9:00 AM ET When the NHL Awards are handed out each year, there are accusations of geographic bias. Sometimes it’s due to the size of a market. More often it’s complaints about how one division or conference is covered by a larger press corps than another — the storied “East Coast bias” that always seems
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7:20 AM ET ESPN News Services Colorado Avalanche star center Nathan MacKinnon has a lower-body injury that will sideline him “week-to-week,” coach Jared Bednar said Tuesday. MacKinnon suffered the injury in Sunday’s loss to the Wild and missed Colorado’s victory Tuesday over Minnesota. Bednar did disclose any specifics about the injury. “Obviously he’s a very
6:13 PM ET The Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils played a game on Sunday in Buffalo. By Tuesday, the next week of games for both teams had been postponed, and 16 players were on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol-related absences list. The Sabres were scheduled to fly to New York for a two-game series against
1:48 PM ET Ariel Ben-Abraham ripped open a shipping box from China on Monday expecting to find accessories for his clothing company. Instead, he found a bundle of jumbo-sized hockey sticks intended for Washington Capitals star Zdeno Chara that had been randomly delivered to a basketball fan in suburban New Jersey. “This has to take
Feb 1, 2021 Every week, we’ll mine the waiver wire for lesser-rostered assets to help your squad, whether you favor dynasty or the redraft format, and we’ll also toss in some tips for DFS players out there. Finally, we will look at some former go-to fantasy assets who may be overvalued – in the short-
12:22 PM ET Associated Press The NHL has postponed Tuesday night’s game between the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders because of travel and weather-related concerns linked to coronavirus protocols. The snowstorm that hit the East Coast postponed the Sabres’ flight until game day, which altered COVID-19 testing and contact tracing and led to the
11:12 AM ET Associated Press ZURICH — Latvia was picked to stage the men’s world championship alone by the International Ice Hockey Federation on Tuesday after Belarus was removed as co-host last month amid political turmoil there. The tournament in May will be played at two venues in Riga, with all 16 teams staying in
10:15 AM ET Jack Hughes was the 57th player in NHL history to be selected first overall in his draft year. Many of them made an immediate impact on their teams. Some, like Jack Hughes, did not. Hughes lugged the baggage of expectations into his rookie season and was crushed under the weight of them.
6:34 PM ET Tony DeAngelo has played his last game with the New York Rangers, general manager Jeff Gorton told reporters on Monday. Gorton said the 25-year-old defenseman “wasn’t able to move on” from being benched for the second and third game of the season — a decision made by coach David Quinn after DeAngelo
5:47 PM ET The New Jersey Devils have postponed their next three games this week as 10 players are currently on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol-related absences list. The Devils’ games on Feb. 2 and Feb. 4 at the Pittsburgh Penguins were postponed, as was their Feb. 6 game at home against the New York Rangers.