Jake Evans is on the mend.

The Montreal Canadiens draft pick was released from hospital Friday night and is undergoing treatment Saturday while following the team's concussion protocol, the club announced.

Evans was removed from Friday night's rookie tournament game against the Ottawa Senators on a stretcher in the third period after absorbing a high, heavy hit as he entered the offensive zone.

He lay motionless on his back before being attended to and taken off the ice by the Canadiens' medical staff.

The 22-year-old forward played four seasons at Notre Dame after Montreal selected him 207th overall in 2014.

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If Kevin Bieksa finds a new home for the upcoming season, it will reportedly be close to where his family resides in California.

The veteran defenseman has entertained a few offers this summer, but is looking for a perfect fit, as his family will be staying in the Golden State regardless of where he ends up and he wants to be relatively close to them, according to Sportsnet's Dan Murphy.

Bieksa became an unrestricted free agent after spending three seasons with the Anaheim Ducks.

The 37-year-old was limited to 59 regular-season games and one playoff contest in 2017-18, logging third-pairing minutes while chipping in eight points before making his lone postseason appearance of the campaign.

He signed a two-year, $8-million deal with the Ducks on July 1, 2015.

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The group hoping to bring an NHL team to Seattle has made further progress.

Oak View Group and Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan announced three new agreements relating to the prospective team's arena deal and revealed several new investors in the potential franchise Wednesday.

A development agreement for the new arena, a long-term lease agreement, and an integration agreement were transmitted by the mayor and introduced to the Seattle City Council for consideration.

The group has already received approval from the city to redevelop KeyArena, the home of the WNBA's Seattle Storm and former home of the NBA's SuperSonics.

Related: Seattle hockey CEO says prospective franchise will make NHL pitch this fall

The new investors are David and Jeff Wright (whose family owns the Space Needle and other local landmarks), Seattle Sounders majority owner Adrian Hanauer, Christoper and Ted Ackerley (sons of former Sonics owner Barry Ackerley), Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy, and Jay Deutsch, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based premium merchandise agency BDA.

David Wright will serve as vice chairman of Seattle Hockey Partners, the formal name of the alliance that includes Oak View Group and all of its investors in the Seattle NHL effort.

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The group hoping to bring an NHL team to Seattle has made further progress.

Oak View Group and Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan announced three new agreements relating to the prospective team's arena deal and revealed several new investors in the potential franchise Wednesday.

A development agreement for the new arena, a long-term lease agreement, and an integration agreement were transmitted by the mayor and introduced to the Seattle City Council for consideration.

The group has already received approval from the city to redevelop KeyArena, the home of the WNBA's Seattle Storm and former home of the NBA's SuperSonics.

Related: Seattle hockey CEO says prospective franchise will make NHL pitch this fall

The new investors are David and Jeff Wright (whose family owns the Space Needle and other local landmarks), Seattle Sounders majority owner Adrian Hanauer, Christoper and Ted Ackerley (sons of former Sonics owner Barry Ackerley), Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy, and Jay Deutsch, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based premium merchandise agency BDA.

David Wright will serve as vice chairman of Seattle Hockey Partners, the formal name of the alliance that includes Oak View Group and all of its investors in the Seattle NHL effort.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs will apparently not have a captain to begin the 2018-19 campaign.

"Not from the outset, I don't think," Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas told TSN's Bob McKenzie in an interview posted Wednesday.

"I want to get into a day to day with these people and see who's best suited to handle that, if we do determine that we need somebody to handle that (and) if we feel we have a void in leadership because we don't have a formal captain, then I think it's something we can address," he said.

The GM added that in studying teams, he found it's best to be patient with naming a captain, rather than rushing a decision and having to correct it.

Auston Matthews recently said he'd be ready to wear the 'C' if called upon but also acknowledged new teammate John Tavares' experience in the role with the New York Islanders.

The Leafs haven't had a captain since Dion Phaneuf was traded to the Ottawa Senators in February 2016.

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Max Pacioretty appears to have set a deadline on his contract negotiations.

The Montreal Canadiens forward will hold off all talks about a new deal once the regular season begins, sources told Sportsnet's Eric Engels on Wednesday.

Pacioretty, who is a pending unrestricted free agent, will abstain from negotiations not just with the Canadiens, but any other team, a source close to the player's camp told Engels, presumably taking into account the possibility of a trade.

He's entering the final campaign of the six-year, $27-million pact he inked with Montreal in 2012.

The Canadiens reportedly came close to trading Pacioretty at the draft, and general manager Marc Bergevin reportedly told the winger in July that the club would not negotiate an extension with him and was attempting to deal him as soon as possible.

Last week, Pacioretty told reporters at his charity golf tournament that there were no extension talks taking place with the Canadiens at the time.

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Cody Franson became the latest former NHLer to land at Avangard Omsk on Wednesday.

The defenseman agreed to a two-year contract with the KHL club, the league announced.

Franson split last season between the Chicago Blackhawks and their AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, contributing seven points in 23 NHL games and racking up 28 points in 37 AHL regular-season contests.

He added six goals and 13 points in 13 playoff games for the IceHogs in the spring, helping them reach the Western Conference Final.

The 31-year-old played for the Blackhawks, Sabres, Predators, and Maple Leafs over parts of the last nine seasons.

He joins forward Kris Versteeg and defenseman Alexei Emelin, who signed deals of their own with Avangard within the last week. The team also includes former NHL forwards David Desharnais and Max Talbot.

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The Calgary Flames will give a journeyman goaltender a chance to make the team out of training camp.

Jeff Glass is going to suit up for the Flames on a professional tryout contract, the netminder confirmed on the "Bosco Podcast" on Monday.

The 32-year-old split last season between the AHL's Rockford IceHogs and their parent club, the Chicago Blackhawks, posting a .904 save percentage in 28 AHL games and a mark of .898 in 15 NHL appearances.

Glass played for the IceHogs and the Toronto Marlies in 2016-17 after spending seven seasons with six different teams in the KHL. Before his tenure in Russia, he played parts of four campaigns in the AHL and also appeared in 39 ECHL contests.

He was a third-round pick of the Ottawa Senators in 2004.

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It's been all quiet on the Jordan Eberle contract extension front.

The New York Islanders forward says he has yet to begin discussing a potential new deal with the club.

"I haven't had any conversations with anybody," Eberle told NHL.com's Brian Compton on Tuesday. "Going into the summer, I was trying to focus on me and being the best I can be, and come into the camp the best I can be. Once that happens, you start trying to fill a role and try to make this team as good as it can be."

Eberle is entering the final season of the six-year, $36-million deal he signed in the summer of 2012, and as a result, could have started negotiating an extension July 1.

He notched 25 goals and 59 points in his first season with the Islanders after being traded by the Edmonton Oilers for forward Ryan Strome last summer.

The Islanders' eventful offseason was punctuated by John Tavares leaving for the Toronto Maple Leafs on the first day of free agency, but it also included Garth Snow being dismissed from his GM role, Lou Lamoriello taking it over in addition to president of hockey operations duties, Doug Weight being fired from the head coaching position, and Barry Trotz being named his replacement.

Eberle isn't the only pending UFA forward on the club, as Anders Lee and Brock Nelson are among the other players up front that the club will need to negotiate with lest they hit the open market next July.

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Vic Hadfield will be the 10th player to have his number retired by the New York Rangers.

Hadfield's No. 11 will be raised to the rafters in an on-ice ceremony before a game against the Winnipeg Jets on Dec. 2, the Rangers announced on Tuesday.

The former forward played parts of 13 seasons with the Rangers from 1961-62 to 1973-74, ranking fifth in franchise history in career goals (262), 10th in assists (310), and ninth in points (572).

He was a two-time All-Star and the first Ranger to score 50 goals in a season, accomplishing the feat in 1971-72, which was also when his three-season stretch as the Rangers' captain began.

He finished his career playing three campaigns with the Pittsburgh Penguins after a trade following the 1973-74 season.

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