Joe Smith answers Tampa Bay questions Joe Smith from The Athletic Q&A: Tampa Bay polarized the hockey world this season. First, it was there rise and then their postseason thud. Several questions focused on Erik Karlsson in a variety of forms. However, that led to Braydon Coburn. His $3.7 million AAV was steep last year
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final is scheduled for Monday between the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, with the Bruins leading 2-1 after their 7-2 rout of the Blues on Saturday. What can we expect in this critical matchup in St.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theahl.com) … The Checkers didn’t let this one get away. Tomas Jurco‘s tiebreaking goal late in the second period proved to be the difference as Charlotte defeated Chicago, 5-3, in Game 2 of the 2019 Calder Cup Finals at Bojangles’ Coliseum on Sunday evening. Tied at a game apiece, the series now shifts to
report this ad The 2019 NHL Draft is on the horizon. In just a few short weeks, teams from across North America will make their way to Vancouver to make their picks from the stars of the NHL’s future. With the sixth-overall pick at their disposal, the Detroit Red Wings have quite a bit to
report this ad The Toronto Maple Leafs inked 21-year-old center and cornerstone Auston Matthews to a new contract on Feb. 5, a five-year, signing bonus-laden deal for $58.17 million that comes with an average annual cap hit of $11.634 million. Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette) Being the second-highest paid NHL
BOSTON – When Jordan Binnington first donned the pads of a goaltender as a 7-year-old growing up in Richmond Hill, he was a fan of both Patrick Roy and Curtis Joseph. Roy, then with Colorado, and Joseph, then with the Maple Leafs, were workhorses, products of a generation of goalies that didn’t like to give
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff and Jake DeBrusk retrieves the puck for Torey Krug, who waits just long enough for Bergeron to set up and shoots it at his stick for a textbook deflection goal. This is the Boston Bruins’ masterful power play at its nearly unstoppable best. When the Bruins go on the power
© Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Marleau’s days in Toronto are numbered Sportsnet: It’s looking like Patrick Marleau‘s days in Toronto are numbered according to Nick Kypreos. “It sounds like Marleau and the Leafs are set to part ways,” said Nick Kypreos during the ‘Headlines’ segment of Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday. “The family is going to
1:54 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN ST. LOUIS — Blues coach Craig Berube doesn’t know why his team has been penalized so much in the Stanley Cup Final, but he’s not happy about it. “First of all, we were the least penalized team in the league in the first three rounds, now all of a sudden
Take a game-day spin around the AHL ice with latest news and notes from the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs in today’s AHL Morning Skate. Playoff Brackets | Today’s Scoreboard | League Stats @ Game 2 – Tonight, 6:00 ET, (CHI leads series, 1-0)TV: NHL Network, WCIU “The U Too”Satellite Radio: NHL Network Radio (SiriusXM 91)Follow @CheckersHockey Follow @Chicago_Wolves Tweet #CHAvsCHI Chicago
report this ad Victor Olofsson has been keenly followed by Buffalo Sabres fans over the last couple seasons. Drafted in the seventh round, 181st overall, in the 2014 NHL Draft, he understandably was not welcomed with great fanfare. With the Sabres’ ineptitude at drafting beyond the top five in the draft, Olofsson was regarded as
By Bruce Hollingdrake June 2nd, 2019 report this ad Consider The Hockey Writers your go-to source for everything related to the NHL Draft and this page your live home page for information on the upcoming 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Bookmark this page and check back often as it will be constantly updated leading up to
ST. LOUIS—It was a game St. Louis had waited 49 years to see, and you have to think that for most off the fans at Enterprise Center on Saturday night, it was not worth the wait. The first Stanley Cup final game in St. Louis since 1970 was a disaster, with the Blues losing 7-2,
This was far from the Stanley Cup homecoming the long-suffering sports fans of St. Louis hoped for their beloved Blues. They had waited for more than 49 years since the city known as the Gateway to the West played host to a game in the NHL championship series — 17,924 days to be exact. The
© John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports The Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings discussed a Marleau trade Pierre LeBrun: Have heard that the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings have talked about a possible Patrick Marleau trade. Marleau played in San Jose under Kings new coach Todd McLellan, so there is some
10:32 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington was pulled from Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final after getting lit up by the Boston Bruins for five goals Saturday night, the first time all season the rookie sensation has failed to finish a game. Binnington gave up five
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theahl.com) … Stefan Matteau scored his second goal of the night with 5:30 gone in overtime to give the Chicago Wolves a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Charlotte in the opener of the 2019 Calder Cup Finals on Saturday evening. Game 2 is set for Sunday in Charlotte (6 p.m. ET, NHL Network, NHL Network
report this ad ST. LOUIS — Bruce Cassidy figures sometime before the puck drops for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Boston Bruins’ first line will get together. Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak will talk about what hasn’t gone right so far in the series against the St. Louis Blues and