Brooks Orpik called it a career Tuesday after 15 bruising NHL seasons in which he established himself as a big-hitting, shutdown defenceman and won the Stanley Cup twice. The 38-year-old played 1,171 regular-season and playoff games for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals. He won the Cup with Pittsburgh in 2009 and Washington in 2018.
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At the recent NHL draft in Vancouver the 16th overall pick, Alex Newhook, filled out a questionnaire to help people get to know him better – his answer to question two got a fair bit of attention. The fill-in-the blank sheet asked, “Not a lot of people know that I … ” to which the 18 year-old wrote,
© Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports Columbus Blue Jackets on Artemi Panarin, Sergei Bobrovsky, and Matt Duchene Aaron Portzline of The Athletic: The questions never go away but Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky. Even Matt Duchene wants $9.5 million to $10 million AAV to stay in Columbus. The inevitability of Bobrovsky and Panarin leaving expects to
9:19 AM ET Washington Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik has announced his retirement after 15 seasons in the NHL. The 38-year-old American scored 18 goals with 176 assist. “I’ve been extremely lucky to have the best job in the world for many years, but my body is telling me it is time to move on to
As most of the Blue Jackets front office left Vancouver to fly back to Columbus after the weekend’s NHL draft, the newest member of the organization’s management team was returning to a place with a special place in his memory. Mike Eaves, who was hired last week to coach the team’s AHL affiliate in Cleveland,
report this ad Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan has a reputation of scoring more misses than hits with his NHL draft selections. In the past five years, only one homegrown talent, 2014 first-round selection Jakub Vrana, has achieved significant ice time with the Capitals. MacLellan has instead relied on free agency and deep pockets
report this ad It was expected that William Karlsson would be sticking with the Vegas Golden Knights. On Monday night, that news became official as the team announced they’d signed Karlsson to an eight-year extension. What’s interesting about the deal is that it comes in a bit lower a price tag than some may have
VANCOUVER—The Edmonton Oilers took defenceman Philip Broberg with the eighth pick in the NHL draft on Friday. The selection was the first player move made by newly-hired general manager Ken Holland. Broberg played last season with AIK in Sweden, scoring twice and adding seven assists in 41 games. He also played eight games for AIK
The Vegas Golden Knights have signed high-scoring forward William Karlsson to an eight-year contract. The deal has an average annual value of $5.9 million US. Karlsson could have become a restricted free agent July 1. The 26-year-old Karlsson had 24 goals and 32 assists in 82 games last season. He also had two goals and
Home NHL News NHL Trade: Flyers Trade Hartman To Stars For Pitlick © Andy Marlin-USA TODAY Sports The Philadelphia Flyers have traded winger Ryan Hartman to the Dallas Stars for winger Tyler Pitlick. The 24-year old Hartman was drafted 30th overall in the first round of the 2013 draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. This is
On the trading of Subban Pierre LeBrun: Trading P.K. Subban obviously clears up the money to take run at pending UFA center Matt Duchene. Mike Morreale: Nashville Predators GM David Poile: “We had to make a business decision. With an aim at strengthening our forward corps this offseason, and the continued strength of our defensive
8:28 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired defenseman Calvin de Haan in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes. The Blackhawks also received minor league forward Aleksi Saarela from the Hurricanes in exchange for defenseman Gustav Forsling and goaltender Anton Forsberg. Chicago has been looking to upgrade its defensemen since it
The St. Louis Blues have agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contract with forward Jordan Nolan. Nolan appeared in 59 AHL games with the San Antonio Rampage in 2018-19, tying for the team lead with 17 goals and finishing fourth on the club with 35 points. He also posted two assists in 14 NHL
report this ad Coming into the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins had a bit of a blessing in disguise. After years of trading picks and prospects to improve the NHL roster during Stanley Cup runs, the team’s farm system had been dismantled. For that reason, the Penguins could essentially draft whichever prospect they
report this ad Why mess with a good thing? Simply put, you don’t. The Boston Pride are doing a very fine job of bringing their defenders from 2018-19 back into the fold for the season ahead. Word was released on the morning of Jun. 24 that “The Pack” had re-signed blueliner Lauren Kelly. The signing
NEWARK, N.J.—P.K. Subban wasn’t exactly shocked Saturday when the former all-star NHL defenceman was traded from the Nashville Predators to the New Jersey Devils. “I’ve been through the process before,” Subban said in a conference call with the media Sunday. “There was a lot of talk after the season about what the Predators would do.
P.K. Subban wasn’t exactly shocked Saturday when the six-time NHL defenceman was traded from the Nashville Predators to the New Jersey Devils. “I’ve been through the process before,” Subban said in a conference call with the media Sunday. “There was a lot of talk after the season about what the Predators would do. Being in
Tyler Myers has already met with the Canucks Pierre LeBrun: Pending unrestricted free agent defenseman Tyler Myers will be meeting with a handful of teams this week. He the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday and he’s waiting to hear back from the Winnipeg Jets as well. Canucks GM hoping to have a busy week as he