The Seattle Kraken traded defenseman Brian Dumoulin to the Anaheim Ducks for a 2026 fourth-round pick, the clubs announced Tuesday.
Dumoulin played one season for the Kraken, posting six goals and 10 assists while averaging 17:01 of ice time over 80 games.
Seattle signed the veteran blue-liner, who'll turn 33 on Sept. 6, to a two-year contract last July 1. The pact carries a $3.15-million cap hit, per CapFriendly.
Dumoulin spent his first 10 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, helping them win the Stanley Cup in 2016 and 2017.
The St. Louis Blues signed forward Pavel Buchnevich to a six-year contract extension carrying an average annual value of $8 million, the club announced Tuesday.
Buchnevich has one season left on his current deal at $5.8 million, per CapFriendly.
The Russian winger tied for second on the Blues in both goals (27) and assists (36) while ranking third in points this past season. He posted 26 tallies and 41 helpers across only 63 contests in 2022-23 after establishing career highs with 30 goals and 46 assists in 2021-22.
When his new deal kicks in, Buchnevich will be the Blues' third-highest paid player behind Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou, both of whom have cap hits of $8,125,000.
Buchnevich played the last three seasons with the Blues after they acquired him in a July 2021 trade with the New York Rangers for forward Sammy Blais and a second-round pick.
The 29-year-old suited up for five campaigns with the Rangers before they dealt him. He's scored at least 20 goals five times, scoring that exact number across only 54 contests with New York in the abbreviated 2021 campaign.
The Blues signed P.O. Joseph, who was an unrestricted free-agent defenseman, to a one-year, $950,000 contract on Tuesday, the club confirmed.
Earlier Tuesday, St. Louis acquired Mathieu Joseph and a 2025 third-round pick from the Ottawa Senators for future considerations.
P.O. recorded 11 points in 52 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2023-24. The Pens decided not to issue the 25-year-old a qualifying offer, making him a UFA. He'll become a restricted free agent again in 2025.
The Arizona Coyotes selected P.O. 23rd overall in the 2017 draft. The 6-foot-2 left-shot defenseman has registered 37 points in 147 career NHL games.
Mathieu collected 11 goals while establishing career highs in assists (24) and points in his second full season with Ottawa. The 27-year-old didn't drive possession at five-on-five in 2023-24, authoring a subpar expected goals for percentage of 46.59, per Natural Stat Trick. However, he was elite at killing penalties.
The Senators got Mathieu and a 2024 fourth-round selection in a 2022 trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning, sending forward Nick Paul to the Bolts. The former played parts of four campaigns with Tampa to start his career after the Lightning drafted him 120th overall in 2015.
He's under contract through 2025-26 at an average annual value of $2.95 million, according to CapFriendly.
The Blues also acquired forward Radek Faksa from the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.
Faksa had spent his entire nine-year career with the Stars, who selected him 13th overall in 2012. The 30-year-old posted seven goals and 12 assists over 74 regular-season contests with Dallas in 2023-24, adding a goal in eight playoff games.
The Czech center is far more one-dimensional than Mathieu Joseph.
The NHL unveiled the schedule Tuesday for the 2024-25 season.
The campaign will begin Oct. 4 with the Buffalo Sabres facing the New Jersey Devils at Prague's O2 Arena as part of the Global Series.
Four days later, the season will begin in North America with a trio of matchups. The Seattle Kraken will host the St. Louis Blues at 4:30 p.m. ET, the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers will raise their championship banner before battling the Boston Bruins at 7 p.m. ET, and then the Utah Hockey Club will play their first-ever game when they host the Chicago Blackhawks three hours later.
On Oct. 9, six of the seven Canadian teams will feature in a tripleheader. The Montreal Canadiens will host the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7 p.m. Three hours later, the Edmonton Oilers will take on the Winnipeg Jets in Alberta and the Vancouver Canucks will face the Calgary Flames in British Columbia.
Here are some other notable dates:
Oct. 5: Sabres and Devils play again in Prague
Oct. 22: All 32 teams in action
Oct. 28: Steven Stamkos returns to Tampa with the Nashville Predators
Nov. 1, 2: Panthers meet Dallas Stars in Tampere, Finland
Dec. 16: Cup Final rematch at Rogers Place in Edmonton
Dec. 31: Winter Classic at Wrigley Field (STL @ CHI)
Feb. 10-21: NHL hiatus for 4 Nations Face-Off
Feb. 27: Cup Final rematch at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida
March 1: Stadium Series at Ohio Stadium (DET @ CBJ)
Duclair excelled down the stretch for the Tampa Bay Lightning this past season, racking up eight goals and seven assists over 17 games in the regular season before adding two helpers in five playoff contests.
The Bolts acquired him from the San Jose Sharks on March 7. Duclair, who'll turn 29 on August 26, posted 16 tallies and 11 helpers over 56 games with the Sharks in 2023-24.
Duclair is notoriously streaky, but he set career highs with 31 goals and 27 assists over 71 contests with the Florida Panthers in 2021-22.
He's played for eight previous teams in his 10-year career.
The Chicago Blackhawks bolstered their two significant signings from earlier in the day by adding four more experienced players as depth.
The Blackhawks signed backup goaltender Laurent Brossoit to a two-year contract at $3.3 million per season, the club announced Monday. Chicago inked forward Craig Smith to a one-year, $1-million pact.
The club also brought in defenseman Alec Martinez on a one-year, $4-million agreement and inked forward Pat Maroon to a one-year, $1.3-million deal.
Brossoit was one of the best No. 2 netminders in the NHL this past season. The 31-year-old went 15-5-2 with a .927 save percentage over 22 games with the Winnipeg Jets in 2023-24, his 10th campaign.
Smith collected 11 goals and nine assists over 75 games with the Dallas Stars this past season, his 13th in the NHL.
Maroon chipped in four goals and 12 assists in 51 games, 49 of which he played with the Minnesota Wild. They traded the 36-year-old to the Boston Bruins. He played two regular-season contests with the Bruins and 13 more in the playoffs. Maroon won the Stanley Cup three years in a row, doing so with the St. Louis Blues in 2019 and then with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2020 and 2021.
Martinez played four full seasons and 10 games of another with the Vegas Golden Knights after spending parts of his first 10 campaigns with the Los Angeles Kings. He helped the Kings win the Cup in 2012 and 2014 and then did the same with the Golden Knights in 2023.
The Boston Bruins nabbed a pair of ex-Vancouver Canucks in free agency, signing forward Elias Lindholm and defenseman Nikita Zadorov, the team announced.
Zadorov inked a six-year deal at $5 million per season, according to Dreger.
Lindholm signed a seven-year pact carrying a $7.75-million average annual value, per TSN's Chris Johnston.
Lindholm and Zadorov also played together with the Calgary Flames. The Canucks added them in separate trades, acquiring Zadorov in November and Lindholm in January.
The forward was one of the top centers available, though he had an inconsistent season. Lindholm produced just nine goals and 23 assists over 49 games with the Flames in 2023-24, and then only six tallies and six helpers across 26 contests with the Canucks down the stretch of the regular season.
However, Lindholm was stellar in the playoffs, racking up five goals and five assists in 13 games. He's also two seasons removed from a 42-goal, 40-assist campaign.
Zadorov collected five goals and nine assists in 54 games with Vancouver after his trade from Calgary. He dished out 177 hits with both clubs in 2023-24.
Trenin collected two goals and an assist over 16 games with the Colorado Avalanche this season. The Nashville Predators traded him to the Avalanche on March 7.
He posted 10 tallies and four helpers across 60 contests with the Predators in 2023-24. He spent parts of five campaigns with Nashville, notching a career-best 17 goals in 2021-22.
The Predators drafted Trenin 55th overall in 2015.
Duchene was set to become a pending unrestricted free agent and would have been among the top centers available if he tested the market.
The 33-year-old produced 25 goals and 40 assists across 80 games for Dallas last season. He averaged only 16:46 of ice time, his lowest average since 2011-12 with the Colorado Avalanche. However, he posted favorable underlying numbers, with a five-on-five expected goals for percentage of 50.88 and a scoring chances for percentage of 51.53 in the same situations, per Natural Stat Trick.
Duchene inked a one-year, $3-million deal with the Stars last July 1 after the Nashville Predators bought out the final three seasons of the seven-year, $56-million contract they gave him in the summer of 2019.
The Ontario-born pivot fit in well as Dallas' second-line center in 2023-24. He and fellow veteran forward Joe Pavelski are by far the Stars' two most important pending UFAs. However, the latter said after Dallas' season ended that he's "probably" played his last game in the NHL.
Duchene has suited up for the Stars, Predators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Ottawa Senators, and Avalanche in his 15-year career. He played his first eight campaigns with Colorado, the team that drafted him third overall in 2009.