The Capitals got captain Alex Ovechkin under contract for five more years at $47.5M . ... The Blues agreed to terms with winger Pavel Buchnevich . ... Vancouver put Braden Holtby and San Jose put Martin Jones on unconditional waivers to buy out the goalies’ contracts. ... Edmonton began the buyout process with winger James Neal. ... Veteran defenseman Keith Yandle is signing a $900,000, one-year deal with the Flyers.

... Columbus will keep winger Patrik Laine after he accepted a $7.5M qualifying offer . ... Montreal kept Joel Armia by signing him to a $13.6M four-year deal.