The San Jose Sharks re-signed defenseman Dylan DeMelo to a one-year contact worth $900,000, according to TVA Sports' Renaud Lavoie.

DeMelo was previously non-tendered by the Sharks, which granted him unrestricted status and freed him to sign with any team.

The 25-year-old suited up for 63 games with the Sharks this past season, collecting 20 assists while failing to score a goal. He'll likely compete for ice time with Tim Heed on the team's third defensive pairing.

Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Golden Knights locked up a key member of their core Saturday.

Vegas signed defenseman Colin Miller to a four-year contract extension with an average annual value of $3.875 million, the team announced.

The contract includes a modified no-trade clause in the final two years, according to Cap Friendly.

Miller was a restricted free agent and had filed for salary arbitration before signing the new deal.

The 25-year-old was one of many Golden Knights to flourish with an expanded role this past season, scoring 10 goals and collecting 41 points - both of which led the team's blue line.

Miller spent the previous two years of his career with the Boston Bruins, who were overloaded on the right side of their blue line with Brandon Carlo, Adam McQuaid, Kevan Miller, and now Charlie McAvoy. With the Bruins, he totaled just 29 points in 103 games with an average time on ice of 15:48.

Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The St. Louis Blues have avoided arbitration with 25-year-old forward Dmitrij Jaskin.

Jaskin signed a one-year, one-way deal worth $1.1 million to remain with the Blues, the team announced Saturday. St. Louis' 2011 second-rounder is getting a minor earnings bump, as his most recent contract paid him $1 million per season.

The Omsk, Russia, native put up 17 points in 76 games this past season, just shy of his career-high 18 from 2014-15. Since breaking into the NHL in 2013, the 6-foot-2, 216-pounder has been used almost exclusively at even strength.

Meanwhile, three of the Blues' restricted free agents - forwards Jordan Schmaltz and Petteri Lindbohm, as well as defenseman Joel Edmundson (who has arbitration rights) - are still unsigned.

Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Detroit Red Wings locked up prized prospect and 2018 sixth overall pick Filip Zadina to a three-year, entry-level contract, the club announced Saturday.

Detroit was declared an early winner of the draft by many pundits for nabbing Zadina after he surprisingly fell out of the top five, and it didn't take long for him to prove he was a worthy selection, as he repeatedly dazzled at the team's development camp:

Zadina entered the draft as the third-ranked North American skater after recording 82 points in 57 games with the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL, and adding eight points in seven contests for the Czech Republic at the world juniors.

Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Lou Lamoriello insists this time will be different.

Having digested the blow of John Tavares jetting to the Toronto Maple Leafs via free agency, Lamoriello told Postmedia's Michael Traikos that the New York Islanders do not intend on living in the NHL's basement like his former club did a few years ago.

When Lamoriello and Leafs coach Mike Babcock joined forces in Toronto back in May 2015, they were blunt about the team's bleak short-term prospects, with Babcock famously warning fans about imminent "pain." You won't be hearing anything similar from Lamoriello or new Islanders coach Barry Trotz anytime soon, the general manager said Friday.

“There’s always pain when you miss the playoffs so many years in a row," Lamoriello said, referring to the old Leafs. "But I think where the Islanders are today are more progressed than where Toronto was at the given time. It's different.

“In saying that, we have to see. But no, I do not think it will end up the way the first year it ended up in Toronto. Mike (Babcock) and I went through (pain) for one full year in Toronto. I want to jumpstart that.”

Despite the Tavares setback, there is apparently no time like the present for the Mat Barzal-led Islanders. The club's transactions in the hours and days immediately following Tavares' decision, while criticized by some as knee-jerk reactions, certainly back up Lamoriello's "jumpstart" mindset.

The 75-year-old Lamoriello inked pest Leo Komarov to a four-year contract, signed veteran Valtteri Filppula to a one-year pact, picked up winger Tom Kuhnhackl on a one-year deal, traded for fighter Matt Martin (who has two years remaining on his contract), and brought in goalie Robin Lehner for a single season.

“You don’t look back," Lamoriello added. "You don’t complain. You just go forward.”

Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Colorado Avalanche signed forward Matt Nieto to a two-year contract, the team announced Friday. The deal is reportedly worth $1.975 million per season, Mike Chambers of the Denver Post reports.

Nieto was a restricted free agent and was one of 44 players to file for arbitration Thursday, but that will obviously no longer be necessary as he and the Avs were able to work out a deal.

The 25-year-old left-winger scored a career-high 15 goals with Colorado last season, good for sixth on the team.

Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Police have made an arrest in the investigation of the fatal bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos' team bus and a semi-trailer back in April, the Saskatchewan RCMP confirmed to The Canadian Press on Friday.

The RCMP say charges have been laid and an arrest was made Friday morning.

The Mounties have scheduled a press conference for Friday afternoon, where they will provide further details, including the name of the accused and the charges.

Sixteen people died as a result of the crash, and 13 people were injured.

Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.