Canadiens sign Byron to an extension
Montreal Canadiens: The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Paul Byron to a four-year contract extension with an AAV of $3.4 million.
Capitals signed their 2018 first-round pick
Isabelle Khurshudyan: The Washington Capitals have signed 2018 first-round pick Alexander Alexeyev to a three-year entry-level deal. Alexeyev has already been assigned to Red Deer of the WHL.
Golden Knights make two cuts
Danny Webster: The Vegas Golden Knights assigned Nic Hague and Keegan Kolesar to Chicago of the AHL.
Penguins reassign 18 players
Dan Kingerski of the Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Pittsburgh Penguins reassigned a bunch of players yesterday. Those that require waivers include Jimmy Hayes, Tobias Lindberg, Garret Wilson, Chris Summers, John Stefan Elliott, Ethan Prow and John Muse.
Players that were reassigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton that don’t require waivers include Thomas Di Pauli, Sam Miletic, Sam Lafferty, Anthony Angello, Linus Ohlund, Ryan Haggerty, Joseph Cramarossa, Will O’Neil and Jeff Taylor.
The Penguins terminated the contract of Freddie Tiffels.
Blue Jackets will be making some cuts today
Aaron Portzline: The Columbus Blue Jackets will be making some cuts this today. Players who would require waivers include forward Alex Broadhurst, Zac Dalpe, and Nathan Gerbe; Defensemen Brady Austin, Adam Clendening, Tommy Cross, Scott Harrington, Dan Kukan, and Dillon Simpson, as well as goaltender J-F Berube.
Canucks reassign three
Vancouver Canucks: The Canucks reassigned Jonathan Dahlen, Petrus Palmu and Jalen Chatfield to Utica of the AHL.
Stars reassign 15 players
Mark Stepneski: The Dallas Stars reassigned 15 players yesterday: Forwards Nick Caamano, Tony Calderone, Sam Laberge, Joel L’Esperance, Colin Markison, Adam Mascherin, Robbie Payne, and James Phelan; Defensemen Ben Gleason, Shane Hanna, Niklas Hansson, Chris Martenet, and Ondrej Vala; Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers and Colton Point.
Fabbri injured
Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis Blue forward Robby Fabby suffered an injury, but it’s not related to the knee injury he had last season.
“Lower body injury, not related to the knee,” he said. “I can’t tell you the severity. It’s muscular. … I don’t think it’s going to be anything very serious. But then again, I’m not a doctor. I don’t know.”
