By Kyle Gipe October 2nd, 2020 In a recent video, 2020 NHL Draft top prospect Marco Rossi sat down to discuss Brayden Point being his favorite player and how he tries to emulate the games of Point and Pavel Datsyuk. The Austrian also discussed the state of hockey in his native country and what fellow
7:00 AM ET For his entire 11-year career in the NHL, Anton Khudobin has been a backup goaltender. Then, this summer, he got his chance to shine. With the oft-injured Ben Bishop ruled “unfit to play” for most of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, Khudobin took over the No. 1 role for the Dallas Stars.
The Buffalo Sabres announced today that the team has re-signed forward Andrew Oglevie to a two-year, two-way contract. Oglevie, 25, tied for the Rochester Americans team lead with 15 goals in 2019-20 and added 14 assists for 29 points in 55 games. A native of Fullerton, Calif., Oglevie has appeared in 83 games with Rochester
The Buffalo Sabres unveiled their new uniforms for the 2020-21 NHL season last month. Now it’s time to look back at past uniforms, and why not make it interesting? Let’s rank them. Related: Dale Hawerchuk Trade Revisited The uniforms are divided into two categories: home/away and third/special editions. This way, there’s more room to focus
NEW YORK—The New York Rangers have bought out the contract of star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. The Rangers parted with one of the greatest netminders in franchise history on Wednesday when they paid off the final year of his contract. Since joining the team in 2005-06, Lundqvist has won the Vezina Trophy (2011-12), led the Rangers
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League could not save its season when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but seven months later and on the eve of the start of the 2020-21 season, their efforts have paid off. Within the span of a week in March, COVID-19 snuffed out the Quebec junior league’s season, cancelling the final
After Barry Trotz won the Jack Adams Trophy for the 2018-19 season, Lou Lamoriello was rightfully rewarded with the Jim Gregory Award as the NHL’s top general manager in 2019-20. Lamoriello is finishing his second season as the New York Islanders’ president of hockey operations and general manager. [embedded content] Within his first two years,
The results are in from my annual seventh-round mock. Now it is time to see how your favourite franchise fared and to provide analysis on those selections. What was I thinking? I’ll try to tell you here! RELATED: THW’s 2020 NHL Draft Guide The franchises are listed in order of their first selection, from highest
The Calgary Flames loaned a former first-round pick to the Finnish Liiga, a top prospect for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft gets his first goal of the season, and the Shawinigan Cataractes named their captain for the 2020-21 season. Flames Loan Välimäki To Finland The Flames have loaned defenseman Juuso Välimäki to Tampereen Ilves in
9:00 AM ET Hours before the Tampa Bay Lightning popped the 2020 NHL playoff bubble by winning the Stanley Cup, coach Jon Cooper was asked about what he’d miss about the quarantine experience. Cooper looked to his right and gave his eyes a roll. He took a deep sigh through a smile, which was an
The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed center Dominic Turgeon to a one-year contract. Turgeon, 24, appeared in all 63 games for the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins in 2019-20, tallying 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points. In four seasons with Grand Rapids, Turgeon has has tallied 36 goals and 57 assists for 93 points
In this edition of Boston Bruins’ News & Rumors, we look at the Bruins possibly working on a winger swap with the Edmonton Oilers, the team gauging Tuukka Rask’s trade value and the team’s continued interest in Oliver Ekman-Larsson. According to Frank Seravalli of TSN, the Bruins and Oilers have discussed a possible swap of
The NHL, fresh off a successful attempt to stage a two-month playoff without a single positive test for COVID-19, must now modify that approach as part of a blueprint for the 2020-21 season. According to industry sources, details like rotational bubbles, a full or condensed schedule and December-January starting dates are up for discussion. NHL
Sarah Nurse has stood in the crosswinds of societal and sport upheaval. Her hockey career in flux because of a collective movement to further the women’s game, the COVID-19 pandemic threw another layer of uncertainty on top of her hockey future. Race relations and social inequality currently dominating public discourse pulled hockey’s lack of diversity
Think of everything that has happened in the 14 years since Zdeno Chara became the captain of the Boston Bruins in 2006. The city of Boston has seen 11 championship trophies won by its professional teams (Patriots – three, Red Sox – three, Cannons – two, Celtics – one, Bruins – one, Pride – one). In
It’s been two months since the Pittsburgh Penguins were eliminated from the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and general manager Jim Rutherford has not hesitated to begin making the changes he promised this offseason. Some of the moves have been well received, like a near-complete overhaul of the coaching staff, while others have been questioned by
In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll share rumors about two of the team’s free-agent defensemen – Tyson Barrie and Cody Ceci. I’ll also speculate about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Matt Murray as a possibility as a goalie trade and the Minnesota Wild’s Matt Dumba as a trade that would help the
7:15 AM ET The 2020 NHL draft is just days away, so it’s time to lock in my final prospect rankings for this year’s class. The Tampa Bay Lightning just wrapped up their Stanley Cup championship, but attention now turns to the draft, which will be held virtually on Oct. 6-7. I’ve poured through game