NHL News and NHL Rumors
Former New York Rangers blue-liner Kevin Shattenkirk had a more lucrative offer on the table before he settled on a one-year, $1.75-million deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday. The Anaheim Ducks offered the 30-year-old defenseman a two-year pact with an average annual value north of $2…
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Milan Lucic says he set the bar too high during his tenure with the Edmonton Oilers. The veteran forward, who the Oilers traded – along with a conditional third-round pick – to the Calgary Flames for James Neal last month, explained that he has different expectations for himself…
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Andrei Vasilevskiy has signed an eight-year, $76 million contract extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning. That works out to a $9.5 million annual cap hit. Before that begins though, Vasilevskiy has one season left on his three-year, $10.5 million contract….
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The New Jersey Devils have acquired Nikita Gusev from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for a 2020 third-round pick and 2021 second-round selection. The Devils then signed Gusev to a two-year, $9 million contract. New Jersey is taking a…
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James Neal figures he’s re-invigorated. One can assume the salivating prospect of playing alongside Connor McDavid would have that sort of effect. For Neal, it could also mean putting behind him a horrible season where he failed to hit double-digit goals for the…
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Edmonton Oiler fans have been awfully patient this summer in waiting for Ken Holland’s first major move. Holland added veteran free agent Mike Smith and depth forwards Markus Granlund and Tomas Jurco, but none of those players will move the…
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Paul Holmgren has taken on another new role with the Flyers. After serving as team president the past five seasons, Holmgren has stepped down to become a senior adviser to Dave Scott, the chairman of Comcast Spectacor and governor of…
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The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the organization has signed head coach Jared Bednar to a two-year contract extension that runs through the 2021-22 season. Bednar completed his third season as Colorado’s head coach in 2018-19, leading the Avalanche to…
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Nikita Gusev has never played a game in the NHL. There’s no getting around that. But Nikita Gusev was not dropped onto the Golden Knights from some other unknown planet. Gusev won the MVP award in the KHL, the world’s…
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenseman Tyson Barrie, forward Alex Kerfoot, and a 2020 sixth-round pick from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for forward Nazem Kadri, defenseman Calle Rosen, and Toronto’s third-round selection in 2020, the team announced Monday. Colorado will retain 50 percent of Barrie’s $5.5-million cap hit…
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