or sick and unable to play for at least seven days cannot be bought out. Instead, their teams may place them on the Injured Reserve List. A club can only put a player on the Injured Reserve List if the player had previously passed the initial physical examination of the season. The team can then replace the player on its NHL roster with someone else.
Assigning Players to the Minors & Call-Ups
If a player has already participated in a defined number of games or he has played in a certain number of seasons since the signing of the original contract, the player must be available to all NHL teams before he is assigned to the minors. This is called 'clearing waivers,' and it means that other NHL teams can 'claim' the player from the 'waiver wire,' meaning they assume the contract, and provide only a small financial compensation to the team from which the player originated. When players clear waivers, their teams have the right to loan them to a minor affiliate, typically an AHL team, or they can choose to keep them in their club. Once cleared, players don't need to do it again for the lesser of either 30 cumulative days on the roster, or until they've played in 10 games in the NHL.
Players can also rise from the minors to an NHL team. This is known as a call-up. Players may be called up due to an injury or suspension of another player, or a team can use a regular call-up of minor league affiliates who are yet to sign a contract.
The AHL
The AHL, or American Hockey League, is the primary development league for the NHL. The AHL is currently made up of 30 teams. Since there are currently 31 NHL teams, 3 NHL Teams are sharing 2 AHL teams. There are plans for the AHL to expand to 31 teams, so that each NHL team can once again have their own exclusive affiliate.
The ECHL
The ECHL (previously the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level league with teams from across the U.S. and Canada. It is the only other league (along with the AHL) to which all players with entry-level NHL contracts must report.
Roster Limits
Each team in the NHL has a roster limit of:
- 50 players on contract
- 20 players on “dressed list” for games
- 23 players on the active NHL roster
- 90 players on the reserve list
Players in the AHL and ECHL are part of the 50 contract limit but don’t contribute to the 23 active roster limit.
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