The St. Louis Blues have signed netminder Jordan Binnington to a two-year contract worth $8.8 million, the team announced on Saturday.

The 26-year-old was a restricted free agent and scheduled for an arbitration hearing on July 20. With an average annual value of $4.4 million, his new contract makes him the team's highest-paid netminder.

Binnington enjoyed one of the best rookie campaigns from a goalie in NHL history during the 2018-19 season. The Ontario native joined the struggling Blues on Dec. 16 and posted a 24-5-1 regular-season record with a 1.89 goals against average and a .927 save percentage, lifting the club from last place in the NHL to the third seed in the Central Division.

In the playoffs, Binnington went 16-10 with a 2.46 goals against average and a .914 save percentage, guiding the Blues to the first championship in franchise history. He also became the first rookie goalie to register 16 wins in a single postseason.

"I'm happy to get this deal done with the St. Louis Blues," Binnington said. "To the city of St. Louis, thank you for welcoming me in and trusting me to do me. I'm excited and motivated to keep doing my job and keep bringing success to the St. Louis Blues organization."

Binnington was nominated for the 2019 Calder Memorial Trophy and named to the NHL All-Rookie Team.

The Blues hold $7.12 million in projected cap space, with restricted free-agent forwards Ivan Barbashev and Oskar Sundqvist and defenseman Joel Edmundson in need of new deals, according to CapFriendly.

St. Louis selected Binnington with the 88th pick in the 2011 NHL Draft.

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The Philadelphia Flyers and forward Scott Laughton agreed to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of $2.3 million, the team announced Friday.

Laughton was a restricted free agent and had an arbitration hearing scheduled for July 30.

The 25-year-old tallied career highs in goals (12) and points (32) while finishing third on the Flyers with 146 hits in 82 contests last season. He also played a major role on the penalty kill, logging the second-most shorthanded ice time per game among forwards.

Laughton was selected by Philadelphia with the 20th overall pick in the 2012 draft and has recorded 79 points in 272 career games.

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The St. Louis Blues are bringing forward Robby Fabbri back on a one-year contract worth $900,000, the club announced Friday.

Fabbri, who was a restricted free agent, has been plagued by injuries over the last two seasons. He returned in 2018-19 after a pair of knee surgeries and separated his shoulder in December.

The 23-year-old collected six points in 32 regular-season contests for the Blues this past campaign before scoring one goal in 10 playoff games en route to the Stanley Cup championship.

Fabbri racked up 15 points across 20 postseason contests as a rookie in 2016.

He's spent all three of his NHL seasons with St. Louis, which drafted him 21st overall in 2014.

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The Columbus Blue Jackets are among a list of several teams that have spoken to Mitch Marner's agent Darren Ferris about a possible offer sheet, according to The Athletic's Aaron Portzline.

However, the meeting doesn't necessarily mean an offer will come to fruition. Portzline sees no indication that Marner wants to leave Toronto, and the Jackets are convinced the Maple Leafs would match any offer sheet, perhaps by trading fellow young forward William Nylander, he added.

Nylander inked a six-year, $45-million contract on Dec. 1, 2018 with the Leafs after a well-documented holdout. He struggled after rejoining the team, tallying 27 points in 54 games.

Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas said previously it's not a foregone conclusion he'd match any offer sheet for Marner.

The Maple Leafs have $3.8 million in projected cap space, according to CapFriendly, but that'll increase by $5.3 million when Nathan Horton is placed on long-term injured reserve. They could add slightly more cap space by optioning players to the minors, as they currently have 23 on their roster.

Regardless, the Maple Leafs would be hard-pressed to match an offer sheet exceeding $10.6 million. The Blue Jackets have the required draft pick capital to submit an offer sheet with a cap hit either below $1,395,053 or above $10,568,589. An offer sheet with a cap hit exceeding the latter would cause the club to forfeit four of its next five first-round picks.

The Blue Jackets have a projected $15.8 million in cap space but have some internal housekeeping to take care of; fellow RFA Zach Werenski remains without a contract, while Pierre-Luc Dubois and Josh Anderson are also due for raises next summer.

Marner would undoubtedly reinvigorate a fan base that just watched Artemi Panarin, Matt Duchene, and Sergei Bobrovsky walk as free agents on July 1. The 22-year-old winger tallied a career-high 94 points for the Leafs in 2018-19.

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The Dallas Stars are trying to trade defenseman Julius Honka, reports Matthew DeFranks of the Dallas Morning News.

The club's former top prospect was chosen 14th overall by Dallas in the 2014 draft. As a right-handed, mobile blue-liner with offensive instincts, Honka has many qualities teams covet, but it appears he's fallen out of favor with the Stars.

In 87 career NHL games, the 23-year-old has yet to leave his mark, tallying just 13 points. He was scratched for the final 35 games of the 2018-19 regular season and didn't appear in the playoffs. He would have to pass through waivers to be sent to the minors.

Honka has been productive in the AHL, tallying 108 points in 201 career games with the Texas Stars.

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