The St. Louis Blues have crossed the border and gone fishing – for Canucks that is. This is the first of three games between the two franchises this season. Should mistakes be made tonight, the teams will need to wait until March 28 and 30 to settle any scores. This season, the Blues are 8-7-3 on the
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The St. Louis Blues have a plethora of players who are playing their best hockey this season, and some who aren’t. But I’m going to focus on the players who are having career-best years for them, taking a small page out of our Colorado Avalanche team here at The Hockey Writers. They’ve needed a rare
The St. Louis Blues will open their season on Saturday, Oct. 17 versus the Colorado Avalanche. Although the NHL season will begin five days prior to the Blues’ season, they should be ready to go. The team is looking to return to the playoffs and win a series, something they haven’t done over the last
The New York Rangers began their offseason by trading Pavel Buchnevich to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Sammy Blais and a second-round pick. The move is a painful one, as Buchnevich had developed into one of the Rangers’ best wingers and was an integral member of the team. His rise was impressive and
The New York Rangers shocked everyone when they let go of their president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton in one fell swoop with only a few games left in the 2020-21 season. They then promoted Chris Drury to both roles (from “Trumbull’s Chris Drury promoted to president and general manager of New York
If the Rangers are able to extend Chris Kreider, other moves may need to happen TSN: Bob McKenzie said last night that there have been some contract extension talks between the New York Rangers and pending UFA forward Chris Kreider. There is some optimism that a deal could be worked out, but it might mean
Could the Rangers move Buchnevich? Larry Brooks of the New York Post: The Rangers could move Chris Kreider by the trade deadline, but they could also look at moving linemate Pavel Buchnevich. He has another year left on his deal at $3.25 million. Buchnevich obviously wouldn’t land a return close to Kreider, but they may
RALEIGH, N.C. — Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist, Henrik Lundqvist made a season-high 45 saves and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Thursday night. Artemi Panarin, Brendan Lemieux and Adam Fox also scored for the Rangers, who have won 28 of their past 34 games against the Hurricanes.
Shannon on Boeser and the Canucks Sportsnet 650: John Shannon on Sportsnet 650 on Vancouver Canucks restricted free agent forward Brock Boeser: “Both sides are saying the right things. I fully expect he will be in camp with a new contract. Just don’t ask me how much because the Hayes signing was pretty nuts so
What deals could Kevin Fiala and Joel Eriksson Ek receive? Michael Russo of The Athletic: With most of Paul Fenton‘s offseason done, there are two more pieces of business left. Those would be re-signing Joel Eriksson Ek and Kevin Fiala. The question begs what do you sign these players for? Minnesota has about $7.6 million
What Boston might do about their salary cap problem Jared Clinton of The Hockey News: Alas, the Boston Bruins possess about $8.1 million in cap space. The problem lies in the fact they have Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo to sign. Both would easily command $10+ million combined in salary at a bare minimum. That
Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: Blues, Canucks, Rangers, Islanders, Bruins and Devils © Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports Blues trying to eliminate any distraction at the start of the season Tom Timmermann: St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong said that they chose salary arbitration for goaltender Ville Husso as it will mean everyone will be
© Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Asking price to acquire and sign Jacob Trouba won’t be cheap Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The New York Rangers and New York Islanders are among the teams aggressively going after Winnipeg Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba. The New Jersey Devils are also interested. The cost to acquire Trouba is
Will Henrik Lundqvist finish his career with the Rangers? Jon Lane of NHL.com: New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist told Swedish paper Expressen that he isn’t sure if he’ll finish his playing career with the Rangers. “I don’t know if I’ll stay with the Rangers my entire career,” said the 37-year-old goalie, who has two
Risers and fallers of the New York Rangers season Larry Brooks of the New York Post: Again, there are always a few players that rise up or fall each season. Pavel Buchnevich became a big riser based on his second-half performance. His six goals in the last 12 games could be a harbinger of things