5:38 PM ET Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is “doing very well” after suffering a cardiac episode on the bench during Tuesday night’s game against the Ducks, St. Louis GM Doug Armstrong said on Wednesday. Bouwmeester remained at the UC Irvine Medical Center on Wednesday and is undergoing a battery of tests to determine what happened,
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4:52 PM ET Montreal Canadiens star defenseman Shea Weber is expected to miss four to six weeks because of a sprained left ankle. The Canadiens announced the injury Wednesday after Weber was evaluated earlier in the day by renowned specialist Dr. Robert Anderson in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Weber suffered the injury Feb. 4 against the
6:50 AM ET The best moves at the NHL trade deadline are usually the ones teams don’t make. Sure, there’s always a chance a team finds that perfect, Butch Goring-sized puzzle piece to complete a championship picture. But more often than not, the NHL trade deadline is like impulse-buying a poorly constructed boat: filled with
3:54 PM ET Associated Press The NHL and NHL Players’ Association have scheduled another round of labor talks next week after concluding two days of negotiations in Toronto on Wednesday. In an email to The Associated Press, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote he wasn’t prepared to comment on what was discussed and whether the
3:50 PM ET Associated Press Jeremy Roenick will not be returning to NBC Sports after his suspension for making inappropriate comments about co-workers. A network spokesman confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday that Roenick will not be back on the air. The spokesman said NBC Sports would have no further comment. Roenick, 50, announced
2:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba was fined $5,000 by the NHL on Wednesday for slashing Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the punishment, which is the maximum allowable amount under the collective bargaining agreement. The incident occurred in the first
1:18 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets have signed head coach Paul Maurice to a multiyear contract extension, the team announced Wednesday. Terms were not provided. Maurice, 53, was hired in January 2014, replacing Claude Noel. Maurice has compiled a 264-186-53 record with the Jets. They’ve made the playoffs three times under Maurice, including a trip
7:30 AM ET Scouting is an inexact science. Just look at the years-later reaction to every NHL draft after any given player has a modicum of NHL success, especially those who were drafted outside of the top 10. “How did he go that low in the draft? How did all of those teams pass on
12:04 PM ET Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov will not play Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche but will accompany his team on its three-game road trip. Kuznetsov, who is dealing with an upper-body injury, has responded well to treatment, the team said Wednesday. The Capitals hope Kuznetsov could play at some point during the road
7:30 AM ET SAN JOSE — J.T. Miller has a reputation in the NHL. He’s a blue-collar player with a physical edge. He’s a versatile forward able to play in a variety of roles. But when the Tampa Bay Lightning traded him to the Vancouver Canucks last summer, he earned another label: someone worth spending