4:09 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Chicago Blackhawks acquired forward Kurtis Gabriel from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday for defenseman Chad Krys. The 28-year-old Gabriel has one goal and one assist in 13 games with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. He is slated to join the Blackhawks in Toronto
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2:21 PM ET The Vancouver Canucks have hired Jim Rutherford as team president and interim general manager, it was announced Thursday. Rutherford will lead the search for a permanent GM. “It is time for a new vision and a new leader who will set a path forward for this team,” Canucks chairman Francesco Aquilini said
1:50 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes will not be locked out of their arena later this month. Following a report on Wednesday night that the team was at risk of losing access to Gila River Arena because of more than $1.3 million in unpaid city and state taxes, Arizona has since come current on all
10:17 AM ET EA Sports is making women’s teams available for the first time in its NHL video game series. Starting in early 2022, International Ice Hockey Federation women’s national teams and the IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship will be added to NHL 22, making Team USA and Hockey Canada stars, among others, playable
9:00 AM ET When the Vancouver Canucks fired Travis Green, few of us were surprised. His grasp on the gig was tenuous to begin with, and the Canucks had three wins in 13 games. When they replaced him with Bruce Boudreau … again, few of us were surprised. Boudreau is the NHL’s answer to The
9:52 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes appear to be running the risk of losing access to their arena even sooner than expected, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The news was first reported by The Athletic, which says that the City of Glendale will lock the Coyotes out of Gila River Arena if the club
6:28 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Jake Guentzel‘s scorching start for the Pittsburgh Penguins has come to an abrupt halt. The team said Wednesday that the star forward is “week to week” with an upper-body injury. Coach Mike Sullivan did not go into detail about how or when Guentzel was hurt. Guentzel left the
12:01 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Mark Giordano has rejoined the Seattle Kraken at practice following 10 days in a Florida hotel following a positive COVID-19 test. Giordano tested positive on Nov. 26 as Seattle was beginning a road trip at Tampa Bay. The NHL team underwent testing that morning and Giordano’s initial result,
7:01 AM ET The NHL trade deadline is on March 21. But the moves we will see then are rooted in discussions that begin now. In fact, now that we’ve passed American Thanksgiving — the threshold many front offices use to assess whether their team will be a playoff team — trade chatter around the
7:00 AM ET With another week of the 2021-22 NHL season in the background, the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers are among the teams who have made a jump in the rankings this week. And while every team has had its fair share of surprises during the campaign, we set out to identify