Month: December 2019

Scouting the Philadelphia Flyers and Arizona Coyotes- Thursday Dave Isaac: Scouts listed to attend Thursday’s Flyers-Coyotes game: Pittsburgh Penguins (2), Ottawa Senators (GM Pierre Dorion – Senators play Flyers today), Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, and the Washington Capitals. Scouting the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado
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2:00 PM ET As follow up to last week’s Black Friday-inspired view of potential steals on the fantasy trade market, here’s a complementary round-up of overachieving assets to deal away in the here and now. As always, expect to see some prominent names on this list. One key to fantasy success is knowing when to
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The Springfield Thunderbirds have acquired defenseman Rob O’Gara from the San Antonio Rampage in exchange for future considerations. O’Gara has appeared in five games for San Antonio this season, his fourth pro campaign. The Massapequa, N.Y., native appeared in 47 AHL games last season and served as an alternate captain for the Hartford Wolf Pack, collecting
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4:53 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames have a deal for a new downtown arena, a 35-year agreement that keeps the NHL club in the city for that time. The team, the city and the Calgary Stampede rodeo signed an agreement Thursday to replace the 36-year-old Scotiabank Saddledome. The new 19,000-seat
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The Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday signed forward Eric Tangradi to a one-year contract. Tangradi began the 2019-20 season with Astana Barys of the Kontinental Hockey League, appearing in 22 games. Tangradi, an AHL All-Star in 2011, has appeared in 467 career AHL games over nine seasons between 2009 and 2019, totaling 160 goals and
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The Edmonton Oilers kicked off the 2019-20 season with a bang. They had a 7-1-0 record in their first eight games, and the franchise’s current successes have helped to propel their Stanley Cup odds upwards, too. It should be an exciting time in Edmonton, but fans, thanks to the decade of darkness (extended version), know
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7:00 AM ET Coaches kicking their players in the back, or punching them in the head, is unacceptable. That’s a given, right? That a superior assaulting a subordinate is wrong? That these power dynamics discourage any pushback, because the victim risks a reduction in playing time, outright removal from the team or escalating physical and
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TORONTO — Pontus Aberg’s three-year-old daughter Molly has been asking him to take her skating ever since the snow started flying. So when his call back to the NHL first rang through on Thursday night he didn’t hear the phone going in his pocket. A second attempt from Laurence Gilman, the Toronto Maple Leafs assistant
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The Detroit Red Wings are struggling worse than any other team in the NHL. They currently sit at the bottom of the standings, carrying with them the lowest goal differential in the league. The team has been scored against over 50 times more than they’ve scored. Nearly half of the players that have suited up
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