6:54 PM ET NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said that starting the 2020-21 season as late as December is on the table as the league considers all options for finishing this season and beginning the following one. “We have a great deal of flexibility in terms of when we can start,” Bettman said in an interview
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6:33 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche have agreed to a three-year, entry-level deal with goaltender Justus Annunen, the team announced Thursday. The 20-year-old Finnish product was a third-round pick by Colorado in the 2018 draft. He was 15-5-3 with a 1.77 goals-against average this season for Karpat, a team in Finland’s
9:48 AM ET It only took 27 years, a few lockouts and a global coronavirus pandemic, but National Hockey League players might finally have some leverage against commissioner Gary Bettman and the owners. As the NHL considers any and all plans to restart its season this summer, there are two essential entities that need to
8:00 PM ET Ricky Williams smoked marijuana a few times in high school, and a couple of times when he played football for the University of Texas. But the first time he noticed the drug helped him relax was during his senior year of college. “I had a really bad breakup with my girlfriend,” Williams
6:58 PM ET The NHL is hoping its players can return to local team training facilities at “some point in the latter half of May,” if local restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic will allow it. “We are not targeting a specific date at this point in time,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN via
4:59 PM ET The New York Islanders and the NHL’s Seattle expansion franchise said their respective arena construction projects remain on schedule despite the coronavirus pandemic and are still expected to be open beginning in the 2021-22 season. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this week that restarting construction projects, with strict health guidelines, is
4:49 PM ET Associated Press The Detroit Red Wings have signed left wing Mathias Brome to a one-year contract, the team announced Wednesday, adding one of the leading scorers from the Swedish Hockey League last season. Brome, 25, had a career-high 43 points last season. He led Orebro HK with 17 goals and 26 assists.
9:52 PM ET Treatments for forward Oskar Lindblom‘s cancer “have gone as well or better than we could have expected,” Philadelphia Flyers assistant general manager Brent Flahr told reporters Tuesday. Lindblom, 23, was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer, in December. He has been undergoing care at the Hospital of the
10:02 AM ET The NHL season remains paused due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the league is offering fans a unique way to support their team while also following social distancing guidelines. The NHL is now selling licensed cloth face coverings, featuring all 31 team logos, on the league’s apparel website. NHL-licensed cloth face coverings
7:00 AM ET With the 2019-20 NHL season on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic (here’s the latest update on where things stand), we’ve started the NHL Viewers Club, highlighting some of the most rewatchable games from this season — such as when EBUG David Ayres beat the Maple Leafs — along with some cool