7:47 PM ET Following the Minnesota Wild‘s re-signing of Marc-Andre Fleury this past week, there was much speculation that Cam Talbot could be on the move via trade. That speculation turned to reality on Tuesday, with the Wild trading Talbot to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for netminder Filip Gustavsson. It’s the second goalie deal
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6:30 PM ET The Minnesota Wild traded goaltender Cam Talbot to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday for goaltender Filip Gustavsson, days after tensions between Talbot and the Wild came to the surface at the NHL Draft. Talbot, 35, appeared in 49 games for the Wild last season, going 32-12-4 with a .911 save percentage and
5:48 PM ET Associated Press Scotty Bowman has left the Chicago Blackhawks after what he called “a pretty uncomfortable year.” Bowman announced Tuesday he no longer works for the organization as of July 1, saying he decided it was time to move on after 14 years as the Blackhawks’ senior hockey operations adviser. Bowman’s son
1:12 PM ET Edmonton Oilers defenseman Duncan Keith announced his retirement Tuesday after 17 NHL seasons, during which he twice won the Norris Trophy and won the Stanley Cup three times with the Chicago Blackhawks. Keith, 38, played 64 games with the Oilers in his only season in Edmonton, tallying 21 points. He played for
12:40 PM ET Associated Press The Philadelphia Flyers placed forward Oskar Lindblom on waivers Tuesday with the intent of buying out the final year of the 25-year-old cancer survivor’s contract. General manager Chuck Fletcher called it a “very difficult decision” to free up salary-cap space by cutting a player who recovered after being diagnosed with
8:30 AM ET NHL free agency officially begins on Wednesday at noon ET, but it’s already been an absolutely wild offseason in hockey. With the salary cap rising by only $1 million from last season, teams have been forced into difficult decisions, such as: Still, some potential free agents removed themselves from the market by
8:35 AM ET The four days between the end of the draft and the start of free agency occur at a frenetic pace behind the scenes. It’s crunch time for teams to sign their pending unrestricted free agents before they lose their coveted trump card: an eighth year on a contract. Front offices toggle between
8:45 AM ET Associated Press Montreal is finally getting its long-promised women’s pro hockey franchise, though the Premier Hockey Federation put the brakes on adding a second expansion team entering its eighth season, the league announced Tuesday. In unveiling the U.S.-based, privately backed league’s seventh franchise and second in Canada, PHF commissioner Reagan Carey said
12:20 AM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins signed veteran forward Rickard Rakell to a six-year contract extension, the team announced late Monday night. The contract runs through the 2027-28 season, and carries an average annual value of $5 million. Rakell, 29, among some of the trade-deadline departures from the Anaheim Ducks last season, found a fit
9:07 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired goaltender Matt Murray, a third-round selection in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft and a seventh-round selection in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for future considerations. Ottawa will retain 25% of Murray’s salary as part of the trade. Murray has two