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Field Level Media Sep 18, 2024, 02:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane will undergo surgery and be sidelined into the start of the regular season, general manager Stan Bowman announced Wednesday. “He’s going to be out for a while,” Bowman said, without revealing the specific nature of the surgery. “I
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Field Level Media Sep 17, 2024, 05:49 PM ET Vancouver Canucks forward Dakota Joshua announced Tuesday he was diagnosed with testicular cancer this summer and underwent surgery to remove a tumor. Joshua, 28, said he was continuing to recover from surgery but intended to play in the 2024-25 season. “This summer, I felt a lump
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Victoria Matiash, Fantasy HockeySep 16, 2024, 02:00 PM ET Close ESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010 Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010 Open Extended Reactions There’s no way around it: Rostering a strong goaltending corps is paramount to enjoying fantasy success. Having played this game for over 29 years, I’ve never witnessed a manager finish top of the
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 06:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BUFFALO, N.Y. — Hearing the familiar sounds of clacking sticks and pucks banging off the boards and glass while watching Columbus Blue Jackets prospects from the stands of a cold rink on a warm late-summer afternoon was not enough to wash away the lingering
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Braxton Whitehead of the Western Hockey League’s Regina Pats has received a verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season from Arizona State University’s Division I program despite NCAA eligibility rules that prevent any player who has appeared
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Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 11:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood alcohol level of .087%, above the .08% legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday. The Gaudreau
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Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSep 12, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Close Sean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Open Extended Reactions What is our target this time? Glad you asked! We want a defender
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Field Level Media Sep 12, 2024, 09:51 PM ET Former Washington Capitals forward Stephen Peat died from injuries he sustained in a recent accident, the NHL Alumni Association announced on Thursday. According to reports, Peat, 44, was a pedestrian when he struck by a car on Aug. 30. in Langley, British Columbia, a town about
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions New Jersey Devils defenseman Luke Hughes will need between six to eight weeks to recover from a shoulder injury he suffered earlier this month, the team said Thursday. Hughes suffered a left
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Associated Press Sep 9, 2024, 02:37 PM ET MEDIA, Pa. — John and Matthew Gaudreau were remembered as loving brothers and husbands who put family above hockey and everything else at their tearful funeral Monday, a week and a half after they died when they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles
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ESPN News Services Sep 10, 2024, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Seattle Kraken have agreed to terms with defenseman Adam Larsson on a four-year, $21 million extension, the team announced Tuesday. Larsson, 31, was heading into the final season of a four-year, $16 million deal he signed with Seattle after being selected in
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ESPN News Services Sep 10, 2024, 11:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed forward Nick Robertson to a one-year, $875,000 contract on Tuesday, ending a stalemate between the sides. Robertson had asked for a trade in June after Toronto didn’t put him in a consistent role last season because of a
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