Sep 29, 2023, 02:02 PM ET Minnesota Wild signed forwards Mats Zuccarello and Marcus Foligno to contract extensions on Friday. Zuccarello signed a two-year, $8.25 million contract extension on Friday that will keep him with the team through the 2025-26 season. Foligno followed later in the day by signing a four-year extension worth $16 million.
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Associated Press Sep 29, 2023, 01:47 PM ET BRANDON, Fla. — Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper made it clear that the Lightning will be without a “luxury” with Russian goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy expected to miss the first two months of the NHL season after undergoing back surgery. But Cooper has confidence the perennial Stanley Cup
Sep 29, 2023, 11:42 AM ET The Ottawa Senators appointed Steve Staios as president of hockey operations on Friday. Earlier on Friday morning, Staios resigned from his position as special adviser to hockey operations with the Edmonton Oilers. “I am so excited that Steve is joining me in Ottawa to lead our hockey operations,” Senators
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterSep 29, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. NHL playoff hockey has one absolute, and it’s this: There are none. At least when it comes to teams populating the postseason field. Every new season inevitably produces teams putting the league on notice (we’ve
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 29, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. BOSTON — The Boston Bruins stood around their bench, paralyzed by defeat. It was Game 7 of their 2023 Eastern Conference first-round series against the Florida Panthers. The Bruins were the most successful regular team in NHL history, setting
Associated Press Sep 28, 2023, 11:43 PM ET CHICAGO — Connor Bedard played in his first preseason game with the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, and fans of the Original Six franchise were ready. So was Bedard, who had two assists in Chicago’s 2-1 overtime win over the St. Louis Blues. The 18-year-old center made
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 28, 2023, 03:34 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy is expected to miss the first two months of the regular season after having back surgery Thursday. Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois announced Vasilevskiy, a five-time NHL All-Star and
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 28, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Three seasons ago, Tage Thompson was not yet Tage Thompson. He was a 23-year-old forward with the Buffalo Sabres, hitting a career high of eight goals and best known for being one of several players in the 2018 Ryan
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 27, 2023, 06:59 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Two of the bigger questions facing the Calgary Flames were answered Wednesday when they signed center Mikael Backlund to a two-year extension while also naming him their captain. Re-signing Backlund, 34, to a two-year deal
ESPN News Services Sep 27, 2023, 04:11 PM ET The condition of Calgary Flames assistant general manager Chris Snow, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2019, has taken a turn for the worse, his wife Kelsie Snow said Wednesday on social media. Chris Snow and his wife have very public about his condition since he