Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJun 16, 2023, 05:46 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The Vancouver Canucks are expected to buy out the contract of defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday, making him an unrestricted free agent. Ekman-Larsson has four years remaining on an eight-year, $66
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 07:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy played and coached in three established professional sports cities before arriving in Las Vegas. After the Golden Knights hoisted the Stanley Cup in the team’s sixth NHL season – and Cassidy’s first as their coach – Sin City
ESPN News Services Jun 15, 2023, 10:01 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Less than four hours before Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final was set to begin Tuesday on the Las Vegas Strip, authorities in Nevada arrested a man they say threatened to carry out a mass shooting at T-Mobile Arena, the venue where
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 01:55 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Forward Jesper Bratt has signed an eight-year, $63 million contract extension with the New Jersey Devils ahead of restricted free agency this summer, the team announced Thursday. The contract has an average annual value of $7.875 million against the
Jun 15, 2023, 11:36 AM ET Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad needs shoulder surgery and will miss the start of training camp. Ekblad, who also played most of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a broken foot, confirmed the news Thursday. “We’re going to get it fixed,” he said. “So no, I won’t be ready for
The Vegas Golden Knights are the 2023 Stanley Cup champions, joining the distinguished list of the NHL’s best. And now, their title defense begins. As we await the 2023 NHL draft, along with free agency and trade season, it’s time for the Way-Too-Early edition of the 2023-24 NHL Power Rankings, voted on by the extended
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 06:55 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Winning a hockey championship requires sacrifice from the players. But the Coachella Valley Firebirds are asking their fans for an unusual sacrifice of their own during the team’s push for the American Hockey League’s championship round: Giving up all
Associated Press Jun 14, 2023, 02:44 PM ET ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues have hired Mike Babcock’s son, Michael, as a skills coach. Babcock and former defenseman Mike Weber are joining Craig Berube’s staff, general manager Doug Armstrong announced Wednesday. Berube oversaw the search for replacements for Craig MacTavish and Mike Van Ryn,
Associated Press Jun 14, 2023, 12:27 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have hired two-time NHL All-Star Jason Spezza as assistant general manager. President of hockey operations Kyle Dubas announced the move on Wednesday. Spezza spent the 2022-23 season working as a special assistant to Dubas when Dubas served as the general manager in
Jun 14, 2023, 11:44 AM ET Hockey Hall of Fame member Henri Richard had stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy at the time of his death in 2020, the Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada announced Wednesday. Denis Richard, Henri’s son, publicly released the findings of the posthumous brain study through the foundation in an effort to help