Pro Hockey Rumors The Tampa Bay Lightning have liked what they’ve seen from backup goaltender Brian Elliott. The two sides have agreed on a one-year contract extension for…
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Canadiens Have 5 Options to Replace Carey Price
The Hockey Writers The Montreal Canadiens’ star goaltender Carey Price traveled with the team for the first time this season. Speculation is high that he will play…
Matthew Knies To Return To University Of Minnesota
Pro Hockey Rumors After losing to Minnesota State in this year’s Frozen Four, Toronto Maple Leafs top prospect Matthew Knies won’t be signing his entry-level contract with…
Avalanche’s Kuemper Should Be Vezina Trophy Finalist
The Hockey Writers After Philipp Grubauer, a Vezina Trophy finalist in 2020-21, set sail for Seattle and signed with the Kraken in free agency, the Colorado…
Does late-season performance predict a team’s playoff fate?
Daily Faceoff There’s worry in Washington, fretting in Tampa, they’re squeamish in Nashville, jangling nerves in Raleigh, trepidation in Pittsburgh, and there’s full-on angst in…
Rangers Will Be Tough Out in Playoffs But Hurricanes Are Still the Class of the Metro
Bleacher Report First place in the Metropolitan Division was on the line Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden as the New York Rangers aimed to leapfrog the…
Oilers’ Draisaitl Confident in Playoff Chances: “I Wouldn’t Want To Play Us”
The Hockey Writers If fans of the Edmonton Oilers had any reservations about how the team is feeling on their recent run of strong performances…
The 6 Most Important Storylines to Watch Ahead of the 2022 NHL Playoffs
Bleacher Report The Stanley Cup Playoffs are fast approaching. There is at least one Western Conference wild-card spot up for grabs, possibly even two. The…
6 Young NHL Players Trending Toward Becoming All-Stars Next Season
Bleacher Report Youth is the bastion of hope for even the most haphazard of NHL franchises. At this time of year, non-playoff teams are looking…
Evgeni Malkin suspended four games for cross-check on Mark Borowiecki
TSN Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin has been suspended four games for cross-checking Nashville Predators defenceman Mark Borowiecki. CONTINUE TO SITE
Brock Faber Returning For Junior Season
Pro Hockey Rumors There is some unfinished business for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, who were ousted from the Frozen Four by the Minnesota…
Looking At Ryan Strome’s Impending Free Agency
Pro Hockey Rumors After looking at Darcy Kuemper’s upcoming contract situation, we move east and take a look at another tricky contract situation, this time regarding New…
Every NHL Team’s Toughest Free-Agent Decision
Bleacher Report Handling free agents of all varieties might be the most important aspect of an NHL general manager’s job. Whether we’re talking about re-signing…
Anaheim Ducks Sign Left Wing Blake McLaughlin
San Diego Gulls The Anaheim Ducks announced today the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed left wing Blake McLaughlin to a two-year entry-level contract beginning in…
Auston Matthews records 50th (and 51st) goal in a 50-game span
Daily Faceoff Auston Matthews has joined a very exclusive club. With his goal in the first period of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ game with the…
5 Young NHL Players Who Could Be Traded for a Star This Offseason
Bleacher Report With the NHL's March 21 trade deadline now history, the focus shifts toward the remainder of the regular-season schedule. Playoff contenders are jockeying for…
Forecasting the future for 12 NHL coaches in flux
Daily Faceoff Less than a month until the end of the regular season. Less than a month until the start of the playoffs, and the…
Jack Eichel Trade Must Be Judged in the Long Term Despite Golden Knights’ Struggles
Bleacher Report The Vegas Golden Knights have never missed the playoffs in their storied history. That storied postseason history dates back only four years, of…
3 Reasons the Maple Leafs Will Make a Long Postseason Run
The Hockey Writers I believe the Toronto Maple Leafs are going to make a long postseason run this season. I think this is the best…
Buffalo Sabres Sign Owen Power
Pro Hockey Rumors 2:05 PM: The signing has now been officially announced by the team. 1:30 PM: Another Michigan Wolverine has decided to make the transition from college hockey…
2022 Stanley Cup Final hype tiers: Matchups we want to see
ESPN Leonardo DiCaprio's character in "The Quick and the Dead" once pondered if it was "possible to improve on perfection" after outdrawing a fellow duelist…
Is Ryan Getzlaf a first-ballot Hall of Famer?
Daily Faceoff It gives us all the feels in the sports world when a player retires after spending a long, accomplished career with a single…
Justin Bieber aims to be an NHL owner, interested in buying Ottawa
Clutch Points According to Sportsnet’s Jeff Marek, there could be one very famous suitor to purchase the Ottawa Senators after the passing of longtime owner Eugene Melnyk….
Celebrating five of the NHL’s most obscure unbreakable records
The Athletic It finally happened. After almost three decades, Jonathan Huberdeau has broken the NHL single-season record for assists by a left winger — just like I predicted someone would….
Sheldon Keefe content with where Leafs are at
The Score Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe took the high road after his club suffered a stunning 7-6 defeat at the hands of the Florida…
4 Oilers Who Can Be the Next Unlikely Playoff Hero
The Hockey Writers The Edmonton Oilers are 18-7-2 under new head coach Jay Woodcroft and they’ve won their last nine games at Rogers Place. It’s…
3 Oilers Who Could Be Trade Candidates in 2022 Offseason
The Hockey Writers With 12 games to go in the 2021-22 season, things are going pretty well for the Edmonton Oilers. They have won four…