The Chicago Blackhawks will be entering the 2020-21 season with a very murky goaltending situation for the first time in a long time. On Thursday, the team announced that they would not be re-signing veteran Corey Crawford, ending a 17-year relationship that spawned two Stanley Cup championships. The plan for the upcoming season, according to
The usual July 1 opening of NHL free agency has turned to Oct. 9 due to the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Eleven days after the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup in the Edmonton, Alberta, bubble and two days after the conclusion of the NHL draft, general managers are hard at work
The Winnipeg Jets have acquired centre Paul Stastny from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for defenceman Carl Dahlstrom and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft. Stastny, 34, played 19 games with the Jets in 2018 after being traded by St. Louis. Stastny has one year left on a three-year, $19.5 million US contract
7:00 AM ET The word that typically defines free agency in the NHL is “uncertainty.” Players with expiring contracts enter a marketplace unsure of what their next deals will look like or where they’ll next call home. But in the 2020 free-agent frenzy, that uncertainty has reached previously unseen levels for players and teams. There’s
The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired right wing Cliff Pu from the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenseman Markus Nutivaara. Pu, 22, tallied two assists in 10 games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds in 2019-20. He also appeared in four games with Greenville of the ECHL. A native of Richmond Hill, Ont., Pu has skated
Less than 24 hours after trading up to gamble on Hendrix Lapierre, the Washington Capitals made four picks in Rounds 4-7. GM Brian MacLellan did make the most of his assets, though. RELATED: Capitals Gamble With Hendrix Lapierre on NHL Draft Day 1 He grabbed two forwards that fit a similar mold, a precociously confident
It will be an NHL free-agency day like no other. For one thing, it’s happening on Oct. 9, not July 1 — messing around with the Thanksgiving weekend instead of Canada Day. Unlike previous years, teams were not allowed a three-day window to talk to players beforehand, although a few did get permission. Oh yes,
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. Here’s what you need to know right now from the world of sports: NHL free agency opens tomorrow — and there are a lot of unknowns Add this to the
The New York Rangers managed to get themselves out of another tight cap problem by offloading their two longest-tenured players, defenseman Marc Staal and legendary goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. These two moves were the true signal of the ending of an era in New York. Staal was sent to the Detroit Red Wings along with a
Two more signings in the NWHL were announced over the past week as we are now just a handful of days away from the open of extended training camps and official practices around the league. Related: Start of Sixth NWHL Season Pushed to January On Oct. 2 it was announced that defender Emma Stauber is
The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded defenceman Ryan Murray to the New Jersey Devils for a fifth-round pick in 2021. This move followed the earlier buyout of 26-year-old forward Alexander Wennberg and the trade of defenceman Markus Nutivaara to the Florida Panthers. With those moves, they cleared a total of $11.1 million in cap space.
7:53 PM ET The 2020 NHL draft is in the books, with 217 selections made over the course of two socially distanced, Zoom-filled days. There were also 27 trades made, although the vast majority were simple pick swaps, as most of the players rumored to be on the trading block remained with their current teams.
The Los Angeles Kings have acquired forward Lias Andersson from the New York Rangers in exchange for a second-round choice (60th overall) in today’s NHL Draft. The Rangers selected forward William Cuylle with the pick. Andersson, 21, has split the last three seasons between the Rangers and the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. In 2019-20, he
After a quiet Day 1 of the 2020 NHL Draft, Day 2 got started with a bang. The Pittsburgh Penguins traded two-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Matt Murray to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the 52nd overall pick in the 2020 Draft and forward prospect Johnathan Gruden. Senators Goalie of the Future Despite early success
The 2020 NHL draft was staged virtually this year, with prospects at home and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman leading the broadcast from the NHL Network’s studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. The high picks this year did not get the chance to hear their names called
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. Here’s what you need to know right now from the world of sports: The NHL off-season is underway The first round of the (virtual) draft last night turned out
The Anaheim Ducks sought a future solution to their struggling defensive corps on Day 2 of the NHL Draft. During Tuesday’s first round, the Ducks took a potential top-pairing defenseman in Jamie Drysdale at No. 6. Then they took a scoring specialist in left wing Jacob Perreault at No. 27. On Day 2, the Ducks
The NHL Draft concluded yesterday evening, and it was a busy one for the New Jersey Devils. They had eight picks in total, including three in the first round, the latter of which we’ll cover here. The Devils also extended qualifying offers to all but two of their restricted free agents. And with the deadline