The San Jose Sharks have re-signed goaltender Adin Hill to a two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

San Jose acquired Hill from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for netminder Josef Korenar and a swap of 2022 draft picks. Hill was a restricted free agent and filed for arbitration.

Hill, 26, had a .913 save percentage and a 2.74 goals-against average in 19 games last season. He's split time between the AHL and NHL over the past three campaigns but has appeared in 49 career games with the Coyotes, earning a .909 save percentage.

The Sharks bought out longtime starter Martin Jones in July and signed James Reimer to a two-year deal at the opening of free agency. Reimer and Hill are expected to share the crease for San Jose this coming season.

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The Ottawa Senators re-signed defenseman Victor Mete to a one-year contract worth $1.2 million, the team announced Wednesday.

Mete was among 17 players to file for arbitration last week, which is no longer necessary with the two sides reaching a deal.

The Senators claimed the 23-year-old off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens last season. He skated in 14 games with Ottawa, scoring one goal and adding one assist. Mete also notched three helpers in 14 contests with the Canadiens prior to joining the Senators.

"Victor was a really solid addition to our defense corps over the last month of the season last year," general manager Pierre Dorion said. "He's mobile, poised, and defensively aware. We're looking forward to seeing his progression in our lineup in 2021-22."

Mete has scored five goals and 31 assists across 199 career NHL games.

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The St. Louis Blues re-signed forward Zach Sanford to a one-year contract worth $2 million, the team announced Wednesday.

Sanford, who was a restricted free agent and avoided arbitration by striking the deal, will be an unrestricted free agent when it expires.

The 26-year-old recorded 10 goals and six assists in 52 games last season. Over the past three campaigns with the Blues, Sanford's totaled 36 goals and 35 assists in 183 games.

St. Louis has now signed all of its restricted free agents except for forward Robert Thomas.

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Winnipeg Jets forward Pierre-Luc Dubois is changing his jersey number to pay tribute to his late former teammate Matiss Kivlenieks, according to Winnipeg Sun's Scott Billeck.

Dubois is switching from No. 13 to 80 for the upcoming season.

Kivlenieks, who died at age 24 in a fireworks accident last month, wore No. 80 with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Latvian netminder had played in the team's system since 2017-18 and appeared in eight NHL games over the last two seasons.

Dubois also began his Blue Jackets tenure in 2017-18 and played with Columbus until January of this year, when the club traded him to Winnipeg. He wore No. 18 with the Blue Jackets.

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The Winnipeg Jets inked Logan Stanley to a two-year contract carrying an average annual value of $900,000.

Stanley was a restricted free agent.

The 23-year-old remains a key member of Winnipeg's defensive corps, even after the Jets acquired Brenden Dillon and Nate Schmidt in recent trades.

Stanley collected only four points while averaging 13:13 of ice time over 37 games as a rookie, but the 6-foot-7 rearguard's underlying numbers were more favorable. Winnipeg controlled 51.19% of the scoring chances with Stanley on the ice at five-on-five in 2021, according to Natural Stat Trick.

The Ontario-born blue-liner made his debut with the club after spending two campaigns with its AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. The Jets drafted Stanley 18th overall in 2016.

Defenseman Neal Pionk and forward Andrew Copp are Winnipeg's lone remaining NHL RFAs. Both players filed for salary arbitration Sunday.

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One of the most vocal figures in hockey will soon be back in front of the camera.

ESPN hired John Tortorella as a studio analyst for next season, reports The Athletic's Aaron Portzline.

Tortorella and the Columbus Blue Jackets parted ways in May. He served as the club's head coach for six seasons, helping the team make the playoffs in four of those campaigns. Columbus shockingly knocked out the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the 2018-19 postseason.

The two-time Jack Adams Award winner guided the Lightning to their first Stanley Cup championship in 2004. He also helmed the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks over a coaching career spanning nearly two decades.

ESPN already added Mark Messier, Chris Chelios, Rick DiPietro, Ray Ferraro, and Brian Boucher as analysts for 2021-22, when it'll regain U.S. broadcast rights along with TNT.

The network's NHL broadcasts will feature several female voices as well. A.J. Mleczko, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, and Hilary Knight will provide color, and Leah Hextall will do play-by-play. Hextall will also fulfill other roles.

Tortorella was well known for being incredibly outspoken during his coaching career, but he was also tight-lipped at times. The NHL fined him $25,000 last August after he abruptly walked out of a press conference following the Blue Jackets' postseason elimination. He was reportedly fined more than $160,000 throughout his coaching career, usually for comments criticizing officiating.

The 63-year-old previously worked as an in-studio broadcaster for TSN when he was between jobs in 2008.

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