<p><span style="font-weight: 400">It’s the slow period of hockey news.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Still, there have been some recent re-signings around the league, while Team Canada is gearing up for the 4 Nations Face-Off.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Let’s dig into all of that in today’s edition of NHL Notebook.</span></p>
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<h2><b>Connor Dewar returns to Toronto</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">On Tuesday, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-sign-connor-dewar-to-one-year-1-18-million-contract">the Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Connor Dewar to a one-year deal with a cap hit of $1.18 million</a>.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Maple Leafs have re-signed Connor Dewar to a one-year deal. ✍️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHLFreeAgency?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NHLFreeAgency</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/BET99ON?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BET99ON</a> <a href="https://t.co/BkpgTnVl7K">pic.twitter.com/BkpgTnVl7K</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1815818501656830001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Selected in the third round of the 2018 draft by the Minnesota Wild, Dewar played parts of four seasons with them, scoring 18 goals and 38 points in 173 games, including 10 goals and 14 points in 57 games. Before the 2024 trade deadline, he was traded to the Leafs in exchange for Dmitry Ovchinnikov and a 2026 fourth-round pick.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">With the Leafs, the 25-year-old scored a goal and five points in 17 games, along with an assist in six postseason games. Not a bad contract for a bottom-six forward.</span></p>
<h2><b>Julien BriseBois and Kyle Dubas join Team Canada for 4 Nations Face-Off</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">On Tuesday, it was reported by numerous sources that Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois as well as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager and president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas will join <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/hockey-canada-adds-brisebois-dubas-to-4-nations-face-off-olympic-management-team">Team Canada for the 4-Nations Face-Off</a>. Brisebois will be the team’s assistant general manager, while Dubas will take the role as the director of player personnel. </span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hockey Canada announces <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoBolts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoBolts</a> GM Julien BriseBois will make his international management debut as assistant GM for 4Nations Face-Off in 2025.</p>
<p>Kyle Dubas will join him as director of player personnel.</p>
<p>They will hold the same titles for Canada’s men’s Olympic team in 2026.</p>
<p>&mdash; Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href="https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1815784209208025518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">After Steve Yzerman left to become the Detroit Red Wings general manager in the summer of 2018, BriseBois took over as the Lightning general manager, winning two Stanley Cups with the team in 2020 and 2021, as well as a Presidents’ Trophy in 2018-19.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Dubas became the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs ahead of the 2018-19 season, but the team constantly fell short in the first round, usually to either the Lightning or Bruins, before finally winning a first round in 2023 for the first time in 19 seasons. At the end of the 2022-23 season, Dubas left to become the President of Hockey Operations for the Penguins, before eventually making himself the general manager.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The 4 Nations Faceoff will take place from Feb.12 until Feb. 20 in Montréal and Boston. Canada will play the United States, Finland, and Sweden in the small tournament.</span></p>
<h2><b>Beck Malenstyn and Buffalo settled prior to arbitration</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">On Tuesday, it was reported by <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/sabres-sign-beck-malenstyn-to-two-year-2-7-million-contract"><em>Sportsnet’s</em> Elliotte Friedman</a> that the Buffalo Sabres and Beck Malenstyn agreed to a two-year deal with a cap hit of $1.35 million annually.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Beck Malenstyn and Buffalo have a settlement at 2 x $1.35M</p>
<p>&mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href="https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1815732446727446747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Selected in the fifth round of the 2016 draft by the Washington Capitals, the left-winger became a regular for the team in 2023-24, scoring six goals and 21 points in 81 games. Overall, he has eight goals and 24 points in 105 National Hockey League games.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Malenstyn was traded to the Buffalo Sabres on the second day of the 2024 draft for a second-round pick (43rd overall). We’ll see if he gets a bigger opportunity with the rebuilding Sabres.</span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 400">It’s the slow period of hockey news.</span>



<span style="font-weight: 400">Still, there have been some recent re-signings around the league, while Team Canada is gearing up for the 4 Nations Face-Off.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Let’s dig into all of that in today’s edition of NHL Notebook.</span>
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<h2><b>Connor Dewar returns to Toronto</b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400">On Tuesday, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-sign-connor-dewar-to-one-year-1-18-million-contract">the Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Connor Dewar to a one-year deal with a cap hit of $1.18 million</a>.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400">Selected in the third round of the 2018 draft by the Minnesota Wild, Dewar played parts of four seasons with them, scoring 18 goals and 38 points in 173 games, including 10 goals and 14 points in 57 games. Before the 2024 trade deadline, he was traded to the Leafs in exchange for Dmitry Ovchinnikov and a 2026 fourth-round pick.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">With the Leafs, the 25-year-old scored a goal and five points in 17 games, along with an assist in six postseason games. Not a bad contract for a bottom-six forward.</span>
<h2><b>Julien BriseBois and Kyle Dubas join Team Canada for 4 Nations Face-Off</b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400">On Tuesday, it was reported by numerous sources that Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois as well as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager and president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas will join <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/hockey-canada-adds-brisebois-dubas-to-4-nations-face-off-olympic-management-team">Team Canada for the 4-Nations Face-Off</a>. Brisebois will be the team’s assistant general manager, while Dubas will take the role as the director of player personnel. </span>

https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1815784209208025518

<span style="font-weight: 400">After Steve Yzerman left to become the Detroit Red Wings general manager in the summer of 2018, BriseBois took over as the Lightning general manager, winning two Stanley Cups with the team in 2020 and 2021, as well as a Presidents’ Trophy in 2018-19.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Dubas became the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs ahead of the 2018-19 season, but the team constantly fell short in the first round, usually to either the Lightning or Bruins, before finally winning a first round in 2023 for the first time in 19 seasons. At the end of the 2022-23 season, Dubas left to become the President of Hockey Operations for the Penguins, before eventually making himself the general manager.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">The 4 Nations Faceoff will take place from Feb.12 until Feb. 20 in Montréal and Boston. Canada will play the United States, Finland, and Sweden in the small tournament.</span>
<h2><b>Beck Malenstyn and Buffalo settled prior to arbitration</b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400">On Tuesday, it was reported by <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/sabres-sign-beck-malenstyn-to-two-year-2-7-million-contract"><em>Sportsnet’s</em> Elliotte Friedman</a> that the Buffalo Sabres and Beck Malenstyn agreed to a two-year deal with a cap hit of $1.35 million annually.</span>

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1815732446727446747

<span style="font-weight: 400">Selected in the fifth round of the 2016 draft by the Washington Capitals, the left-winger became a regular for the team in 2023-24, scoring six goals and 21 points in 81 games. Overall, he has eight goals and 24 points in 105 National Hockey League games.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Malenstyn was traded to the Buffalo Sabres on the second day of the 2024 draft for a second-round pick (43rd overall). We’ll see if he gets a bigger opportunity with the rebuilding Sabres.</span>

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