3:42 PM ET Associated Press Eighteen members of a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team have tested positive for the coronavirus and have been placed in isolation for 14 days, the team and league reported Wednesday. The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada have suspended operations indefinitely because of the outbreak. The QMJHL started its regular season last Friday,
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2:00 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have tendered qualifying offers to starting goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood and four other players. The team announced the moves Wednesday, saying forwards Joey Anderson, Jesper Bratt and Nick Merkley and defenseman Colton White also got offers. The Devils did not tender offers to forward
12:55 PM ET Associated Press Trade action is heating up on the second day of the NHL draft. The Pittsburgh Penguins got the movement started Wednesday by trading two-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Matt Murray to the Ottawa Senators. Minutes later, the Nashville Predators dealt former Penguins forward Nick Bonino and two picks to the Minnesota
9:45 AM ET The Winnipeg Jets and defenseman Dylan DeMelo have agreed to a new four-year deal with an average annual value of $3 million, the team announced Wednesday. DeMelo, who was acquired in February from the Ottawa Senators for a third-round pick in Tuesday’s draft, had 10 assists and 37 penalty minutes in 59
1:42 PM ET NHL Insiders Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email The NHL’s trade season is already underway, as teams begin to shape their rosters ahead of the 2020-21 regular season — slated to start on Jan. 1, 2021 — and, of course, the looming threat of the expansion draft for the Seattle Kraken, which
11:30 PM ET The first round of the all-virtual 2020 NHL draft had a little bit of everything. It started out as expected with Alexis Lafreniere being selected No. 1 overall by the New York Rangers. Then the Los Angeles Kings made Quinton Byfield the highest-drafted Black player in NHL draft history. The rest of
6:49 PM ET Associated Press The Washington Capitals lost one defenseman possibly for the season, so they brought back another one. Washington re-signed Brenden Dillon to a $15.6 million, four-year contract on Tuesday. The announcement came minutes after the team said Michal Kempny would miss six to eight months following surgery to repair a torn
6:00 PM ET ESPN staff Follow the entire 2020 NHL draft through all seven rounds. We have all 217 picks as they happen, starting with Tuesday night’s first selection overall by the New York Rangers and ending with Wednesday afternoon’s final pick of the draft. Additionally, Chris Peters, Greg Wyshynski and Emily Kaplan provide detailed
8:13 PM ET Center Quinton Byfield of the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves was taken No. 2 overall by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night, making him the highest-drafted Black player in NHL history. “Being in the record books for anything is definitely super special, but that especially,” Byfield said. “My dad and mom didn’t play
9:27 PM ET With three first-round selections on their to-do list, the Ottawa Senators were already a team to watch heading into Tuesday’s NHL draft. They leapt even further into spotlight, right off the bat, by introducing “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek to announce their first choice. The draft, similar to the NFL, is being held