MONTREAL — Brendan Gallagher scored twice in regulation and the Montreal Canadiens downed the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Thursday in pre-season action. Nick Suzuki, Jordan Weal, and Phil Varone all scored in the shootout for Montreal. Weal and Brett Kulak both scored in the second period for the Canadiens. Owen Tippett, Anthony Greco, Jonathan Ang
Stanley Cup-winning experience isn’t worth what it used to be. Neither is experience of any kind. As NHL teams move toward paying their stars more money and relying on young players to fill the gaps, hockey’s middle class is being squeezed out. Veterans are finding it increasingly difficult to land guaranteed contracts and are often
Brendan Gallagher scored twice in regulation and the Montreal Canadiens downed the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Thursday in pre-season action. Nick Suzuki, Jordan Weal, and Phil Varone all scored in the shootout for Montreal. Weal and Brett Kulak both scored in the second period for the Canadiens. Owen Tippett, Anthony Greco, Jonathan Ang and Brett
Laine and Rantanen “not close” to getting new deals Rick Dhaliwal: The agent for restricted free agents Patrik Laine and Mikko Rantanen, Mike Luit, on Sportsnet 650: “We are not close.” Rick Dhaliwal: Luit on the effects for Mitch Marner‘s contract on Laine and Rantanen: “Is there a comparable, yes I think Mitch Marner and
11:04 AM ET The Ottawa Senators have reached the basement, but they are banking on one building block, signing promising young defenseman Thomas Chabot to an eight-year extension. The deal, which the team announced Thursday, carries an annual average value of $8 million and keeps him under contract through the 2027-28 season. Chabot is going
BUFFALO – Sabres defenseman John Gilmour found a team in – of all places – suburban Cleveland, about a nine-hour drive from his home outside of Montreal. “Kind of a no-name school,” Gilmour said Friday following a session of training camp inside KeyBank Center. The prep school willing to give a no-name hockey prospect an
BATHURST, N.B. — A short-handed goal by Alex Belzile with less than five minutes to play lifted the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 pre-season win over the Florida Panthers Wednesday night in the 2019 Kraft Hockeyville game in Bathurst, N.B. Matthew Peca, Jeff Petry and Riley Barber also scored for the Canadiens, who improved to 2-0
Welcome to the final part of our Erie Otters Q & A series. We saved the best for last. We saved the one player that the eyes of the hockey world will watch the Otters for this season until the very end. To Jamie Drysdale, it’s just business as usual. His career to date has
OTTAWA—The Ottawa Senators have locked up one of their young stars. The team announced Thursday it has agreed to an eight-year, $64-million (U.S.) contract extension with defenceman Thomas Chabot. The 22-year-old has 23 goals and 80 points in 134 career NHL games. Selected 18th overall in the 2015 NHL draft, Chabot had 14 goals and
The Ottawa Senators have locked up another member of their young core. The team announced Thursday it has agreed to an eight-year, $64-million US contract extension with star defenceman Thomas Chabot. The slick 22-year-old has 23 goals and 80 points in 134 career NHL games. Selected 18th overall in the 2015 NHL draft, Chabot had
The Jets would be in trouble if Byfuglien walks away Jared Clinton of The Hockey News: If Dustin Byfuglien decides to walk away from hockey, it would leave the Winnipeg Jets thin on the right side of their blue line. Their left side to start the season consists of Josh Morrissey, Dmitry Kulikov and Nathan
11:15 AM ET Sean Allen Close Special to ESPN.com 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. Victoria Matiash Close Fantasy Hockey ESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010 Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010 Not only do breakout
With a Prospects Tournament trophy in the books, the Detroit Red Wings have begun to gear up for the 2019-20 season. Last night, the preseason got off to a roaring start as the Red Wings toppled the Chicago Blackhawks in a rousing 5-3 game. For some, the preseason is just a conditioning exercise to get
Is it too soon to discuss the Colorado Avalanche’s loss to the San Jose Sharks in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs? Probably. But with preseason games already running through their paces, it’s the perfect opportunity to assess what changes could help the Avalanche go deeper into the playoffs this season and whether
Warren Rychel was out of the junior hockey scene and sitting at home watching a movie when he missed a call from Barrie Colts owner/president Howie Campbell one evening this summer. Little did Rychel know there was an offer to get back into the game waiting for him on the other end. “I thought, ‘what’s
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk was forced to go to court to get his company’s private jet back from an aviation company that was holding it over an unpaid debt. Flightpath Charter Airways claimed it was owed $693,524.19 for the operation, maintenance and storage of a business jet belonging to Eugene Menyk’s company, Clean Beauty Collective.
Canucks thinking eight-years after Boeser’s deal expires Rick Dhaliwal: Brock Boeser‘s agent Ben Hankinson on Sportsnet 650: “We talked about a long term deal we were heading that way but the market changed. I got upset at the numbers that were leaked about 7 million at the draft. We were close but just couldn’t close
7:07 AM ET The Boston Pride of the National Women’s Hockey League has been purchased by a team of investors, led by Cannon Capital managing partner Miles Arnone. It’s a significant step for the NWHL, which is aiming for sustainability as many of the sport’s top stars have opted to sit out this season. The