The New York Islanders have some salary cap gymnastics to navigate this summer, and the closer we get to the NHL Expansion Draft, the clearer the picture should become. Arthur Staple of The Athletic indicated that Islanders defenseman Nick Leddy is being shopped for a trade. “There’s a much bigger sense of urgency to any
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7:00 AM ET The NHL is expanding to 32 teams beginning with the 2021-22 season, as the Seattle Kraken will join the Pacific Division. This sets up a natural regional rivalry with the Vancouver Canucks and brings the sport back to the city whose Metropolitans were the first team awarded the Stanley Cup in 1917.
The Anaheim Ducks have re-signed center Sam Carrick to a one-year, one-way contract extension, and defenseman Trevor Carrick and right wing Vinni Lettieri to one-year, two-way contract extensions. Sam Carrick has served as captain of the San Diego Gulls for the last two seasons. In 2020-21, he recorded 14 goals and 10 assists for 24
It’s hard for Duncan Keith to say goodbye to yesterday. Pekka Rinne, too. Even more difficult for Zach Parise and Ryan Suter because it wasn’t their call. Moving on from the past is an early theme of the NHL offseason. Chicago traded Keith after 16 seasons that included three Stanley Cup titles. Rinne retired following
Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville has offered to participate in Chicago’s review of allegations by a former player who says he was sexually assaulted by a then-assistant coach in 2010. Quenneville, 62, coached Chicago to three Stanley Cup titles over 10-plus seasons before he was fired by the team in November 2018. He was hired
NHL teams are prone to make mistakes at any time of the year, but the summer offseason presents a unique set of traps that general managers can’t seem to help but topple into (hello, Ken Holland!). Exorbitant free agent signing, ill-conceived draft decisions, and illogical trades all have the potential to send a franchise spinning
In anticipation of the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft on July 21, “armchair general managers” representing every NHL team completed a Mock Expansion Draft for The Hockey Writers. The Philadelphia Flyers were among the most active teams in the mock activity. They completed one trade prior to the submission of the protection list, one trade following
9:03 PM ET The Edmonton Oilers acquired Chicago Blackhawks veteran defenseman Duncan Keith and prospect forward Tim Soderlund on Monday in a trade for defenseman Caleb Jones and a conditional 2022 third-round pick, a source confirmed to ESPN. Which side comes out ahead in the deal? We grade both GMs here: Duncan Keith has three
The San Jose Sharks have re-signed goaltender Josef Korenar to a one-year contract. Korenar, 23, made his National Hockey League debut with the Sharks in 2020-21, making 10 appearances and posting a record of 3-5-0 with a 3.17 goals-against average and an .899 save percentage. He also appeared in eight AHL games with the San
MONTREAL – Dominique Ducharme was officially named the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday after leading the club on an electric playoff run all the way to the Stanley Cup final. The Habs announced that Ducharme has agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season, removing the “interim” qualifier that’s been
Dominique Ducharme has been officially named the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens after leading the club on an electric playoff run all the way to the Stanley Cup final. The Canadiens have announced that Ducharme has agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season. The 48-year-old was promoted to the role of
It has been a hectic 24-hour period for the Chicago Blackhawks. The aftershocks from Monday’s trade of Duncan Keith to the Edmonton Oilers are still rippling through the fandom. Keith and Oilers’ general manager Ken Holland met with the media after the deal, and both had some interesting things to say. The Blackhawks acquired defenseman
Michael Russo of The Athletic: Sources have said that Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin has let both Zach Parise and Ryan Suter know that they will have the remaining four years of their contracts bought out. Michael Russo: “Because both have no-moves, they essentially will get emails from team to waive waivers and become free
The Seattle Kraken expansion draft is a little more than a week away, and each team must have their protection list submitted by July 17, ahead of the July 21 draft. After a phenomenal regular season, the Florida Panthers are doing everything in their power to keep their star players together. However, one major problem
7:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — When Robbie Hall signed a new contract with ECHL’s Atlanta Gladiators in 2020, he felt like he was living the dream. The money wasn’t great — about $500 per week, before taxes — but it was double the $250 a week he was making in the SPHL. “I was
The Cleveland Monsters have signed defenseman Thomas Schemitsch, forward Cole Fonstad and defenseman Billy Sweezey to American Hockey League contracts for the 2021-22 season. Schemitsch, 24, enters his sixth AHL season after notching two goals and a team-leading 16 assists in 28 appearances with the Monsters in 2020-21. Originally a third-round choice by Florida in
SEATTLE (AP) — Seats have been bolted into position throughout the upper deck and into the lower bowl. All the concrete has been poured and on the floor of Climate Pledge Arena, the outline of the rink is waiting to be covered in ice. Builders say the home for the newest NHL franchise, the Seattle
The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenceman Duncan Keith and forward Tim Soderlund from the Chicago in exchange for blue liner Caleb Jones and a conditional third-round draft pick in 2022. The 37-year-old Keith had spent his entire 16-season NHL career in Chicago, where he emerged into one of the league’s elite defencemen. He won the James