Month: June 2019

report this ad Every team’s offseason moves lead to discussions and debates, but no signing in recent Pittsburgh Penguins history has met with as much skepticism and consternation as Jim Rutherford’s signing of defenseman Jack Johnson. Having failed to shore up his defensive corps with the addition of Matt Hunwick the year prior, Rutherford inked
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ST. LOUIS—This Stanley Cup final started with St. Louis Blues forward Zach Sanford watching the games rather than playing in them. It started with his friends texting the Massachusetts native that as much as they were rooting for him, they might be rooting for their hometown Boston Bruins more. It started with his mother sitting
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Home NHL Rumors NHL Rumors: Wild, Canucks, Flames and Oilers © Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports Canucks interested in Jason Zucker @Account4hockey: Michael Russo on his podcast. The Vancouver Canucks offer for Minnesota Wild winger Jason Zucker has included Jake Virtanen and Chris Tanev. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes were interested in Zucker last
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5:53 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Forward Jeff Skinner is both grateful and motivated by the new contract he signed to remain a member of the Buffalo Sabres for the next eight seasons. He’s impressed by the faith the Sabres showed by making him the team’s second-highest-paid player behind captain Jack Eichel. And
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Take a game-day spin around the AHL ice with latest news and notes from the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs in today’s AHL Morning Skate. Playoff Brackets | Today’s Scoreboard | League Stats @ Game 5 – Tonight, 8:00 ET, (CHA leads series, 3-1)TV: NHL Network, WCIU “The U Too”Satellite Radio: NHL Network Radio (SiriusXM 91)Follow @CheckersHockey Follow @Chicago_Wolves Tweet #CHAvsCHI The
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report this ad In both words and actions, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher has already shown that he’s going to use the team’s financial resources and collection of existing players and prospects to immediately return the franchise to relevance and contention. He’s already splurged on the league’s most-experienced (and likely most-expensive) coaching staff. He’s
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report this ad The NHL Draft is a mere two weeks away. As we speak, teams are meeting to plan their offseason and the potential moves they could make. Among the long list of items teams will do in these next two weeks is finalizing their draft list. Teams will ultimately decide who should go
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The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed leading scorer Jeff Skinner to an eight year, $72 million US contract in addressing one their most pressing off-season needs. Skinner becomes the team’s second-highest paid player behind captain Jack Eichel in a deal reached Friday night, and three weeks before the forward was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent.
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10:41 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Jeff Skinner, who would have been one of the most coveted free-agent wingers this summer, is officially off the market. Skinner, 27, signed an eight-year, $72-million contract extension with the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. Skinner had a career-high 40 goals in his first season in Buffalo, who acquired him last
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BOSTON—This is the big test facing the Boston Bruins now: Can they handle the missed call in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final as well as the Blues handled the missed call in Game 3 of the Western Conference final. That was the game where a blatant hand pass by San Jose led to
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