TAMPA, FLA.—Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has signed an eight-year, $76 million (U.S.) contract extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team announced the deal — worth an average of $9.5 million per season — with the Vezina Trophy winner on Monday. Lightning vice-president and general manager Julien BriseBois says the 25-year-old has “shown unmatched work ethic
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On the same day that a poll was released showing a majority of Calgarians feel the arena deal is being rushed, the city revealed it is asking the Calgary Flames’ ownership group for more time to do public consultation. At the outset of their talks, all parties to the negotiations — the city, the Flames owners
© Andrew Nelles-USA TODAY Sports The Vegas Golden Knights have traded left winger Nikita Gusev to the New Jersey Devils for a 2020 3rd round pick and a 2021 2nd round pick. The Devils have signed Gusev to a two-year contract at $9 million. Chris Westcott: Gusev will get $5 million this upcoming season and
The Blue Jackets and restricted free agent Werenski Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch: Do the Columbus Blue Jackets look at signing restricted free agent defenseman Zach Werenski to a bridge deal or do they try to get a long-term deal? Which road does Werenski prefer? Werenski doesn’t have a lot of leverage this offseason
5:08 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The New Jersey Devils continued their summer upgrade on Monday, trading a third-round pick in 2020 and a second-round pick in 2021 for left wing Nikita Gusev of the Vegas Golden Knights. The Knights brought Gusev, 27, over from the Russian Kontinental Hockey League for the Stanley Cup playoffs last
The Ontario Reign have signed defenseman Ryan Stanton to an AHL contract for the 2019-20 season. Stanton skated in 65 regular-season games with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors last season, recording five goals and 15 assists for 20 points. His five goals and plus-20 rating were both career highs. Stanton also notched two goals and an
The Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues are largely bringing back the same roster, with just Ivan Barbashev and Joel Edmundson left as restricted free-agents to sign. This continuity allows the Blues to remain contenders, led by their veteran players. With that in mind, there were still some young faces on the roster last season
The Tampa Bay Lightning have extended goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to a eight-year, $76 million contract. Vasilevskiy is coming off of a stellar season, holding a 39-10-4 record with a 2.40 goals against average (GAA) and a .925 save percentage (SV%). He also collected six shutouts. His performance in 2018-19 earned him his first Vezina Trophy,
To prepare you for the opening of NHL training camps in mid-September CBC Sports will take a deep dive at each of the seven Canadian-based clubs every Thursday. The Vancouver Canucks are up first. The Canucks have enjoyed a sound summer of manoeuvres so far. No doubt head coach Travis Green, entering his third year
© Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Buyout and trade candidates for the New York Rangers Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The New York Rangers are projected to be over the salary cap and still have restricted free agents Anthony DeAngelo and Brendan Lemieux left to sign. Buying out defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk “should be an open-and-shut
Colton Sissons must really like playing for the Nashville Predators. That’s probably the easiest conclusion to make based on the term of his new, seven-year, $20 million deal. Sissons Gets Paid Granted, it admittedly may not be the first impression of objective onlookers, even with regard to the abnormally large term. After all, seven years
If the Edmonton Oilers wanted to improve their top-six and grab a productive left-winger, one target might be Chris Kreider of the New York Rangers. While the Oilers aren’t exactly swimming in cap space, the Rangers are in a real cap crunch and Kreider might be someone new Oilers GM Ken Holland should kick tires
Alexander Kerfoot has an idea of what’s coming. He grew up alongside Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly, and his father owns a professional soccer team. But actually living in the spotlight that comes with playing hockey in Toronto is something entirely different. “I don’t think you can really prepare for the market until you get
© David Berding-USA TODAY Sports Holland on Puljujarvi Bob Stauffer: It is possible that Edmonton Oilers forward Jesse Puljujarvi is at the Oilers training camp in September. The situation remains fluid and the Oilers can’t just trade Puljujarvi for the sake of trading him. David Staples of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers GM Ken Holland when
The Montreal Canadiens announced on Saturday that they have agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contract with forward Michael McCarron. McCarron, the Canadiens’ first-round choice (25th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft, appeared in 32 games with the AHL’s Laval Rocket last season, recording seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points. The 24-year-old
As the offseason moves towards August, much of the dust has settled in terms of the availability of major free agent signings. Teams will add small pieces here and there, but now becomes the time to look within for further answers to team weaknesses. The Minnesota Wild have hardy, young talent that could really shine
For an NHL team, mistakes come in different magnitudes. For example, Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas choosing to go with Garret Sparks as goalie Frederik Andersen’s backup last season? Relatively small potatoes. It still hurt them, though. Sparks vs. McElhinney By opting to go with Sparks over Curtis McElhinney and even Calvin Pickard,
Frederik Andersen’s busy off-season has seen him fly home to Denmark, work to hone his on-ice skills in California, and attend a couple of weddings. For all the Maple Leafs’ jet-setting No. 1 goalie has seen and done, the Jewish nuptials of Toronto winger Zach Hyman take the cake. “That was a lot of fun,”