Month: February 2020

Just yesterday, I wrote that the Philadelphia Flyers would benefit from adding an experienced, hard-checking fourth-line center. Today, the Flyers did just that when they acquired Nate Thompson from the Montreal Canadiens. Related: Pennsylvania Hockey – A Long, Proud History Thompson should immediately slot in as the fourth-line center, replacing rookie Connor Bunnaman. This is
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RALEIGH, N.C.—Carolina defenceman Brett Pesce and goaltenders James Reimer and Petr Mrazek are all dealing with “longer term” injuries suffered in a weekend win at Toronto, Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said Monday. Brind’Amour said it was unclear exactly how much time the players will miss. Reimer left with a lower-body injury, while Brind’Amour said Mrazek
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The Anaheim Ducks have acquired defenseman Joel Persson from the Edmonton Oilers for goaltender Angus Redmond and a 2022 conditional seventh-round pick. Persson, 25, has collected three goals and 13 assists in 27 games with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors this season, his first North American campaign. He also made his NHL debut with Edmonton, notching
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The Ottawa Senators wasted little time in kicking off the NHL’s trade deadline day by dealing forwards Vladislav Namestnikov and Jean-Gabriel Pageau. The Carolina Panthers jumped into the mix Monday by acquiring centre Vincent Trocheck from the Florida Panthers on a busy morning in advance of the mid-afternoon deadline. Namestnikov joins his third team this
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Ilya Kovalchuk Feb. 23, 2020 2020 3rd round pick50% salary retained Miikka Salomaki Feb. 22, 2020 Ben Harpur Ondrej Kase Feb. 21, 2020 2020 1st roundDavid BackesAxel Andersson Cody Eakin Feb. 21, 2020 conditional 2021 4th round Jake LucchiniJosepth Blandisi Feb. 20, 2020 Phil VaroneRiley Barber Danick Martel Feb. 20, 2020 Anthony Greco Alec Martinez
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One day after Alexander Ovechkin scored his 700th NHL goal, Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan moved to add another top-five Russian scorer in NHL history to his roster. The Capitals traded their 2020 third-round pick to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Ilya Kovalchuk. The Canadiens will retain half of his salary. Kovalchuk, who
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It’s rare that a regular season NHL game in mid February is guaranteed to be remembered until the end of time, but Saturday’s meeting between the Toronto Maple Leafs and visiting Carolina Hurricanes is most definitely one for the history books. That’s because the former Zamboni driver for the Maple Leafs’ AHL team played net for the Hurricanes. And he won.
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8:12 PM ET ESPN News Services The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed defenseman Zach Bogosian to a one-year, $1.3 million deal after he cleared waivers on Sunday, the team announced. The Buffalo Sabres had placed the suspended Bogosian on unconditional waivers Friday with the intention of terminating his contract. Bogosian had asked to be traded
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