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– The 2022 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic™ will feature the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres on March 13, 2022, at Tim Hortons Field, in Hamilton, Ont., home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the National Hockey League (NHL®) announced today….
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As the NHL approaches its first full 82-campaign since the pandemic began, deputy commissioner Billy Daly is confident that the majority of the players will be vaccinated against COVID-19. Speaking to Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff at the NHL’s media…
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The Edmonton Oilers are bringing in forward Colton Sceviour on a professional tryout agreement. In the 2020-21 season, Sceviour played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he recorded five goals and five assists in 46 games played. The 32-year-old went in the fourth round to…
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Two months after denying that his negotiations with Kirill Kaprizov had reached an impasse, Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin acknowledged they aren’t going as planned. “There are going to be some obstacles,” Guerin told The Athletic’s Michael Russo on…
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It may have been a throwaway season, but there was never garbage time last year for Thatcher Demko. As the Vancouver Canucks closed their most disappointing season this century with a meaningless stretch of games in May — future National Hockey League historians…
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The Calgary Flames have signed defenseman Erik Gudbranson to a one-year contract worth $1.95MM. Michael Stone is also on his way back on a one-year deal worth $750K. Gudbranson, 29, has become something of a joke among analytics-leaning fans because of his brutal possession statistics, but seems…
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Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby will be sidelined for a minimum of six weeks after undergoing a wrist procedure on Wednesday, the team announced. Crosby, 34, will miss the start of training camp and likely time during the regular season with the league’s first…
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The Montreal Canadiens are saying goodbye to one of their most promising young players in Jesperi Kotkaniemi. The team announced today that they won’t be matching the one-year, $6.1MM offer sheet tendered by the Carolina Hurricanes last weekend. In return, the Canadiens are…
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There is a “legitimate chance” the Montreal Canadiens are considering not matching the offer sheet tendered by the Carolina Hurricanes to forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi over the weekend, per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. Friedman reported on 31 Thoughts: The Podcast, that the Canadiens are potentially weighing the merits of the one-year,…
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