IRVINE, Calif. — Troy Terry and Sam Steel were among several of the Anaheim Ducks’ top prospects called up ahead of schedule last season because of injuries and inconsistent play. But based on their performance during the 2019 Anaheim Rookie Faceoff, the growing pains felt as the Ducks missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the
Between the bitter end to their season at the hands of the eventual Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues and the excitement of signing Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry, anticipation for the Dallas Stars’ new campaign is at an all-time high. The club’s offseason moves have created a plethora of intriguing storylines, so we at
By The Canadian Press September 11th, 2019 CALGARY — The Calgary Flames are bringing Michael Stone back after buying out the defenceman’s contract. The Flames and Stone agreed to a one-year contract worth US$700,000, the team announced Wednesday. Calgary bought out the final season of Stone’s previous three-year deal — a $3.5-million cap hit — after he cleared waivers
BOSTON—The Boston Bruins have signed coach Bruce Cassidy to a multiyear contract extension, rewarding him for the team’s trip to the Stanley Cup final in just his second full season on the bench. General manager Don Sweeney announced the extension Wednesday, a day before training camp begins. How many seasons the extension covers was not
Henrik Lundqvist wants training camp to begin with an honest conversation. The longtime face of the New York Rangers sees this as an important time to define expectations for this season after watching the team fast-track a rebuild by signing winger Artemi Panarin, trading for defencemen Jacob Trouba and Adam Fox, and drafting Finnish sensation
Lots of notes on the Toronto Maple Leafs and Mitch Marner Darren Dreger: The Toronto Maple Leafs have been pushing for a seven or eight-year deal for Mitch Marner. The Maple Leafs back in June offered him $11 million a season. The deal included $1.6 million in “B” bonuses that the Leafs wouldn’t give him
10:55 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have signed coach Bruce Cassidy to a multiyear contract extension, rewarding him for the team’s trip to the Stanley Cup Final in just his second full season on the bench. General manager Don Sweeney announced the extension Wednesday, a day before training camp begins. How
The Chicago Wolves announced Wednesday that veteran forward Tye McGinn has signed an AHL contract to return to the team for the 2019-20 season. The 29-year-old McGinn totaled 12 goals and six assists for 18 points in 62 AHL games between Chicago and Manitoba last season. He added six goals and seven assists for 13
The 2018-19 Colorado Avalanche team showed quite a bit of skill, but depth and consistency were major issues. With a few key offseason moves, the club just tightened up the areas needed to be Stanley Cup contenders. The most obvious concern for the team and fans is the absence of Mikko Rantanen’s signature on a
Training camp is just around the corner for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Players report for physicals and the dreaded John Tortorella “two-mile” run on Thursday with the first on-ice sessions starting Friday. But on Wednesday before camp begins, the Blue Jackets held their annual media day at Nationwide Arena. Tortorella along with GM Jarmo Kekalainen
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is best known for skating down the ice at breakneck speed, checking opponents and one-timing shots past helpless goalies. He can add temporary supermarket employee to that list. Ovechkin will have a limited-release cereal brand coming out next week, so he took up shop at an area Giant Food supermarket
Morgan Rielly would have liked nothing more than to tee off with Mitch Marner at the Toronto Maple Leafs’ annual golf tournament in nearby Milton, Ont. After going through William Nylander’s contract impasse last season, however, the star defenceman has had plenty of practice answering questions about an absent teammate. As expected, Marner was a
Zach Werenski deal blueprint for Charlie McAvoy, Brandon Carlo deals? Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports Boston: The new trend of “bridge deals” is this third-year kicker. We have seen it with the Pavel Zacha and Zach Werenski deals. Year 1 and Year 2 were a hair lower with the contract year boost. The other parts
2:52 PM ET The Minnesota Wild announced that they have re-signed forward Kevin Fiala to a two-year, $6 million deal. The 23-year-old Swiss native had 13 goals and 26 assist last season, split between the Wild and Nashville Predators. Fiala was drafted in the first round (11th overall) by the Predators in 2014. He was
When the Canucks signed Zack MacEwen as a free agent out of the QMJHL, it was about as under-the-radar as a signing can get. MacEwen was a late-bloomer who had put up a decent, but not outstanding, 74 points in 66 games as a 20-year-old overager after middling numbers in his one previous QMJHL season.
Things started off well for the Chicago Blackhawks at the Traverse City prospect tournament, but they have plenty of new concerns to worry about after their final game on Tuesday afternoon. The Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild in the seventh-place game, but it came with a severe price as Kirby Dach, Adam Boqvist, Philipp Kurashev
P.K. Subban doesn’t want to give advice to all the unsigned young players around the NHL. He just vividly remembers his own experience as a restricted free agent. Before he signed a short, so-called “bridge” contract, he took some motherly advice. “My mom picked up the phone and called me and said: ‘P.K., listen, you’re
LAVAL, QUE.—The Montreal Canadiens’ franchise player is ready to win now, even if many fans are looking toward the future. “A lot of guys you see go through their whole careers and not get an opportunity. I don’t want to be one of those guys. I want to get there,” goaltender Carey Price said. Price,