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Comprehensive list of signings by team, available players

The NHL on Tuesday released a list of players who are restricted free agents under Group 2, unrestricted free agents under Group 3 and Group 6, and unrestricted free agents by virtue of not receiving a qualifying offer.

ANAHEIM DUCKS

Signed

Granlund signs 3-year contract with Ducks

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Judd Caulfield, Calle Clang, Lukas Dostal, Drew Helleson, Mason McTavish, Jan Mysak.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Justin Bailey, Oscar Dansk, Robby Fabbri, Oliver Kylington, Brock McGinn, Carson Meyer.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Brett Leason, Josh Lopina, Isac Lundestrom (signed: CBJ).

BOSTON BRUINS

Signed

Jeannot signs 5-year contract with Bruins

Kuraly, Eyssimont, Blumel, Steeves, Harris, Aspirot sign with Bruins

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: John Farinacci.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brandon Bussi (signed: FLA), Cole Koepke (signed: WPG), Vinni Lettieri, Tyler Pitlick, Riley Tufte (signed: BOS), Parker Wotherspoon.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Drew Bavaro, Trevor Kuntar, Jakub Lauko, Daniil Misyul, Ian Mitchell (signed: DET), Jaxon Nelson, Oliver Wahlstrom.

BUFFALO SABRES

Signed

McLeod signs 4-year contract with Sabres

Lyon signs 2-year contract with Sabres

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Bowen Byram, Tyson Kozak, Ryan McLeod (re-signed), Conor Timmins.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Kale Clague, Mason Jobst, James Reimer, Arttu Ruotsalainen, Felix Sandstrom.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brett Murray, Lukas Rousek (signed: HV71 of Sweden).

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Jacob Bernard-Docker (signed: DET), Erik Brannstrom (signed: Lausanne of Switzerland), Aleksandr Kisakov, Bennett MacArthur, Tyler Tullio.

CALGARY FLAMES

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Morgan Frost, Rory Kerins, Yan Kuznetsov, Sam Morton, Jeremie Poirier, Connor Zary.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Tyson Barrie, Martin Frk, Carl-Johan Lerby, Anthony Mantha, Kevin Rooney, Jarred Tinordi, Eetu Tuulola, Dan Vladar (signed: PHI).

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jonathan Aspirot (signed: BOS).

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Waltteri Ignatjew, Connor Murphy.

CAROLINA HURRICANES

Reilly signs one-year contract with Hurricanes

Miller signs 8-year contract with Hurricanes

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Skyler Brind’Amour, Domenick Fensore, Noel Gunler, Cayden Primeau, Ronan Seeley, Ryan Suzuki.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brent Burns, Jesper Fast, Tyson Jost, Spencer Martin, Dmitry Orlov, Tarmo Reunanen, Jack Roslovic, Joakim Ryan, Jesper Sellgren, Riley Stillman (signed: EDM), Dustin Tokarski.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Anttoni Honka, Yaniv Perets, Ty Smith.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

Signed

Toninato signs 2-year contract with Blackhawks

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Louis Crevier, Arvid Soderblom.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Andreas Athanasiou, Patrick Maroon (retired), Alec Martinez, Zach Sanford, Brett Seney.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Cole Guttman.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Philipp Kurashev, Jalen Luypen, Aku Raty, Antti Saarela.

COLORADO AVALANCHE

Signed

Tynan, Ahcan each signs 1-year contract with Avalanche

Attard signs 1-year contract with Avalanche

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: None.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jack Ahcan (re-signed), Jonathan Drouin, Jere Innala, Erik Johnson, Joel Kiviranta, Ryan Lindgren (signed: SEA), Matthew Phillips, Tucker Poolman, Calle Rosen, T.J. Tynan (re-signed), Jimmy Vesey, Chris Wagner.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Adam Scheel.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): William Dufour, Jean-Luc Foudy, John Ludvig, Kevin Mandolese.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

Signed

Provorov signs 7-year contract with Blue Jackets

Sillinger signs 1-year contract with Blue Jackets

Lundestrom signs 2-year contract with Blue Jackets

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Daemon Hunt, Mikael Pyyhtia, Dmitri Voronkov.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Justin Danforth, Christian Fischer, Dylan Gambrell, Jack Johnson, Luke Kunin, Sean Kuraly (signed: BOS), Kevin Labanc, Joseph LaBate (signed: VAN), Ivan Provorov (re-signed), Owen Sillinger (re-signed), James van Riemsdyk (signed: DET).

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Trey Fix-Wolansky.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Cole Clayton, Jordan Harris (signed: BOS), Samuel Knazko.

DALLAS STARS

Signed

Faksa signs 3-year contract with Stars

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Antonio Stranges.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Colin Blackwell, Cody Ceci (signed: LAK), Evgenii Dadonov (signed: NJD), Mikael Granlund (signed: ANA), Magnus Hellberg, Adam Mascherin, Brendan Smith.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Matej Blumel (signed: BOS), Mathias Emilio Pettersen.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): None.

DETROIT RED WINGS

Signed

J. van Riemsdyk signs 1-year contract with Red Wings

Bernard-Docker signs 1-year contract with Red Wings

Mitchell signs 1-year contract with Red Wings

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Elmer Soderblom, Eemil Viro.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jack Campbell, Tim Gettinger, Alex Lyon (signed: BUF), Tyler Motte, Jeff Petry, Brogan Rafferty, Craig Smith, Joe Snively.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.

Unrestricted Free Agents, did not receive qualifying offers: Gage Alexander, Cross Hanas.

EDMONTON OILERS

Signed

Bouchard signs 4-year contract with Oilers

Tomkins signs 2-year contract with Oilers

Stillman signs 2-year contract with Oilers

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Evan Bouchard (re-signed).

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Connor Brown (signed: NJD), Drake Caggiula, Connor Carrick, Collin Delia, Travis Dermott, John Klingberg (signed: SJS), Lane Pederson (signed: PHI), Corey Perry (signed: LAK), Derek Ryan, Jeff Skinner.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Ronnie Attard (signed: COL), Philip Kemp.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Jacob Perreault, Olivier Rodrigue, Cameron Wright.

FLORIDA PANTHERS

Signed

Marchand signs 6-year contract with Panthers

Nosek signs 1-year contract with Panthers

Tarasov signs 1-year contract with Panthers

Bussi signs 1-year contract with Panthers

Foote signs 1-year contract with Panthers

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Tobias Bjornfot, MacKenzie Entwistle, Oliver Okuliar, Wilmer Skoog.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Rasmus Asplund, Evan Cormier, Zac Dalpe, Kaapo Kahkonen, Matt Kiersted, William Lockwood, Brad Marchand (re-signed), Jaycob Megna (signed: VGK), Tomas Nosek (re-signed), Jesse Puljujarvi, Nate Schmidt (signed: UTA), Nico Sturm (signed: MIN), Vitek Vanecek.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Nathan Staios, Daniil Tarasov (re-signed), Zachary Uens.

LOS ANGELES KINGS

Signed

Perry signs 1-year contract with Kings

Armia signs 2-year contract with Kings

Ceci, Dumoulin, Forsberg sign with Kings

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: None.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Joseph Cecconi, Vladislav Gavrikov (signed: NYR), Tanner Jeannot (signed: BOS), Caleb Jones, Trevor Lewis, David Rittich (signed: NYI), Taylor Ward.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Samuel Fagemo, Reilly Walsh.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Cole Krygier, Jack Studnicka.

MINNESOTA WILD

Signed

Sturm signs 2-year contract with Wild

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Michael Milne, Marco Rossi.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Travis Boyd (signed: TOR), Justin Brazeau, Marc-Andre Fleury, Troy Grosenick, Jon Merrill, Gustav Nyquist, Chase Priskie, Devin Shore.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Cameron Crotty, Dylan Ferguson, Tyler Madden.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Graeme Clarke, Ryan O’Rourke, Adam Raska, Luke Toporowski.

MONTREAL CANADIENS

Signed

Belzile, Clurman each signs 1-year contract with Canadiens

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Jakub Dobes, Jayden Struble, William Trudeau.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Joel Armia (signed: LAK), Alex Barre-Boulet, Christian Dvorak (signed: PHI), Brandon Gignac, Connor Hughes, Michael Pezzetta (signed: TOR), David Savard.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Noel Hoefenmayer, Gustav Lindstrom, Xavier Simoneau.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS

Signed

Perbix signs 2-year contract with Predators

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Luke Evangelista.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Kieffer Bellows, Mark Friedman, Jakub Vrana.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Marc Del Gaizo, Grigori Denisenko, Jake Livingstone.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offers): Jordan Frasca, Ondrej Pavel, Luke Prokop, Jesse Ylonen.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS

Signed

Allen signs 5-year contract with Devils

Brown signs 4-year contract with Devils

Dadonov signs 1-year contract with Devils

Cholowski signs 1-year contract with Devils

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Cody Glass.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jake Allen (re-signed), Nathan Bastian, Dennis Cholowski (re-signed), Tory Dello, Justin Dowling, Brian Dumoulin (signed: LAK), Samuel Laberge, Curtis Lazar, Daniel Sprong, Tomas Tatar, Max Willman.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Nolan Foote (signed: FLA), Santeri Hatakka, Isaac Poulter.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Signed

Rittich signs 1-year contract with Islanders

DeAngelo signs 1-year contract with Islanders

Drouin signs 2-year contract with Islanders

Bear, Highmore, McWard sign with Islanders

Holmstrom signs 2-year contract with Islanders

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Adam Beckman, Marc Gatcomb, Emil Heineman, Simon Holmstrom (re-signed), Travis Mitchell, Maxim Tsyplakov.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Tony DeAngelo (re-signed), Hudson Fasching, Grant Hutton, Fredrik Karlstrom, Matt Martin (retired), Mike Reilly (signed: CAR).

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jakub Skarek, Tyce Thompson.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Samuel Bolduc, Aidan Fulp, Scott Perunovich (signed: UTA).

NEW YORK RANGERS

Gavrikov signs 7-year contract with Rangers

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Brendan Brisson, Will Cuylle, Dylan Garand, K’Andre Miller (sign & trade to CAR).

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Alex Belzile (signed: MTL), Calvin de Haan, Louis Domingue, Ben Harpur, Riley Nash, Chad Ruhwedel.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Bo Groulx (signed: TOR).

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Lucas Edmonds, Zac Jones, Arthur Kaliyev, Jake Leschyshyn.

OTTAWA SENATORS

Signed

Cousins signs 1-year contract with Senators

Eller signs 1-year contract with Senators

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Xavier Bourgault, Maxence Guenette, Jan Jenik, Donovan Sebrango.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Vitaly Abramov, Nick Cousins (re-signed), Jeremy Davies, Anton Forsberg (signed: LAK), Adam Gaudette, Dennis Gilbert (signed: PHI), Travis Hamonic, Matthew Highmore (signed: NYI), Hayden Hodgson.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Wyatt Bongiovanni, Angus Crookshank (signed: NJD), Cole Reinhardt (signed: VGK), Filip Roos.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Philippe Daoust, Jamieson Rees, Tristen Robins.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Signed

Vladar signs 2-year contract with Flyers

Dvorak signs 1-year contract with Flyers

Juulsen, Gilbert each signs 1-year contract with Flyers

Pederson signs 1-year contract with Flyers

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Cam York.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Louie Belpedio, Rhett Gardner, Ben Gleason, Cal Petersen, Givani Smith.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Olle Lycksell, Eetu Makiniemi.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Elliot Desnoyers, Jakob Pelletier, Zayde Wisdom.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Signed

Tomasino, Dewar each signs 1-year contract with Penguins

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Vasily Ponomarev.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Kasper Bjorkqvist, Nathan Clurman (signed: MTL), Matt Grzelcyk, Marc Johnstone, Matt Nieto, Colton Poolman.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Mac Hollowell, Jimmy Huntington, Filip Kral, Mathias Laferriere.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Raivis Ansons, Emil Bemstrom, Connor Dewar (re-signed), Taylor Gauthier, P.O Joseph, Philip Tomasino (re-signed).

SAN JOSE SHARKS

Signed

Klingberg signs 1-year contract with Sharks

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Thomas Bordeleau, Danil Gushchin, Jack Thompson.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Walker Duehr, Alexandar Georgiev, Jan Rutta, Scott Sabourin, Jimmy Schuldt (signed: VAN), Colin White.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Pavol Regenda.

Unrestricted Free Agents, did not receive qualifying offers (UFAs): Carl Berglund, Nolan Burke, Brandon Coe, Noah Gregor, Klim Kostin, Nikolai Kovalenko, Georgi Romanov, Mitchell Russell.

SEATTLE KRAKEN

Signed

Lindgren signs 4-year contract with Kraken

Murray signs 1-year contract with Kraken

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Ryker Evans, Kaapo Kakko, Tye Kartye.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brandon Biro, Nikolas Brouillard, Michael Eyssimont (signed: BOS), Maxime Lajoie, Gustav Olofsson, Ales Stezka.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Luke Henman.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): None.

ST. LOUIS BLUES

Signed

Bjugstad signs 2-year contract with Blues

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Nikita Alexandrov, Hunter Skinner, Vadim Zherenko.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Radek Faksa (signed: DAL), Mackenzie MacEachern (signed: VAN), Ryan Suter.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Corey Andonovski.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Tanner Dickinson, Anton Malmstrom.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Signed

Goncalves signs 2-year contract with Lightning

Holmberg signs 2-year contract with Lightning

Lundmark signs 2-year contract with Lightning

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: None.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Anthony Angello, Cam Atkinson, Logan Brown, Luke Glendening, Tobie Paquette-Bisson, Nick Perbix (signed: NSH), Derrick Pouliot, Simon Ryfors, Matt Tomkins (signed: EDM).

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Gabriel Fortier.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Jaydon Dureau, Gage Goncalves (re-signed), Ryder Korczak.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

Signed

Lorentz signs 3-year contract with Maple Leafs

Knies signs 6-year contract with Maple Leafs

Boyd, Groulx, Mermis, Pezzetta sign with Maple Leafs

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Dennis Hildeby, Roni Hirvonen, Matthew Knies (re-signed), Topi Niemela, Nicholas Robertson, William Villeneuve.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jani Hakanpaa, Steven Lorentz (re-signed), Nicolas Mattinen, Dakota Mermis (re-signed), Matt Murray (signed: SEA), Alex Nylander, Max Pacioretty.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Nick Abruzzese, Alex Steeves (signed: BOS).

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Pontus Holmberg (signed: TBL), Reese Johnson, Mikko Kokkonen, Cedric Pare.

UTAH MAMMOTH

Signed

Yamamoto signs 1-year contract with Mammoth

Schmidt, Tanev each signs 3-year contract with Mammoth

Perunovich signs 1-year contract with Mammoth

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Jack McBain.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Nick Bjugstad (signed: STL), Robert Bortuzzo, Michael Carcone, Cameron Hebig, Patrik Koch, Josef Korenar.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Travis Barron, Egor Sokolov, Sammy Walker.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Kailer Yamamoto (re-signed).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

Signed

Boeser signs 7-year contract with Canucks

MacEachern, LaBate, Schuldt sign with Canucks

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Nikita Tolopilo, Jett Woo.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brock Boeser (re-signed), Phillip Di Giuseppe, Noah Juulsen (signed: PHI), Pius Suter, Christian Wolanin.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Akito Hirose, Nate Smith.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Christian Felton, Ty Glover, Cole McWard (signed: NYI), Tristen Nielsen.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS

Signed

Saad, Smith, Reinhardt, Coghlan, Megna sign with Golden Knights

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Lukas Cormier, Alexander Holtz, Raphael Lavoie, Jonas Rondbjerg, Cole Schwindt.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Callahan Burke, Mason Geertsen, Robert Hagg, Dysin Mayo, Mason Morelli, Victor Olofsson, Tanner Pearson (signed: WPG), Gage Quinney, Brandon Saad (re-signed), Ilya Samsonov, Reilly Smith (re-signed).

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Isaiah Saville.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Hendrix Lapierre.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Nicklas Backstrom, Ethan Bear (signed: NYI), Anthony Beauvillier, Henrik Borgstrom, Lars Eller (signed: OTT), Alex Limoges, Andrew Mangiapane, T.J. Oshie, Luke Philp, Taylor Raddysh, Michael Sgarbossa, Hunter Shepard.

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Riley Sutter.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Alexander Alexeyev, Pierrick Dube, Mitchell Gibson.

WINNIPEG JETS

Signed

Pearson signs 1-year contract with Jets

Koepke signs 1-year contract with Jets

Free Agents

Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Morgan Barron, Tyrel Bauer, Parker Ford, Rasmus Kupari, Isaak Phillips, Dylan Samberg, Gabriel Vilardi.

Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Mason Appleton, Dylan Coghlan (signed: VGK), Chris Driedger, Nikolaj Ehlers, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Brandon Tanev (signed: UTA), Dominic Toninato (signed: CHI).

Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.

Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Simon Lundmark (signed: TBL), Mason Shaw.

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RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (GROUP 2) ARE SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH

These players have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective Clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:

OFFERCOMPENSATION
$1,544,7424 or belowNone
Over $1,544,7424 to $2,340,037Third-round choice
Over $2,340,037 to $4,680,076Second-round choice
Over $4,680,076 to $7,020,113First-round and third-round choice
Over $7,020,113 to $9,360,153First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $9,360,153 to $11,700,192Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $11,700,192Four first-round choices

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 3

These players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 6

These players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. This group is defined as players whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).

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