The Vegas Golden Knights are staying in-house to replace injured starting goaltender Robin Lehner, who will miss the 2022-23 NHL season for double hip surgery.

General manager Kelly McCrimmon said Vegas will have a goaltending tandem of eight-year NHL veteran Laurent Brossoit plus Logan Thompson, who has played in 20 NHL career games.

"Laurent is a proven NHL goaltender that's enjoyed a good career. In Logan Thompson, I think we're all excited and intrigued by his talent, his upside and his competitiveness," McCrimmon said.

Timo Meier hasn't talked with new San Jose Sharks general manager Mike Grier about a possible contract extension yet.

Speaking at the NHL European Player Media Tour on Wednesday, Meier said he had a "getting to know each other" telephone conversation with Grier, who was named GM on July 5, but no other discussions about his future with the Sharks.

The forward, who turns 26 on Oct. 8, is entering the final season of a four-year contract he signed July 1, 2019, and can become a restricted free agent after the season.

The NHL doesn't anticipate any Russian players having issues with obtaining visas this season, deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN on Wednesday.

"We're expecting them all to be good -- and in North America," Daly said while attending the league's European media tour in Paris. "That whole situation is difficult, but kind of out of our hands. So just like with the pandemic, and with many issues, we looked to the governing agencies to make those decisions. And we played by the rules."

Columbus Blue Jackets center Alexandre Texier will not join the team for the upcoming season because of unspecified personal problems.

The Blue Jackets said in a release Wednesday that the 22-year-old native of Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France, would not be with the team for the 2022-23 season, "per the advice and recommendation of the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program."

Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras and Team Canada forward Sarah Nurse are the cover athletes for NHL 23, EA Sports announced Wednesday, noting that Nurse is the first women's hockey player to grace the cover of its NHL video game.

"It's something that I never even thought was in the realm of possibilities," Nurse, who starred in Canada's dominant gold-medal win at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, told ESPN. "I never even dreamed of being on it. And so I think that it's huge, and I think that it just speaks for where women's hockey is right now, the visibility and the value that people see in women's hockey."

Carey Price is unlikely to play for the Montreal Canadiens this season, general manager Kent Hughes said on Thursday.

"This summer he went through the process of a shot to the knee seeing if that would help," Hughes said. "It did not, and at this point, we don't expect Carey to be available for the start of this season. Quite frankly, I don't know that there's a path for Carey to return this season through the rehab process."

Nashville has been named host of the 2023 NHL draft and NHL awards, it was announced Thursday.

The awards are set for June 26. Regular-season accolades will be doled out across a number of categories, including the Hart Trophy for most valuable player, Vezina Trophy for outstanding goaltender and Norris Trophy for outstanding defenseman.

The Nashville Predators will then host the draft at Bridgestone Arena over two days. The first round is scheduled for Wednesday, June 28, with rounds 2-7 following on Thursday, June 29.

Tyson Foerster's shoulder injury might have been the worst and best thing to happen to him last season.

The Flyers forward prospect was out more than four months recovering from surgery for a dislocated shoulder, but the time away allowed the 20-year-old to work on other areas of his game.

He said he now feels better prepared to push for an NHL spot this season.

"Everything happens for a reason," said Foerster, the No. 23 pick of the 2020 NHL Draft. "It [stunk] a lot. I wanted to be playing, I wanted to be with the guys every night and working out with them and doing all that sort of stuff. But I knew it's a bigger picture and I got to work, get my shoulders healthy now so I can be ready to go in the future."

Milwaukee will host an NHL game for the first time in more than three decades when the Chicago Blackhawks face the Minnesota Wild at Fiserv Forum, the home of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks.

The Oct. 2 preseason matchup marks the first NHL game at Milwaukee since 1993.

The National Hockey League announced today the 2022-23 composite preseason schedule, a 15-day, 108-game slate played across 45 NHL and neutral-site venues in North America and Europe from Sept. 24 to Oct. 8.

The road to the 2023 Stanley Cup begins the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 24, when the 'Battle of Ontario' rivals Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs commence a split-squad, day-night doubleheader at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (1 and 7 p.m., ET).