There has been significant roster turnover over the past year, which is just the beginning as the Minnesota Wild continue to re-tool. General manager Bill Guerin continues to make changes that align with his vision for the future. There is still a considerable amount of the Wild’s biggest assets that could be on the move
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QUEBEC – Defenceman Miguel Tourigny completed a hat trick 29 seconds into overtime and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada edged the Quebec Remparts 4-3 on Thursday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play. Luke Hennan scored once and set up two of Tourigny’s goals for the Armada (4-0-0), who have won four games in a row. Viljami
On Nov. 10, the San Jose Sharks released this tweet with Adidas Hockey, teasing the brand new “Reverse Retro” jersey, a fourth jersey to add to the home, away, and third jersey repertoire for 2020-21. Adidas then began teasing parts of the concept, as opposed to an animation as in the previous tweet two days
Part of creating a team that can win both in the regular season and in the playoffs requires not only the skill to find talent, but also the ability to navigate the salary cap and manage player contracts. The Florida Panthers, under the direction of former general manager Dale Tallon, managed to bring in some
Look, nobody’s perfect. Sure, as general manager of the Vegas Golden Knights, the now-team president George McPhee masterfully navigated the landscape of the 2017 Expansion Draft and successfully exploited the rules to build a solid roster and stockpile future assets. McPhee’s efforts not only engineered his club’s storybook expansion run to the Stanley Cup Final
7:27 PM ET The NHL and NHLPA are still hoping to begin the 2020-21 season on Jan. 1, but talks between the two sides hit a significant snag this week as players felt “blindsided” when owners asked to change the terms of their new CBA, just four months after it was agreed upon, according to
Restricted free-agent defenseman Jake Walman has agreed to a two-year contract with the St. Louis Blues, a two-way deal in 2020-21 and a one-way deal in 2021-22. Walman, 24, skated in 57 games with the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage last season, setting career highs with eight goals, 19 assists and 27 points. He also appeared
All things considered, the Dallas Stars are having a pretty mild offseason, with no trades and no big free-agent signings. The important thing Dallas has done this offseason is re-sign their restricted free agents (RFAs). The three forwards, Radek Faksa, Denis Gurianov, and Roope Hintz, make up an important core of the Stars offense and,
QUEBEC – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Saint John Sea Dogs have suspended in-person activities after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The Sea Dogs become the fifth team in the major-junior hockey league and the first in the Maritimes Division to announce a positive test. The league says the Sea Dogs’ next
The prospective 2020-21 NHL season still has plenty of question marks: Will there be an all-Canadian division with hub cities? Will the teams play a full 82 games? The prospect of an all-Canadian division is appearing more and more likely as Covid-19 rages across North America and the world. Personally, if the league must play,
The San Jose Sharks are headlined by Tomas Hertl and Logan Couture, both great two-way centers. However, both had injury-riddled seasons in 2019-20, and the team was forced to utilize their young centers. Management also traded Barclay Goodrow at the deadline and lost Joe Thornton to free agency, making the Sharks’ lack of center depth
Trades provide each and every NHL team with the opportunity to immediately address glaring needs within their respective rosters. Good trades can set your franchise up for incredible success. Bad trades can leave you without a GM and needing to hire a new manager and coach in the offseason. The Edmonton Oilers are not the
10:45 AM ET The National Hockey League is not exactly known for its ingenuity. Its most successful invention in the past 15 years was “a hockey game, but outside.” They moved from 5-on-5 overtime to 4-on-4 overtime, added a shootout, realized the shootout was terrible, and the solution was 3-on-3 hockey. Again, not exactly reinventing
The NHL has asked its players to accept a pair of amendments to the six-year collective bargaining agreement the two sides signed in July to help the league return during the COVID-19 pandemic. The players learned of the request in a Thursday meeting with NHLPA executives. The league would like to raise the escrow caps
For the Corner Brook Minor Hockey Association, it was like being on the receiving end of an open-ice body check. It was in late March near the end of the 2018-19 season in Corner Brook, N.L., when league officials were informed they were thousands of dollars behind in payments for ice time. By the time officials got
The New Jersey Devils needed to give their offense a boost this offseason, and they did when they acquired Andreas Johnsson from the Toronto Maple Leafs in early October. Johnsson missed a good chunk of 2019-20 because of a knee injury, but he still produced at a 40-point pace. The season before, he finished with 20 goals
The NCAA has released its latest report on graduation rates for US college student-athletes. Of the four major sports (football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey), hockey leads hands-down. NCAA hockey players have the highest graduation rate among the four major sports. (Courtesy NCAA) The graduation rate includes all student-athletes who complete their undergraduate degree within six
Everyone has their own opinion of what their favorite team should do when it comes to trades, starting players, how to operate the team, etc. I believe there are a few things the Minnesota Wild should have done differently this past season and what they should do going forward. Going Back in Time The biggest