9:00 AM ET In the hectic world of NHL free agency, I’ve found there’s really only one reliable imperative: Players don’t want to move their stuff. Alex Pietrangelo, 30, is the belle of the free-agent ball this offseason, the kind of top-pairing defenseman in his prime who could complete a Stanley Cup puzzle for several
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7:30 AM ET When it comes to the 2020 NHL draft, there is little to no debate about who is going to be selected No. 1. That would be winger Alexis Lafreniere. But when it comes to which defenseman will be first off the board, things get a lot more complicated. For much of the
12:15 AM ET After he was pulled before the third period of the Dallas Stars‘ Game 3 loss Wednesday night in Edmonton, Alberta, goalie Anton Khudobin vowed he would be ready for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final — if he gets the call to start. Khudobin left the Stars’ 5-2 loss to the
11:04 PM ET Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final saw the long-awaited return of Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos. In true storybook fashion, Stamkos scored on his first shot (he skated only 2:47 for the game), and his team overwhelmed the Dallas Stars en route to a 5-2 victory. Tampa Bay now leads
7:57 PM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — Steven Stamkos is back in the Tampa Bay Lightning lineup for the first time in the bubble. And he’s making an immediate impact. The Lightning captain made his postseason debut Wednesday night in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Dallas Stars and scored on his first
2:09 PM ET The Ottawa Senators have told longtime goaltender Craig Anderson they will not re-sign him in free agency, general manager Pierre Dorion announced Wednesday. “He’s the best goalie we’ve ever had,” Dorion told reporters, according to TSN. “It’s time for us to take another direction, and we thank him for everything he did.”
7:30 AM ET A young hockey player’s first out-of-town tournament is in many ways a rite of passage in the sport. It means the first time seeing players from other parts of the country or world and gauging where one’s game stands against that of peers. It’s hours on end at the rinks, parents nursing
7:00 AM ET When the Stanley Cup playoffs began in August, we asked recently retired forward Kris Versteeg to delve into the NHL’s new relaxed dress code policy, and critique which teams were (and weren’t) allowing players to shine in the bubble. As the tournament winds down, we called Versteeg again, this time to analyze
7:00 AM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning are teasing us with a potential Steven Stamkos return; could Wednesday’s Game 3 be the night? In the meantime, Tampa Bay has continued its postseason-long trend of rebounding after losses (the team is now 6-0 after a loss) to tie the Stanley Cup Final, 1-1. Meanwhile, the Dallas
4:00 PM ET Former NHL player Ryan Kesler said the lack of education about a popular anti-inflammatory medication led to his chronic digestive problems, which he revealed for the first time on a Canadian sports documentary. Kesler and other former NHL players spoke out about overuse of medications like Toradol, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, on