Brian Campbell News

The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Richard Panik to a one-year, two-way contract Friday, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced.

Chicago-born actress and comedian Nora Dunn, one of the few alums of TV's "Saturday Night Live" based in the Chicago area, has sold her two-bedroom vintage condominium unit in Ukrainian Village for $258,500 and paid $185,000 for a condo in Evanston.

After the opening salvo of free agent signings on Tuesday, rookie Flyers GM Ron Hextall stood before the Philadelphia media and explained why his team sat idle, aside from re-signing backup goaltender Ray Emery.

There's an interesting debate over whether or not general managers get themselves in trouble by spending money during the opening of free agency.

The Florida Panthers added another veteran with Stanley Cup pedigree on Tuesday afternoon, agreeing to terms with ex-Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell on a two-year, $8.5 million deal .

The Florida Panthers had money to spend in free agency, and loaded up, bringing in four forwards, one defenceman and a goaltender on the first day of free agency.

Jun 27, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Sam Reinhart poses for a photo with team officials after being selected as the number two overall pick to the Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the 2014 NHL Draft at Wells Fargo Center.

Today General Manager Dale Tallon announced that the team has decided to buyout the remainder of Captain Ed Jovanovski's contract.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers may have more in common than you might think.

The 2014 draft is less than a week away and the Florida Panthers have a lot to think about in the coming days.

On Wednesday, we talked about the out-of-completely-nowhere idea that the Flyers might try and wow the home crowd next Friday night by moving up for the number one overall pick, making what would surely be a blockbuster trade with the Florida Panthers in order to draft top defensive prospect Aaron Ekblad.

Florida Panthers defenceman Dmitry Kulikov clashes with Buffalo Sabres forward Ville Leino in front of the Florida net during a National Hockey League game at Sunrise, Fla., on March 7, 2014.

With the NHL Draft coming up on June 27 and free agency opening on July 1, discussions between NHL general managers are already heating up towards a busy off-season.

Campbell, 35, has two years remaining on the massive eight-year, $57 million deal signed with Chicago in 2008.

The compliance buyout period started this morning at 12:01 a.m., giving teams one last opportunity to buyout players without the cap hit counting against them.