Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella has already created some drama this season with some of his coaching decisions. To put it bluntly, he is not being truthful about how he will run the team. Frost is an Annual Scapegoat For the second season in a row, Morgan Frost appears to be Tortorella’s golden ticket
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 18, 2023, 07:45 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Leo Carlsson, the hulking Swedish center who the Anaheim Ducks drafted with the second overall pick in June, is expected to make his NHL debut Thursday against the Dallas Stars. If Carlsson
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer It’s another deep collection of incoming AHL rookies this season, a group that comes complete with a class full of NHL first-round picks. Start with the first round of the 2021 NHL Draft, and it’s a who’s-who of young talent beginning their pro careers this season. Seven other first-rounders from
Players in the new Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) will likely be playing some of their games inside NHL arenas this upcoming season. There’s also a good chance you’ll continue to see female players at NHL events like the All-Star Weekend, which will be held next year in Toronto, as the NHL helps market the new
Oct. 18 has seen some memorable victories in NHL history, including the first for two expansion teams. Many personal milestones were reached, including first goals and shutouts and even a significant first professional contract. So, let’s begin our daily journey back in time to enjoy all the best moments this date has given us over
The Tampa Bay Lightning embarked on their first road trip of the 2023-24 season and finished with a disappointing 0-2-1 record, leaving the team with only three points through four games to start the season. The road trip finale was on Tuesday, Oct. 17, when the team lost in overtime to the Buffalo Sabres by
NHL Insiders Oct 18, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions This week, we canvassed a panel of more than 50 ESPN broadcasters, analysts, reporters and editors to determine the 2023-24 edition of NHL Rank. Upon publication, everyone on the internet agreed completely with the results! (Or something like that…) In order to further dissect
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed defenseman Libor Hajek to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. Hajek, who attended training camp with the Pittsburgh Penguins, skated in 24 games with the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack last season, posting two goals and four assists. He added one assist in five Calder Cup Playoff contests.
Welcome to this edition of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stock Up and Stock Down, a weekly column detailing the highs and lows of the team’s performance. So much for the “pissed off” feeling reported to be a motivating factor going into the season. The motivation stated by Mikhail Sergachev in a preseason interview did seem
So far, the 2023-24 season has not gone how the Buffalo Sabres have wanted as they sit with a 0-2-0 record and have shown some glaring issues that need to be addressed sooner than later. The offense has struggled to put points up on the board, but the team also has had some huge defensive
Oct 17, 2023, 03:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired defenseman Jack Rathbone and forward Karel Plasek from the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday in a trade for defenseman Mark Friedman and forward Ty Glover. “I would like to thank Jack for all the time he spent with our organization and always pushing
The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired defenseman Jack Rathbone and forward Karel Plasek from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for defenseman Mark Friedman and forward Ty Glover. Rathbone had one goal in two weekend games for the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks to begin 2023-24. After missing most of his first pro season due to injury, Rathbone was
Mark Scheifele showed how fired up he was to play in the Winnipeg Jets’ home opener Saturday afternoon. Scheifele had a goal, assist and a fight for the “Gordie Howe hat trick” in Winnipeg’s 6-4 victory over the Florida Panthers. “Home opener. You’re back in front of your home fans. You gotta be a little fired
The Ottawa Senators have started the year with a 2-1-0 record through the first week after kicking things off to a loss against the Carolina Hurricanes. Still, they bounced back and took the first two games of their five-game homestand and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning, each game with a score of
The 2023-24 San Jose Sharks are a uniquely assembled team. They are largely a collection of players who have not spent much time in San Jose, and the organization faces a significant amount of roster turnover. While the team will likely have a difficult season, most of the specific challenges and weaknesses that might emerge
Open Extended Reactions There has never been a better time to be a hockey fan, with legendary players such as Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin still playing at a high level, in-their-prime superstars like Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews generating highlight-reel fodder on a nightly basis, and a rising crop of tantalizing youngsters such as
Phillips prefers to view it as proving the people who believed in him right, but the 25-year-old is used to being doubted because of his size. Generously listed at 5-foot-8, 160 pounds, Phillips played in just three NHL games in seven seasons with the Flames organization, including two last season, when he led the Calgary
Montreal Canadiens centre Kirby Dach has sustained a “significant injury” and will be out for an extended period, the team announced Monday. Dach was checked into the Chicago bench by defenceman Jarred Tinordi in the first period of Saturday’s 3-2, home-opening win over Chicago. He headed to the dressing shortly afterward and did not return