9:00 AM ET In the NHL, business is about to pick up. General managers are heading back to their offices and starting to work the phones again with agents. At least one team is assembling its coaching staff this week to begin prep for training camp, which begins around Sept. 21. This is good news
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9:39 AM ET Akim Aliu, pro hockey player and the co-founder of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, has signed a multi-year partnership deal with adidas Canada to “remove barriers and bring about transformative change” in hockey. Aliu will be a brand ambassador for adidas, while the sports apparel company will work with him on various diversity
7:09 PM ET The Buffalo Sabres ensured a key piece of their rebuilding effort will stick around Tuesday, signing forward Tage Thompson to a seven-year contract extension worth $50 million. The contract, which begins with the 2023-24 season, rewards Thompson, 24, five months after a career season ended. He led the Sabres with 38 goals
4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild signed former Anaheim Ducks center Sam Steel to a one-year, $825,000 contract on Tuesday, adding depth at a vital position. The 24-year-old Steel played in a career-most 68 games for the Ducks last season, collecting six goals, 14 assists and a career-high
2:48 PM ET Mike Sullivan, the winningest coach in Pittsburgh Penguins history, has agreed to a new contract that runs through the 2026-27 season. Sullivan, 54, has two years remaining on a contract that he signed in 2019. Once that deal concludes following the 2023-24 season, Sullivan’s new three-year contract extension will kick in. “Mike
2:10 PM ET The Premier Hockey Federation unveiled the Montreal Force as its newest expansion franchise on Tuesday. In introducing the PHF’s seventh team, the women’s hockey league also shared the logo and jerseys ahead of the Force’s inaugural 2022-23 campaign. Montreal’s colors will be maroon, white and black, with a primary logo featuring a
8:52 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks traded goaltender Adin Hill to the division rival Vegas Golden Knights for a 2024 fourth-round pick. The Sharks had a glut at goalie with James Reimer and Kaapo Kahkonen slated to be the top two options, leading to the decision to
2:21 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights are staying in-house to replace injured starting goaltender Robin Lehner, who will miss the 2022-23 NHL season for double hip surgery. General manager Kelly McCrimmon said Vegas will have a goaltending tandem of eight-year NHL veteran Laurent Brossoit plus Logan Thompson, who has played in 20 NHL career
11:25 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights scooped up one of the last remaining notable free agents Wednesday, agreeing to a one-year deal with American forward Phil Kessel. The deal carries a price tag of $1.5 million, and ensures another veteran presence on a team looking to return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs after missing
2:11 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Blue Jackets center Alexandre Texier will not join the team for the upcoming season because of unspecified personal problems. The Blue Jackets said in a release Wednesday that the 22-year-old native of Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France, would not be with the team for the 2022-23 season, “per the