Hockey headlines for July 2, 2019

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Rangers agree to deal with top free agent Panarin (New York Newsday)
The Panthers agree to terms with this goaltender, a two-time Vezina Trophy winner (Miami Herald)
Canadiens make $42.25-million offer for Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho (Montreal Gazette)
Predators sign free agent Matt Duchene to 7-year, $56 million deal (The Tennessean)
Boom! Chicago Blackhawks make interesting move by signing goalie Lehner (Chicago Daily Herald)
Wild adds Zuccarello, Hartman in free agency (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Avalanche trades Tyson Barrie, Alex Kerfoot to Toronto Maple Leafs (Denver Post)
Senators acquire Zaitsev and Brown as Cody Ceci sent to Leafs in huge deal (Ottawa Sun)
Devils sign Wayne Simmonds to one-year contract (NorthJersey.com)
Penguins sign ‘fast and tenacious’ winger Brandon Tanev (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Centre Sebastian Aho would be a nice fit with the Canadiens: Bergevin (Montreal Gazette)
Jim Nill shares factors that played into Stars' 'tough decision' to let Mats Zuccarello walk in free agency (Dallas Morning News)
Blue Jackets’ GM: ‘Life goes on’ after star players depart (Columbus Dispatch)
Treliving sticks to his guns on opening day of NHL free agency (Calgary Herald)
Bruins general manager Don Sweeney chugs along (Boston Herald)
Nikita Gusev could be traded, Golden Knights’ George McPhee hints (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Several teams — including the Blues — remain interested in signing Maroon (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Sabres not closing the door on Jason Pominville returning (Buffalo News)
Ex-Ducks right wing Corey Perry has no hard feelings for former team (Orange County Register)
Lehner wanted to stay with Islanders (New York Newsday)
Joe Pavelski signs with Dallas Stars, ending era with Sharks (San Jose Mercury News)
Joe Pavelski envisioned his NHL future in San Jose, but here's how the Stars checked all the boxes he was looking for (Dallas Morning News)
‘It just felt right’: New Blackhawks goalie Robin Lehner ready to join forces with Corey Crawford (Chicago Tribune)
Cody Ceci excited for the chance to switch sides in the Battle of Ontario (Ottawa Sun)
Ryan Hartman’s strange fishing tale: Trade without his knowledge leads him to Wild (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Coyotes' Tocchet: 'The young guys are going to like' playing with Phil Kessel (Arizona Republic)
Joonas Donskoi, Gus Nyquist bolt Sharks as free agents (San Jose Mercury News)
Avalanche signs defensive forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (Denver Post)
Lightning adds a third goalie in Curtis McElhinney (Tampa Bay Times)
Blackhawks begin free agency by signing depth center Ryan Carpenter (Chicago Sun-Times)
Avalanche signs Joonas Donskoi from the San Jose Sharks (Denver Post)
Canadiens get backup goalie Keith Kinkaid on free-agent market (Montreal Gazette)
Cam Talbot inks one-year deal with Calgary Flames worth US$2.75 million (Calgary Sun)
Southampton Twp.’s Kyle Criscuolo signs one-year deal with Flyers (South Jersey Courier-Post)
Veteran Jason Spezza a Maple Leaf at last (Toronto Sun)
Granlund could be on first PK unit after Oilers signing (Edmonton Journal)
Bruins sign right winger Brett Ritchie (Boston Herald)
Penguins add depth free agents, sign David Warsofsky, Andrew Agozzino (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Flames sign Davidson, Froese for organizational depth (Calgary Herald)
Curtis Lazar, three other free-agent signings to add 'competition' to Sabres (Buffalo News)
Kings sign Joakim Ryan, Martin Frk to 1-year contracts (Los Angeles Daily News)
Detroit Red Wings NHL free agency: Valtteri Filppula, Patrik Nemeth, Calvin Pickard in the fold (Detroit Free Press)
Beaulieu staying with Jets, Tanev and Myers move on (Winnipeg Sun)
Sharks re-sign Timo Meier to four-year deal (San Jose Mercury News)
Canes keeping Mrazek, sign goalie to two-year contract (Raleigh News & Observer)
Anders Lee is staying with the Islanders (New York Post)
Blue Jackets re-sign defenseman Ryan Murray for two years (Columbus Dispatch)
Blackhawks re-sign David Kampf, retaining one of team’s top defensive forwards (Chicago Sun-Times)
Joonas Korpisalo signs one-year contract to stay in Columbus (Columbus Dispatch)
Blues re-sign forward Blais to one-year deal (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Rangers, Penguins swing big as Capitals fill holes in NHL free agency (Washington Post)
Golden Knights take it easy on first day of free agency (Las Vegas Review-Journal)