All 32 NHL teams, September 13: Chris Kreider signing in Montreal on a one-year deal with a $2.15 million base and bonuses that can reach $5.4 million, with Jeff Gorton, Martin St. Louis and Jim Ramsay the organizational ties that closed it and Carey Price's own absolution of the 2014 collision, the Alexander Nikishin marketplace opening with Nashville kicking the tires on Evangelista-trade draft capital and St. Louis circling for weeks against the Zeev Buium eight-year $9.38 million comparable, Connor Hellebuyck's file hardening into a recognition that the trade has to happen and is going to happen, Drake Batherson 48 hours from the deadline with Adrian Kempe and Alex Tuch comparables on the table, the Shane Wright file becoming a he-said/he-said between agent Kurt Overhardt and general manager Jason Botterill over a trade promise, Mark Stone extended in Vegas two years at $9 million with a full no-movement clause, Nick Blankenburg joining Toronto on a tryout, and Gustav Nyquist living near Columbus and skating informally with the Blue Jackets.
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