The Philadelphia Flyers and defenseman Travis Sanheim inked a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of $3.25 million, the team announced Monday.

Sanheim enjoyed a productive sophomore season with the Flyers, finishing tied for first among the team's defensemen with nine goals and second in scoring with 35 points in 82 games. The 23-year-old also logged 19:34 of ice time per game and finished third on the team with 133 blocked shots.

The Flyers still have a number of contracts to sort out, and locking up a young talent like Sanheim on a bridge deal with a team-friendly cap hit gives them more room to operate.

Forwards Scott Laughton, Travis Konecny, and Ryan Hartman, along with defenseman Ivan Provorov, are all restricted free agents in need of a new deal. With the salary cap now officially at $81.5 million, the Flyers have a projected $18.1 million to work with, according to CapFriendly.

Sanheim was selected 17th overall by the Flyers at the 2014 draft.

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The Arizona Coyotes have met with Dan Plante, the agent of San Jose Sharks forward Joe Pavelski, a source told The Athletics Craig Morgan.

Pavelski is an impending unrestricted free agent and reportedly isn't close on a contract extension with the Sharks.

The 34-year-old has visits set up this week with multiple teams, according to The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun.

San Jose has $66.65 million committed to 15 players with a projected $14.8 million in available cap space, according to CapFriendly.

The Coyotes have a projected $6.24 million in cap space, with restricted free-agent forwards Josh Archibald, Lawson Crouse, and Nick Cousins each in need of a new contract.

Pavelski scored 38 goals last season and has hit the 35-goal mark in four of his last six campaigns. Arizona ranked 27th offensively last season and could benefit from adding a proven scorer.

The 13-year veteran has played his entire career in San Jose and ranks fourth in games played and second in goals in franchise history.

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One year after landing the league's most sought-after free agent in John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas knows his club's current financial limitations will prevent him from making another big splash this time around.

"No, the salary cap is going to constrain us big time on July 1," Dubas said Sunday, according to NHL.com's Dave McCarthy. "We'll probably be looking for guys we can give a great opportunity to, like Tyler Ennis last year who came in and had a great season for us, and guys of that nature, but we will not be in the big-game market at all, aside from coming to an agreement with our own guy, Mitch, and working towards that."

Dubas' primary offseason assignment is locking down electric winger Mitch Marner. By trading Patrick Marleau and his cumbersome cap hit to the Carolina Hurricanes at the draft, as well as nearing completed extensions for forwards Kasperi Kapanen and Andreas Johnsson, the Leafs GM has somewhat cleared his path towards an agreement with Toronto's leading scorer.

But the pressure for the two sides to formally put pen to paper is mounting. Marner can speak with other teams that could potentially submit an offer sheet as of June 26 and is free to sign one July 1.

"I'm always hopeful it will get done before July 1, but Mitch has his rights," Dubas said. "It's not on Mitch to free us up, he has his rights."

Without factoring in Kapanen and Johnsson's reported extensions and Toronto's LTIR designations, the Maple Leafs have a projected $13.5 million in cap space, according to CapFriendly.

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The window for teams to negotiate with pending unrestricted free agents is officially open for the 2019 offseason, but New York Islanders netminder Robin Lehner isn't testing the market.

"I've got no plans to talk to another team at this point," Lehner told Newsday's Andrew Gross. "From my understanding, that's not (general manager) Lou (Lamoriello's) intention either. Hopefully, it works out so we can finish what we have started."

Lehner said prior to the draft that he loves his teammates and hopes to re-sign with New York.

The 27-year-old joined the Islanders on a one-year contract last summer, a deal that became one of the season's best signings. Lehner posted a 25-13-5 record along with a .930 save percentage to help the Isles return to the playoffs while only counting for $1.5 million against the cap.

Lehner was a Vezina Trophy finalist thanks to his sterling numbers and took home the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for best exemplifying perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to the sport.

New York has over $20 million in projected cap space this summer, according to CapFriendly, and also needs to work out a new contract for team captain and pending UFA Anders Lee.

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The New Jersey Devils' prized acquisition has a familiar goal in mind.

“I want a Stanley Cup ring and I want it in New Jersey," P.K. Subban told reporters Sunday, about 26 hours after the Nashville Predators traded him to his new club.

"I'm coming to win, I'm not coming for participation," Subban added, according to team reporter Amanda Stein.

And as if that wasn't clear enough, the star rearguard also revealed his top priority.

"Winning is the most important thing to me," Subban said. "The most important thing in my life has been to win a championship."

Subban has never won hockey's ultimate prize. He reached the Stanley Cup Final with the Predators in 2017, but Nashville lost that series to the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games.

The Devils have won it all three times - in 1995, 2000, and 2003 - while losing in the championship round in 2001 and 2012.

New Jersey has quickly transformed its roster and suddenly boosted its Cup aspirations in the last 48 hours. The Devils drafted potential generational talent Jack Hughes first overall Friday night before acquiring Subban for defenseman Steven Santini, blue-line prospect Jeremy Davies, and a pair of second-round draft picks Saturday afternoon.

Subban joins a Devils squad that already boasts 2018 Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall and 2017 first overall pick Nico Hischier, as well as Hughes and consistent scorer Kyle Palmieri.

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Anders Lee expected to have a new contract with the New York Islanders by now, but he's still cautiously optimistic that a deal will get done.

"I didn't think we'd get to this point," New York's captain told NHL.com's Brian Compton on Saturday. "The process hasn't … I haven't enjoyed it, but it is what it is. We want to make sure that everything is done right and it's right for both of us, for both sides. I hope it works out. They're working on it right now."

The pending unrestricted free agent said it was "never an intention" to reach the UFA negotiating period - which began Sunday - without an agreement, but he was also careful when characterizing his feelings about the negotiations.

"I wouldn't say (I'm) upset; I don't think that's the right (word)," Lee said.

Meanwhile, the forward's agent, Neil Sheehy, and Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello spoke at the draft in Vancouver after conversing over the course of the season, according to Compton.

"We had said (from) Day 1 we wanted all of our free agents back," Lamoriello said Thursday. "Fortunately, two are back, and it's our job to try and get the other two back."

The Islanders signed Brock Nelson to a new contract in May and inked Jordan Eberle to a deal earlier this month, but Lee and goaltender Robin Lehner remain unsigned.

Lee, who'll turn 29 on July 3, is coming off a four-year, $15-million contract he signed with New York in 2015.

He was the team's leading scorer with 28 goals in 2018-19 - a number he's averaged over his five full NHL campaigns, all spent with the Islanders, which included 102 across the last three seasons.

New York gave Lee the "C" in October after former captain John Tavares signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs last summer. The Islanders drafted Lee with the 152nd overall pick in 2009.

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