The LA Kings have signed forward Andy Andreoff to a two-year contract extension, Kings Vice President and General Manager Rob Blake announced today.
Andreoff's contract will have an Annual Average Value (AAV) of $677,500.
The 26-year-old Andreoff (born May 17, 1991) is a 6-1, 210-pound native of Pickering, Ontario who appeared in 36 regular-season games this past season with the Kings, posting two points (0-2=2) and 70 penalty minutes.
Selected by the Kings in the third-round (80th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, Andreoff has appeared in 114 regular-season games over three seasons in the NHL, posting 15 points (10-5=15) and 164 penalty minutes. This past season he appeared in his 100th NHL game, Feb. 7 at TBL and during the 2015-16 campaign, Andreoff set career-highs in goals (8) and points (10).
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Jets sign Ben Chiarot
Chiarot, 26, played in 59 games for the Jets last season and established a career-high 12 points (2G, 10A) before suffering a season-ending upper body injury on Mar. 19 against the Minnesota Wild. He has played parts of the last four seasons with the Jets and has 30 points (5G, 25A) in 170 career games.
Chiarot was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the fourth round (120th overall) in the 2009 NHL Draft.
Lindy Ruff to join Rangers as assistant; report
Ruff would replace Jeff Beukeboom, who's expected to move to a scouting role on coach Alain Vigneault's staff.
Ruff, 57, was fired by the Stars on April 9 after they failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs one season after finishing with the best record in the Western Conference. In four seasons with Dallas, he was 165-122-41 and has a career coaching record of 736-554-78-125 in 1,493 games with the Stars and Buffalo Sabres.
His 736 wins are fifth all time behind Scotty Bowman, Joel Quenneville, Al Arbour and Ken Hitchcock, who succeeded him in Dallas.
Notes from first round of 2017 NHL Draft
Devils select Hischier with first pick
The New Jersey Devils selected center Nico Hischier (Naters, Switzerland) with the top pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, making him the highest-drafted Swiss-born player in NHL history:
Pick # Player Team Pos. Birthplace Year
1 Nico Hischier NJD C Naters, CHE 2017
5 Nino Niederreiter NYI RW Chur, CHE 2010
9 Timo Meier SJS RW Herisau, CHE 2015
11 Kevin Fiala NSH LW St. Gallen, CHE 2014
13 Sven Baertschi CGY LW Bern, CHE 2011
Hischier also became the seventh player from outside North America chosen with the No. 1 overall selection in the NHL Draft - and first since 2012:
Year Player Team Pos. Birthplace
1989 Mats Sundin QUE C Bromma, SWE
1992 Roman Hamrlik TBL D Zlin, CZE
1999 Patrik Stefan ATL C Pribram, CZE
2001 Ilya Kovalchuk ATL RW Tver, RUS
2004 Alex Ovechkin WSH LW Moscow, RUS
2012 Nail Yakupov EDM RW Nizhnekamsk, RUS
2017 Nico Hischier NJD C Naters, CHE
Hischier (Halifax Mooseheads) became the 11th player from the QMJHL taken with the No. 1 overall pick - and sixth in the last 30 years:
Year Player Team Pos. QMJHL Team
1987 Pierre Turgeon BUF C Granby
1993 Alexandre Daigle OTT RW Victoriaville
1998 Vincent Lecavalier TBL C Rimouski
2005 Sidney Crosby PIT C Rimouski
2013 Nathan MacKinnon COL C Halifax
2017 Nico Hischier NJD C Halifax
Golden Knights make first three NHL Draft selectionsTop three draftees. #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/rq9uUbg6GJ— NHL (@NHL) June 24, 2017
The Vegas Golden Knights, who on Wednesday made 30 picks in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft, made their first three selections in the NHL Draft, all in the top 15: center Cody Glass (No. 6), center Nick Suzuki (No. 13) and defenseman Erik Brannstrom (No. 15).
Record number of Finnish players selected in first round
Six Finnish-born players were selected Friday - Miro Heiskanen (No. 3, DAL), Juuso Valimaki (No. 16, CGY), Urho Vaakanainen (No. 18, BOS), Kristian Vesalainen (No. 24, WPG), Henri Jokiharju (No. 29, CHI) and Eeli Tolvanen (No. 30, NSH) - a record for the first round of the NHL Draft. The previous mark of five was set in 2002.
Breakdown of first-round selections by birthplace: Canada (11), Finland (6), USA (6), Sweden (4), Czech Republic (2), Russia (1) and Switzerland (1).
14 leagues represented in opening 31 picks
Players from 14 different leagues were selected in the first round of the 2017 NHL Draft:
WHL: 7
OHL: 5
SWEDEN: 4
CZREP, FINLAND, QMJHL, USHL: 2
AJHL, H-EAST, HIGH-MN, NCHC, NTDP, RUSSIA, SWEDEN-2: 1
Did you know?
The Colorado Avalanche selected defenseman Cale Makar (Brooks) fourth overall, making him the highest-drafted player in NHL history from the Alberta Junior Hockey League. He surpassed current Avalanche forward Joe Colborne (Camrose), who was picked by the Boston Bruins at No. 16 overall in 2008.
First-round BloodlinesThat new jersey feeling. #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/GjYRSmVbqn— NHL (@NHL) June 24, 2017
Nolan Patrick (No. 2 overall, PHI): His father, Steve, was selected in the first round (20th overall) of the 1980 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres and played 250 NHL games with the Sabres, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques from 1980-86. His uncle, James, skated in 1,280 games with the Rangers, Hartford Whalers, Calgary Flames and Sabres.
Elias Pettersson (No. 5 overall, VAN): His brother, Emil, was selected 155th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2013 NHL Draft and spent the 2016-17 season in the Swedish Hockey League with Skelleftea and Vaxjo.
Lias Andersson (No. 7 overall, NYR): His father, Niklas, was selected 68th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1989 NHL Draft and skated in 164 career NHL games across five seasons with the Nordiques, New York Islanders, San Jose Sharks, Nashville Predators and Calgary Flames.
Owen Tippett (No. 10 overall, FLA): His cousin, Mitchell Stephens, was selected 33rd overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2015 NHL Draft.
Callan Foote (No. 14 overall, TBL): His father, Adam, is a two-time Stanley Cup champion (1996 and 2001 w/ COL) who patrolled the blueline for 1,154 career NHL games with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets.
Joshua Norris (No. 19 overall, SJS): His father, Dwayne, was drafted 127th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1990 NHL Draft and appeared in 20 games with the Nordiques and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim from 1993-96.
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (No. 23 overall, ARI): His brother, Mathieu, is a forward who was selected 120th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2015 NHL Draft and competed at the 2017 Memorial Cup with the Saint John Sea Dogs of the QMJHL.
Ryan Poehling (No. 25 overall, MTL): His uncle, Stan Palmer, was drafted 177th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1977 NHL Draft. His older brothers, twins Jack and Nick, played alongside him at St. Cloud State in 2016-17.
Morgan Frost (No. 27 overall, PHI): His father, Andy, is a popular radio host in Toronto and served as the Maple Leafs public address announcer at the Air Canada Centre from 1999-2016.
Day 1 trades
Arizona traded D Connor Murphy and C Laurent Dauphin to Chicago for D Niklas Hjalmarsson.
Arizona traded D Anthony DeAngelo and its 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (7th overall) to NY Rangers for C Derek Stepan and G Antti Raanta.
Chicago traded LW Artemi Panarin, LW Tyler Motte and NY Islanders' 6th-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (previously acquired, 170th overall) to Columbus for LW Brandon Saad, G Anton Forsberg and Columbus' 5th-round pick in 2018.
Chicago traded its 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (26th overall) to Dallas for Anaheim's 1st-round pick in 2017 (previously acquired, 29th overall) and Dallas' 3rd-round pick in 2017 (70th overall).
Columbus traded RW Dante Salituro to Minnesota for C Jordan Schroeder.
Philadelphia traded C Brayden Schenn to St. Louis for C Jori Lehtera, St. Louis' 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (27th overall) and a conditional 1st-round pick in 2018.
Pittsburgh traded C Oskar Sundqvist and its 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (31st overall) to St. Louis for RW Ryan Reaves and St. Louis' 2nd-round pick in 2017 (51st overall).
Devils tab Hischier with No. 1 pick in 2017 NHL draft
CHICAGO – Eighteen-year-old Nico Hischier had no idea where he would be selected in the NHL draft when he woke up Friday.
As the day progressed, so did Hischier's nervousness.
"This morning, it was fine," said Hischier, a native of Switzerland. "And then as soon as I stepped here in the ice rink, my pulse went up and stayed there. ... I have a new pulse max."
He also has a new team.
The New Jersey Devils selected Hischier with their first No. 1 overall pick in franchise history. The playmaking center shined with 86 points (38 goals, 48 assists) in 57 games last season with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he was named rookie of the year.
Hischier said he would work hard to try to make the NHL next season rather than remain in juniors. The past two No. 1 overall selections, Connor McDavid in 2015 and Auston Matthews in 2016, already have emerged as stars in the NHL.
"I'm going to do everything I can," Hischier said. "I'm working hard, and then I'll see at training camp."
New Jersey general manager Ray Shero and his front-office staff opted for Hischier over Nolan Patrick, another 18-year-old center who was considered for the top pick.
The Philadelphia Flyers happily grabbed Patrick with the next selection. The 6-foot-2, 199-pound Winnipeg native had 46 points (20 goals, 26 goals) in 33 games last season with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League. His father, Steve, played 250 NHL games with the Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques from 1980 to 1986.
Patrick said he was thrilled to join the Flyers and harbored no hard feelings toward the Devils.
"No, not at all," Patrick said. "I think me and Nico are completely different players. I think he might be a little more offensively dynamic than me, and I think I might be a little more defensively (skilled) than him.
"It's not like I'm sitting here wishing I went to Jersey. They didn't want me, so it doesn't matter too much to me."
Miro Heiskanen of Finland was the first defenseman off the board when the Dallas Stars selected him at No. 3. Defenseman Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche) and center Elias Petterson (Vancouver Canucks) rounded out the top five picks.
The Vegas Golden Knights used their first draft pick at No. 6 overall to select Cody Glass, an 18-year-old from the Portland Winterhawks of the WHL. Glass had 94 points in 69 games last season.
Glass said he avoided making eye contact with his dad after his name was called because he did not want to cry. He acknowledged that being an answer to a trivia question -- Vegas' first-ever draft pick -- might create extra pressure on him.
"There's a lot of pressure to it, but then again, I know what I can do on the ice," Glass said. "And they believe in me. I'm just going to prove them right. It's going to be really awesome getting started in Vegas."
After the New York Rangers selected Swedish center Lias Andersson at No. 7, the Buffalo Sabres picked a high school senior with the eighth choice. The Sabres drafted Casey Mittelstadt, a center who won Minnesota's coveted Mr. Hockey Award as a baby-faced standout at Eden Prairie High School.
The Detroit Red Wings added one of the largest players in the draft by taking 6-foot-6, 221-pound center Michael Rasmussen at No. 9. The Florida Panthers picked right winger Owen Tippett from the Ontario Hockey League to finish the top 10.
Highly touted Canadian center Gabriel Vilardi surprisingly slipped out of the top 10. However, he did not have to wait much longer for his name to be called as the Los Angeles Kings took him at No. 11.
The Golden Knights had two more first-round picks thanks to previous deals with the Winnipeg Jets and New York Islanders. Vegas added center Nick Suzuki at No. 13 and defenseman Erik Brannstrom at No. 15.
After a busy day of deals across the league, the trade market cooled considerably during the draft. Nearly 2 1/2 passed before the Blackhawks and Stars struck the first draft deal. Chicago sent its No. 26 pick to the Stars for picks No. 29 and 70.
The Stars used the 26th pick to select Boston University goaltender Jake Oettinger. The 6-4, 218-pound netminder posted a 2.11 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage last season for the Terriers.
The Blackhawks stirred the crowd by having Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane announce their first-round pick at No. 29. Chicago took 18-year-old defenseman Henri Jokiharju from Portland of the WHL.
In another late-round trade, the Blues acquired 25-year-old center Brayden Schenn from the Philadelphia Flyers for veteran center Jori Lehtera, the No. 27 pick and a conditional first-round pick in 2018. The Flyers used the 27th selection to take Morgan Frost, a center from Sault Ste. Marie of the OHL.
The Blues pulled off their second trade of the night when they sent forward Ryan Reaves and the No. 51 pick of the second round to the Pittsburgh Penguins for center Oskar Sundqvist and the No. 31 pick. With the final pick of the first round, the Blues chose forward Klim Kostin out of Russia.
NOTES: Casey Mittelstadt said he likely will attend the University of Minnesota next season to sharpen his skills for the NHL. The Buffalo Sabres selected Mittelstadt, 18, with the eighth pick. ... Several first-round picks had NHL bloodlines. The Tampa Bay Lightning used the 14th pick to take D Callan Foote, son of two-time Stanley Cup champion Adam Foote. ... The smallest player to be drafted in the first round was RW Kailer Yamamoto (5-8, 153 pounds), who went to the Edmonton Oilers at No. 22. ... NHL commissioner Gary Bettman smirked as fans booed when he stepped to the microphone. "You can do better than that," Bettman said, prompting fans to jeer even louder. "That's more like it."
As the day progressed, so did Hischier's nervousness.
"This morning, it was fine," said Hischier, a native of Switzerland. "And then as soon as I stepped here in the ice rink, my pulse went up and stayed there. ... I have a new pulse max."
He also has a new team.
The New Jersey Devils selected Hischier with their first No. 1 overall pick in franchise history. The playmaking center shined with 86 points (38 goals, 48 assists) in 57 games last season with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he was named rookie of the year.
Hischier said he would work hard to try to make the NHL next season rather than remain in juniors. The past two No. 1 overall selections, Connor McDavid in 2015 and Auston Matthews in 2016, already have emerged as stars in the NHL.
"I'm going to do everything I can," Hischier said. "I'm working hard, and then I'll see at training camp."
New Jersey general manager Ray Shero and his front-office staff opted for Hischier over Nolan Patrick, another 18-year-old center who was considered for the top pick.
The Philadelphia Flyers happily grabbed Patrick with the next selection. The 6-foot-2, 199-pound Winnipeg native had 46 points (20 goals, 26 goals) in 33 games last season with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League. His father, Steve, played 250 NHL games with the Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques from 1980 to 1986.
Patrick said he was thrilled to join the Flyers and harbored no hard feelings toward the Devils.
"No, not at all," Patrick said. "I think me and Nico are completely different players. I think he might be a little more offensively dynamic than me, and I think I might be a little more defensively (skilled) than him.
"It's not like I'm sitting here wishing I went to Jersey. They didn't want me, so it doesn't matter too much to me."
Miro Heiskanen of Finland was the first defenseman off the board when the Dallas Stars selected him at No. 3. Defenseman Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche) and center Elias Petterson (Vancouver Canucks) rounded out the top five picks.
The Vegas Golden Knights used their first draft pick at No. 6 overall to select Cody Glass, an 18-year-old from the Portland Winterhawks of the WHL. Glass had 94 points in 69 games last season.
Glass said he avoided making eye contact with his dad after his name was called because he did not want to cry. He acknowledged that being an answer to a trivia question -- Vegas' first-ever draft pick -- might create extra pressure on him.
"There's a lot of pressure to it, but then again, I know what I can do on the ice," Glass said. "And they believe in me. I'm just going to prove them right. It's going to be really awesome getting started in Vegas."
After the New York Rangers selected Swedish center Lias Andersson at No. 7, the Buffalo Sabres picked a high school senior with the eighth choice. The Sabres drafted Casey Mittelstadt, a center who won Minnesota's coveted Mr. Hockey Award as a baby-faced standout at Eden Prairie High School.
The Detroit Red Wings added one of the largest players in the draft by taking 6-foot-6, 221-pound center Michael Rasmussen at No. 9. The Florida Panthers picked right winger Owen Tippett from the Ontario Hockey League to finish the top 10.
Highly touted Canadian center Gabriel Vilardi surprisingly slipped out of the top 10. However, he did not have to wait much longer for his name to be called as the Los Angeles Kings took him at No. 11.
The Golden Knights had two more first-round picks thanks to previous deals with the Winnipeg Jets and New York Islanders. Vegas added center Nick Suzuki at No. 13 and defenseman Erik Brannstrom at No. 15.
After a busy day of deals across the league, the trade market cooled considerably during the draft. Nearly 2 1/2 passed before the Blackhawks and Stars struck the first draft deal. Chicago sent its No. 26 pick to the Stars for picks No. 29 and 70.
The Stars used the 26th pick to select Boston University goaltender Jake Oettinger. The 6-4, 218-pound netminder posted a 2.11 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage last season for the Terriers.
The Blackhawks stirred the crowd by having Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane announce their first-round pick at No. 29. Chicago took 18-year-old defenseman Henri Jokiharju from Portland of the WHL.
In another late-round trade, the Blues acquired 25-year-old center Brayden Schenn from the Philadelphia Flyers for veteran center Jori Lehtera, the No. 27 pick and a conditional first-round pick in 2018. The Flyers used the 27th selection to take Morgan Frost, a center from Sault Ste. Marie of the OHL.
The Blues pulled off their second trade of the night when they sent forward Ryan Reaves and the No. 51 pick of the second round to the Pittsburgh Penguins for center Oskar Sundqvist and the No. 31 pick. With the final pick of the first round, the Blues chose forward Klim Kostin out of Russia.
NOTES: Casey Mittelstadt said he likely will attend the University of Minnesota next season to sharpen his skills for the NHL. The Buffalo Sabres selected Mittelstadt, 18, with the eighth pick. ... Several first-round picks had NHL bloodlines. The Tampa Bay Lightning used the 14th pick to take D Callan Foote, son of two-time Stanley Cup champion Adam Foote. ... The smallest player to be drafted in the first round was RW Kailer Yamamoto (5-8, 153 pounds), who went to the Edmonton Oilers at No. 22. ... NHL commissioner Gary Bettman smirked as fans booed when he stepped to the microphone. "You can do better than that," Bettman said, prompting fans to jeer even louder. "That's more like it."
2017 NHL Draft Day 1 Results
Here are the results of Round 1 of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft from Friday, June 23, 2017.
Round One
• New Jersey Devils: Nico Hischier (C) – Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
• Philadelphia Flyers: Nolan Patrick (C) – Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
• Dallas Stars: Miro Heiskanen (D) – HIFK (Finland)
• Colorado Avalanche: Cale Makar (D) – Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
• Vancouver Canucks: Elias Pettersson (C) – Timra (Sweden)
• Vegas Golden Knights: Cody Glass (C) – Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
• New York Rangers (from AZ): Lias Andersson (C) – HV71 (Sweden)
• Buffalo Sabres: Casey Mittelstadt (C) – Eden Prairie High School
• Detroit Red Wings: Michael Rasmussen (C) – Tri-City Americans (WHL)
• Florida Panthers: Owen Tippett (RW) – Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
• Los Angeles Kings: Gabe Vilardi (C) – Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
• Carolina Hurricanes: Martin Necas (C) – Brno (Czech)
• Vegas Golden Knights (from WPG): Nick Suzuki (C/RW) – Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
• Tampa Bay Lightning: Cal Foote (D) – Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
• Vegas Golden Knights (from NYI): Erik Brannstrom (D) – HV71 (Sweden)
• Calgary Flames: Juuso Valimaki (D) – Tri-City Americans (WHL)
• Toronto Maple Leafs: Timothy Liljegren (D) – Rogle (Sweden)
• Boston Bruins: Urho Vaakanainen (D) – JYP (Finland)
• San Jose Sharks: Josh Norris (C) – USA U-18 National Development Program
• St. Louis Blues: Robert Thomas (C/RW) – London Knights (OHL)
• New York Rangers: Filip Chytil (C/LW) – Zlin (Czech)
• Edmonton Oilers: Kailer Yamamoto (RW) – Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
• Arizona Coyotes (from MIN): Pierre-Olivier Joseph (D) – Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
• Winnipeg Jets (from CLB via VGK): Kristian Vesalainen (LW) – Frolunda (Sweden)
• Montreal Canadiens: Ryan Poehling (C) – St. Cloud State (NCAA)
• Dallas Stars (from CHI): Jake Oettinger (G) – Boston University (NCAA)
• Philadelphia Flyers (from STL): Morgan Frost (C) – Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
• Ottawa Senators: Shane Bowers (C) – Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
• Chicago Blackhawks (from DAL via ANA): Henri Jokiharju (D) – Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
• Nashville Predators: Eeli Tolvanen (LW/RW) – Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
• St. Louis (from PIT): Klim Kostin (LW/RW) – Dynamo Moscow (KHL)
Round One
• New Jersey Devils: Nico Hischier (C) – Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
• Philadelphia Flyers: Nolan Patrick (C) – Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
• Dallas Stars: Miro Heiskanen (D) – HIFK (Finland)
• Colorado Avalanche: Cale Makar (D) – Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
• Vancouver Canucks: Elias Pettersson (C) – Timra (Sweden)
• Vegas Golden Knights: Cody Glass (C) – Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
• New York Rangers (from AZ): Lias Andersson (C) – HV71 (Sweden)
• Buffalo Sabres: Casey Mittelstadt (C) – Eden Prairie High School
• Detroit Red Wings: Michael Rasmussen (C) – Tri-City Americans (WHL)
• Florida Panthers: Owen Tippett (RW) – Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
• Los Angeles Kings: Gabe Vilardi (C) – Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
• Carolina Hurricanes: Martin Necas (C) – Brno (Czech)
• Vegas Golden Knights (from WPG): Nick Suzuki (C/RW) – Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
• Tampa Bay Lightning: Cal Foote (D) – Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
• Vegas Golden Knights (from NYI): Erik Brannstrom (D) – HV71 (Sweden)
• Calgary Flames: Juuso Valimaki (D) – Tri-City Americans (WHL)
• Toronto Maple Leafs: Timothy Liljegren (D) – Rogle (Sweden)
• Boston Bruins: Urho Vaakanainen (D) – JYP (Finland)
• San Jose Sharks: Josh Norris (C) – USA U-18 National Development Program
• St. Louis Blues: Robert Thomas (C/RW) – London Knights (OHL)
• New York Rangers: Filip Chytil (C/LW) – Zlin (Czech)
• Edmonton Oilers: Kailer Yamamoto (RW) – Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
• Arizona Coyotes (from MIN): Pierre-Olivier Joseph (D) – Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
• Winnipeg Jets (from CLB via VGK): Kristian Vesalainen (LW) – Frolunda (Sweden)
• Montreal Canadiens: Ryan Poehling (C) – St. Cloud State (NCAA)
• Dallas Stars (from CHI): Jake Oettinger (G) – Boston University (NCAA)
• Philadelphia Flyers (from STL): Morgan Frost (C) – Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
• Ottawa Senators: Shane Bowers (C) – Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
• Chicago Blackhawks (from DAL via ANA): Henri Jokiharju (D) – Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
• Nashville Predators: Eeli Tolvanen (LW/RW) – Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
• St. Louis (from PIT): Klim Kostin (LW/RW) – Dynamo Moscow (KHL)
Coyotes acquire Stepan from Rangers
The New York Rangers acquired defenseman Anthony DeAngelo and the seventh overall pick in the 2017 NHL draft from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for center Derek Stepan and goaltender Antti Raanta, the teams announced Friday.
Stepan, 27, recorded 55 points (17 goals, 38 assists) and 16 penalty minutes in 81 games with the Rangers last season.
"We are thrilled to acquire Derek," Coyotes general manager John Chayka said in a statement. "Our organization has been searching for a true No. 1 center for over a decade and we are confident that he can be that for us."
Raanta, 28, was 16-8-2 record in 30 games with the Rangers last season with four shutouts, a 2.26 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage. His 2.26 GAA ranked ninth among qualified NHL goaltenders and his four shutouts were tied for the 10th-most despite playing in only 30 games.
"Antti is a highly skilled, athletic goaltender," Chayka said. "We're confident that he can emerge as an excellent starting goalie for us."
DeAngelo, 21, split this past season between the Coyotes and the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League. He skated in 39 NHL games with Arizona in 2016-17, registering five goals, nine assists and 37 penalty minutes. He played in 25 AHL games, recording three goals, 13 assists and 31 penalty minutes.
Stepan, 27, recorded 55 points (17 goals, 38 assists) and 16 penalty minutes in 81 games with the Rangers last season.
"We are thrilled to acquire Derek," Coyotes general manager John Chayka said in a statement. "Our organization has been searching for a true No. 1 center for over a decade and we are confident that he can be that for us."
Raanta, 28, was 16-8-2 record in 30 games with the Rangers last season with four shutouts, a 2.26 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage. His 2.26 GAA ranked ninth among qualified NHL goaltenders and his four shutouts were tied for the 10th-most despite playing in only 30 games.
"Antti is a highly skilled, athletic goaltender," Chayka said. "We're confident that he can emerge as an excellent starting goalie for us."
DeAngelo, 21, split this past season between the Coyotes and the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League. He skated in 39 NHL games with Arizona in 2016-17, registering five goals, nine assists and 37 penalty minutes. He played in 25 AHL games, recording three goals, 13 assists and 31 penalty minutes.
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