2025 NHL Offseason Transactions Tracker

With groups already beginning to make strikes for the 2025-26 NHL season, NoVa Caps tracks the entire strikes all through the offseason. This web page might be up to date regularly till the beginning of the common season in October.

Anaheim Geese

Coach

Fired head coach Greg Cronin
Named Joel Quenneville head coach

Boston Bruins

Re-signed

C Patrick Brown (one-year, two-way — $775,000)

Coach

Named Marco Sturm head coach

Entrance Workplace

prolonged GM Don Sweeney (two years)

Buffalo Sabres

Entrance Workplace

Named Jarmo Kekalainen senior advisor to GM Kevyn Adams

Left North America

Calgary Flames

Re-signed

RW Matt Coronato (seven years x $6.5 million)

Carolina Hurricanes

Re-signed

LW Taylor Corridor (three years x $3.167 million)
G Frederik Andersen (one 12 months, $2.75 million)

Chicago Blackhawks

Coach

Named Tampa Bay assistant Jeff Blashill head coach
Named Anders Sorensen, Michael Peca assistant coaches

 Retired

LW Pat Maroon
D Alec Martinez

Colorado Avalanche

Signed

G Ilya Nabokov (two years, entry-level)

Edmonton Oilers

Re-signed

D Ty Emberson (two years x $1.3 million cap hit)
D Alec Regula (two years x $775,000 cap hit — two-way)

Injured

RW Zach Hyman (wrist surgical procedure on 5/28)

Los Angeles Kings

Entrance Workplace

Parted methods with GM Rob Blake
Named Ken Holland GM

Minnesota Wild

Signed

G Riley Mercer (three years x $950,000 cap hit — entry stage)

Retired

Montreal Canadiens

Nashville Predators

Re-signed

D Andreas Englund (one-year, $775,000)
G Matt Murray (two years x $775,000 cap hit, two-way)

Left North America

New Jersey Devils

Signed

RW Lenni Hameenaho (three years x $950,000 cap hit — entry stage)

Re-signed

RW Nathan Legare (one-year, two-way — $775,000)

 Coach

Parted methods with Assistants Ryan McGill, Chris Taylor
Named Brad Shaw assistant coach

Left North America

New York Islanders

Re-signed

D Adam Boqvist (one 12 months, $850,000)
RW Kyle Palmieri (two years x $4.75 million cap hit)

Entrance Workplace

Parted methods with GM Lou Lamoriello
Named Tampa Bay assistant Mathieu Darche GM/Govt Vice President

 Retired

LW Matt Martin
RW Cal Clutterbuck

New York Rangers

Re-signed

C Juuso Parssinen (two years x $1.25 million cap hit)

Coach

Fired Peter Laviolette
Named Mike Sullivan head coach

Signed abroad

Injured

D Ok’Andre Miller (surgical procedure for upper-body harm, anticipated to return round begin of 2025-26 season)

Ottawa Senators

Re-signed

D Nikolas Matinpalo (two years x $875,000 cap hit)

Entrance Workplace

Parted methods with Affiliate GM Ryan Bowness

Philadelphia Flyers

Re-signed

C Rodrigo Abols (one 12 months, $800,000)
LW Oscar Eklind (one 12 months, $800,000)
RW Tyson Foerster (two years, $3.75 million cap hit)
D Helge Grans (two years, $787,500 cap hit — two-/one-way)

Coach

Named Rick Tocchet head coach

Injured

D Rasmus Ristolainen (proper triceps tendon, out six months from 3/26, will miss coaching camp)

Pittsburgh Penguins

Re-signed

C Filip Hallander (two years, two-way — $775,000 cap hit)

Coach

Mutually parted methods with head coach Sullivan

Injured

LW Tanner Howe (ACL, out 9 months from 4/24)

San Jose Sharks

Re-signed

LW Egor Afanasyev (one 12 months, $800,000)
D Shakir Mukhamadullin (one 12 months, $1 million)

Injured

C William Eklund (wrist surgical procedure, out three months from 5/5)

Retired

C Logan Couture (groin harm)

Contract Termination

C Andrew Poturalski (one 12 months, $800,000 remained)

Seattle Kraken

Re-signed

C John Hayden (two years x $775,000 cap hit)
D Josh Mahura (two years x $907,500 cap hit)

 Coach

Fired Head Coach Dan Bylsma
Named Toronto affiliate coach Lane Lambert Head Coach

Entrance Workplace

Named Jason Boterill GM
Promoted Ron Francis to President Of Hockey Operations

St. Louis Blues

Injured

D Torey Krug (ankle, anticipated to not play once more)
LW Dylan Holloway (undisclosed, anticipated to be prepared for coaching camp)

Utah Mammoth

Signed

LW Michal Kunc (one-year, two-way — $775,000)
C Gabe Smith (three years, entry stage)

Re-signed

G Jaxson Stauber (one-year, two-way — $775,000)
D Nick DeSimone (one 12 months, $800,000)

Retired

Tampa Bay Lightning

Signed

D Charles-Edouard D’Astous (one-year, two-way — $775,000)

Re-signed

G Jonas Johansson (two years x $1.25 million cap hit)

Entrance Workplace

Fired assistant GM Stacy Roest

Toronto Maple Leafs

Entrance Workplace

Parted methods with President Brenden Shanahan

Vancouver Canucks

Coach

Parted methods with head coach Tocchet
Named Adam Foote head coach

Vegas Golden Knights

Washington Capitals

Injured

D Martin Fehervary (proper knee)

Winnipeg Jets

Re-signed

D Neal Pionk (six years x $7 million cap hit)

Injured

C Adam Lowry (hip, out 5-6 months from 5/28)

Left North America

By Harrison Brown