2019-20 NHL OFFSEASON SUMMARY Updated Through Sept. 29, 2019 ANAHEIM DUCKS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions May 10: Signed G Lukas Dostal June 17: Named Dallas Eakins head coach June 18: Named Dave Nonis assistant general manager June 30: Acquired RW Nicolas Deslauriers from Montreal for a 2020 fourth-round pick July 2: Signed LW Blake Pietila, C Andrew Poturalski and G Anthony Stolarz July 4: Signed D Jani Hakanpaa July 5: Signed RW Andreas Martinsen July 12: Signed D Michael Del Zotto July 15: Signed D Chris Wideman Re-Signings June 20: Re-signed C Derek Grant, D Korbinian Holzer and G Ryan Miller June 27: Re-signed C Sam Carrick July 12: Re-signed C Chase De Leo July 15: Re-signed C Justin Kloos Offseason Departures RW Adam Cracknell (unrestricted free agent, signed by Kunlun Redstar) D Jake Dotchin (unrestricted free agent, signed by St. Louis) G Chad Johnson (unrestricted free agent) C Kalle Kossila (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto) D Jaycob Megna (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vegas) D Trevor Murphy (unrestricted free agent, signed by Kunlun Redstar) RW Corey Perry (placed on waivers, signed by Dallas) C Kevin Roy (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida) C Ben Street (unrestricted free agent, signed by New Jersey) D Andre Sustr (unrestricted free agent, signed by Kunlun Redstar) D Andy Welinski (unrestricted free agent, signed by Philadelphia) Assistant coach Rich Preston * * * * * ARIZONA COYOTES Offseason Signings/Acquisitions June 25: Acquired C Carl Soderberg from Colorado for D Kevin Connauton and a 2020 third-round pick June 26: Named Phil Housley assistant coach June 29: Acquired D Dane Birks, RW Phil Kessel and a 2021 fourth-round pick from Pittsburgh for C Alex Galchenyuk and D Pierre-Olivier Joseph July 1: Signed RW Beau Bennett, C Andy Miele, D Aaron Ness and G Ivan Prosvetov July 7: Signed D Victor Soderstrom July 29: Named Alex Meruelo majority owner, chairman and governor Re-Signings June 6: Re-signed D Robbie Russo June 14: Re-signed D Ilya Lyubushkin July 2: Re-signed LW Lawson Crouse July 4: Re-signed RW Hudson Fasching July 5: Re-signed LW Michael Bunting July 15: Re-signed D Dysin Mayo Aug. 3: Re-signed G Adin Hill Sept. 4: Re-signed RW Clayton Keller Offseason Departures RW Josh Archibald (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton) C Nick Cousins (unrestricted free agent, signed by Montreal) D Kevin Connauton (traded to Colorado) C Alex Galchenyuk (traded to Pittsburgh) D Pierre-Olivier Joseph (traded to Pittsburgh) RW Mario Kempe (unrestricted free agent, signed by Los Angeles) RW Jens Looke (placed on waivers, signed by Timra IK) D Dakota Mermis (unrestricted free agent, signed by New Jersey). G Hunter Miska (unrestricted free agent) RW Richard Panik (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington) C Emil Pettersson (restricted free agent, signed by Vaxjo Lakers) G Calvin Pickard (unrestricted free agent, signed by Detroit) LW David Ullstrom (unrestricted free agent, signed by Dinamo Riga) Assistant coach Scott Allen * * * * * BOSTON BRUINS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions July 1: Signed LW Brendan Gaunce, G Maxime Lagace, LW Par Lindholm and RW Brett Ritchie July 22: Signed C Pavel Shen Sept. 13: Named Evan Gold assistant general manager Sept. 26: Signed D Alexander Petrovic Re-Signings June 24: Re-signed D Steven Kampfer July 1: Re-signed D Connor Clifton and C Ryan Fitzgerald July 6: Re-signed LW Peter Cehlarik July 9: Re-signed RW Danton Heinen Sept. 15: Re-signed D Charlie McAvoy Sept. 17: Re-signed D Brandon Carlo Offseason Departures C Noel Acciari (unrestricted free agent, signed by Florida) LW Marcus Johansson (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo) G Zane McIntyre (unrestricted free agent, singed by Vancouver) C Mark McNeill (unrestricted free agent, EHC Black Wings Linz) LW Gemel Smith (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay) RW Lee Stempniak (unrestricted free agent) RW Jordan Szwarz (unrestricted free agent, signed by Ottawa) * * * * * BUFFALO SABRES Offseason Signings/Acquisitions April 15: Signed D Jacob Bryson May 8: Signed C Arttu Ruotsalainen May 15: Named Ralph Krueger head coach June 14: Named Mike Bales and Don Granato assistant coaches June 28: Acquired D Colin Miller from Vegas for a 2021 second-round pick and a 2022 fifth-round pick July 1: Acquired LW Jimmy Vesey from NY Rangers for a 2021 third-round pick; signed C Jean-Sebastien Dea, D John Gilmour, G Andrew Hammond and C Curtis Lazar July 6: Signed LW Marcus Johansson July 9: Acquired D Henri Jokiharju from Chicago for LW Alexander Nylander July 15: Signed C Dylan Cozens Re-Signings June 7: Re-signed LW Jeff Skinner July 2: Re-signed LW C.J. Smith July 5: Re-signed LW Zemgus Girgensons July 12: Re-signed C Johan Larsson July 25: Re-signed C Evan Rodrigues Aug. 1: Re-signed LW Remi Elie Aug. 3: Re-signed D Jake McCabe and G Linus Ullmark Offseason Departures C Kyle Criscuolo (unrestricted free agent, signed by Philadelphia) LW Matt Moulson (unrestricted free agent) LW Alexander Nylander (traded to Chicago) C Danny O’Regan (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers) RW Jason Pominville (unrestricted free agent) D Matt Tennyson (unrestricted free agent, signed by New Jersey) G Scott Wedgewood (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay) Head coach Phil Housley Associate coach Davis Payne Assistant coach Chris Hajt Assistant coach Tom Ward * * * * * CALGARY FLAMES Offseason Signings/Acquisitions April 20: Signed C Martin Pospisil May 7: Signed D Carl-Johan Lerby May 10: Signed D Alexander Yelesin June 13: Signed RW Eetu Tuulola July 1: Signed D Brandon Davidson, C Byron Froese and G Cam Talbot July 2: Signed LW Justin Kirkland July 19: Acquired LW Milan Lucic and a conditional 2020 third-round pick from Edmonton for LW James Neal Sept. 23: Signed LW Jakob Pelletier Sept. 26: Named Chris Snow assistant general manager Sept. 28: Signed RW Tobias Rieder Sept. 29: Signed LW Zac Rinaldo Re-Signings June 29: Re-signed C Alan Quine July 16: Re-signed LW Ryan Lomberg and D Rinat Valiev July 24: Re-signed LW Sam Bennett July 27: Re-signed G David Rittich Sept. 11: Re-signed D Michael Stone Sept. 15: Re-signed LW Andrew Mangiapane Sept. 25: Re-signed LW Matthew Tkachuk Offseason Departures D Oscar Fantenberg (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver) C Tyler Graovac (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver) RW Garnet Hathaway (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington) C Curtis Lazar (unrestricted free agent, signed by Buffalo) LW James Neal (traded to Edmonton) RW Anthony Peluso (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton) D Dalton Prout (unrestricted free agent, signed by San Jose) W Kerby Rychel (unrestricted free agent, signed by Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) G Mike Smith (unrestricted free agent, signed by Edmonton) * * * * * CAROLINA HURRICANES Offseason Signings/Acquisitions May 28: Signed D Jesper Sellgren May 30: Signed C Eetu Luostarinen June 22: Acquired C Patrick Marleau, a conditional 2020 first-round pick and a 2020 seventh-round pick from Toronto for a 2020 sixth-round pick (Marleau was subsequently placed on waivers) June 24: Acquired G Anton Forsberg and D Gustav Forsling from Chicago for D Calvin de Haan and C Aleksi Saarela (Forsberg and Forsling were subsequently signed by Carolina on Aug. 6 and July 16, respectively) June 27: Acquired LW Erik Haula from Vegas for C Nicolas Roy and a conditional 2021 fifth-round pick June 30: Acquired G James Reimer from Florida for G Scott Darling and a 2020 sixth-round pick July 2: Signed D Alex Lintuniemi July 4: Signed LW Brian Gibbons July 12: Signed LW Ryan Dzingel July 25: Signed LW Max McCormick Aug. 6: Acquired D Kyle Wood from San Jose for D Trevor Carrick Aug. 17: Signed D Chase Priskie Aug. 28: Signed G Cam Ward (Ward subsequently announced his retirement) Sept. 6: Signed D Jake Gardiner Sept. 17: Signed D Fredrik Claesson Sept. 18: Signed C Ryan Suzuki Sept. 24: Acquired RW Dominik Bokk, D Joel Edmundson and a 2021 seventh-round pick from St. Louis for D Justin Faulk and a 2020 fifth-round pick Re-Signings June 28: Re-signed G Alex Nedeljkovic July 1: Re-signed G Petr Mrazek July 7: Re-signed C Sebastian Aho July 15: Re-signed C Clark Bishop July 16: Re-signed D Haydn Fleury July 20: Re-signed RW Brock McGinn Sept. 4: Re-signed D Roland McKeown Offseason Departures C Patrick Brown (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vegas) D Trevor Carrick (traded to San Jose) G Scott Darling (traded to Florida) D Calvin de Haan (traded to Chicago) D Justin Faulk (traded to St. Louis) LW Micheal Ferland (unrestricted free agent, signed by Vancouver) RW Saku Maenalanen (restricted free agent, signed by Jokerit Helsinki) G Curtis McElhinney (unrestricted free agent, signed by Tampa Bay) C Greg McKegg (unrestricted free agent, signed by NY Rangers) C Andrew Poturalski (unrestricted free agent, signed by Anaheim) C Aleksi Saarela (traded to Chicago) D Dan Renouf (unrestricted free agent, signed by Colorado) C Nicolas Roy (traded to Vegas) RW Justin Williams (unrestricted free agent) * * * * * CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Offseason Signings/Acquisitions May 6: Signed C Mikael Hakkarainen and C Tim Soderlund May 16: Signed LW Anton Wedin May 23: Named Tomas Mitell assistant coach June 4: Named Marc Crawford assistant coach June 15: Acquired D Olli Maatta from Pittsburgh for C Dominik Kahun and a 2019 fifth-round pick June 22: Acquired C John Quenneville from New Jersey for C John Hayden (Quenneville was subsequently signed by Chicago on June 28) June 24: Acquired D Calvin de Haan and C Aleksi Saarela from Carolina for G Anton Forsberg and D Gustav Forsling June 30: Acquired RW Andrew Shaw and a 2021 seventh-round pick from Montreal for a 2020 second-round pick, a 2020 seventh-round pick and a 2021 third-round pick July 1: Signed LW Ryan Carpenter and G Robin Lehner July 8: Signed C Kirby Dach July 9: Acquired LW Alexander Nylander from Buffalo for D Henri Jokiharju July 16: Acquired C Zack Smith from Ottawa for C Artem Anisimov Aug.