The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Jacob de la Rose to a two-year, $1.8-million contract, the club announced on Thursday.

de la Rose was drafted by the Canadiens with their 34th overall pick in 2013, and he's tallied 19 points in 119 games over four seasons.

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Swede achieved international success in May, winning gold with Sweden at the 2018 World Hockey Championship in Denmark.

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The Philadelphia Flyers have signed free-agent defenseman Christian Folin to a one-year deal, the club announced Thursday.

The 6-foot-3, 204-pound Swede led the Los Angeles Kings in average hits per game last season and averaged 15:35 of ice time.

In 183 NHL games, the right-handed blue-liner posted 36 points and owns a career plus-minus of plus-16. Folin signed with Minnesota as a free agent out of college, and spent part of four seasons with the Wild before joining the Kings in 2017.

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The Boston Bruins have re-signed forward Sean Kuraly to a three-year deal averaging $1.275 million, the team announced Tuesday.

In two seasons with the Bruins, the 25-year-old center has been a dependable fourth-line player while recording 15 points in 83 regular-season games. In the 2017-2018 campaign, Kuraly appeared in all 12 of Boston's playoff games, tallying two goals and two assists.

The 6-foot-2 and 213-pound forward was acquired by the Bruins in 2016 in a trade that sent goaltender Martin Jones to San Jose for Kuraly and a first-round pick.

The Bruins also announced the signing of forward Anton Blidh to a one-year, two-way contract with an NHL cap hit of $650,000. The winger played 71 AHL games with Providence last year, netting 26 points.

Blidh was the Bruins' 180th overall pick in 2013. He's appeared in 20 games for Boston, scoring his first NHL goal in December 2016 against the Islanders.

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The Carolina Hurricanes have signed forward Valentin Zykov to a two-year, $1.35-million contract, the team announced Friday.

The Willie Marshall Award winner had a breakthrough season with the Canes' AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, leading the league with 33 goals and 21 assists. The 6-foot-1, 224-pound winger also posted a league best in power-play goals and shooting percentage.

"Valentin is a big body who proved he had the ability to finish around the net on the AHL and NHL levels last season," Canes general manager Don Waddell said.

In 10 appearances with the Hurricanes last season, Zykov put up an impressive seven points. The Russian-born forward was acquired by the Hurricanes from the Kings in February 2016.

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Kyle Brodziak could be in for a welcome-home party.

The unrestricted free agent will narrow his list of prospective destinations to three teams Friday, and there's a "very good chance" the St. Paul, Alberta native will sign with the Edmonton Oilers, reports Sportsnet's Mark Spector.

Brodziak was drafted by the Oilers in 2003 and later spent four seasons in Edmonton before he was traded to the Minnesota Wild. The forward signed with the St. Louis Blues in 2015.

Last season, Brodziak centered the Blues' second line and netted 33 points. The 34-year-old veteran would add some experience to a relatively young Oilers forward corps.

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