3:32 PM ET The New York Rangers fired general manager Jeff Gorton and president John Davidson on Wednesday, a source confirmed to ESPN. It’s a stunning move considering the Rangers are on the tail end of a rebuild, one they completed ahead of schedule. Assistant GM Chris Drury, a former Rangers player, is a name
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4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have signed goaltender Nico Daws to a three-year, entry-level contract starting in the 2021-22 season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the signing of the team’s third-round pick in the 2020 draft. Daws, 20, recently finished his 2020-21 season in Germany. He had
7:10 AM ET Sach Chandan We’re into the final week-plus (for most teams) of the 2021 NHL season, and while 16 of them will be competing for the Stanley Cup this spring and summer, 15 of them will begin to devise their plan to get back in the playoff mix in 2021-22. Usually, it’s a
7:03 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. The five NHL games of Tuesday night did not have the impact on the playoff races that Monday’s massive slate did, but we do have a new leader in the East, with the
6:47 PM ET The New York Rangers have called for the removal of George Parros, head of the NHL Department of Player Safety, after the league opted not to suspend Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson for a pair of incidents in a game Monday night. Wilson was fined $5,000 by the NHL for punching Rangers
1:30 PM ET With the New York Rangers eliminated from playoff contention, coach David Quinn announced Tuesday that Artemi Panarin, Jacob Trouba and and Ryan Lindgren are all done for the season. The Rangers have only three games remaining. Panarin’s injury is the most recent, coming after being tossed to the ice by Washington Capitals
4:01 PM ET Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson is eventually going to do something to an opponent that will result in him missing 40 games. Maybe 60 games. Maybe an entire season. But the NHL department of player safety is not the NHL department of pre-crime. It can’t suspend players based on what their actions
10:56 AM ET Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson was fined $5,000 for punching Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich in the back of the head while on the ice, according to the NHL Department of Player Safety. Wilson will not have a hearing for throwing Rangers star Artemi Panarin to the ice in the ensuing scrum, which
7:10 AM ET We are witnessing the final games of the 2021 NHL Awards season. As usual, they’re a time for both popular reinforcement of foregone conclusions and last-minute attempts at seeding doubt about assumed favorites. An example of the former: Connor McDavid is going to win the Hart Trophy in a landslide. We’ll discuss
7:00 AM ET The latest person in the hockey world to enter the realm of NFTs? Hockey Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier. The seven-time Stanley Cup champion — including four times with the Islanders of the early 1980s, twice with the Penguins of the early ’90s and once as an assistant coach with the Avalanche