Thirty-one National Hockey League teams are preparing to take part in this weekend’s 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver, and their top affiliates are ready and waiting for the next wave of young American Hockey League stars to begin their professional careers. In 2018-19, a total of 242 former first- and second-round draft picks played in
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report this ad In today’s News & Notes, Erik Karlsson and Tomas Hertl will miss Game 6 of the Western Conference Final for the San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins’ forward Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson is going to play in Sweden for the 2019-20 season and both Calvin de Haan and Jordan Martinook have undergone medical procedures.
report this ad Lady luck shined on the New York Rangers for both the Draft Lottery and Winnipeg Jets’ Playoff woes. Since all four divisional winners bowed out in the first round, they’ll pick after the Jets, helping secure the 20th overall pick for the Rangers. The last time the Rangers held the 20th overall
His former coach calls it a “force field.” When Jack Hughes skates with the puck, the potential top pick in this weekend’s NHL draft has a way of darting in and out, feinting side to side to keep defenders just out of stick’s reach, as if they’re blocked by some imaginary bubble. “If fans remember
Members of the billionaire family that owns the Vancouver Canucks are facing a massive tax bill related to a complex scheme developed to offset taxes on the sale of more than $140 million worth of assets needed to raise money to buy the hockey team. The Aquilini Group bought the Canucks more than a decade ago. But
© Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Dubas on his RFAs, offer sheets, and trade candidates in Zaitsev, Marleau and Kadri Maple Leafs Hot Stove: (full collection of question and quotes transcribed at MLHS) Media availability for Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas yesterday. Dubas on their RFAs. “Yeah, we are talking with all of them. We’ve
11:32 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN VANCOUVER – If restricted free-agent star forward Mitch Marner plans on signing an offer sheet to set his price tag, there’s no guarantee the Toronto Maple Leafs will match it, according to general manager Kyle Dubas. Marner, who led the team with 94 points last season, is one of three
report this ad The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without a first-round pick at this Friday’s NHL Entry Draft, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be able to acquire high-end talent. The team’s first selection will come in the second round at 53rd overall and from past experience, we know that there will be plenty
report this ad The love of hockey isn’t something inherent or happened upon for most people. Like many other sports, players spawn from those who played. Thanks to players, raising their families rinkside, many children grow to love the game and end up playing it. The sacrifice is great. The community and family found within
VANCOUVER—Auston Matthews or Patrik Laine? Taylor Hall or Tyler Seguin? There have been tight races before in terms of who goes first and who goes second in the NHL draft. But this year, the difference between American centre Jack Hughes, favoured to go No. 1 overall to the New Jersey Devils, and Finnish winger Kaapo
Andrea Barone was the first openly gay man in professional hockey — and he knew it. In 2017, a coach charged at Barone, an ECHL referee, using a graphic, expletive-laced anti-gay slur. The incident may have hurt Barone, but so did the coach’s punishment — a mere fine. While hockey has proven to be among the sports
© John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Maple Leafs listening to trade offers on several players Darren Dreger: The Toronto Maple Leafs are telling teams that they are willing to listen to trade offers for Kasperi Kapanen and Nazem Kadri. If they traded Kapanen, they would need to get a defenseman back. They would need to
11:00 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN VANCOUVER — After several embarrassing officiating controversies overshadowed the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the National Hockey League significantly increased the scope of its referees’ video review capabilities and added a third category to its coach’s challenges at Thursday’s general managers meeting in Vancouver. “We view this as evolutionary. We don’t want
The Detroit Red Wings on Monday announced the hiring of Todd Krygier as an assistant coach for the Grand Rapids Griffins. Krygier joins fellow assistants Matt Macdonald and Mike Knuble, goaltending development coach Brian Mahoney-Wilson, and video coach Bill LeRoy on second-year head coach Ben Simon’s staff for 2019-20. “Combining his playing and coaching experiences,
report this ad Throughout his tenure with the Tampa Bay Lightning, general manager Steve Yzerman found great success at the draft. Even if he struggled at times with first-round picks, his team of scouts consistently pulled top-talent out of all rounds of the draft. With 2019 representing the first draft for the Lightning without Yzerman
report this ad It was the culmination of the unlikeliest of stories, but the 2018-19 St. Louis Blues are Stanley Cup champions. The players arrived in a variety of ways: many were drafted by the Blues, others were traded for, and many were signed as free agents. That does not distinguish the Blues from any
VANCOUVER—Bowen Byram’s bantam coach knew almost immediately the defenceman would wind up as a first-round NHL pick. Dan Marr, the league’s director of central scouting and resident prospect guru, had a similar feeling when he first saw the player in action. But ask Byram, and he wasn’t as sure until recently. “It’s a dream growing
A young Montreal Canadiens fan was reduced to tears when he met goalie Carey Price in front of thousands at the annual NHL awards. Before Anderson Whitehead, 11, lost his mother to cancer back in November, she had promised to do anything she could to help him meet his idol. After she died, Whitehead’s aunt took