The Nashville Predators announced Friday morning that defenseman Jake Livingstone and forward Kieffer Bellows have been recalled from the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals.

Kevin Lankinen debuted in the NHL for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2020-21 and was the starter as a 25-year-old rookie. He had a solid season and played one more season for the Blackhawks after that. Now Chicago's former goalie has signed a five-year, $4.5 million AAV contract with the Vancouver Canucks.

On Friday morning, the Vancouver Canucks announced that they had signed goaltender Kevin Lankinen to a five-year extension worth $22.5 million. The new contract will keep the Finnish goaltender in Vancouver until 2030 and will carry an AAV of $4.5 million. As for his age, Lankinen will be 30 when the contract kicks in and 35 when it concludes.

Three years into an eight-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks, Seth Jones is willing to consider moving on to a contender.

The Buffalo Sabres currently sport a 22-27-5 record and are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. With this, it is possible that they could end up trading some of their pending unrestricted free agents before the NHL Trade Deadline passes. 

Now that the NHL's 4-Nations Face-Off has come to an end, it is time to redirect our attention to the NHL regular season and soon the Trade Deadline.

Vegas Golden Knights' Mark Stone, Shea Theodore and Adin Hill received gold medals with Canada after beating the USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off finals.

Buffalo Sabres forward Dylan Cozens has been the subject of trade rumors for much of this season. Questions surrounding his future in Buffalo should only keep coming up as we continue to get closer to the 2025 NHL trade deadline.

As we get nearer to the March 7 trade deadline, there will be a lot of chatter about pending unrestricted free agents. There’s already been a lot said and written about Jake Evans, Joel Armia, and David Savard. Very little has been written about Christian Dvorak, however.

Evan Berofsky's fantasy hockey waiver wire pickups this week include Jeff Skinner, whose work with Leon Draisaitl as his center the last two matchups resulted in a goal, two assists and four shots.