1:10 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Scott Harrington to a three-year contract. The contract is worth $4.9 million with an annual salary cap hit of $1.63 million, a source told The Associated Press. The team didn’t announce terms of the deal. The 26-year-old

2:40 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan is sticking around to see if he can get the Pittsburgh Penguins back to the Stanley Cup. The club announced Friday that it has signed Sullivan — who guided the Penguins to championships in 2016 and 2017 — to a four-year contract extension that runs through

10:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN This is the velocity of an offer sheet. Within a span of 24 hours, Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin went from lauded maverick to short-sighted dupe. Sebastian Aho, the 21-year-old Carolina Hurricanes center he signed to a five-year, $42.27 million contract offer sheet, went from traitorous opportunist to naïve

12:51 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The Canadiens began using the money they won’t be paying Sebastian Aho by signing defenseman Ben Chiarot to a three-year, $10.5 million contract. Montreal had signed Aho to a five-year, $42.7 million offer sheet, but Carolina intends to match that contract and keep its best player. The Canadiens

10:19 AM ET ESPN News Services The Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday signed a pair of players they traded for over the past week to new contracts. Forward Alex Kerfoot received a four-year, $14 million deal, and defenseman Cody Ceci has re-upped for one year and $4.5 million. Both players were restricted free agents. The

12:13 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN LAS VEGAS — Everyone has a different standard on when they’ve “made it” as a professional. Like when Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews started earning pro-level money and made his first gluttonous purchase: a Rolex. “That was probably the first thing, in getting to the NHL, that I bought,”

8:07 AM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Sergei Bobrovsky already has two Vezina Trophies, the award handed out at the end of each season to the NHL’s top goaltender. He’s not looking for a third. For the Florida Panthers‘ new goalie, only one trophy matters now. Bobrovsky and Florida’s three other free agent signings

8:27 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Darryl Sutter has been hired by the Anaheim Ducks as an adviser to new coach Dallas Eakins‘ staff. Anaheim general manager Bob Murray announced the eye-catching addition Tuesday. Sutter is the winningest coach in the history of the Los Angeles Kings, the Ducks’ crosstown archrivals. He coached

8:00 AM ET The Vegas Golden Knights have more players than cap space to use on them. That appears to mean that coveted Russian forward Nikita Gusev‘s stay in Vegas could end before it ever really began. The Golden Knights signed Gusev last April to a one-year, entry-level deal. Despite Gusev’s not playing a single

2:33 PM ET Well, that was exciting, wasn’t it? As the dust settles (somewhat) following the whirlwind player movement that took place on July 1st, here’s a roundup of some of the fantasy-relevant players who have found new NHL homes, either via trade or by signing as free agents. We’ll examine all of the fantasy