9:00 AM ET There’s something wholly appropriate about the Vegas Golden Knights having a trade announced at 4:30 a.m. local time in a city where high-stakes gambles still happen in the predawn hours. Every blockbuster trade is a gamble. Assuming Jack Eichel comes through his artificial disk replacement surgery as a healthy star, the Golden
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7:00 AM ET As the NHL Awards Watch for the 2021-22 season begins, there’s only one award that has a clear frontrunner. No, not Connor McDavid for the MVP. Bill Armstrong for general manager of the year. The general manager of the year should be the one that best accomplishes the task at hand. In
4:58 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Penguins coach Mike Sullivan was unavailable for Thursday night’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers after testing positive for COVID-19. The team made the announcement a few hours before the Penguins took on the Flyers. Assistant coach Todd Reirden filled in for Sullivan in the 3-2 overtime win.
7:35 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The executive board of the NHL Players’ Association has voted to approve an independent investigation into the union’s handling of sexual assault allegations by Kyle Beach in 2010. Executive director Don Fehr recommended on a call earlier this week bringing in outside counsel to review what happened more
8:04 AM ET Jack Eichel will get artificial disk replacement surgery as soon as this week after being traded from the Buffalo Sabres to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday morning, sources told ESPN. The return for Buffalo is Peyton Krebs, Alex Tuch, a 2022 first-round draft pick and a 2023 third-rounder, sources confirmed. Vegas
10:21 AM ET After months of rumors about a Jack Eichel trade, the deal was finally completed Thursday, with the Vegas Golden Knights landing the 25-year-old center from the Buffalo Sabres. Going to Buffalo are veteran forward Alex Tuch and prospect Peyton Krebs, and there will also be a swap of picks: If Vegas’ first-round
9:30 AM ET Logan Couture remembers the sunny days for the NHL’s three California-based teams. “For five to seven years, it seemed like there was a California team in the conference final every year,” the San Jose Sharks captain said. “Teams that came from the East to play here would say that they just needed
4:29 PM ET The Hockey Hall of Fame has crossed out the name of former Chicago Blackhawks‘ video coach Brad Aldrich on the team’s 2009-10 Stanley Cup, the Hall confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Aldrich’s name was covered in X’s on Sunday, the same day the 2021 Cup-winning Tampa Bay Lightning had their names added.
4:41 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New Jersey Devils defenseman P.K. Subban was fined $15,000 by the NHL on Wednesday for his second tripping offense in eight days. The former Norris Trophy winner was fined for tripping Anaheim forward Trevor Zegras in the first period Tuesday night in a 4-0 win by the
12:50 PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has tested positive for COVID-19, according to coach Mike Sullivan. Crosby is experiencing mild symptoms and is in the NHL COVID-19 protocol, Sullivan said. He missed practice on Wednesday because of the positive test. Crosby, 34, had just returned to the Penguins’ lineup Saturday after undergoing left