The Coyotes picked Johansson up on waivers and he was only able to appear in one preseason game before getting hurt. The lack of evaluation could hurt Johansson's chance of landing the No.2 role behind Karel Vejmelka.
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Tampa Bay Lightning News
Katchouk will miss 4-to-6 weeks with a left ankle sprain.
Katchouk suffered the injury in Saturday's preseason game vs. the Red Wings and is expected to be sidelined until early-to-mid November. Katchouk was expected to fill a bottom-6 spot to open the season but expect Jujhar Khaira to fill that role now.
Waiver Move
The Coyotes have claimed Jonas Johansson on waivers from the Avalanche.
Since being taken in the third-round of the 2014 NHL Draft, Johansson has appeared in just 32 NHL games. He's gone 9-13-4 with a 3.46 GAA and .882 SV% with the Sabres, Avalanche and Panthers. Arizona may be the only destination where Johansson could actually land a backup role in the NHL for the 2022-23 season.
The Kraken have acquired Oliver Bjorkstrand from the Blue Jackets for Calgary's 2023 3rd round pick and Winnipeg's 2023 4th round pick.
The Coyotes have signed Conor Geekie to a three-year, entry-level contract.
The Wiild have re-signed Mitchell Chaffee to a one-year, two-way contract.
The Senators have re-signed Scott Sabourin to a one-year, two-way contract.
Sabourin a is big, rugged forward who spent almost all of 2022 with Belleville (AHL). Sabourin had 17 points (5G / 12A) in 40 AHL games a season ago.
The Avalanche have signed Jonas Johansson to a one-year contract.
The Lightning have re-signed Erik Cernak to an eight-year deal worth $41.6 million ($5.2M AAV).
The Lightning have signed Anthony Cirelli to an eight-year deal worth $50.0 million ($6.25M AAV).
The Predators have acquired Ryan McDonagh from the Lightning for Philippe Myers and Grant Mismash.
McDonagh has four years left on his seven-year deal that carries a $6.75M AAV cap-hit. The Lightning recently approached McDonagh to waive his no-trade clause in an effort to clear some cap-space. The Lightning have two key UFA's in Ondrej Palat and Jan Rutta and this trade could help get both of them under contract. In Nashville, McDonagh joins Roman Josi, and Mattias Ekholm as the Predators' new big-3.
The Lightning have signed Nick Paul to a seven-year, $22.05 million contract extension.
The Lightning acquired Paul from the Senators at the trade deadline and made an instant impact in Tampa. He had 23 points (10G / 13A) in 44 regular season and playoff games combined. The Lightning clearly liked what they had in Paul, making a seven-year commitment to him with a $3.15M AAV cap-hit.
The Lightning have signed Darren Raddysh to a two-year, two-way contract extension.
Raddysh was an undrafted free agent that was traded to Tampa in 2019, re-signed with them in 2021 and earned another two-year deal after posting 25 points (7G / 18A) in 61 games with Syracuse (AHL). He made his NHL debut in 2022, failing to record a point in four NHL games.
Goalie Start
Vasilevskiy starts Game 6 vs. the Avalanche.
Point (undisclosed) is not on the ice for warmups for Game 3.
Point was officially listed as a game-time decision for Game 3 but he is not on the ice for warmups and will miss Game 3 vs. the Avalanche. Corey Perry will likely take his place on the Lightning's top power-play unit.
Goalie Start
Vasilevskiy led the Lightning onto the ice for warmups for Game 3 vs. the Avalanche.
The Lightning have signed Simon Ryfors to a one-year, two-way contract.
Goalie Start
Vasilevskiy led the Lightning onto the ice for warmups.
Goalie Start
Vasilevskiy led the Lightning onto the ice for warmups for Game 2.
Goalie Start
Vasilevskiy will start Game 3 vs. the Panthers.
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