Calgary Flames defenseman Michael Stone announced his retirement Wednesday.

The Flames noted Stone will remain with the team as part of their player development staff.

"I feel very happy to be able to leave the game the way I have and directly into this role with the Flames organization," Stone said in a statement. "I believe it would have been a lot more difficult had this opportunity not been available."

"I'm excited to learn and gain some new experiences in a different capacity in the NHL," he continued. "I'm looking forward to working with the young defencemen and help them achieve their ultimate goal of playing with the Calgary Flames."

Stone, 33, played 552 games across stints with the Flames and Arizona Coyotes. He accrued 41 goals and 145 points over his 12-season career.

His best year came in 2015-16 when he tallied six goals and 36 points in 75 contests with the Coyotes.

"The combination of Michael just finishing his NHL playing career and that his specialty is defensemen specific was exactly the role that we have been trying to fill," Flames director of player development Ray Edwards said. "After drafting Etienne (Morin) and Axel (Hurtig), that's a good area for Mike to jump into immediately and assisting with our Wranglers defensemen prospects. It's a perfect fit."

Arizona drafted Stone 69th overall in 2008. He's the older brother of Vegas Golden Knights star Mark Stone.

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The Winnipeg Jets signed defenseman Dylan Samberg to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $1.4 million, the team announced Wednesday.

Samberg tallied two goals and eight points in 63 contests over the 2022-23 campaign - his first full NHL season. He was a restricted free agent and didn't file for salary arbitration prior to Wednesday's deadline.

The 24-year-old made his World Championship debut with USA this spring, accruing one goal and four points in 10 contests as a top-pairing blue-liner.

Winnipeg drafted Samberg with the 43rd overall pick in 2017. He played three seasons at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, winning two national championships.

The 6-foot-4 defenseman has played 78 games across two seasons with the Jets, totaling two goals and 13 points.

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Twenty-two restricted free agents filed for salary arbitration before Wednesday's 5 p.m. ET deadline, the NHLPA announced.

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Arbitration hearings will be held from July 20 to Aug. 4. The deadline for club-elected arbitration is Thursday at 5 p.m. ET. The Ottawa Senators filed for arbitration with RFA forward Alex DeBrincat in June.

Players can still negotiate and sign a new contract prior to their respective hearings.

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Laurent Brossoit returns to the Winnipeg Jets following a two-year hiatus with a Stanley Cup championship on his resume and some lofty aspirations.

"I see opportunity, and I'm going to push (No. 1 netminder Connor Hellebuyck)," Brossoit said Tuesday, according to NHL.com's Derek Van Diest. "He's obviously the guy that's been trusted there for a long time, and he's a good friend of mine.

"But I'm going to push him like I did when I was here last, and hopefully we can both be better for it and have the strongest tandem in the league."

Brossoit was with the Jets from 2018-21. He posted a 25-19-3 record to go along with a .913 save percentage and 2.75 goals against average over that span. He signed with the Vegas Golden Knights as an unrestricted free agent prior to the 2021-22 campaign.

Sin City relied on Brossoit in the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The 30-year-old outdueled Hellebuyck and the Jets in the five-game series, surrendering two or fewer goals in three of those contests and posting an admirable .915 save percentage.

The B.C. native suffered a lower-body injury in Game 3 of the second round against the Edmonton Oilers, and Vegas rode Adin Hill for the rest of the spring.

"Definitely the way it shook out, it doesn't feel like that craving has been fully satisfied. Maybe partly, and it was a great experience," he said. "But it definitely made me hungrier to be a bigger part of another Stanley Cup win."

Both Hill and Brossoit were pending unrestricted free agents heading into the summer. The Golden Knights inked Hill to a two-year, $9.8-million extension, while Brossoit reunited with Winnipeg on a one-year pact worth $1.75 million.

Brossoit's hopes of forming a fearsome tandem with Hellebuyck may be in jeopardy, as the three-time Vezina Trophy finalist could be on the move this offseason.

Hellebuyck has one season remaining on his current pact and has been eligible to sign an extension with Winnipeg since July 1, but he reportedly isn't interested in doing so. The New Jersey Devils apparently had a conversation with the Jets about his status.

One of the top goaltenders in the league, Hellebuyck posted a .920 save percentage and 2.49 goals against average in 64 outings this past season.

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