NHL News: Maple Leaf, Blues, Waiver and Damage Notes

Toronto maple leaves extend Anthony Stolarz
Hockey Pedia: Toronto Maple Leafs have extended goalkeeper Anthony Stolarz to a four-year contract extension with a salary of $3.75 million.
He hit a two-year contract with a $2.5 million hat hit rate.
St. Louis Bruce expands Can Fowler
Hockey Pedia: St. Louis Blues extended defenseman Cam Fowler to a three-year contract extension and received a $6.1 million cap. He will have a no trade clause that will start now, and in the last year of the extension on January 1, it will be converted to a no trade clause of 15 teams.
2026-27: US$6.1 million
2027-28: US$6.1 million
2028-29: US$6.1 million
Toronto maple leaves enter season 2025–26, focusing on depth and balance
Exemption
Hockey Pedia: Put it on the exemption yesterday:
Anaheim Ducks – Jan Mysak
Buffalo Saber – Zachary Jones and Jake Leschyshyn
Columbus Blue Jacket – Hudson Fasching
Chicago Blackhawks – Dominic Toninato
Colorado Avalanche – Ronald Attard
Dallas Stars – Kyle Capobianco, Kole Lind and Antonio Stranges
Montreal Canadaens – Alex Belzile, Nathan Clurman, Lucas Condotta, Marc Del Gaizo and Sean Farrell
New Jersey Devil – Ryan Schmidtzer
St. Louis Blues – Matt Luff and Corey Schueneman
Tampa Bay Lightning – Ryan Fanti, Simon Lundmark, Scott Sabourin and Steven Santini
NHL injury pointed out
nhl.com: Anaheim Ducks forward Jansen Harkins will be out for eight weeks due to an upper body injury.
nhl.com: Carolina Hurricane forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi stuck to her face on Friday, without practicing yesterday. I expected him to be fine.
Ben Popp: Chicago Blackhawks forward Landon Slaggert is expected to practice Tuesday and play in the preseason this weekend. He is expected to prepare for the start of the season.
nhl.com: Blackhawks defensive player Alex Vlasic stayed in the third phase last night and was injured every day.
Jeff Svoboda: Columbus Blue Jacket Defender Denton Mateychuk skated alone in the camp due to a groin injury, but he skated with the team yesterday morning.
NHL Rumors: Maple Leaf, Black Panther, Kuznitov, Fleury and Echel
Jameson Olive: Florida Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues left practice yesterday for preventive reasons and he may not be playing tonight. Coach Paul Maurice said he would be in the game if it was a regular season game.
Andrew Gross: New York Islander forward Anders Lee is improving, he wants to play in another preseason game but is not expected to be on the roster tonight.
Stefen Rosner: Islander striker Maxim Tsyplakov said he felt good and planned to play in two preseason games.
nhl.com: Tampa Bay Lightning Coach Andrei Vasilevskiy will practice today.
nhl.com: Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin (low) practices on the weekend, while coach Spencer Carberry hopes he will play in their last two preseason games.
“He had to play a full-on contact before,” Carbury said. “When I said about two games, it wasn’t ideal, but had the potential to play two home games.” Washington’s regular season against Boston on October 8.
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