For the second season in a row, the Detroit Red Wings will need to name at least two new alternate captains to support captain Dylan Larkin. Last year’s alternates, Marc Staal and Danny DeKeyser, are both no longer with the team. This shift towards a new leadership group is just another way that the Red
7:00 AM ET Tears flowed in the locker room. Players hugged each other as high school teammates for the last time. Documentarian Tommy Haines was struck by the rawness of the emotions, even in a land where hockey is considered life. “It was brutal. I felt for them,” Haines said, adding that his crew eventually
The Toronto Marlies have re-signed forward Joseph Blandisi to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Blandisi skated in 43 games with the Marlies in 2021-22, collecting 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points. In 259 career AHL games with Toronto, Laval, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, San Diego and Albany/Binghamton, Blandisi has totaled 71 goals and 117 assists
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars have signed general manager Jim Nill to a one-year contract extension through 2023-24 season. Nill is going into his 10th season with the Stars, which was the last year on his current deal before the extension announced Tuesday. Dallas has made the playoffs three of the past four
Decorated Canadian women’s hockey team forward Rebecca Johnston joined a recent wave of women entering NHL teams’ hockey operations departments when the Calgary Flames took her aboard. The 32-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., will work in player development, prospect evaluation and on-ice instruction, as well as with the Flames Foundation in community programs in a full-time
The Montreal Canadiens will be entering the 2022-23 season with many question marks. How will they integrate young players to help their development? Will they take a step forward in the rebuild and be a competitive team all season long? There is also the question of which players will be traded for pieces to help
The Detroit Red Wings will begin training camp later this month, and there is plenty of excitement given all of the moves general manager (GM) Steve Yzerman has made. However, teams around the league often sign players to professional tryout (PTO) contracts before the regular season, so we could see Detroit do just that. If
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by Betway Sports The top remaining UFAs Steven Ellis of The Hockey News: Looking at the top remaining unrestricted free agents that are still looking to sign a contract or a PTO. Evan Rodrigues (signed with the Avs yesterday, one-year $2 million) – center/wing – Put
4:00 PM ET It can’t be emphasized enough: In just about any fantasy league where goaltending statistics carry reasonable weight, the position isn’t to be negotiated too breezily. For instance, ESPN’s standard game – one that rewards wins, saves, shutouts, and penalizes goals-allowed – honors quality netminding like never before. To fall back on my
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today its composite 2022 preseason schedule, leading up to the start of the league’s 87th campaign next month. In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and staff of all 32 National Hockey League
A shrinking generation of Canadians who can remember the 1972 Summit Series, and fewer of those who played in it alive with each passing year, gave documentarians urgent reasons in addition to a 50th anniversary to retell an epic hockey story. With archival footage never seen before, a four-part “Summit 72” series starting Wednesday on
The Florida Panthers went bargain shopping this past offseason with some of their free agents. This includes signing forwards such as Rudolfs Balcers and Nick Cousins to cheap, team-friendly deals. But one that stuck out was someone who was a key piece to the Carolina Hurricanes’ 2005-06 Stanley Cup championship. That piece is forward Eric
While it wasn’t the offseason that many had hoped for, the Toronto Maple Leafs still managed to make significant changes to their roster. They restructured their goaltending and added quality depth to their bottom-six in the hopes of being more competitive. While Rasmus Sandin’s contract remains on the to-do list, the Maple Leafs appear set
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by Betway Sports Sportsnet: Iain MacIntyre when asked if he was surprised that the Vancouver Canucks re-signed forward J.T. Miller and not traded. ** NHLRumors.com transcription “I think a lot of people were surprised. You’re right. Many were because they’re a couple of obvious and unmovable
12:10 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche added more depth at forward by signing Evan Rodrigues to a one-year, $2 million deal on Monday. The move comes on the heels of losing Nazem Kadri in free agency to Calgary. The Avalanche are banking that Rodrigues can help fill the
MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens have reached a multi-year jersey partnership agreement with RBC on Monday. Adding the RBC patch to their historic jersey is a part of the new Jersey Advertising Program that allows teams to sell advertising on their jerseys beginning this upcoming season. For every game jersey sold with the RBC logo
Nick Suzuki is the new captain of the Montreal Canadiens. Head coach Martin St-Louis made the announcement Monday morning as part of the team’s annual golf tournament at the Laval-sur-le-Lac club. “It’s a true honour for me and a privilege. This team’s headed in a great direction, and I couldn’t be more excited to be
Detroit Red Wings general manager (GM) Steve Yzerman has made several changes to the team’s roster, and they look noticeably better because of it. However, the Red Wings also have over $8 million of cap space and are in a position to make a late-summer move because of it. One team that Yzerman should consider