LAS VEGAS—Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano won the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenceman at the league’s awards ceremony Wednesday. The Toronto native became the first player in Flames history to win the award. Giordano, 35, is just the fourth player aged 35 or older to win the Norris. He finished second among all
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Erik Karlsson had no wanderlust to test the free agent market before re-signing in San Jose. “I never thought outside that box,” Karlsson said. “I’m happy that it didn’t get to that.” A handful of other teams aren’t so happy because the two-time Norris Trophy-winning defenceman would have been the best unrestricted free agent available.
If ever there might be a year for a do-over in voting for the NHL’s season-ending awards, given all that transpired in the Stanley Cup playoffs, this might be the year. If nothing else, Wednesday’s NHL awards can offer a reminder of just how different the regular season is from the rock-’em, sock-’em playoffs. Nikita
Jacob Trouba’s decision against signing a long-term deal with the Winnipeg Jets was well-documented. Less so was his primary reason why. Trouba revealed that his fiancee’s aspirations to become a doctor played a role in his desire to play in the United States. On Monday, he was traded to the New York Rangers . On
The Ottawa Senators re-signed left winger Anthony Duclair on a one-year, $1.65 million contract on Monday. Duclair, who was acquired in February in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets, could have become a restricted free agent this offseason. The 23-year-old had 33 points (19 goals, 14 assists) in a combined 74 games with Columbus
SAN JOSE, CALIF.—The San Jose Sharks re-signed pending free agent Erik Karlsson to a $92-million (U.S.), eight-year deal on Monday, turning a one-year rental into a long-term commitment to one of the league’s most dynamic defencemen. Karlsson was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1 but decided to stay in San Jose,
The NHL draft will be held Friday night and Saturday in Vancouver. Here’s a look at some of the worst draft decisions NHL teams have made through the years: 1993 The Ottawa Senators drafted Quebec Major Junior Hockey League star Alexandre Daigle with the No. 1 pick. What happened? The next six draft picks outscored
The Winnipeg Jets have traded defenceman Jacob Trouba to the New York Rangers for defenceman Neal Pionk and the 20th overall pick at the upcoming NHL draft. The teams announced the trade Monday. Pionk went undrafted and was signed as a free agent by the Rangers in May 2017 after two seasons at the University
Dallas Eakins is expected to be announced as the next Anaheim Ducks coach on Monday. Eakins is set to take over for the fired Randy Carlyle, the Los Angeles Times has learned, after he coached the team’s minor-league affiliate San Diego Gulls for four seasons. He was always considered to be a strong candidate unless
The Boston Bruins will look back on a miserable three minutes all summer. The Bruins had it all lined up: a raucous home crowd as they hosted the first Game 7 of a Stanley Cup Final in their 95-year history and a fast start that provided a handful of excellent scoring chances in the opening
The Flyers acquired Matt Niskanen from the Capitals for Radko Gudas on Friday in a one-for-one swap of defencemen that upgrades Philadelphia’s blue line offence and gives Washington much needed salary-cap space. Niskanen gives the Flyers an offensive-minded, right-handed shot who can also help on the power play. Philadelphia is retaining 30% of Gudas’ $3.35
Jonathan Toews says he just wants his contract to be worth what it says on paper. Right now, it’s not that simple. Under terms of the collective bargaining agreement, NHL owners and players divide hockey-related revenue 50/50, and if player salaries exceed that split a certain percentage is withheld in escrow to make it even.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF.—The Los Angeles Kings bought out the final two years of defenceman Dion Phaneuf’s contract. Phaneuf had two years left on a seven-year, $49-million U.S. contract through the 2020-21 season. He agreed to the deal in Toronto, but has been traded twice since. The 34-year-old veteran spent 93 games with the Kings, who
The Los Angeles Kings have bought out the final two years of defenceman Dion Phaneuf’s contract. The Kings made the move Saturday. The 34-year-old veteran spent 93 games with the Kings, who acquired him in February 2018. Phaneuf scored 16 points and racked up 68 penalty minutes, but the former Maple Leafs captain occasionally sat
It rained on the Blues’ parade, but nobody seemed to mind. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of downtown St. Louis and braved the rain on Saturday to cheer on the Stanley Cup champs, who concluded the festivities with a packed rally beneath the Gateway Arch that began just as the sun popped
ST. LOUIS—It rained on the Blues’ parade, but nobody seemed to mind. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of downtown St. Louis and braved the rain on Saturday to cheer on the Stanley Cup champs, who concluded the festivities with a packed rally beneath the Gateway Arch that began just as the sun
The Flyers acquired Matt Niskanen from the Capitals for Radko Gudas on Friday in a one-for-one swap of defencemen that upgrades Philadelphia’s blue line offence and gives Washington much needed salary-cap space. Niskanen gives the Flyers an offensive-minded, right-handed shot who can also help on the power play. Philadelphia is retaining 30% of Gudas’ $3.35