Central Division: Offseason Additions and Subtractions

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Training camp is just a couple weeks away and most teams are finished adding to their rosters.

We are taking a look at each division and what moves each team has made. The Pacific division was posted yesterday, and today we are on the Central division.

* player – position – how acquired/left – team from/went to

Chicago Blackhawks

Additions

Philip Holm – Defenseman – Free Agent – Vegas
Zack Smith – Left Wing/Center – Trade – Ottawa
Alexander Nylander – Right Wing/Left Wing – Trade – Buffalo
Robin Lehner – Goaltender – Free Agent – NY Islanders
Ryan Carpenter – Center/Right Wing – Free Agent – Vegas
Andrew Shaw – Right Wing – Trade – Montreal
Aleksi Saarela – Left Wing/Center – Trade – Carolina
Calvin de Haan – Defenseman – Trade – Carolina
John Quenneville – Wing/Center – Trade – New Jersey
Olli Maatta – Defenseman – Trade – Pittsburgh
Anton Wedin – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent

Substractions

Beau Starrett – Center/Left Wing – Free Agent – Minors
Spencer Watson – Right Wing – Free Agent – Minors
Anthony Louis – Center/Left Wing – Free Agent – Minors
Chris Kunitz – Left Wing – Retired
Blake Hillman – Defenseman – Free Agent – Minors
Artem Anisimov – Center/Wing – Trade – Ottawa
Henri Jokiharju – Defenseman – Trade – Buffalo
Andreas Martinsen – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent – Anaheim
Marcus Kruger – Center/Wing – Free Agent – Europe
Brandon Davidson – Defenseman – Free Agent – Calgary
Tyler Sikura – Center – Free Agent – Minors
Luke Johnson – Center – Free Agent – Minnesota
Gustav Forsling – Defenseman – Trade – Carolina
Anton Forsberg – Goaltender – Trade – Carolina
John Hayden – Right Wing/Left Wing – Trade – New Jersey
Dominik Kahun – Wing/Center – Trade – Pittsburgh
Peter Holland – Center – Free Agent – Europe
Jordan Schroeder – Right Wing/Center – Free Agent – Europe

Colorado Avalanche

Additions

Valeri Nichushkin – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent – Dallas
Nazem Kadri – Center – Trade – Toronto
Calle Rosen – Defenseman – Trade – Toronto
Dan Renouf – Defenseman – Free Agent – Carolina
Jayson Megna – Center/Right Wing – Free Agent – Washington
T.J. Tynan – Center – Free Agent – Vegas
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Center – Free Agent – Vegas
Joonas Donskoi – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – San Jose
Jacob MacDonald – Defenseman – Trade – Florida
Andre Burakovsky – Left Wing/Right Wing – Trade – Washington
Kevin Connauton – Defenseman – Trade – Arizona

Substractions

Gabriel Bourque – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent – Winnipeg
Derick Brassard – Center/Wing – Free Agent – NY Islanders
Max McCormick – Left Wing – Free Agent – Carolina
Julien Nantel – Center – Free Agent – Minors
Sven Andrighetto – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Europe
Tyson Barrie – Defenseman – Trade – Toronto
Alexander Kerfoot – Wing/Center – Trade – Toronto
Semyon Varlamov – Goaltender – Free Agent – NY Islanders
Spencer Martin – Goaltender – Free Agent – Tampa Bay
Andrew Agozzino – Center/Left Wing – Free Agent – Pittsburgh
David Warsofsky – Defenseman – Free Agent – Pittsburgh
Patrik Nemeth – Defenseman – Free Agent – Detroit
Dominic Toninato – Center – Trade – Florida
Scott Kosmachuk – Right Wing – Trade – Washington
Carl Soderberg – Center – Trade – Arizona
Joe Cannata – Goaltender – Free Agent – Europe

Dallas Stars

Additions

Scottie Upshall – Left Wing – PTO
Tanner Kero – Center – Free Agent – Vancouver
Joe Pavelski – Center/Right Wing – Free Agent – San Jose
Andrej Sekera – Defenseman – Free Agent – Edmonton
Corey Perry – Right Wing – Free Agent – Anaheim
Joel Kiviranta – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent
Emil Djuse – Defenseman – Free Agent

Substractions

Chris Martenet – Defenseman – Free Agent – Minors
Valeri Nichushkin – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent – Colorado
Erik Condra – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Minors
Philippe Desrosiers – Goaltender – Free Agent – Florida
Brett Ritchie – Right Wing – Free Agent – Boston
Jason Spezza – Center/Wing – Free Agent – Toronto
Mats Zuccarello – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Minnesota
Ryan Hartman – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Minnesota
Tyler Pitlick – Right Wing – Trade – Philadelphia

Minnesota Wild

Additions

Gabriel Dumont – Center/Right Wing – Free Agent – Tampa Bay
Luke Johnson – Center – Free Agent – Chicago
Mats Zuccarello – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Dallas
Ryan Hartman – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Dallas
Fedor Gordeev – Defenseman – Trade – Toronto
Gerald Mayhew – Right Wing/Center – Free Agent

Substractions

Dante Salituro – Center – Free Agent – Minors
Gustav Bouramman – Defenseman – Trade – Florida
Pontus Aberg – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Toronto
Eric Fehr – Center/Right Wing – Free Agent – Europe
Michael Kapla – Defenseman – Free Agent – Minors
Anthony Bitetto – Defenseman – Free Agent – Winnipeg
Cal O’Reilly – Center – Free Agent – Minors
Nate Prosser – Defenseman – Free Agent – Philadelphia
Andrew Hammond – Goaltender – Free Agent – Buffalo

Nashville Predators

Additions

Daniel Carr – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent – Vegas
Matt Duchene – Center – Free Agent – Columbus
Jeremy Davies – Defenseman – Trade – New Jersey
Steven Santini – Defenseman – Trade – New Jersey
Connor Ingram – Goaltender – Trade – Tampa Bay
Mathieu Olivier – Right Wing – Free Agent
Josh Wilkins – Center – Free Agent
Brandon Fortunato – Defenseman – Free Agent
Lukas Craggs – Left Wing – Free Agent

Substractions

Cody McLeod – Left Wing – Free Agent – Minors
Tyler Gaudet – Center/Left Wing – Free Agent – Toronto
Phillip Di Giuseppe – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent – NY Rangers
Cole Schneider – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent – Minors
Justin Kirkland – Left Wing – Free Agent – Calgary
Tom McCollum – Goaltender – Free Agent – Minors
Wayne Simmonds – Right Wing – Free Agent – New Jersey
Adam Helewka – Left Wing – Trade – New Jersey
P.K. Subban – Defenseman – Trade – New Jersey

St. Louis Blues

Additions

Andreas Borgman – Defenseman – Trade – Toronto
Dakota Joshua – Center – Trade – Toronto
Jake Dotchin – Defenseman – Free Agent – Anaheim
Evan Polei – Left Wing – Free Agent
Nick Lappin – Right Wing – Free Agent – New Jersey
Derrick Pouliot – Defenseman – Free Agent – Vancouver
Mike Vecchione – Right Wing/Center – Free Agent – Philadelphia
Nathan Walker – Left Wing – Free Agent – Washington

Substractions

Adam Musil – Center – Free Agent – Europe
Jordan Schmaltz – Defenseman – Trade – Toronto
Michael Del Zotto – Defenseman – Free Agent – Anaheim
Jared Coreau – Goaltender – Free Agent – NY Islanders
Chris Butler – Defenseman – Retired
Jani Hakanpaa – Defenseman – Free Agent – Anaheim
Tyler Wotherspoon – Defenseman – Free Agent – Philadelphia
Nikita Soshnikov – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Europe
Jakub Jerabek – Defenseman – Free Agent – Europe

Winnipeg Jets

Additions

Gabriel Bourque – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent – Colorado
Mark Letestu – Center – Free Agent – Columbus
Anthony Bitetto – Defenseman – Free Agent – Minnesota
Neal Pionk – Defenseman – Trade – NY Rangers
Joona Luoto – Left Wing/Right Wing – Free Agent
Andrei Chibisov – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent

Substractions

Alex Broadhurst – Center – Free Agent – Minors
Marko Dano – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Columbus
Ken Appleby – Goaltender – Free Agent – Minors
Ben Chiarot – Defenseman – Free Agent – Montreal
Jimmy Oligny – Defenseman – Free Agent – Minors
Bogdan Kiselevich – Defenseman – Free Agent – Europe
Par Lindholm – Center/Left Wing – Free Agent – Boston
Tyler Myers – Defenseman – Free Agent – Vancouver
Brandon Tanev – Right Wing/Left Wing – Free Agent – Pittsburgh
Matt Hendricks – Left Wing/Center – Retired
Jacob Trouba – Defenseman – Trade – NY Rangers
Kevin Hayes – Center – Trade – Philadelphia

Roster moves originally from Sports Forecaster