9:00 AM ET NHL Insiders As we hit mid-December, we pulled together our panel of NHL experts to discuss some of the hot topics of the 2019-20 campaign. Let’s dive in, starting with our picks for the final two playoff spots out West. 1. Who will be the Western Conference wild cards? Greg Wyshinski, senior
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5:45 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Chicago Blackhawks placed defenseman Calvin de Haan on injured reserve Thursday with a right shoulder injury. The 28-year-old de Haan got hurt during Tuesday night’s 5-1 loss at Vegas. He had offseason surgery on the same shoulder. De Haan has one goal and five assists in
5:04 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas made his first public appearance since walking away from hockey in 2014, and fought back tears as he described the brain damage he has endured after sustaining a concussion in his final NHL season. “I couldn’t communicate with anybody for a few years,” Thomas
1:00 PM ET George Parros buzzed out of the NHL board of governors meeting Tuesday after being a fly on the wall for two days in Pebble Beach, California. There were no grand presentations made by his department of player safety to the billionaires in the room. The biggest topic of conversation was physicality off
10:38 PM ET The San Jose Sharks became the latest NHL team to fire its head coach, as they parted ways with Peter DeBoer on Wednesday night. Bob Boughner, an assistant coach with the Sharks, takes over on an interim basis. Meanwhile, the team also let go assistant coaches Dave Barr, Steve Spott and goalie
8:03 PM ET With a high payroll and even higher expectations, the San Jose Sharks announced Wednesday night that they fired head coach Pete DeBoer after an underwhelming first third of their season. Bob Boughner, an assistant coach with the Sharks, takes over on an interim basis, the team said in a statement. The team
9:00 AM ET Most NHL teams are rounding the 30-game mark for the 2019-20 season. Some players are on a torrid, personal-record-setting pace. Other players are desperately trying to get back on track after a rough couple of months. In this week’s Power Rankings, we take a look at some of the paces being set
4:35 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche have put Tony Deynzer, the head equipment manager of their AHL affiliate, on administrative leave after former player Akim Aliu told the Wall Street Journal that Deynzer dressed up as Aliu, wearing blackface, at a team Halloween party in 2011. Aliu was on the Colorado Eagles at the time,
12:51 PM ET Another Montreal Canadiens legend is facing health problems. The family of Hall of Famer Guy Lapointe issued a statement through the team Wednesday saying that the 71-year-old has been diagnosed with oral cancer. The statement says: “Dr. Keith Richardson, the treating physician from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), indicated that the
7:00 AM ET Life as a hockey fan becomes a whole lot simpler when you finally embrace the inherent randomness that’s in the game. As physically gifted and skilled as the players are today, there are many different things that need to come together to create a goal, some of which are ultimately out of