The Montreal Canadiens have invited veteran forward Joel Ward to their training camp on a professional tryout basis, the club announced on Friday.
Ward, 37, is coming off the worst season of his career. He recorded just five goals and seven assists over 52 games during the 2017-18 season with the San Jose Sharks.
Known as a proven playoff performer (22 goals and 52 points in 83 postseason games), Ward brings 726 regular-season games of NHL experience to the table.
McGinn tallied 13 goals and 29 points in 76 games for the Panthers last season. The left winger was set to play a bottom-six role with the club for the 2018-19 campaign.
McGinn was traded from the Arizona Coyotes to Florida last September in exchange for defenseman Jason Demers.
He has one year left on his contract, which carries a $3.3-million cap hit.
Holland added that Zetterberg is not retiring, but will instead be placed on long-term injured reserve, according to NHL.com's Nick Cotsonika. He has three years remaining on his contract with an annual cap hit of $6.083 million.
Zetterberg has dealt with back issues dating back to the 2014-15 campaign, but incredibly didn't miss a game the last three seasons. He labored through most of last season and wasn't able to practice for half the year, Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill said last month, but still managed to put up 56 points. His back didn't allow him to train this offseason either.
The 37-year-old Swede finishes his career as one of the best players in his generation.
NHL PT Leaders – During Zetterberg’s Career (02-03 to 17-18) Player GP Pts Joe Thornton 1138 1180 Ovechkin 1003 1122 Crosby 864 1116 Henrik Sedin 1166 1005 Daniel Sedin 1152 975 Zetterberg 1082 960
Zetterberg was a member of the elusive Triple Gold Club, winning Olympic and World Championship gold medals in 2006, and leading the Wings to a Stanley Cup title in 2008 while also being awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
Things are going from bad to worse in Canada's capital.
One day removed from trading the face of their franchise, the Ottawa Senatorsannounced Friday that forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau will miss at least six months after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in his right leg during training on Thursday.
Pageau registered 14 goals and 29 points this past season, primarily serving as Ottawa's third-line center. His best season came in 2015-16 when he led the league with seven shorthanded goals.
The Ottawa native is best known for his playoff heroics, netting a hat trick in the Sens' first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens in 2013, and scoring four goals - including the OT winner - against the New York Rangers in the second round of the team's magical run to the conference finals in 2017.
Pageau, 25, signed a three-year, $9.3-million contract last summer.
His injury will likely result in an increased role for newly-acquired center Chris Tierney and could open up a spot for former first-round pick Logan Brown on the team's opening-night roster.
Corey Crawford's status for the Chicago Blackhawks' season opener remains uncertain, but he does appear to be trending in the right direction.
The goaltender is expected to take the ice Friday morning on the club's first on-ice day of training camp, a source told The Athletic's Scott Powers on Thursday night.
Crawford last played in late December and reportedly dealt with vertigo-like symptoms before returning to practice in February and ultimately being shut down for the rest of the season.
Chicago's No. 1 netminder said in late July that he still wasn't 100 percent healthy but that he had made progress.
Upshall is attending Oilers camp on a professional tryout offer. While the failed physical doesn't automatically end the tryout, it did reveal a knee injury that will prevent Upshall from participating in the coming weeks.
The Oilers are slated for eight preseason games, beginning Monday against the Calgary Flames, and will open the regular season Oct. 6 versus the New Jersey Devils.
In 63 appearances with the St. Louis Blues last season, Upshall tallied seven goals and 12 assists.
For nine seasons in the Canadian capital, Erik Karlsson's offensive creativity captured the imaginations of Ottawa Senators fans.
Following Thursday's trade to the San Jose Sharks, the Swedish sensation will now be taking his show to the Bay Area. Still, it's not too early to revisit some of his finest moments suiting up as a Senator:
The knuckleball
The Edmonton Oilers are known for scoring goals, but it was all Karlsson on this play, as the two-time Norris Trophy winner went end to end through a group of Oilers and fired a knuckleball by Oilers netminder Ben Scrivens.
Playoff performer
After Karlsson missed nearly the entire 2012-13 campaign with an Achilles injury, he'd have been forgiven for playing at a slower pace in the playoffs. But that wasn't the case in the opening round against the Montreal Canadiens, thanks to Karlsson's ability to simply take over shifts. The Senators went on to beat the favored Canadiens in five games.
The bank shot
Typically reserved for the billiards lounge, this crafty bank shot stretched nearly the entire ice to set up veteran forward Milan Michalek. The winger scored a nifty goal in his own right, but the play will be remembered for Karlsson's wizardry.
All eyes on Erik
Karlsson played through the 2017 postseason on a fractured heel, but the injury seemingly didn't take away from his ability to pull off the incredible. Here, he took the Boston Bruins for a ride before setting up Derick Brassard for a magnificent game-tying goal in Game 2.
Hail Mary hero
Dumping the two-line pass rule opened up more creative avenues for puck-moving defensemen. Karlsson took it to the next level on this play with a Hail Mary setup that landed right on the tape for former teammate Mike Hoffman.
With training camp here, Bobrovsky, an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2018-19 season, spoke with media about his murky status going forward.
"After last season, I told the situation to the management of the Blue Jackets, so they know everything," Bobrovsky said, per Aaron Portzline of The Athletic. "They know my plans for the season. They know my plans for the future. They know everything.
"They know exactly what we're going to do."
Predictably, Bobrovsky declined to offer any specifics, but he did say he won't negotiate a new contract during the season - matching the sentiment of teammate and fellow 2019 UFA Artemi Panarin.
Bobrovsky is undoubtedly Columbus' most important player. Since joining the club in 2012-13, the 29-year-old has won 176 games with a .923 save percentage and 24 shutouts to go with two Vezina Trophies and two first-team All-Star selections.