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The Ottawa Senators re-signed left winger Anthony Duclair on a one-year, $1.65 million contract on Monday.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Phil Kessel recently vetoed a trade and the team is no longer seeking to move him, general manager Jim Rutherford said Monday.

Dallas Eakins is the Anaheim Ducks' new coach. The Ducks announced the move Monday, filling the NHL's last head coaching vacancy with the veteran coach of their AHL affiliate in San Diego.

The San Jose Sharks are locking up their Norris-calibre defensive core. Erik Karlsson agreed to an eight-year contract worth roughly $11.5 million US with the Sharks, according to multiple reports on Monday.

Twenty-five of 31 NHL Players' Association representatives surveyed by The Associated Press and Canadian Press named escrow as the biggest bargaining issue with September deadlines looming to terminate the current CBA effective the fall of 2020.

Throngs of people lined the streets of downtown St. Louis in a rainstorm on Saturday to cheer on the Stanley Cup-winning Blues. The parade will be followed by a rally beneath the Gateway Arch.

The Los Angeles Kings have bought out the final two years of defenceman Dion Phaneuf's contract.

Forward Jordan Eberle agreed to a five-year contract that will keep him with the New York Islanders, the team announced on Friday.

The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired defenseman Matt Niskanen from the Washington Capitals for defenseman Radko Gudas. Philadelphia is retaining 30 percent of Gudas' salary in the final year of his contract. Gudas counts $3.35 million against the salary cap. Washington will be responsible for $2.35 million.

For the first time in their franchise history the St. Louis Blues are Stanley Cup champions. The Blues defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to complete their Cinderella run.

Jordan Binnington went from the St. Louis Blues' fourth-string goalie, to becoming the first rookie goaltender ever to win 16 playoff games. He turned out to be the perfect backstop for the bruising Blues, a quiet anchor to rally around for a six-month run to the title.

From out-house to penthouse in 161 days: the sensational story of the 2018-19 Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues. If you thought the expansion Vegas Golden Knights were a good story last spring, all you had to do was wait 12 months. The Blues authored a way better tale — almost too good to be true.

The Boston Bruins had it all lined up: a raucous home crowd for its first Game 7 of a Stanley Cup Final in their 95-year history, was aided by a couple of world champions from other sports and a fast start that provided a handful of excellent scoring chances in the opening period.

St. Louis Blues forward Ryan O'Reilly was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup playoffs on Wednesday after leading his team to their first championship.