7:34 PM ET MONTREAL — The NHL’s general managers met on the eve of the 2022 NHL draft. What their meeting lacked in rules changes or policy news, it made up for with post-meeting news and buzz on trades, free agents and other league matters. Here’s a glimpse at what was said, and heard, in
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms have re-signed center Cal O’Reilly to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. O’Reilly enters his fourth season with the Phantoms and his 17th pro season overall after setting a career high with 21 goals and totaling 53 points in 75 games with Lehigh Valley in 2021-22. It marked
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild re-signed defenseman Jake Middleton to a three-year, $7.35 million contract Wednesday. The 26-year-old Canadian split last season between San Jose and Minnesota, joining the Wild on March 21 in a trade for goalie Kaapo Kahkonen and a fifth-round selection this year. Middleton had three goals and six
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. When the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup last month, their 2017 No. 4 pick Cale Makar took home the Conn Smythe Trophy, 2011 No. 2 pick Gabriel Landeskog served
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is right around the corner and the Anaheim Ducks are expected to be quite busy. Currently armed with the 10th and 22nd overall picks, this is the third time in the last four years that they’ve had multiple picks in the first round. The verdict is still out on many
The Old Prof and I have been collaborating on Toronto Maple Leafs’ articles for over a year now and I can’t adequately express how much fun it has been. We both share a lot of the same views about the game and the Maple Leafs but we look at things differently. We seem to enhance
7:00 AM ET The NHL draft can be nice and tidy when there’s a franchise player at the top of the board like Connor McDavid or Auston Matthews, or when there’s a consensus choice like Owen Power was for the Buffalo Sabres last year. When there isn’t, like in the 2022 NHL draft scheduled for
Sometime late Friday afternoon at the Bell Center in Montreal, the hopes and dreams of young men hoping to hear their names called by one of 32 NHL teams will start to unravel. Slowly but surely, as the names of dozens of other prospects are called and the rounds slip away, four, five, six and
DENVER (AP) — The Stanley Cup championship celebrations are quieting down for the Colorado Avalanche. Time to get down to the business of defending their title. Colorado’s first big move in what’s sure to be a busy offseason was re-signing veteran forward Andrew Cogliano to a one-year deal Tuesday. The 35-year-old Cogliano played a gritty
The New Jersey Devils have named their first female assistant general manager, making Kate Madigan the sixth woman to hold the title in the NHL. General Manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the promotion Wednesday, the day before the NHL draft. “Kate has been an incredibly valuable resource to not only me, but to our entire hockey
It has been well documented by those who observed the Winnipeg Jets on a daily basis last season that Mark Scheifele and the Jets’ team-oriented structure didn’t get along well. Simply put, he was a defensive liability who seemed oblivious to that fact. Under new head coach Rick Bowness, that is going to have to
Ben King 2021-22 Team: Red Deer Rebels (WHL)Date of Birth: May 15, 2002Place of Birth: Vernon, BC, CanadaHt: 6-foot-3 Wt: 201 poundsShoots: RightPosition: Center/Right WingNHL Draft Eligibility: 2022 third-year eligible Rankings Before coming to the Red Deer Rebels during the 2019-20 season, Ben King was previously a first-round (13th overall) pick of the Swift Current
Flyers-Blackhawks talk on DeBrincat may not have gotten serious Pierre LeBrun: Don’t believe the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers have held any serious talks about forward Alex DeBrincat. Things can obviously change, but likely more tire-kicking than serious discussions. NHL Watcher: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thought podcast: “What I think happened is that CHI asked
4:40 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche re-signed veteran forward Andrew Cogliano to a one-year contract on Tuesday. One of the feel-good stories in the Avalanche’s march to the Stanley Cup, Cogliano, 35, an in-season acquisition from the Anaheim Ducks, didn’t make as much noise up front as many of the Colorado forwards did in the
The Hershey Bears have signed free-agent defenseman Aaron Ness to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Ness returns to Hershey for his second stint with the Bears. He played four seasons with the club from 2015 to 2019, helping them to the Calder Cup Finals in 2016 and earning Second Team AHL
Progress has always moved slowly in the backrooms occupied by hockey’s power brokers, but this was better late than never. The National Hockey League was more than a century old before it finally got around to handing over the keys to one of its franchises to someone other than a white man on Tuesday. That’s
The war in Ukraine has added an increasing level of uncertainty for NHL teams interested in drafting Russia-born prospects because of questions regarding their availability to play in North America. While no team has openly stated it would avoid selecting Russians altogether in the two-day draft in Montreal that opens Thursday, there is the potential
Welcome to my new series ‘2022 Offseason Trade Targets’ where we’ll examine several teams the Toronto Maple Leafs could be interested in doing business with this summer. From minor moves to blockbuster deals, I’ll cover them all as we dive into some potential trade options for general manager (GM) Kyle Dubas. The St. Louis Blues
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