NHL Player News

Annunen will tend the road twine in Sunday's preseason game versus the Hurricanes, per Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site.

Annunen will get into his third exhibition contest Sunday -- he has allowed a total of two goals on 26 shots in preseason action. The 25-year-old figures to have the No. 2 netminding gig locked up behind Juuse Saros for the 2025-26 campaign. Annunen went 15-15-1 with a 3.18 GAA and an .883 save percentage over 34 regular-season appearances between Colorado and Nashville last season.

Primeau will start Sunday's preseason game at home against the Predators, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports.

Primeau started the Hurricanes' preseason opener against the Lightning on Monday and turned aside 18 of 20 shots while playing the whole game. He'll have another chance to start Sunday, but it wouldn't be surprising to see him head to the minors ahead of the regular season.

Gustavsson will defend the home crease in Sunday's preseason game against Chicago, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

Gustavsson will make his first start of the preseason with a week and a half remaining before Minnesota's Opening Night matchup against the Blues on Oct. 9. The 27-year-old made a career-high 58 regular-season appearances last year and went 31-19-6 with a 2.56 GAA and a .914 GAA. Once the 2025-26 regular season gets underway, Gustavsson is in line to serve as the Wild's No. 1 netminder once again.

Nedeljkovic missed practice Sunday due to a personal matter, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Nedeljkovic figures to battle for starts this season with Yaroslav Askarov, though Askarov probably has the inside track in the fight for the No. 1 gig. The 29-year-old Nedeljkovic had a 14-15-5 record, 3.12 GAA and .894 save percentage in 38 outings with Pittsburgh in 2024-25.

Fanti shifted to waivers Sunday to be assigned to AHL Syracuse.

Fanti spent most of the 2024-25 campaign with ECHL Orlando, posting a record of 18-13-5 with a 2.71 GAA and a .907 save percentage in 37 regular-season appearances. Assuming he clears waivers, he could see more action in the AHL this season with Tampa Bay's top minor-league affiliate.

Stolarz signed a four-year, $15 million contract extension with Toronto on Sunday, according to Chris Johnston of The Athletic.

Stolarz will carry a cap hit of $2.5 million for the 2025-26 campaign before getting a bump to $3.75 million through 2029-30. The 31-year-old netminder posted a 21-8-3 record with four shutouts, a 2.14 GAA and a .926 save percentage across 34 regular-season appearances in 2024-25. With Joseph Woll (personal) away from the team for an indefinite period of time, Stolarz could get plenty of action out of the gate this year.

Dallas released Bibeau on Sunday from his professional tryout agreement.

Bibeau posted a 20-13-0 record with a 2.60 GAA and a .905 save percentage across 35 regular-season appearances for KooKoo of Finland's Liiga in 2024-25. After being cut from Dallas' training camp, the 31-year-old netminder could be an option for AHL Texas, or he might return to Europe for the 2025-26 campaign.

Miftakhov has been assigned to AHL Chicago on Sunday, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports.

Miftakhov is back in North America on a one-year, two-way contract with the Hurricanes after spending the past three years in the KHL. The 25-year-old seems to be the fourth-string goaltender on the organization's depth chart, so he will likely spend the vast majority of the season with Chicago. He posted a 13-11-3 record, 2.18 GAA and .927 save percentage in 30 regular-season games with Ak Bars Kazan last year.

Commesso will defend the road net in Sunday's preseason game against Minnesota, per Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Commesso posted a record of 18-15-4 with four shutouts, a 2.54 GAA and a .911 save percentage in 39 appearances for AHL Rockford during the 2024-25 regular season. He will probably spend most, if not all, of this campaign in the minors.

Mandolese was released from his professional tryout and assigned to AHL Laval on Saturday.

Mandolese is one of four goalies going to Laval's camp, so it's possible he may end up playing somewhere else in 2025-26. The 25-year-old has not played at the NHL level since the 2022-23 campaign.