The Nashville Predators signed longtime Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos to a four-year contract worth $8 million per season.
"When I became (general manager) of the Predators, I said many times that I was looking to add 'serial winners' to our franchise, and there is perhaps no one who fits that mold more than Steven Stamkos," executive Barry Trotz said in a statement.
The Tampa Bay Lightning signed defenseman Victor Hedman to a four-year contract extension with a $8-million cap hit beginning next season, the team announced Tuesday.
Hedman will be 34 when the deal kicks in next summer. He's entering the final campaign of an eight-year pact signed in 2016 that has a cap hit of $7.875 million.
The summer's top unrestricted free agent isn't going anywhere.
The Florida Panthers re-signed star forward Sam Reinhart to a maximum-term eight-year extension with a $8.625-million AAV, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.
Reinhart enjoyed a monster regular season in which he scored 57 goals - including a league-leading 27 tallies on the power play - and 94 points in 82 games. His production was helped along by his 24.5 shooting percentage, the highest in the NHL.
The Philadelphia 76ers and free-agent forward Paul George have agreed to a four-year, $212-million contract, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The deal includes a player option for 2027-28, Wojnarowski adds.
The Los Angeles Clippers, George's former team, stated Sunday that there was a "significant" gap in contract negotiations and that the nine-time All-Star wasn't expected to return to the club.
The Los Angeles Clippers will re-sign guard James Harden to a two-year contract worth $70 million, sources told The Athletic's Shams Charania.
The contract reportedly features a player option in the second year.
Harden joined the Clippers via trade in November following a disagreement with Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey which prompted Harden to demand a move. In 76 games in L.A., the 34-year-old averaged 16.6 points and registered 8.5 assists per game as the team finished fourth in the West with a 51-31 record.
New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba is shocked to see his name in trade rumors this offseason, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
Rangers general manager Chris Drury reportedly asked Trouba earlier this week to submit the 15 teams on his no-trade list. Trouba's full no-move clause turns into a modified clause Monday, but the rugged defenseman may not be inclined to help a trade materialize, sources told The Athletic's Peter Baugh.
Reports over draft weekend indicated the Detroit Red Wings are interested in acquiring Trouba, a Michigan native.
World No. 1 Nelly Korda announced she's withdrawing from next week's Aramco Team Series event in London after being bitten by a dog.
The Atlanta Hawks are trading guard Dejounte Murray to the New Orleans Pelicans for Larry Nance Jr., Dyson Daniels, E.J. Liddell, and two first-round picks, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday.
Atlanta will be receiving the Los Angeles Lakers' 2025 first-round pick and the least favorable of the Pelicans and Milwaukee Bucks' first-rounder in 2027.
Los Angeles Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell is activating his $18.7-million player option to return for the 2024-25 season, he confirmed to ESPN's Dave McMenamin.
Russell is coming off his first full season with the Lakers since a 2023 trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves restored him to the team that drafted him.
Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died. He was 86.
The San Francisco Giants and his family announced the death Friday night and a moment of silence was held as his photo showed on the scoreboard at Oracle Park midway through a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.