The Montreal Canadiens have a long to-do list in this short offseason after a loss in the Stanley Cup Final to the Tampa Bay Lightning. General manager (GM) Marc Bergevin needs to make decisions on the team’s pending free agents, who stays who goes, which roles must be filled, which can be filled by graduating
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In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News’ & Rumors, I’ll share the news that a longtime organizational player has re-signed with the team. That’s Rich Clune. Clune might be a lesser known member of the Maple Leafs’ organization, but here’s betting that he’s a prized member of the community. As well, I’ll comment on
10:54 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning are back-to-back Stanley Cup champs — and they did it in a nine-month span. “This group, no matter what happens from here on out, this group is going to be etched in history forever, and that’s pretty F’ing special,” captain Steven Stamkos said. “I’m so
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to a two-year contract worth $2,250,000 on Friday. The contract has an average annual value of $1,125,000. The breakdown is as follows: $1,050,000 in the 2021-22 season and $1,200,000 in the 2022-23 season. The 24-year-old Siegenthaler was acquired from Washington
This First Person article is the experience of Taryn Perelmiter and Darpan Patel, newlyweds living in Montreal’s West Island. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. Let’s be clear: planning a wedding during a pandemic is not easy. Then again, we never were a couple to take the easiest path. Coming from
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, NHL fans are a bit unsettled by the fact Patrick Kane was voted the best player in the NHL by the ESPY’s on Saturday night. How did this happen? Meanwhile, it doesn’t sound like the Philadelphia Flyers are going to be one of the final teams in on a Seth
Welcome to a brand new series here at The Hockey Writers called “Road to the Draft.” In this series, our draft contributors will count down from 32nd overall all the way to 1st overall and revisit each player taken with that pick between 2010 and 2020. The goal of this series is to reflect on
1:34 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to a two-year contract worth $2,250,000 on Friday. The contract has an average annual value of $1,125,000. The breakdown is as follows: $1,050,000 in the 2021-22 season and $1,200,000 in the 2022-23 season. The 24-year-old Siegenthaler
The Toronto Marlies have re-signed forward Rich Clune to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Clune enters his 15th professional season in 2021-22 and his seventh with the Marlies. He served as team captain last season and collected three goals and one assist in 33 games for Toronto. A Toronto native, Clune has played 534
The Seattle Kraken will take the ice for the first time in Spokane for their exhibition opener, with the NHL expansion franchise touring around the state of Washington while their arena renovation is completed. The Kraken announced Friday they will play home preseason games against the Canucks in Spokane on Sept. 26, the Oilers in
When Brian Wong moved to Calgary from Hong Kong nearly thirty years ago as a teenager, he said he “felt foreign” because most of his peers in university were talking about a game that he knew nothing about. A sports buff, he found that “the corridor conversation was all about hockey, and I became determined
July 10 saw a big trade between two “Original Six” franchises that saw one of them obtain the greatest goal scorer in their team’s history. Also, two current stars inked new contracts, and one of the greatest goaltenders of all time came out of retirement. The THW time machine is warmed up and ready to
Think you know all there is to know about the Montreal Canadiens? Time to find out. We’ve dug into the past of the storied team to pull out some factoids you may be totally unaware of. Time for a Habs history lesson. How Well Do You Know the Habs’ History? Which Montreal Canadiens superstar was the first-ever head
10:26 PM ET Star winger Vladimir Tarasenko has requested a trade from the St. Louis Blues, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Tarasenko, 29, is in the seventh year of an eight-year, $60 million deal he signed in July 2015. He has a full no-trade clause to go along with 218 goals and 224
The Boston Bruins have signed forwards Cameron Hughes and Joona Koppanen each to one-year, two-way contract extensions. Hughes, 24, was an Atlantic Division AHL All-Star in 2020-21 as he led the Providence Bruins in assists (16) and points (21) while skating in all 25 team games. He also skated in one NHL contest with Boston.
Don’t yell at me. I didn’t make the rules. And don’t yell at the Tampa Bay Lightning either. They didn’t make them, nor did they break them. They just played by them better than anyone else, and it resulted in their second straight Stanley Cup. Everyone looks for an edge in competitive sports. If you
Matiss Kivlenieks travelled to Michigan with teammate and close friend Elvis Merzlikins for the wedding of the daughter of Columbus Blue Jackets’ goaltender coach Manny Legace and a Fourth of July celebration. The festive weekend ended in tragedy Sunday night when the 24-year-old goaltender from Latvia, who was spending the summer in the United States,
The 2020-21 NHL season wasn’t even over before the trade rumor-mill started churning. In fact, in the midst of Game 5 between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night, the Twitterverse was hit with some breaking news of a certain superstar forward requesting a trade. Jeremey Rutherford of The Athletic broke the news