NHL News

Although Jan. 1 has been set as the tentative start date for the NHL campaign for a while, the hope has still been to have an 82-game season. Recently, it’s looked more like the NHL is interested in shortening the…
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The NHL updated the Board of Governors this week and are still intent on hitting their target date. However, details are starting to emerge that optimism turned to concerns rather quickly. NHL start date may not be hit In a…
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Say goodbye to the Bobby Ryan puppy signs, and hello to ‘Who’s Your Daddy?’ Evgenii ‘Daddy’ Dadonov spoke to reporters via Zoom on Monday about his enthusiasm for joining the Ottawa Senators as a free agent signing, and he took a moment…
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Mike “Doc” Emrick announced his retirement on Monday following a 47-year career broadcasting professional hockey.  “For obvious reasons, hockey is the most challenging sport for a play-by-play man,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. “Doc somehow didn’t just master it, he transformed…
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Mike Hoffman’s representative says his client isn’t lacking suitors 11 days into free agency. Interest in the productive forward “has been very strong,” Robert Hooper told The Athletic’s Adam Vingan on Monday. Hooper revealed that 13 teams have inquired about Hoffman, five…
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Thornton made the decision to sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs, ending Thornton’s 15-year tenure with the Sharks. For the first time in Couture’s NHL career, he’ll be on a different team than Thornton, who he still thinks very highly of. “There’s no…
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Trade speculation regarding Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine does not seem to be going away. When we last checked in with this situation we looked at how a potential trade could easily create more problems for the Jets than it solves. Sure, they…
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The Edmonton Oilers have signed defender Tyson Barrie to a one-year deal worth $3.75 million. The 29-year-old is coming off a one-year stint in Toronto that saw him post 39 points through 70 games as a Maple Leaf, averaging 21:53 minutes of ice per…
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Henrik Lundqvist has been bought out by the New York Rangers With that, Lundqvist’s storied tenure with the Rangers has come to an end. He has posted a 459-310-96 record, 2.43 GAA, and .918 save percentage in 887 games – all with…
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The Tampa Bay Lightning are the 2020 Stanley Cup champions, hoisting the NHL’s championship trophy Monday in a near-empty Rogers Place to cap off a surreal, bifurcated, bubbled hockey season for the ages. Brayden Point and Blake Coleman scored the goals and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots for…
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