This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The Tampa Bay Lightning repeated as Stanley Cup champs last night with a 1-0 Game 5 win over Montreal in front of a packed home crowd. The underdog Canadiens made a spirited
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas has some tough decisions to make this offseason. Perhaps there’s none bigger than the contract status of forward Zach Hyman, who is set to hit the open market on July 28. While there’s been a ton of speculation brewing regarding the contract talks and perhaps other teams getting
The first few drafts of the 2010s were not particularly kind to the Vancouver Canucks when it came to first-round picks. Though, once Jim Benning took over as general manager, their luck seemed to change. Since 2014, they have made seven first-round selections, and only three of them are not on the roster right now.
The Washington Capitals have re-signed forward Beck Malenstyn to a one-year, two-way contract. Malenstyn, 23, missed the entire 2020-21 season after undergoing surgery to repair an Achilles tendon. In 2019-20, Malenstyn recorded seven goals and eight assists in 46 games with the AHL’s Hershey Bears. He also made his NHL debut with the Capitals, skating
12:17 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady is no stranger to celebrating championships. The city of Tampa is getting pretty used to it as well, since the Tampa Bay Lightning have won consecutive Stanley Cups, sandwiched around Brady and the Bucs winning the Super Bowl. The Lightning finished off the Montreal
TAMPA, Fla (AP) — With the clock ticking on their time together, the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning talked about what they already knew was their last Stanley Cup run as a group. They talked about it midway through the playoffs. They talked about it on the verge of reaching the final. Changes were coming,
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Travis Dermott to a two-year contract extension. The average annual value of the contract is worth $1.5 million US. Dermott, 24, skated in 51 regular season games with the Maple Leafs during the 2020-21 season, recording six points (two goals, four assists), and appeared in three playoff games
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, less than 24 hours after the 2021 Stanley Cup was awarded, there is already chatter about how the two teams in the Final will move forward with their roster. Will the back-to-back championship Tampa Bay Lightning lose as many as four or five major players? So too, will the Montreal
Evgeni Malkin is an enigma. The man has spent his NHL career as the second-best center on the Pittsburgh Penguins but is also one of the four most important players in franchise history along with Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby, and Jaromir Jagr. He has led the team to countless wins but has been blamed for
The Arizona Coyotes have signed Jay Varady to a three-year contract to serve as head coach of the Tucson Roadrunners, the Coyotes’ American Hockey League affiliate. Varady spent the 2020-21 season with the Coyotes as part of the team’s NHL coaching staff. He previously served as the head coach of the Roadrunners for two seasons
11:09 PM ET Evil has prevailed. Tampa Bay has captured a second straight Stanley Cup. The Great Lightning Heist has been completed. This is how we’re supposed to react to this victory, right? That the “cheaters” won? That the team that was $18 million over the salary cap after reuniting with star winger Nikita Kucherov
The Tampa Bay Lightning are back-to-back champions, while the Montreal Canadiens’ remarkable playoff run has come to an end. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves and Ross Colton scored the only goal as Tampa Bay blanked Montreal 1-0 on Wednesday to capture the Cup by taking the best-of-seven final in five games. Continuing to validate the
The Montreal Canadiens have come up short in their against-all-odds campaign to end Canada’s 28-year Stanley Cup drought. The Tampa Bay Lightning successfully defended as Cup champions Wednesday, edging the Habs 1-0 at home to claim the series four games to one. Ross Colton scored his fourth goal of the playoffs, tipping home David Savard’s
Despite no games on the schedule, July 5 has been a rather busy day in National Hockey League history. We’ve seen some familiar faces in new places, plenty of coaching changes, and a generational talent received a huge new contract. So let’s begin our daily trip back in time to enjoy all the best from
There are many common phrases in today’s world that everybody (or at least nearly everybody) knows. Life is a box of chocolates. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then there is this one, and while it may not be as famous, it is certainly getting repeated more and more throughout the hockey world: Nazem
CalgaryFlames.com takes a closer look at some of our young prospects – today, it’s Connor Zary. Pay no attention to the accomplishments. It’s early days, still. Ignore the World Junior silver medal, the WHL First All-Star Team nod and the CHL Top Prospects game invite. Lend no mind to the point-per-game clip over 203 WHL
7:02 AM ET The Stanley Cup will be in the building again on Wednesday night. Do the Tampa Bay Lightning get to raise it this evening, or is this series heading back to Montreal again? Check out the ESPN NHL Playoffs Daily to catch up every day of the postseason until the Stanley Cup is
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — David Savard’s playoff beard has never been this long. Savard never advanced past the second round in his first nine NHL seasons and is the only veteran player on the Tampa Bay Lightning without a Stanley Cup ring. After joining Tampa Bay at the deadline, the grizzled defenseman has been a