7:00 AM ET We released our NHL Rank top 100 for the 2021-22 season — a predictive list of the top 100 players for this coming season. A panel of ESPN NHL experts voted on who they thought would be the best players this season. But that doesn’t mean we got it all right, so
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9:54 PM ET Joel Quenneville resigned Thursday as head coach of the Florida Panthers following a meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman about his involvement in the Chicago Blackhawks‘ sexual abuse case. Assistant coach Andrew Brunette will take over on an interim basis, an NHL source told ESPN. Quenneville was in his third year as
5:15 PM ET Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New York for about two hours on Thursday concerning his involvement in the Chicago Blackhawks‘ sexual abuse case. Panthers team president Matt Caldwell and general manager Bill Zito also were at the meeting. Kyle Beach on Wednesday came forward as
3:12 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals winger T.J. Oshie has been listed as week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Oshie took a shot from Detroit‘s Danny DeKeyser off the outside of his right foot during the third period of the Red Wings’ 3-2 overtime win Wednesday night. Oshie limped to the bench
2:33 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Minnesota Wild forwards Mats Zuccarello and Rem Pitlick have entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, the team announced Thursday. Zuccarello is Minnesota’s leading scorer, with seven points, including three goals, through six games. Pitlick had an assist in his debut with the Wild on Tuesday, a 3-2 victory at
9:46 AM ET The NHL’s newest team is putting a Seattle spin on one of the league’s oldest traditions. The expansion Seattle Kraken won at home for the first time Tuesday night, thanks in part to goalie Philipp Grubauer‘s 23-save effort. He was named one of the “Three Stars of the Game,” a postgame honor
9:00 AM ET When is the rebuild going to be over for the Detroit Red Wings? “Is the rebuild ever over?” Shawn Horcoff, the Red Wings’ director of player development since the 2016-17 season, said. “The rebuild’s only ever really over when you win the Stanley Cup. That’s my view of it. Either you’re rebuilding
11:27 PM ET Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville was behind the bench for their 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night, but was nowhere to be found in the postgame news conference. Quenneville has a meeting scheduled with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman at 2 p.m. Thursday in New York to discuss his involvement
11:14 PM ET Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said he wishes he and the team could have done something differently to help Kyle Beach in 2010. Teammate Patrick Kane said he didn’t know that Beach was the “John Doe” who filed a lawsuit accusing the Blackhawks of mishandling his sexual assault allegations until Beach publicly
1:04 PM ET Chicago Blackhawks players were briefed by team management Wednesday after an investigation into a sexual abuse case led to president of hockey operations Stan Bowman resigning one day earlier. Blackhawks CEO Danny Wirtz spoke with the team. “The overriding message was that ‘the organization is here for you,'” coach Jeremy Colliton said.