May 27, 2026

*** WPG  Released Tim Connolly, John Madden, Nicklas Lidstrom.

*** BIR  Released Kyle Wellwood, Vaclav Prospal, Chad Larose, Saku Koivu, Brett Connolly, Brian Boyle and Nik Antropov.

*** HOU  Released Bryce Salvador, Petr Sykora, Willie Mitchell and Darroll Powe.

May 28, 2026

*** QUE  Released Rich Peverley, Brooks Laich, Chris Pronger and Martin Havlat.

*** NEW  Released Steve Sullivan, Sami Salo and Carlo Colaiacovo.

*** CHI  Released Tuomo Ruutu, Samuel Pahlsson, Steve Staios and Todd Bertuzzi.

*** PHI  Released John-Michael Liles, Ryan Jones, David Jones and Olli Jokinen.

*** IND  Released Justin Williams, Miikka Kiprusoff, Tomas Kaberle, Matt Hackett and Daniel Briere.

*** DEN  Released John Moore and Johan Hedberg.

*** LOS  Released Shawn Horcoff, Dany Heatley, Mikhail Grabovski, Jason Arnott and Tim Gleason.

*** MIC  Released Nikita Nikitin, Tim Thomas, Steve Downey and Tomas Holmstrom.

*** NYR  Released Mike Weaver, Joey MacDonald, Andrew Brunette,Gilbert Brule and Jordan Leopold.

May 31, 2026

*** PHX  Released Dainius Zubrus, Jose Theodore, Ryan Smyth, Brooks Orpik, Stephen Weiss, Evgeni Nabokov, Adam McQuaid and Pascal Dupuis.

August 31, 2026

*** BIR  Released Luca Sbisa to FA pool.
*** BIR  Acquired Pascal Dupuis from FA pool.

September 1, 1026

*** PHX  Released Andrew Ference to FA pool.
*** PHX  Acquired Jonas Gustavsson from FA pool.

*** MIC  Released Martin Erat to FA pool.
*** MIC  Acquired Ilya Bryzgalov from FA pool.

*** PHI  Released Jason Chimera to FA pool.
*** PHI  Acquired Justin Williams from FA pool.

September 2, 2026

*** HOU  Released Jim Slater to FA pool.
*** HOU  Acquired Saku Koivu from FA pool.

September 17, 2026

*** NYR  Released Travis Moen to FA pool.
*** NYR  Acquired Brooks Orpik from FA pool.

September 22, 2026

*** BIR  Traded Pascal Dupuis
 to WPG     for Joffrey Lupul and a 2013 2nd round pick.