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Gallagher is a respected leader and valuable role player in spending 14 seasons in Montreal.

Malenstyn set a Sabres' single-season hits record last year.

The 26-year-old Drury had a career-high 10 goals last season and matched his personal best with 27 points while playing in all 82 regular-season games for the Avalanche.

All that mattered to Ruck on Saturday was being selected with the 39th pick in the second round by Pittsburgh in following his brother, who was drafted 22nd overall by the Penguins a day earlier.

St. Louis sent the Nos. 73 and 76 picks to Toronto for the 29-year-old defenseman.

The Kings announced the deal Friday for Clarke, the eighth overall pick in 2021 who has grown into the new cornerstone of their defense.

The 25-year-old is coming off scoring 12 goals on the Golden Knights' run to the Stanley Cup Final.

Buffalo selected Prince Albert blue-liner Daxon Rudolph at No. 4, followed Latvia's Alberts Smits going fifth to the Rangers.

The New York Rangers made their first move of a critical offseason, trading forward Brett Berard to Montreal for defenseman William Trudeau.

For Toronto, the draft represents a familiar starting-over moment.