The Vancouver Canucks signed forward Sven Baertschi to a two-year contract extension on Thursday, the team announced.
The deal will see him make $1.7 million in the first year and $2 million in the second. Baertschi was set to become a restricted free agent on July 1 after inking a one-year, $900,000 deal last year.
The 23-year-old is coming off his first full-season with the Canucks, where he hit career highs, knotting 15 goals and 28 points in 69 games.
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Arizona Coyotes general manager John Chayka is hopeful that acquiring Alex Goligoski's negotiating rights is just the first of his team's many moves this summer.
"He was the first domino to fall in what we hope are a series of coordinated moves to help our team," Chayka said, according to Craig Morgan of Arizona Sports.
Chayka said team likes L/R shot split on D so Golgoski, if signed, would be on 2nd pairing. Also likely means team's still in market for RHD
— Craig Morgan (@craigsmorgan) June 16, 2016
The club sent a 2016 fifth-round pick to the Dallas Stars on Thursday for the opportunity to negotiate a contract with the 30-year-old, who is set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
The next step will be convincing the veteran blueliner to put pen to paper, and Chayka hopes the club's growing core will help sway Goligoski's decision.
"It’s more about the confidence in what we have to sell here with a team that's young and poised to break out," said Chayka.
According to General Fanager, the Coyotes have roughly $37 million in cap space, so they should have no problem inking Goligoski and filling other roster needs.
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The Arizona Coyotes have acquired the negotiating rights to defenseman Alex Goligoski from the Dallas Stars in exchange for a 2016 fifth-round draft pick, the Coyotes announced Thursday.
The deal - which was first reported by ESPN's Craig Custance - will give the Coyotes an exclusive opportunity to sign the 30-year-old, who's set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
If Coyotes manage to sign Goligoski, there will be a lot of disappointed GMs. Was a favorite on UFA D list.
— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) June 16, 2016
The Stars had attempted to re-sign Goligoski, but after failing to come to terms on a deal, they elected to trade his rights rather than losing him for nothing, according to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun.
Goligoski's coming off his fifth full season with the Stars, finishing second to John Klingberg on the club's D-core with 37 points in 2015-16. He also contributed four goals and seven points in 13 playoff games.
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The St. Louis Blues signed forward Dmitrij Jaskin to a two-year contract extension Thursday.
The deal will carry an average annual value of $1 million, ESPN's Craig Custance reports.
"It's great to be part of a group like this," Jaskin said in a statement. "It's great to have the opportunity to be part of this team. To get the Conference Final, it's a big motivation. You want to get there again and in (these) two years, I hope we'll get even further. I'm really excited for next season."
Jaskin recorded 13 points in 65 games this season, adding a goal and an assist in six playoff contests.
The 23-year-old was a pending restricted free agent.
He was named to the Czech Republic's World Cup of Hockey roster last month.
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The Colorado Avalanche will let in-season acquisitions Mikkel Boedker and Shawn Matthias enter the open market July 1, but the club also plans to bid on their services.
"They're going to test the open market and see what's out there," Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic said, according to Mike Chambers of the Denver Post.
"I'd like to have one back for sure, or both, but we'll see where that goes. They have the right to test it so they're going to do that. We'll revisit that early July."
Colorado surrendered veteran Alex Tanguay, a trio of prospects, and a fourth-round draft selection to potentially rent Boedker and Matthias for their stretch run.
One of those prospects is former first-round draft pick Conner Bleackley, who netted the Arizona Coyotes a compensatory second-round selection when it was decided they wouldn't offer him an entry-level deal.
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