{"id":30749,"date":"2025-07-29T01:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/30749\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T01:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:54:07","slug":"east-notes-dadonov-gritsyuk-hagens-peddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/30749\/","title":{"rendered":"East Notes: Dadonov, Gritsyuk, Hagens, Peddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the more under-the-radar signings on the opening day of unrestricted free agency this month was the Devils signing winger Evgenii Dadonov<\/a> to a one-year, $1MM contract that also contains $2.25MM in games played and playoff bonuses.\u00a0 He told Sports.ru\u2019s Dmitry Shevchenko<\/a> that he had two or three other similar offers on the table in terms of money and bonus-laden structure while not giving much consideration to the offers made for him to return home to the KHL.\u00a0 Dadonov is coming off a 20-goal, 20-assist season in Dallas but saw his role reduced in the playoffs which likely didn\u2019t help his cause on the open market this month.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the East:<\/p>\n

Still with the Devils, prospect winger Arseni Gritsyuk<\/a> acknowledged to Alexey Shevchenko of Sport-Express<\/a> that he has a European Assignment Clause in his deal. It will kick in if he\u2019s not on New Jersey\u2019s roster by November 15th.\u00a0 The 24-year-old had a strong showing with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL last season, notching 17 goals and 27 assists in 49 games, helping earn him a one-year, entry-level pact back in May.\u00a0 It appears Gritsyuk is open to starting the season with AHL Utica but only for a short period of time.
\nWhile the Bruins could probably use James Hagens<\/a> in their lineup for the upcoming season, Boston.com\u2019s Conor Ryan suggests<\/a> that the best thing for their new top prospect would be to stay in college for another year. Hagens was a point-per-game player in 37 games for Boston College last season, an impressive performance as an underager, leading some to think he could be ready to make the jump.\u00a0 But rather than throw him into the mix in what could be another retooling season, Hagens might be better off being the undisputed top player for the Eagles (following the departures of Ryan Leonard<\/a> and Gabe Perreault<\/a>) for next season, then getting a few games in with Boston once his college campaign comes to an end.
\nPenguins prospect Brady Peddle<\/a> has decided to head to major junior as QMJHL Charlottetown announced<\/a> that they\u2019ve signed the blueliner for the upcoming season. The 18-year-old was a third-round pick last month, going 91st overall after spending last year with USHL Waterloo where he had 10 points in 62 regular season games and 10 more in 15 playoff outings.\u00a0 Peddle is committed to Michigan State for 2026-27 and that appears to remain the intention so his junior stint is expected to just be for 2025-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the more under-the-radar signings on the opening day of unrestricted free agency this month was the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[23868,740,23869,49,48,23870,21200,8030,749,448,753,23871,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-30749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-arseni-gritsyuk","9":"tag-boston-bruins","10":"tag-brady-peddle","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-evgenii-dadonov","14":"tag-james-hagens","15":"tag-khl","16":"tag-new-jersey-devils","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","19":"tag-qmjhl","20":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}