During the end of last season, the Detroit Red Wings’ top line of Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin, and Anthony Mantha worked wonders, all achieving career highs in 2018-19. On paper, the top line of Bertuzzi-Larkin-Manthaseems to be a lock. They’ve played together multiple times in the past and seem to have each other’s styles figured
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Calgary’s city council is to discuss a proposed deal for a new event centre that would be home to the NHL’s Calgary Flames. Details have not been revealed, but council members say they will be talking about the proposal at their next meeting on Monday. The event centre would replace the 35-year old Saddledome. Previous attempts to reach
One of the NHL’s top Russian hockey players broke ranks with his countrymen to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview published Thursday on a Russian language YouTube page. Artemi Panarin, a 27-year-old left-winger for the New York Rangers, decried the lack of freedom of expression in his home country, complained the nation was
The Edmonton Oilers have dealt Milan Lucic to the Calgary Flames for fellow veteran forward James Neal. Multiple media reports say the deal was struck Friday afternoon. Lucic had six goals and 14 assists with a minus-9 defensive rating over 79 games with the Oilers last season. He signed a seven-year, $42-million US contract with
© Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports What can Edmonton get for Milan Lucic and Jesse Puljujarvi? Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic: It is not automatic that Milan Lucic stays in Edmonton this season. Lucic owed just $16 million of actual money as opposed to $24 million salary cap-wise ($6 million AAV). Several teams have looked into
10:48 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The still-unnamed Seattle franchise is two years away from debuting in the NHL, but the league’s 32nd team has its first GM. That’s Ron Francis, the Hall of Fame player who spent four years as the Carolina Hurricanes GM before being demoted, then fired, under new owner Tom Dundon in
The Florida Panthers have agreed to terms with goaltender Sam Montembeault on a one-year, two-way contract. Montembeault, 22, made his NHL debut with the Panthers in 2018-19, owning a 4-3-2 record, a 3.05 goals-against average and an .894 save percentage in 11 appearances. In 39 AHL games with the Springfield Thunderbirds, Montembeault was 13-16-8 (3.24,
report this ad Introducing The Hockey Writers’ Countdown to Puck Drop series. From now until the puck drops on the 2019-20 NHL’s regular season on Oct. 2 when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators, we’ll be producing content that’s connected to the number of days remaining on that particular day. Some posts may
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is speculation the Washington Capitals might be pondering the idea of a Braden Holtby trade, there are some notable unrestricted free agents still on the market but not much action surrounding them and the New York Rangers are having trouble finding trade partners. Finally, what’s the status of Charlie
SEATTLE—Ron Francis has all kinds of eye-popping statistics attached to his hall-of-fame career. He averaged more than point a game, is second in NHL history in assists behind Wayne Gretzky and fifth in career points. When CEO Tod Leiweke and the ownership group of the Seattle NHL expansion team looked at his playing resume, though,
Mitch Marner’s summer has already included wakesurfing tricks and throwing a big-time charity event. What’s yet to materialize for the restricted free agent winger is a new contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 22-year-old opened his Marner All-Star Invitational on Thursday night just north of the city, and while the focus was on raising
What Boston might do about their salary cap problem Jared Clinton of The Hockey News: Alas, the Boston Bruins possess about $8.1 million in cap space. The problem lies in the fact they have Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo to sign. Both would easily command $10+ million combined in salary at a bare minimum. That
8:01 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Ron Francis has all kinds of eye-popping statistics attached to his Hall of Fame career. He averaged more than point a game, is second in NHL history in assists behind Wayne Gretzky and is fifth in career points. When CEO Tod Leiweke and the ownership group of the
The Toronto Marlies announced today that the hockey club has signed defensemen Ryan Johnston and Michael Kapla. Johnston, 27, has spent the last two seasons in Europe, primarily in the Swedish Hockey League. He tallied three goals and 19 assists in 50 games with Mora IK in 2018-19. A native of Sudbury, Ont., Johnston played
report this ad In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news out of New Jersey where the Devils might be ticking tires on David Backes, the Toronto Maple Leafs might be hoping for an offer sheet and Taylor Hall is going to take his time before he makes a decision on his long-term future citing
Introducing The Hockey Writers’ Countdown to Puck Drop series. From now until the puck drops on the 2019-20 NHL’s regular season on Oct. 2 when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators, we’ll be producing content that’s connected to the number of days remaining on that particular day. Some posts may be associated with
The NHL won’t be hosting preseason games in China this September as it has for the past two years, so the league is doing what amounts to the next best thing in its continued efforts to grow hockey’s footprint in the country of 1.3 billion. It’s sending Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin, who has been relaxing and
Seattle’s NHL expansion team has announced its general manager — Ron Francis, a Hall of Famer and a two-time Stanley Cup winner. He will have complete control of operations under Seattle Hockey Partners CEO Tod Leiweke. The yet-to-be-named team will debut in 2021. This is Francis’ first post-playing career job outside the Carolina Hurricanes. He