9:48 AM ET Mike Sullivan of the Pittsburgh Penguins will coach the U.S. men’s hockey team if the NHL goes to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. USA Hockey announced its coaches for the 2022 Games on Wednesday. Along with Sullivan, Joel Johnson of the University of St. Thomas will coach the women’s national team,
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12:26 AM ET The Colorado Avalanche and captain Gabriel Landeskog agreed on an eight-year contract extension, taking the most coveted forward off the market on the eve of NHL free agency. The contract carries a $7 million average annual value. It has a full no-movement clause in the first four seasons and then a modified
10:53 PM ET On the eve of the NHL’s free-agency signing period, the Lightning and Blackhawks parted ways with key cogs of Stanley Cup-winning eras for both franchises, allowing both some maneuverability moving forward. The Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday traded forward Tyler Johnson and a 2023 second-round draft pick to Chicago in exchange for
7:52 PM ET The Vancouver Canucks traded Nate Schmidt to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday after the defenseman reportedly blocked previous attempts to move him there, a source told ESPN, confirming a report by TSN. The Jets acquired Schmidt, 30, for a 2022 third-round draft pick. The Canucks had previously acquired Schmidt from the Vegas
3:22 PM ET ESPN News Services The St. Louis Blues and winger Pavel Buchnevich agreed to a four-year, $23.2 million contract on Tuesday, the team announced. The Blues were confident they’d be able to get a deal done with Buchnevich after acquiring him from the New York Rangers last week for forward Sammy Blais and
1:52 PM ET Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he’s “deeply disappointed” in the Montreal Canadiens‘ decision to select Logan Mailloux in the first round of the 2021 NHL draft last weekend. The Canadiens shocked the hockey world Friday night by selecting Mailloux, an 18-year-old defenseman. He had “renounced” himself from the draft earlier in
1:09 PM ET Alex Ovechkin has signed a five-year, $47.5 million deal to return to the Washington Capitals, it was announced Tuesday. “I’M BACK DC!!!!!” he wrote on Twitter, with a source close to Ovechkin saying he wanted to pay homage on social media to Michael Jordan’s famous “I’m back” statement. The 35-year-old has played
1:27 PM ET Since the Vegas Golden Knights‘ expansion draft in 2017, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has been the face of the franchise, whether it was on the ice, on billboards, in the media, or in the community. And now, in an unceremonious fashion, his tenure with the team appears over. On Tuesday, the Golden Knights
11:40 AM ET The Vegas Golden Knights and Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a deal that would send three-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to Chicago, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Pending a trade call, the Golden Knights will receive minor league forward Mikael Hakkarainen, sources told ESPN. Fleury’s agent, Allan Walsh, said his client
4:00 PM ET With the 2021 NHL Entry Draft in the books, we can finally bid farewell to the most bizarre lead-in year ever, of which we hopefully never experience again. Cancelled or shortened seasons, scuttled tournaments, limitations on travel, and a host of other pandemic-related challenges laid out a tough landscape to navigate for