Cousins tallied a career-high 27 points in 81 games with the Arizona Coyotes last season. He added 115 hits and 39 takeaways while posting a 49.8 Corsi For percentage at even strength.
Carolina was given seven days to match after Montreal signed the young Finn on July 1. The following day, Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon announced his club would match the offer.
The 21-year-old tallied a career-high 83 points in 2018-19.
Milano and Greer were reportedly inside a Manhattan apartment at roughly 6:30 a.m. when they got into a fight with a 28-year-old man. The three were in a dispute over a bill that had been paid an hour prior at Chelsea nightclub 1 Oak, the sources said.
The two players allegedly assaulted the man, who suffered jaw and rib pain and injuries to the neck and bicep. He called the police but refused medical attention. The pair were reportedly arrested and brought back to the 6th Precinct station house, where they were being charged with assault.
Milano was the Jackets' first-round pick in 2014, but he hasn't quite panned out yet. In 70 career games, the 23-year-old has 15 goals and nine assists. Greer, 22, was a second-round pick by the Avs in 2015. He's collected six points in 37 contests over three seasons.
Johansson tallied 30 points in 58 games split between the New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins last season. The 28-year-old added 11 points in 22 postseason contests during Boston's run to the Stanley Cup Final.
The Swedish winger has been plagued by injuries during the last two seasons, but the last time he was healthy for a full campaign - 2016-17 with the Washington Capitals - he set career highs with 24 goals and 58 points.
The Sabres will hope Johansson can add some secondary scoring to an offense that relied heavily on its top line of Jack Eichel, Jeff Skinner, and Sam Reinhart this past season. All three of these players had at least 63 points, but no other forward recorded more than 34 points.
With a projected $6.7 million in cap space remaining, according to CapFriendly, and no major RFAs left to re-sign, the Sabres still have the flexibility to make more moves.
The vast majority of players ultimately sign new deals before their hearing takes place, but here's the full list of NHLers whose contract will be determined by a third-party arbitrator should they fail to agree on a deal with their respective teams beforehand:
Team
Player
Anaheim Ducks
Chase De Leo
Boston Bruins
Danton Heinen
Buffalo Sabres
Remi Elie
Sabres
Jake McCabe
Sabres
Evan Rodrigues
Sabres
Linus Ullmark
Calgary Flames
Sam Bennett
Flames
Ryan Lomberg
Flames
David Rittich
Flames
Rinat Valiev
Carolina Hurricanes
Anton Forsberg
Hurricanes
Brock McGinn
Colorado Avalanche
J.T. Compher
Avalanche
Sheldon Dries
Avalanche
Ryan Graves
Dallas Stars
Jason Dickinson
Florida Panthers
MacKenzie Weegar
Los Angeles Kings
Alex Iafallo
Montreal Canadiens
Joel Armia
Canadiens
Charles Hudon
Canadiens
Artturi Lehkonen
Nashville Predators
Rocco Grimaldi
Predators
Colton Sissons
New Jersey Devils
Will Butcher
Devils
Connor Carrick
Devils
Mirco Mueller
New York Rangers
Pavel Buchnevich
Rangers
Jacob Trouba
Philadelphia Flyers
Scott Laughton
Pittsburgh Penguins
Zach Aston-Reese
St. Louis Blues
Jordan Binnington
Blues
Joel Edmundson
Blues
Zach Sanford
Blues
Oskar Sundqvist
Vegas Golden Knights
Malcolm Subban
Washington Capitals
Christian Djoos
Capitals
Chandler Stephenson
Winnipeg Jets
Andrew Copp
Jets
Neal Pionk
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Cedric Paquette also filed but signed a two-year contract shortly thereafter.
The player-elected salary-arbitration deadline was Friday at 5 p.m. ET. The club-elected deadline is Saturday at the same time.
Arbitration hearings will be held in Toronto from July 20 through Aug. 4.
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is alleging a member of Ontario's provincial Parliament spewed a profanity-laced rant to his face at a Rolling Stones concert just outside of Barrie, Ontario on Saturday, according to the Ottawa Sun's Blair Crawford.
"So I'm just there, we've got families and friends in a small group and I'm surrounded by people from Ottawa - and I see from the corner of my eye somebody trying to bust through," Melnyk told the Sun in a phone interview Thursday.
"I'm thinking, 'OK, might be a crazed fan' and that's fine. I've gotten used to it. And all of a sudden it's this woman and she yells at me, 'Do you know who I am?'
"I can't place her so I said, 'I'm sorry. No.' And she yells, 'I am your minister and you're a fucking piece of shit and you're a fucking loser.'"
Lisa MacLeod, the Conservative party Ottawa-based MPP who approached Melnyk, did not provide an account of the exchange to The Sun, but she did take to Twitter on Friday morning to address it.
Let me set the record straight, I gave @MelnykEugene some feedback at the Rolling Stones concert and I apologized to him for being so blunt. I have serious concerns about the state of our beloved Ottawa Senators! We need to get our team back on the road to winning the cup!
Melnyk claimed he didn't recognize MacLeod but said he was familiar with Susan Truppe, MacLeod's director of public affairs and deputy chief of staff, standing a few meters behind her. Truppe had introduced herself to Melnyk and handed him her card just an hour before the incident.
"So I said, 'Are you Lisa MacLeod? I just met your…' I didn't even get to finish my sentence and she said 'Fuck you' and turned around and walked away," Melnyk continued.
"I see Susan Truppe and she just kind of shrugs and puts her hands up, and they all just walked away," he said.
"I'm 'Whoa. What just happened?'"
Truppe told the Sun she saw Melnyk and MacLeod talking but didn't hear what was said.
"I don't even know what he's talking about," Truppe said. "I certainly didn't hear that. I remember watching what it was, but I didn't hear that whatsoever."
Melnyk said he wrote a letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, telling him he has a "loose cannon out there," referring to MacLeod. Melnyk added he later received a call from Ford regarding the incident.
The Senators' outspoken owner has made headlines for all the wrong reasons as his team has toiled in the NHL's basement over the last couple of seasons. MacLeod, meanwhile, hasn't been perfect herself. She was criticized for her handling of the provincial autism file and was recently demoted in a shuffling of Ford's cabinet.