Off To Switzerland: After veteran winger Jeff Skinner<\/a> terminated his deal with the Sharks late last season, it was a surprise that he didn\u2019t land somewhere else.\u00a0 Accordingly, it made it that it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise if an NHL offer didn\u2019t materialize this summer.\u00a0 That is indeed the case but instead of hanging up his skates, the 34-year-old has signed<\/a> a one-year deal with ECH Biel-Bienne in Switzerland.\u00a0 Skinner has picked up 379 goals and 333 assists in 1,110 games over parts of 16 NHL seasons and at this point, it\u2019s hard to see him adding to those numbers.\u00a0 He will still be receiving an NHL paycheck, however, as Buffalo will be paying him for the next four years as part of his buyout two summers ago.\u00a0 He\u2019s set to earn just over $2.44MM per season over that stretch.<\/p>\n A Near-Reunion: It took a while for winger Anthony Mantha<\/a>\u2019s market to materialize this summer as he waited a couple of weeks before agreeing to a two-year, $9.5MM deal with New Jersey.\u00a0 It appears there was an agreement with Detroit beforehand, however, though it ultimately got scuttled<\/a> while waiting for final approval.\u00a0 The Red Wings have lost more firepower than they\u2019ve brought in this summer, headlined by the departure of Patrick Kane<\/a> who is now back in Chicago.\u00a0 For a team with playoff aspirations and hoping to get Dylan Larkin<\/a> to change his mind about his trade request, whoever takes over as GM is going to have an uphill battle to climb.\u00a0 That hill might have been slightly less steep had they been able to bring Mantha back.<\/p>\n More Questions On Demko\u2019s Health: Thatcher Demko<\/a> has been injured much more than he has been healthy the last couple of years.\u00a0 After undergoing surgery last season, the hope was that he\u2019d be ready for training camp.\u00a0 However, things are looking a little murkier<\/a> on that front now.\u00a0 While the veteran netminder has been skating, there are questions about his potential readiness to participate in training camp next month.\u00a0 Given that the Canucks are firmly rebuilding and Demko\u2019s injury history, the likely outcome here is that they will ere on the side of caution and hold him out of camp if he hasn\u2019t been completely cleared to return by then.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images via Reuters Connect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the flow of transactions has certainly slowed down as we\u2019ve reached the slow part of the summer,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99,6236],"class_list":["post-816361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-week-in-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/brad-marchand-panthers-200x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Surgery For Marchand: The Panthers might be without a key veteran when the regular season starts next month.\u00a0 Winger Brad Marchand<\/a> revealed that he recently underwent<\/a> surgery; specifics weren\u2019t provided but he was dealing with a hip and sports hernia issue last season so speculatively, it relates to that problem.\u00a0 Marchand was one of Florida\u2019s top offensive producers last season, tallying 27 goals and 27 assists in just 52 games for his first season over a point per game in four years.\u00a0 The Panthers are basically capped out heading into the season so, barring further injuries, their options are limited if Marchand isn\u2019t ready to play.\u00a0 They can put him on LTIR (as long as he misses at least 10 games and 24 days) or carry a smaller active roster to keep cap-compliant.<\/p>\n