NHL Briefs GMs BUSY ASIDE FROM DRAFTING

chicago» The draft delivered a handful of new prospects to every NHL team, but the 217 picks weren’t the only major goings-on in Chicago this weekend.

Some of the other key takeaways: • Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman was busy altering his roster. Departed are scorer Artemi Panarin, defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson and left winger Tyler Motte; coming to Chicago are left winger Brandon Saad (for a second stint), goalie Anton Forsberg and defenseman Connor Murphy. • The Rangers and Coyotes struck a deal that sent center Derek Stepan and netminder Antti Raanta to Arizona in exchange for defenseman Anthony DeAngelo and the No. 7 pick, which was used on Lias Andersson. • Without a clear top prospect — or top two prospects, like in the past two draft classes — it generated deviation from the media’s rankings once the picks started coming off the board in Round 1. To see Eeli Tolvanen, a force this past season in the USHL, and Klim Kostin, a dynamic Russian, slide all the way to the final two picks of Round 1 came as the major surprises of the weekend. st. paul, minn.» It was a long wait for the Wild, but the club amassed six picks on the second day of the NHL draft.

The team’s first selection came in the third round Saturday when the Wild chose right wing Ivan Lodnia with the 85th overall pick. The 17-year-old Lodnia, of Los Angeles, spent the last two seasons with the Erie Otters, where he totaled 96 points in 128 games.

Forward Andy Andreoff has agreed to a two-year, $1.355 million deal to stay with the Kings. Andreoff had two assists and 70 penalty minutes in 36 games for Los Angeles last season. The Associated Press