Last Monday, the Buffalo Sabres re-signed defenseman Bowen Byram to a two-year contract. The deal will carry a $6.25 million annual average value (AAV) through the 2026-27 season.

Bowen Byram and the Buffalo Sabres made headlines late Monday night by agreeing to a new two-year deal, avoiding salary arbitration. The $6.25M AAV ex

The majority of the high-priced, highly-sought free agents may be gone but there are still several players that NHL teams are eager to get under a deal, either through the open market or via trade.

There were an awful lot of rumours out there about the Vancouver Canucks this offseason, and not all that many of them ended up coming to fruition. The Canucks kept their first-round pick instead of trading it.

General manager Kevyn Adams still has work to do. Defenseman Bowen Byram will be going to arbitration if he isn’t traded before then. Alex Tuch is eligible to sign a contract extension. And the team still has more than $13 million in salary-cap space with only Byram and defenseman Conor Timmins unsigned.

NHL insider David Pagnotta shut down rumors linking defenseman Bowen Byram with the Vancouver Canucks. On a Sekeres & Price podcast, Pagnotta said that any future deal between Byram and the Canucks would likely come "out of left field.

The Calgary Flames are weak at left defence, and it’s no secret they’ve been trying to address this issue this offseason. Virtually every left defenceman whose name has hit the market has been linked to the Flames.