7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL trade deadline was this week. “Dead” being the operative word. There were only 17 deals made on April 12, involving 26 players. Compare that with last season’s deadline day, which yielded 32 trades involving 55 players. But the 2020 NHL trade deadline happened in “the before times.” Obviously, a
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The trade deadline has come and gone, and outside of a couple of moves, the Vancouver Canucks were relatively quiet as the 3:00 P.M. deadline passed, which wasn’t really surprising. Plenty of teams were active within the North Division, whether they were buyers like the Toronto Maple Leafs, or sellers like the Ottawa Senators. For
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Growing up on a farm as a hockey-loving kid in Saskatchewan, the knowledge that players like Gordie Howe had made the journey from that remote province to the NHL gave Patrick Marleau belief that he could one day follow that same path. Marleau has done far more than just make it
Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice and Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Thursday. Kyle Connor added two goals, including one into an empty net, to go along with an assist, while Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists for Winnipeg (27-14-3). Neal Pionk chipped in
April 16 is a huge date amongst the National Hockey League’s “Original Six” franchises, with four of them winning the Stanley Cup. There are also plenty of Hall of Fame players who left their mark on the game through the years. Let’s hop aboard the THW time machine and go back in time to relive
7:42 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. After a night off for all eight teams in the Central Division on Wednesday, they’ll all return to action on Thursday. Perhaps more tantalizingly, the schedule has blessed us with a showdown among
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, their games scheduled for Friday, April 16 at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL Game #269) and Sunday, April 18 vs. the Hershey Bears (AHL Game #280) have been postponed. Make-up dates have yet to be determined.
The Los Angeles Kings originally acquired Jeff Carter in 2012 via a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Kings sent the Blue Jackets Jack Johnson and a first-round pick which ended up becoming Marko Dano. Carter has been one of the best centers on the Kings roster in the last decade. He has everything
LAS VEGAS – As the Vegas Golden Knights enter the home stretch, coach Peter DeBoer could find himself in another goaltending quandary. When the NHL season resumed in the bubble last season, DeBoer named Robin Lehner the starter over Marc-Andre Fleury, the face of the franchise since it entered the league in 2017 and the
The Vancouver Canucks’ season restart from the COVID-19 outbreak that ravaged the team has suffered a setback. The NHL said Friday’s game versus the Edmonton Oilers in Vancouver has been postponed. Saturday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs may also be in limbo, according to posts on social media from sports journalists who cover the team.
Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen has quite a few contracts to negotiate this summer. The club has a number of key players on the verge of unrestricted free agency (UFA) and several more who can become restricted free agents (RFAs). But the most important negotiation of all may be an extension for a
9:00 AM ET Sigh, the 2021 NHL trade deadline. We all sorta knew it was going to be a bust, what with the flat cap and the loss of revenue and the fact that teams didn’t want to overreact to anything happening — good or bad — in this janky, truncated season. We were all
Tanner Jeannot has only three games of NHL experience, but he’s quickly becoming a Nashville Predators’ fan favorite. Playing just 6:28 in his NHL debut on March 2 against the Carolina Hurricanes, Jeannot was sent back down to the AHL and waited patiently for his second chance. After two-and-a-half years in the Predators’ organization, which
Inevitably, any situation that allows Calgary and Edmonton to compare themselves to the other, the Battle of Alberta materializes. Often it’s friendly. Like when the cities compete to raise more money for a charitable cause. On other occasions, it’s heated. Like when teams representing the cities meet on the field, the court, or the ice.
San Jose Sharks (18-20-4, sixth in the West Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (25-13-3, third in the West Division) St. Paul, Minnesota; Friday, 8 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wild -193, Sharks +156; over/under is 0 BOTTOM LINE: San Jose looks to end its three-game slide when the Sharks play Minnesota. The Wild are 25-13-3 against
At a time of year when making the playoffs is usually his priority, J.T. Miller finds himself more concerned about the health and safety of his Vancouver Canuck teammates. Miller is one of the few Canucks lucky enough to avoid falling ill to a COVID-19 variant that has crippled the team and forced the postponement of
Each season, the Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.” The Professional Hockey Writers’ Association selects the winner based on a poll at the end of the regular season. Based on this definition, Andrei Vasilevskiy should be a Hart Trophy finalist. Vasilevskiy has been incredibly
7:31 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. One of many unique aspects of the 2021 NHL season is that teams are playing all of their regular season games against division opponents — and those divisions were realigned for this season
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