7:00 AM ET I started covering the NHL two and a half years ago, and Tim Thomas‘ name has come up in a conversation about every other month. That’s not an exaggeration. The former Boston Bruins goaltender has become an obsession in the hockey world. At ESPN, we bring up Thomas as our white whale.
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5:58 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have assigned under-performing second-year center Casey Mittelstadt to the minors. The demotion to Rochester of the AHL was made Sunday, coming a day following a 3-2 overtime loss at the New York Islanders in which Mittelstadt was a healthy scratch for the third time
2:57 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers placed forward Travis Konecny on injured reserve Sunday, the team announced. Konecny, Philadelphia’s leading scorer who is recovering from a concussion, has been out since Dec. 7 and did not travel with the Flyers on their three-game road trip that concludes Sunday at the Winnipeg Jets. Konecny has 28
2:57 PM ET As injuries pile up on the Philadelphia Flyers, so do the losses. Hours after placing forward Travis Konecny on injured reserve Sunday, the Flyers were wiped out in Winnipeg, losing 7-3 to the Jets. It was Philadelphia’s second loss in two days and third on a three-game road trip. Konecny, Philadelphia’s leading
12:19 PM ET St. Louis Blues forward Alexander Steen will return from a 16-game absence Saturday against the Chicago Blackhawks, according to the team. Steen has not played since suffering a high ankle sprain in a collision on Nov. 6 against the Edmonton Oilers. The 35-year-old Steen has zero goals and five assists in 17
4:57 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom has been diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer, and is expected to miss the rest of the 2019-20 season, the team announced Friday. Lindblom, 23, will undergo further testing and evaluation next week and begin treatment immediately thereafter. The cancer was diagnosed by
12:00 PM ET Is it just easier to quickly recap which NHL coaches haven’t been replaced? I feel like that might be faster. We’ve had more in a season before, to be sure. There were seven midseason coaching changes just last year. Although there were zero the year before, so obviously this ebbs and flows.
8:58 PM ET Tucker Tynan, a goalie for Niagara’s junior league team in Canada, was seriously injured Thursday night when he appeared to be cut by a skate blade after a collision early in the second period. The game between the Niagara IceDogs and London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League was suspended after the
8:58 PM ET Tucker Tynan, a goalie for the Niagara junior league team in Canada, was recovering in the hospital, the team said, after being seriously injured Thursday night when he appeared to be cut by a skate blade. The Ontario Hockey League announced Friday that the Niagara IceDogs’ games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday
7:35 PM ET Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko was placed on injured reserve Thursday, prior to the Canucks facing off with the Carolina Hurricanes. The 24-year-old Demko, 7-4-1 this season with a 3.00 goals-against average, suffered a concussion in an optional practice on Wednesday, coach Trent Green said after Thursday’s morning skate. The Canucks recalled Mike