As the 2016 NHL Draft approached, there were questions about how this class would be remembered. Unlike 2015, which featured talent and depth that you typically only see once in a decade, there was a little less certainty about just how great this group could be. Now with five seasons under their belt, the top-ten
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7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL trade deadline was this week. “Dead” being the operative word. There were only 17 deals made on April 12, involving 26 players. Compare that with last season’s deadline day, which yielded 32 trades involving 55 players. But the 2020 NHL trade deadline happened in “the before times.” Obviously, a
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Growing up on a farm as a hockey-loving kid in Saskatchewan, the knowledge that players like Gordie Howe had made the journey from that remote province to the NHL gave Patrick Marleau belief that he could one day follow that same path. Marleau has done far more than just make it
Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice and Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Thursday. Kyle Connor added two goals, including one into an empty net, to go along with an assist, while Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists for Winnipeg (27-14-3). Neal Pionk chipped in
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, why did the Washington Capitals decide to move on from Jakub Vrana? Meanwhile, was Anthony Mantha in the Detroit Red Wings’ doghouse? The Edmonton Oilers didn’t take any big trade deadline swings, but the Winnipeg Jets did. Why didn’t each team do more? The Toronto Maple Leafs had intense conversations
Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen has quite a few contracts to negotiate this summer. The club has a number of key players on the verge of unrestricted free agency (UFA) and several more who can become restricted free agents (RFAs). But the most important negotiation of all may be an extension for a
Tanner Jeannot has only three games of NHL experience, but he’s quickly becoming a Nashville Predators’ fan favorite. Playing just 6:28 in his NHL debut on March 2 against the Carolina Hurricanes, Jeannot was sent back down to the AHL and waited patiently for his second chance. After two-and-a-half years in the Predators’ organization, which
7:42 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. After a night off for all eight teams in the Central Division on Wednesday, they’ll all return to action on Thursday. Perhaps more tantalizingly, the schedule has blessed us with a showdown among
Ontario’s minister of sport says it would be “irresponsible” to approve a return to play for the Ontario Hockey League right now. Sports Minister Lisa MacLeod spoke on Thursday and said that the province was days away from approving the OHL’s plan to return to play in late March when the third wave of the
Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ron Hextall was busy trying to upgrade his roster before the trade deadline. It’s ‘win now’ mode as the team added forward Jeff Carter and actively spoke with several teams about acquiring talent. With the deadline now passed, more decisions are ahead as the team has several pending unrestricted free agents
“They know how to win. You can’t play every game with your ‘A-game’, but they know how to win with their ‘B-game’. I feel like for our team when we’re playing well, we’re hard to beat. But our bad games are – to be honest – so far off. It’s hard to play each game,
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Toronto Marlies, their games scheduled for Thursday, April 15 at the Laval Rocket (AHL Game #453); Sunday, April 18 at Laval (AHL Game #455); and Wednesday, April 21 at the Belleville Senators (AHL Game #456) have been postponed.
9:00 AM ET Sigh, the 2021 NHL trade deadline. We all sorta knew it was going to be a bust, what with the flat cap and the loss of revenue and the fact that teams didn’t want to overreact to anything happening — good or bad — in this janky, truncated season. We were all
LOS ANGELES – Max Pacioretty and Tomas Nosek each had a goal and two assists, Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-2 on Wednesday night. Fleury got his 485th win, breaking a tie with Ed Belfour for fourth place in NHL history. Alex Tuch, Chandler Stephenson,
At a time of year when making the playoffs is usually his priority, J.T. Miller finds himself more concerned about the health and safety of his Vancouver Canuck teammates. Miller is one of the few Canucks lucky enough to avoid falling ill to a COVID-19 variant that has crippled the team and forced the postponement of
The Montreal Canadiens added more depth on defence as they traded a 2022 seventh-round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenceman Erik Gustafsson. The Flyers retained 50% of Gustafsson’s salary. The Canadiens also added defenceman Jon Merrill from the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. Montreal occupies the fourth and final playoff spot in the North
The Boston Bruins aren’t a team known for drafting and developing Russian-born players, especially in recent years. The last Russian-born player to play for the Bruins was back in the 2015-16 season when Alexander Khokhlachev played a measly five games (Anton Khudobin was born in Khazakstan, thus, not counting on this list). The Bruins seem
by Ryan Loberger | AHL On The Beat When Martin Kaut walked across the stage at American Airlines Center as the 16th pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, there was little doubt the right-winger had the potential to play in the National Hockey League. As a teenager leaving the Czech Republic for the first
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