Senators sign Arthur Kaliyev to two-way deal

The 23-year-old winger has three goals and one assists for four points in 14 games with the New York Rangers in 2024-25 after being claimed on waivers by the Rangers from the Los Angeles Kings on Jan. 6. He was forced to miss the rest of the season after suffering an upper-body injury in March.

Before then, Kaliyev had played five games with the Kings’ AHL affiliate, the Ontario Reign, scoring a goal and an assist.

In five NHL seasons, Kaliyev has 38 goals and 37 assists for 75 points in 202 career regular-season games. His most productive season came in 2022-23, where he scored 13 goals and 15 assists for 28 points in 56 games.

During his first professional season in 2020-21, Kaliyev had 14 goals and 17 assists for 31 points in 40 games with the AHL’s Reign.

Before turning pro, Kaliyev, a 2019 second-round pick for the Kings, spent three seasons with the OHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs. After helping the team win an OHL Championship in 2017-18, Kaliyev went on to have two highly productive seasons, scoring 102 and 98 points in 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively.

The Senators have been busy this week, re-signing forward Nick Cousins to a one-year deal, one-way contract and forwards Wyatt Bongiovanni and Olle Lycksell to one-year, two way contracts.

Ottawa finished the 2024-25 season with a 45-30-7 with 97 points, fourth in the Atlantic Division and clinching the No. 1 Wild Card spot. They were eliminated in six games by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.