The Buffalo Sabres signed five players Saturday, including 2017 Calder Cup champion Kyle Criscuolo.

The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to terms with goaltender Jeremy Smith and defensemen Dennis Robertson and Brenden Kichton on one-year contracts.

The Tampa Bay Lightning, parent club of the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch, have signed goaltender Michael Leighton to a one-year, two-way contract.

The Minnesota Wild on Saturday agreed to terms with six players, including four-time AHL All-Star Cal O’Reilly.

The New York Islanders have acquired goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for forward Carter Verhaeghe.

Rochester Americans general manager Randy Sexton announced Friday that Chris Taylor has been named head coach of the club.

The Chicago Wolves announced Friday that Chris Dennis has been hired as an assistant coach for the 2017-18 season.

Carolina Hurricanes have traded goaltenderEddie Lack, defenseman Ryan Murphy and its own seventh-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, to Calgary in exchange for the Flames’ sixth-round pick in 2019, and defenseman Keegan Kanzig.

Anton Forsberg is the only viable option at backup in the Hawks system, and figures to play around 25 games next season, based on Corey Crawford’s usual workload.

The Montreal Canadiens announced the return of Sylvain Lefebvre as head coach of the Club’s affiliate team, the Laval Rocket.