The Ottawa Senators announced Friday they’ve agreed to a six-year, $29.85 million US contract with forward Drake Batherson. Batherson, 23, was Ottawa’s fourth-leading scorer last year with 34 points (17 goals, 17 assists). His 17 goals were tied for second-highest on the club. News Release: The <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sens?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Sens</a> have agreed to terms on a six-year,
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The 12th installment in this series has arrived after looking at how the Minnesota Wild did in their first 11 drafts. If you missed any of them or want a refresher, you can find those recaps below: The 2010-11 NHL season didn’t treat the Wild kindly. While they allowed fewer goals than the previous campaign, their 206
The Toronto Maple Leafs will soon be back on ice. The last time fans saw the boys in blue they were failing to make it past the first round – again. However, the time away hasn’t healed the wounds, it still seems fresh for many readers of our articles. On the Maple Leafs Lounge, we
So we’ll finally get to see Connor McDavid in a Team Canada jersey. Not as a teenager this time, but as the NHL’s marquee player. That’s good. Who wouldn’t want to see that? How about McDavid on a line with Brayden Point and Mitch Marner? Auston Matthews will lead the American Olympic team for the
Team USA’s coaching staff for men’s hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will include someone without any prior coaching experience: Ryan Miller. The longtime NHL goalie, who helped the U.S. win silver at the 2010 Olympics, will assist head coach Mike Sullivan for next year’s Olympic team. Miller, 41, retired after the 2020-21
If there is one thing that has devastated the Dallas Stars over the past two seasons, it is injuries. After their incredible run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2020, the team released a massive list of injuries that occurred before or during the playoffs. While all teams battle through injuries in the postseason, this
The last time I wrote a Vancouver Canucks prospects report, Jonah Gadjovich was just getting the call from the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Utica Comets, William Lockwood was on an insane run of goal scoring and Mikey DiPietro was just getting back into the crease after a long stint on the taxi squad. Now, here
10:50 AM ET The NHL and NHLPA have come to an agreement with the IIHF and IOC that will allow NHL players to participate in the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. The agreement does carry an opt-out clause: The NHL and NHLPA can pull out of the Olympics should COVID-19 conditions worsen, or if the
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OK, let’s try this again. One year after becoming the first woman from P.E.I. to sign a contract with the National Women’s Hockey League — only to have the season cut short and the playoffs revamped because of COVID-19 — Stratford’s Sarah Steele is heading back to the Toronto Six for the 2021-22 season. The
The Colorado Avalanche experienced a tumultuous offseason in which they watched the enviable forward depth that powered them to last season’s Presidents’ Trophy steadily deplete in free agency. However, that’s not to say that the Avalanche roster is not well-equipped to once again ascend to the NHL’s elite as one of the league’s apex predators, even
In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, I’ll share news that the NHL has agreed to send players to the Olympic Games in February 2022. I’ll also look at what Maple Leafs’ players might play for their respective teams. Related: Maple Leafs Should Consider Trading Ilya Mikheyev Second, I’ll share a recent
5:59 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Red Wings signed Filip Hronek to a three-year, $13.2 million contract Friday. The Czech defenseman will count $4.4 million against the salary cap through the 2023-24 season. Hronek has 16 goals and 64 assists through his first 167 regular-season NHL games. The 23-year-old put up 26 points
Toronto’s Jason Payne travelled a long, hard road to get to where he is today. Promoted this past week by the Cincinnati Cyclones, the 45-year-old father of two is just the fifth Black head coach ever in North American pro hockey — and currently the only one. From the days when he rode the TTC
San Jose Sharks associate coach Rocky Thompson, who is unable to receive the COVID-19 vaccine due to an undisclosed medical reason, stepped down Friday. “Under the new League protocols, I am not permitted to fulfill my duties on the Sharks coaching staff at this time,” the Calgary native said in a statement. “I will have no
The Blackhawks Banter crew is back after taking last week off and we have some interesting topics to cover. The team extended their best defenseman over the past couple of seasons. Plus, The Hockey Writers released two in-depth prospects lists, neither of which were very kind to the Blackhawks. Our Blackhawks writing crew of Greg Boysen, Brooke
In today’s NHL, speed dominates. No longer can teams roster slow, hulking defensemen capable of obstructing opponents into submission. But, if a player has speed and size, they can be lethal. According to Hockey-Graphs, the average NHLer stands 6-foot-1 and weighs 201 pounds (as of the 2014-15 season). When compared to the average NHL player
12:21 PM ET The Ottawa Senators have agreed to a six-year, $29.85 million contract with right winger Drake Batherson, the team announced Friday. Batherson, 23, skated in all 56 of the Senators’ games last season, ranking second on the team with 17 goals and adding 17 assists before becoming a restricted free agent. “Drake represents