The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Joonas Korpisalo to a five-year, $20-million US contract, the team announced Saturday.
Korpisalo, 29, had a .914 save percentage in 39 games last season.
The move comes after Senators netminder Cam Talbot reportedly signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings.
Earlier Saturday, the Senators signed two young players ahead of next season.
Defenceman Erik Brannstrom agreed to a one-year deal, while fellow blueliner Jacob Bernard-Docker has signed a two-year, $1.61 million contract.
Brannstrom’s contract is for $2 million for the 2023-24 NHL season.
Bernard-Docker, 23, split last season with the Belleville Senators in the American Hockey League as well as the Senators.
He earned one assist and posted 11 penalty minutes over 19 games with Ottawa.
Canadiens trade defenceman Edmundson to Capitals
The Montreal Canadiens traded defenceman Joel Edmundson to the Washington Capitals for a third-round and a seventh-round draft pick in 2024 on Saturday.
Montreal will retain 50 per cent of Edmundson’s salary.
Edmundson had two goals and 11 assists in 61 games last season, his third with the Canadiens.
The 30-year-old has one year remaining on his contract at $3.5 million.
Edmundson began his career in St. Louis, where he won a Stanley Cup with the Blues in 2019, before he was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes before the following season.
The Canadiens traded for the rights to sign him in September 2020.
Forward Alex Belzile is also heading to a new home.
The 31-year-old from Riviere-du-Loup, Que., is leaving his home province and signing a two-year contract with the New York Rangers.
Belzile had six goals and eight assists in 31 games with the Canadiens last season.
Rangers ink Wheeler, Quick to 1-year deals
The New York Rangers were quick out of the gate in signing two free agents, forward Blake Wheeler and goalie Jonathan Quick. Wheeler signed a one-year deal worth $800,000 plus another $300,000 in incentives a day after the former Jets captain was placed on unconditional waivers by Winnipeg for the purpose to have the remainder of his contract bought out.
Wheeler is a 13-year NHL veteran, who has topped 20 goals seven times, and joins a Rangers team that could lose Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko to free agency.
Quick is a two-time Stanley Cup-championship starter while with the Los Angeles Kings, and ended last season winning his third title as a backup with Vegas. In New York, the 16-year NHL veteran is expected to serve as a backup to Igor Shesterkin. Quick signed a one-year, $825,000 deal that includes $100,000 in incentives, according to a second person familiar with the contract.
Maple Leafs sign Reaves, lose Holl to Red Wings
The Toronto Maple Leafs added muscle by signing forward Ryan Reaves to a three-year, $4.05 million contract, according to a third person with knowledge of the deal.
Defenceman Justin Holl left the Maple Leafs and signed a three-year, $10.2-million contract with the Detroit Red Wings
Holl had played his entire NHL career with the Maple Leafs.
The 31-year-old had two goals, 16 assists and was Plus-15 over a career-high 80 games last season.
Holl was coming off a three-year, $6-million contract with Toronto.
The right-shot defenceman, a second-round Chicago pick in 2010, played three seasons with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies from 2015 to 2018.
In 2019-20, he became a regular in the Maple Leafs lineup.
Canucks sign trio of players
The Vancouver Canucks signed a trio of players as part of NHL free agency on Saturday.
The Canucks say they have reached agreements with defenceman Ian Cole, and forwards Teddy Blueger and Tristen Nielsen.
Cole, 34, spent last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning while Blueger, 28, won the Stanley Cup with the Vegas Golden Knights.
Nielsen, 23, spent the last two seasons with the Abbotsford Canucks, Vancouver’s AHL affiliate.
He has 52 points in 105 regular season games for Abbotsford.
Carolina retains Raanta, Fast
The Carolina Hurricanes were able to retain two players — goalie Antti Raanta and forward Jesper Fast — before the NHL’s free agent signing period began on Saturday.
The Hurricanes kept one half of what became their starting goalie rotation by signing Raanta to a one-year, $1.5 million deal. Frederik Andersen was the other half of the tandem, and was preparing to hit the market.
Fast signed a a two-year contract worth $4.8 million, with the deal including a modified no-trade clause.
“Jesper is an extremely hard worker on both ends of the ice, and his consistency has played a key role in our success over the past three seasons,” general manager Don Waddell said. “He is the kind of person and player that every team is looking for, and we are thrilled to have him back.”
The 31-year-old Fast has 10 NHL seasons of experience, including the past three with the Canes.
The Buffalo Sabres are bringing back forward Tyson Jost by signing him to a one-year, $2 million contract. Jost re-signed with Buffalo after the team declined to issue him a qualifying offer. The Sabres also addressed their defensive needs by signing former Bruins blue-liner Connor Clifton to a three-year, $9.99 million contact and former Avalanche blue-liner Erik Johnson to a one-year, $3.25 million deal. Johnson is a 15-year NHL veteran, who won a Stanley Cup in spending the past 13 seasons with Colorado.
The New Jersey Devils did some internal business bringing back Michael McLeod and Nathan Bastian after deciding not to tender either forward a qualifying offer. McLeod got $1.4 million for next season and Bastian $2.7 million over two years.
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