Shots fired.

Mike Smith took a not-so-subtle dig at his former Arizona Coyotes teammates Monday in a playful moment during a radio interview in his new NHL home.

The new Calgary Flames goaltender uncorked the zinger after being asked by Sportsnet 960's Rob Kerr how many people have already told Smith they can't wait to see him fire passes "right up the gut" to Johnny Gaudreau.

"I'm really looking forward to passing (to) some of these guys that can actually score!" Smith said with a laugh, before adding, "Did I say that on live radio?" with more laughter.

Smith was making the rounds after being introduced - along with newly acquired defenseman Travis Hamonic - to the local media.

The comment came near the end of an otherwise uneventful 12-minute interview, so it's probably best not to read too much into it, but it's still surprising to hear Smith be so forthright about his former organization, even if it was in jest.

The 35-year-old goalie was traded by the Coyotes to the Flames in a package including netminder Chad Johnson on June 17. Hamonic was acquired by Calgary from the New York Islanders on Saturday.

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Calgary Flames winger Kris Versteeg is apparently a very popular man.

According to TSN's Darren Dreger, 12 teams have reached out to Versteeg, including the Flames.

The 31-year-old is coming off a solid offensive season in which he tallied 15 goals to go along with 22 assists, contributing in a bottom-six capacity for Glen Gulutzan's club.

Versteeg is set to become an unrestricted free agent July 1.

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Marc Methot wasn't a Vegas Golden Knight for long.

The expansion franchise traded the defenseman to the Dallas Stars on Monday, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reports.

Vegas gets a second-round pick in 2020 and goaltender Dylan Ferguson - who the Stars picked 194th overall Saturday - according to TSN's Darren Dreger.

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Karl Alzner is apparently attracting the attention of more than one marquee franchise.

The Chicago Blackhawks have communicated with the pending unrestricted free-agent defenseman's camp, according to the Chicago Tribune's Chris Kuc, and the Montreal Canadiens are one of several teams Alzner will visit this week, reports TSN's Pierre LeBrun.

It's no real surprise that multiple clubs are expressing interest in the veteran blue-liner, given his durability, experience, and the lack of standout pending free-agent rearguards beyond his Washington Capitals teammate, Kevin Shattenkirk.

Still, it's interesting to see the Blackhawks reaching out, even if it's merely exploratory, given their financial situation. Chicago is nearly $1.5 million over the salary cap at the moment, according to CapFriendly.

The Canadiens could use another left-shot defenseman, particularly if they choose not to re-sign pending UFA Andrei Markov, who'll be 39 in December.

Alzner has played in every single regular-season game with Washington over the last seven campaigns, and he's spent all nine of his NHL seasons with the Capitals, who drafted him fifth overall in 2007.

He carried a $2.8-million cap hit in the final season of the four-year deal he signed in the summer of 2013.

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The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to a new contract with center Derek Ryan on Monday, confirming that Ryan will wear No. 33 in Raleigh for at least another year.

Only problem is, newly acquired netminder Scott Darling also has his eyes on double threes.

Shortly after the Hurricanes made Ryan's signing official, the new teammates took to Twitter to haggle over who will rock No. 33 next season.

Spoiler alert: Darling knows how to work a deal.

Darling's first offer was quickly countered:

As the exchange went on, it became quite clear that Darling wasn't ending the day without the number he wanted:

After a bit of back and forth, Darling got his way, but also pointed out that Ryan will need to find new digits for next season:

Wrapping up the negotiations quite nicely, the Hurricanes provided an official summary of the working parts of the deal with a tweet of their own:

It remains unclear if Darling is planning a career in management when his playing days are done.

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Justin Schultz isn't taking another one-year deal.

The defenseman's agent says his client will not accept the qualifying offer they received from the Penguins on Monday, and that long-term extension discussions have begun.

“We will not be signing the qualifying offer," Wade Arnott told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Jason Mackey. "You saw what he did this year. The practical answer is it's a non-issue."

The Penguins' qualifying offer to Schultz was for $1.4 million, according to Mackey, matching the cap hit of the one-year pact Schultz inked with the Penguins last July.

"We took a one-year, discounted deal to come back from last year and build upon what he did," Arnott said. "The player took a lot of the risk. The player performed. Now the player should be rewarded."

The pending restricted free agent broke out offensively this past season, piling up a career-high 12 goals and 51 points in 78 regular-season games, and adding 13 points in 21 playoff contests.

Schultz was a vital part of Pittsburgh's top-four, particularly after the club lost Kris Letang for the rest of the season due to injury.

He took a big pay cut heading in 2016-17, betting on himself after playing on consecutive one-year contracts signed with the Edmonton Oilers worth $3.675 million and $3.9 million, respectively.

The agent said there's "no hidden fact" Schultz would like to stay with the Penguins, with whom he blossomed in his first full season under Sergei Gonchar's tutelage.

Arnott cautioned that it's still early in negotiations on a potential long-term deal, but characterized the discussions as positive so far.

The Oilers traded Schultz to the Penguins before the 2016 deadline.

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The up-and-down career of former No. 1 overall draft pick Nail Yakupov took another downturn Monday, with the St. Louis Blues declining to extend him a qualifying offer before the 5 p.m. ET deadline, leading to the winger becoming an unrestricted free agent July 1.

To say that Yakupov has not lived up to expectations is a massive understatement.

Following two seasons with the OHL's Sarnia Sting in which he tallied 80 goals and 170 points in 107 games, Yakupov was pegged as a surefire NHL sniper with elite offensive upside and a lock for a top-three selection in the draft.

Fast forward six seasons - one spent in the KHL and five split between the Edmonton Oilers and Blues - and Yakupov has become one of the biggest draft busts in recent memory, leading to the Blues declining to offer him a qualifying deal.

The 23-year-old is coming off a 2016-17 campaign in which he totaled three goals and six assists in 40 games.

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With his new eight-year, $46-million contract now official, Capitals sniper T.J. Oshie is ready to spend the rest of his career in Washington.

While his long-term future is now settled, Oshie knows he still has some unfinished business to attend to.

"I feel like I’m a competitor and a guy that at the end of my career, if I haven’t had a Stanley Cup, I would think of my career as somewhat of a letdown," Oshie said on CSN’s "Capitals Faceoff Podcast" on Friday.

"And so this is it for me. This is the last deal for me, and I obviously signed in Washington. So I have a lot of belief that this group can get it done, and I have a lot of expectations that we’re going to get it done more than once."

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More than one Cup might be a tall order for a team that struggled to get the job done against the eighth-seeded Toronto Maple Leafs in this year's opening round of the playoffs. But when your roster boasts the likes of Braden Holtby, Alex Ovechkin, and Nicklas Backstrom, it's easier to understand Oshie's confidence.

Despite the club's struggles in the postseason, Washington is still a force to be reckoned with in the East, and will be a Cup contender for the foreseeable future.

Oshie has definitely been doing his part since arriving in D.C. The talented pivot earned his $46 million by racking up a career-high 33 goals last season to go along with 23 assists while averaging 17:51 of ice time.

Multiple rings would be nice. But at this point, Oshie and Co. should just focus on making a Cup Final, something the team hasn't done since 1998.

- With H/T to The Washington Post

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Teemu Selanne wasn't going to let this one go to voicemail.

The Finnish NHL legend found out he'd been chosen for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame when Lanny McDonald called him to deliver the news Monday afternoon, and his reaction was priceless.

Selanne will be inducted in November as part of the 2017 class along with former teammate Paul Kariya, Dave Andreychuk, Mark Recchi, Danielle Goyette, as well as builders Clare Drake and Jeremy Jacobs.

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Teemu Selanne, Paul Kariya, Dave Andreychuk, Mark Recchi, and Danielle Goyette have been inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame as players, while Clare Drake and Jeremy Jacobs have been elected as builders.

Selanne was seen as the biggest lock of this class. He set the bar early by setting an NHL-record 76 goals as a rookie in Winnipeg, and finished his career with 684 goals and 773 assists for 1,457 points in 1,451 games. He also won a Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007.

It's quite special that he'd enter the Hall alongside Paul Kariya, considering the pair was linked as linemates and friends during their stints in Anaheim and Colorado. Kariya, whose career was cut short due to concussion, recorded 989 points in 989 career games.

Dave Andreychuk and Mark Recchi have been patiently waiting to get the call from the Hall. Andreychuk captained Tampa Bay to a Stanley Cup in 2004, and finished his career with 640 goals and 698 assists in 1,639 games. Recchi is a three-time Cup winner, and sits 12th all-time in NHL points with 1,533 (577 goals and 956 assists) in 1,652 games.

Goyette is one of the most successful women's players the game has seen, putting up massive amounts of points on the international stage while winning two gold medals and one silver for Canada at the Winter Olympics.

For the builders, Jacobs has been the owner of the Boston Bruins since 1975, while Drake coached the University of Alberta's Golden Bears for 28 years, winning six national championships.

This group of seven will be inducted in a ceremony Nov. 13 in Toronto.

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