The Kings have signed defenseman Damir Sharipzyanov to a three-year entry-level contract, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today.

The 19-year-old Sharipzyanov is a native of Nizhnekamsk, Russia who appeared in 66 regular-season games last season with Owen Sound (OHL) where he registered 34 points (9-25=34), a plus-13 rating and 59 penalty minutes. In five postseason games he posted three points (1-2=3), a plus-1 rating and six penalty minutes.

Sharipzyanov has appeared in 133 regular-season games in two seasons with Owen Sound totaling 50 points (14-36=50), a plus-15 rating and 124 penalty minutes. In 10 career postseason games he has registered four points (1-3=4) and six penalty minutes.

The Canadiens have hired Craig Ramsay as a coaching consultant, according to an ESPN.com report.

Ramsay spent last season as an assistant coach with the Oilers.

The Flames have signed defenseman Mark Giordano to a six-year contract.

The deal will pay Giordano $6.75 million per season, a source told ESPN's Pierre LeBrun. 

The Flames captain had 11 goals and 37 assists in 61 games last season before sustaining a season-ending injury on Feb. 25.

Veteran defenseman Christian Ehrhoff one of the few remaining impact players on the free agent market, has signed a one-year, $1.5M deal with the Kings, sources told ESPN on Sunday.

The 33-year-old unrestricted free agent played last season with the Penguins, but his season was cut short by injury and he appeared in only 49 games.

The Lightning have hired Brad Lauer as assistant coach today, vice president and GM Steve Yzerman announced.

“I’m really excited to join the coaching staff in Tampa Bay,” Lauer said. “It is an outstanding opportunity for me to join a great organization with top-notch ownership and management. They have a young, highly-skilled team and it is exciting as a coach to walk into a situation like that.”

Lauer has spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach with the Ducks.  He helped Anaheim to a 51-24-7 record and 109 points last season, tied for the most in the NHL’s Western Conference.  

The Maple Leafs announced Friday that the club has hired Jacques Lemaire as a special assignment coach. Lemaire spent the past six seasons with the Devils organization as a head coach (2009-10, 2010-11) and most recently as a special assignment coach.

Lemaire, 69, has coached more than 1,200 games between Montreal, New Jersey and Minnesota. He is an 11-time Stanley Cup champion – winning eight times as a player, twice as an assistant GM and once as a head coach. Lemaire is a two-time winner of the Jack Adams Trophy as the NHL’s coach of the year and also won an Olympic gold medal with Team Canada while serving as an assistant with head coach Mike Babcock.

“Obviously Jacques Lemaire has a wealth of experience. We had a great relationship from the 2010 Olympics and I’ve asked him to join our staff to help me and the rest of our coaches within the entire organization be the best they can be,” said Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock.

As a player, Lemaire spent his entire NHL career with the Canadiens. He’s a former two-time NHL all-star and one of only six NHL players to have scored two Stanley Cup winning goals. Lemaire was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984. 

The Ducks announced today that the club has signed left wing Carl Hagelin to a four-year contract through the 2018-19 NHL season.

Hagelin, 26, was acquired from the Rangers with second-round (59th overall) and sixth-round (179th overall) selections in the 2015 NHL Draft in exchange for left wing Emerson Etem and a second-round (41st overall) pick in the 2015 NHL Draft. Hagelin collected 58-72=130 points and 132 penalty minutes in 266 career NHL games with the Rangers. Hagelin also made four consecutive trips to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, recording 12-14=26 points with 39 PIM in 73 games.
 
Selected by the Rangers in the sixth round (168th overall) of the 2007 NHL Draft, Hagelin was one of three Rangers to appear in all 82 games last season. With 17-18=35 points and a +18 rating, Hagelin tied for third among team leaders in game-winning goals (4), tied for second in even-strength goals (16) and second in shots on goal (185). The winger set career highs in games and shots, and matched a career best in goals in 2014-15.

The Devils have signed first-round draft pick Pavel Zacha to a three-year, $2.78 million entry-level contract.

Devils executive vice president and GM Ray Shero announced the signing on Tuesday, saying that the forward will have an average annual salary of $925,000.

Had Zacha not signed by Saturday, the 18-year-old would not have been allowed to play in the NHL this season.

The Kings have signed forward Joel Lowry to a two-year entry-level contract, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today.

The 23-year-old Lowry appeared in 11 games during his senior season at Cornell (NCAA) where he registered eight points (4-4=8) before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

A fifth-round (140th overall) selection of the Kings at the 2011 NHL Draft, Lowry has appeared in 111 games in his four seasons at Cornell totaling 77 points (and 155 penalty minutes.

Jakob Silfverberg agreed to a four-year, $15 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.

Silfverberg was a restricted free agent after he set career highs with 13 goals and 26 assists last season, playing frequently on the second line for the Pacific Division champions. The 24-year-old Swedish Olympian broke out in the postseason with four goals and 14 assists in 16 games as Anaheim fell one victory short of the Stanley Cup finals.