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.

Here's the complete list:

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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The Montreal Canadiens signed forward Rafael Harvey-Pinard to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $1.1 million, the team announced Monday.

Harvey-Pinard scored 14 goals and 20 points in 34 games with the Canadiens last season as a rookie. He was a restricted free agent.

The Saguenay, Quebec, native made his season debut with Montreal on Jan. 17. Harvey-Pinard led all rookies in goals after this date. He was awarded the Canadiens' Molson Cup in March.

Prior to being recalled by Montreal, Harvey-Pinard tallied 16 goals and 31 points in 40 contests with the AHL's Laval Rocket.

The 24-year-old doesn't require waivers to be sent down in the fall, and his new cap hit can be completely buried in the AHL. He'll be a restricted free agent on the expiration of his new contract and will require a $1-million qualifying offer in 2025.

The Canadiens have just under $10 million of space after the signing, per CapFriendly. This projection includes Carey Price's $10.5-million cap hit on long-term injured reserve.

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The Detroit Red Wings placed forward Filip Zadina on waivers Monday.

Zadina scored three goals and seven points in 30 games with the Red Wings last season. The 23-year-old tallied a career-high 10 goals and 24 points in 74 contests over the previous campaign.

The Czech native has two more seasons remaining on his contract with a $1.825-million cap hit. He'll be a restricted free agent in 2025 with a $2.19-million qualifying offer.

Detroit selected Zadina sixth overall in the 2018 draft, one spot ahead of Quinn Hughes. He was a star in the QMJHL with the Halifax Mooseheads and dazzled at the world juniors with Czechia in his draft year.

However, Zadina failed to live up to the top-10 hype, registering just 28 goals and 68 points in 190 games with the Red Wings.

Teams will have a chance to place a claim on Zadina before Tuesday 2 p.m. ET in reverse order of the 2022-23 standings. As such, the Anaheim Ducks will have the first chance to snag the young winger.

The Red Wings have just under $10 million of cap space, per CapFriendly.

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The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman Marc Staal to a one-year deal worth $1.1 million, the team announced Monday.

Staal played all 82 regular-season and 21 playoff games with the Florida Panthers this year. He tallied three goals and 15 points before failing to get on the scoresheet in the postseason.

The 36-year-old signed a one-year contract with a $750,000 salary - the league minimum - in Florida last July.

Staal has also played for the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings in his 1,101-game NHL career, collecting 52 goals and 229 points in that span. He played under the Flyers' current head coach, John Tortorella, from 2008-13 in New York.

Philadelphia has $11.7 million of cap space after the signing, per CapFriendly. This projection includes Ryan Ellis' $6.25-million cap hit on long-term injured reserve.

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The Florida Panthers signed forward Evan Rodrigues to a four-year contract, the team announced Sunday.

The deal has an average annual value of $3 million, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reports.

Rodrigues signed a one-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche worth $2 million last offseason. He tallied 16 goals and 39 points in 69 contests in Denver.

The soon-to-be 30-year-old had a breakout campaign with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2021-22, scoring 19 goals and 43 points in 82 games. Across stints with the Buffalo Sabres, Penguins, and Avalanche, he's accrued 69 goals and 168 points in 385 games.

Rodrigues has been effective in the postseason as well, scoring four goals and 11 points in 16 career playoff games.

The Panthers traded Anthony Duclair and his $3-million cap hit to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.

The signing leaves Florida with just $362,499 of cap space, per CapFriendly.

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With free agency underway, here's a list of the best players still available.

Forwards

• Patrice Bergeron
• David Krejci
• Tyler Bertuzzi
• Patrick Kane
• Vladimir Tarasenko
• Max Domi
• Tomas Tatar
• Jonathan Toews
• Evan Rodrigues
• Phil Kessel
• Kailer Yamamoto
• Oskar Sundqvist
• Zach Parise
• Eric Staal
• Josh Bailey
• Derick Brassard
• Nick Ritchie
• Danton Heinen
• Denis Malgin
• Tyler Motte
• Pius Suter
• Paul Stastny
• Jesper Boqvist
• Max Comtois
• Adam Erne
• Tomas Nosek
• Denis Gurianov
• Colin White
• Jesse Puljujarvi
• Zach Aston-Reese
• Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
• Derek Stepan
• Austin Watson

Defensemen

• Matt Dumba
• Ethan Bear
• Alexander Edler
• Travis Hamonic
• Nick Holden
• Caleb Jones
• Marc Staal
• Jack Johnson
• Travis Dermott
• Cal Foote
• Simon Benoit
• Patrik Nemeth

Goaltenders

• Martin Jones
• Alex Stalock
• Jaroslav Halak
• Brian Elliott
• Thomas Greiss
• Magnus Hellberg
• Michael Hutchinson

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The Detroit Red Wings signed forward Christian Fischer to a one-year contract worth $1.25 million, the team announced Sunday.

The Arizona Coyotes didn't tender a qualifying offer to Fischer on Friday, making him an unrestricted free agent. He scored 13 goals and 26 points in 80 games last season.

Fischer has spent his entire NHL career with the Coyotes. The 26-year-old totaled 56 goals and 111 points in 398 games with Arizona after being drafted by the team 32nd overall in 2015.

The Red Wings have just over $9 million of cap space after the signing, per CapFriendly.

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The Detroit Red Wings signed defenseman Justin Holl to a three-year, $10.2-million contract, the team announced Saturday.

Holl tallied two goals and 18 points with the Toronto Maple Leafs last season. The 31-year-old has played his entire 285-game NHL career with the Maple Leafs.

The Red Wings also added goaltenders James Reimer and Alex Lyon in free agency.

Reimer signed a one-year contract worth $1.5 million. The 35-year-old played 43 games with the San Jose Sharks in 2022-23, posting an .890 save percentage and a 3.48 goals-against average.

Lyon inked a two-year contract with an average annual value of $900,000. The 30-year-old had a .914 SV% and a 2.82 GAA in 15 contests with the Florida Panthers. He started for the Panthers at the beginning of the Stanley Cup Playoffs before losing the starting gig to Sergei Bobrovsky for the remainder of the postseason.

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