When the NHL returns from its bye weeks and all-star break, there will be just over 30 games left for each team. The Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames are the only Canadian clubs currently in a playoff spot, while the Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets sit just below the cut line. The Montreal
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Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been playing with a bum wrist. Judging by his offensive output, it’s hard to tell. The 22-year-old is tied for second in the NHL with 34 goals this season to match his jersey number, with eight coming in his last nine games. Matthews worked to rehab the injury during
Kreider on trade rumors Dennis Bernstein: New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider on trade rumors: ”I have no preference (on destination if I was traded), I’m a Ranger until they tell me I’m not.” Laura Albanese: Kreider added that he’s not thinking about trade opportunities as he still believes the Rangers have a playoff chance.
11:25 AM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — A former Minnesota high school hockey player paralyzed during a game in 2011 has been hired by an NHL team. Jack Jablonski tweeted Thursday that he has a job as a content coordinator with the Los Angeles Kings working in podcasting, radio and TV. I
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced a change to the playing rosters for the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Ontario International Airport, to be held this Sunday and Monday, January 26-27 in Ontario, Calif. Iowa Wild forward Sam Anas has been added to the Central Division roster. In addition, the AHL
Perhaps one of the most impressive aspects of the Tampa Bay Lightning as an organization has been the success of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. As the Lightning were fighting for the Stanley Cup while trying to stay under the cap, the Crunch just kept pumping out young, NHL-caliber players who could
Things could be better for the Toronto Maple Leafs as they head into the All-Star break. In what has already been an eventful season so far, the storylines and issues surrounding the roster haven’t stopped. From injuries and defensive woes, to Frederik Andersen’s recent struggles in the net, there shouldn’t be any rest and relaxation
SAN JOSE, CALIF.—San Jose Sharks owner Hasso Plattner is giving general manager Doug Wilson his backing, saying in a news release Thursday he is supportive of Wilson’s plan to return the struggling team back to the NHL playoffs next season. The Sharks have fallen well short of expectations this year. With a 21-25-4 record, they
Rick Tocchet is going to keep his distance. Quinn Hughes, meanwhile, admits it would be a lie to say he isn’t interested to see how things play out. Even though Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl missed Thursday’s media session ahead of the NHL’s all-star weekend, the Edmonton Oilers’ renewed rivalry with the Calgary Flames —
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The Pittsburgh Penguins continue to be interested in Minnesota Wild forward Jason Zucker. The Wild aren’t ready to give up on their season just yet. The Chicago Blackhawks aren’t ready to give up on the season yet either. If they get to that point, could former coach Joel Quenneville and the
10:04 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Even when he skips the event, Alex Ovechkin is the talk of the NHL All-Star Game. Ovechkin closed out the first half of the season with back-to-back hat tricks and eight goals in three games. He sits at 692 career goals, putting him just eight away from becoming the
Jake Bean’s first pro season was a special one, featuring a historic stat line, leaguewide honors, an NHL recall and a Calder Cup championship. And, as it turns out, it was only the beginning. Year two has seen Bean elevate his game even further, and people are taking notice. “He’s playing the best hockey of
TORONTO — Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk will replace Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the 2020 NHL All-Star Weekend in St. Louis this week. The Maple Leafs announced on Wednesday that Matthews is still nursing a wrist injury and thus he will not be “actively participating in any on-ice events” during the festivities at Entreprise Center. However, the team
TSN just released a mid-season ranking of the top 50 players in 2019-20. Naturally, the Edmonton Oilers’ god-like, all-mighty Connor McDavid ranks as number one, while Leon Draisaitl takes the fourth spot. No. 29’s ranking prompted naysayers to complain that he is only good because he plays with McDavid. McDavid’s on-ice magic has never been
CHERRY BROOK, N.S.—Canada Post unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday that pays tribute to an all-Black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes. The stamp, unveiled at the Black Cultural Centre in Cherry Brook, N.S., tells the story of the Colored Hockey League, which saw teams competing for the Colored Hockey Championship between 1895 and
Last season the Vancouver Canucks finished nine points short of the 90 needed to advance to the playoffs in the NHL’s Western Conference. In the three prior seasons the playoff bar in the West hovered around 95 points. In those years Vancouver missed the mark by 22, 25 and 22 points. Heading into the NHL all-star
Chris Kreider still high on the Boston Bruins’ radar Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports Boston: This feels like a broken record but Chris Kreider will be highly sought after by the Boston Bruins. Sometimes the more modest fish turns out to be the best. However, Kreider provides power to the top-six in Boston’s forward core.
12:35 PM ET I don’t want to say there’s a slight power imbalance in the NHL this season, but it might be time to contract the entire Western Conference for its abject inferiority. OK, that’s not entirely fair. Let’s relocate the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche to the superior conference, and then contract the