Matthew Highmore was, unsurprisingly, among the Blackhawks’ training camp roster cuts last weekend. But the 23-year-old center can’t be bothered by anything right now. “I’m finally healthy,” he said, relieved. “It’s been a long road to recovery, and my body feels really good, and that’s the first step to getting better. I’m starting to make
Thursday, just hours after Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin claimed his second consecutive ESPY award for Best NHL Player, a Capitals star of the past took to social media to take “credit”…of sorts…for the Caps’ recent run of success. “After 18 years we should look the positive way. If I would play very good ,
Hockey is back and the preseason is in full swing. With around a week until the start of the regular season, each NHL team is using these uncounted games to the fullest. Going into the 2019-20 season, there isn’t another team that needs to use this preseason more than the New York Rangers. With a
EDMONTON—Connor McDavid’s return to actual game play from a knee injury may not have been a triumphant one, but at least it was a return in the first place. McDavid was held off the scoreboard in a 4-2 pre-season loss by the Edmonton Oilers to the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday, but he considers his first
Anze Kopitar takes his craft seriously. Very seriously. And when it comes to faceoffs, it’s possible the Los Angeles Kings centre is even more meticulous. Kopitar works tirelessly on his technique, rigorously studies opponents’ tendencies and even scouts how individual linesmen drop the puck. The smallest detail on a draw can mean the difference between
On Connor, Hall and Byfuglien Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Kyle Connor‘s agent Rich Evans on Monday on the report that they were close to having a deal done. “That’s just not true,” Evans said. The New Jersey Devils and Taylor Hall‘s camp have had preliminary talks. Now, if a deal can’t be reached …
12:18 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Blue Jackets center Brandon Dubinsky likely will miss the start of the season with a wrist injury. General manager Jarmo Kekalainen said Wednesday that the 33-year-old Dubinsky is out indefinitely. No other details were provided. Dubinsky is entering his 13th NHL season. Last year he recorded
Dave Kallmann Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 1:33 PM EDT Sep 25, 2019 Rem Pitlick can laugh about it now, but the embarrassing story illustrates his point: Transition is a challenge, and it never hurts to have a friend around. No sooner had the University of Minnesota season finished than Pitlick began living his professional hockey
PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin was talking about himself. The longtime Pittsburgh Penguins centre might as well have been talking about his team. “I want to show to everyone I’m not done,” Malkin said. “(I want to show) everything — power skating, stickhandling, scoring, play in the D zone, faceoffs. I just want to come back
Monday was a busy day for the New York Islanders, who broke ground on their new Belmont Park Arena on Long Island. In addition to the groundbreaking, the Islanders announced that they would be moving seven of their regular-season games from the Barclays Center to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. With the games being added to
CHICAGO—One of Dylan Strome’s first calls after he was traded to the Blackhawks last November was to Alex DeBrincat, one of his best friends. The first chirp upon his initial walk into the Hawks locker room came from Brent Seabrook, whom Strome never had met. “He yelled I was late for practice,” Strome recalled with
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews is facing a disorderly conduct charge stemming from an incident last May in his hometown of Scottsdale, Ariz. Matthews, 22, has not been arrested in relation to the May 26 incident. He has a pretrial conference scheduled for Wednesday morning in Scottsdale at 11:30 a.m. ET, though he is not required to
The Lightning finally moved TSN: Pierre LeBrun: The Tampa Bay Lightning had been trying to hold strong on a three-year deal at under $5.7 million for Brayden Point. He was never going to sign that. The last year at $9 million was key. He’ll be a $10 million-plus player on his next deal. NHL and
7:32 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs say they are aware of a complaint of disturbing the peace against star forward Auston Matthews. The team says Matthews is cooperating with authorities and declined further comment “out of respect for the process involved.” A Scottsdale, Arizona, police spokesman said the department in
TSN’s Bob McKenzie reported early Thursday that the Philadelphia Flyers and restricted free agent defenseman Ivan Provorov were creeping closer to an extension. With Zach Werenski signed in Columbus, the value of similar defensemen in the NHL was becoming clearer and while the Flyers and Provorov signed a different type of contract than Werenski did
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs say they are aware of a complaint of disturbing the peace against star forward Auston Matthews. In a statement, the Leafs say “Auston is co-operating fully with the relevant authorities but neither he nor the Club will comment any further out of respect for the process involved.” A Scottsdale,
ST. LOUIS—The St. Louis Blues acquired all-star defenceman Justin Faulk from the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday in exchange for defenceman Joel Edmundson and a prospect. The Blues also announced Faulk had signed a seven-year contract extension worth $45.5 million U.S. that goes into effect following this season with the defending Stanley Cup champions. “The team’s
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock acknowledged on the first day of training camp his seat could be a little warmer this season. After a 2017-18 campaign that saw no coaching changes during the regular-season schedule — a first since 1966-67 — seven bench bosses and two GMs were handed their walking papers in