The Buffalo Sabres can finally prepare for the start of the season after signing Sam Reinhart to a two-year, $7.3 million contract on Wednesday.

Reinhart was a restricted free agent, and the team's lone offseason holdout before reaching the deal after missing the first five days of training camp and two preseason games.

Blake Wheeler has agreed to a five-year, $41.25 million extension with the Winnipeg Jets.

The deal has an average annual value of $8.25 million. 

Wheeler, a 10-year NHL veteran, is coming off a career year. He led the Jets with 91 points (23 goals, 68 assists) and he tied Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers for the NHL lead in assists.

The Calgary Flames have signed Noah Hanifin to a six-year, $29.7 million contract.

Hanifin had 10 goals and 22 assists in 79 games for the Carolina Hurricanes last season.

Hanifin had 18 goals and 65 assists in 239 games in three seasons with Carolina.