7:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt still cares whether or not you believe he’s a cheater. Almost as much as he cares about never seeing another player go through the humiliation he has endured. “No one in the world can say that they don’t care that people think they’re
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5:24 PM ET Associated Press ELMONT, N.Y. — Work has begun on a $1.3 billion arena for the New York Islanders hockey team at Belmont Park. The 19,000-seat arena will also include shops, restaurants and a hotel. Work is expected to be completed in time for the 2021-2022 season. Until then, the Islanders will play
7:00 AM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The journey from championship titles to a toxic sense of entitlement can be a short one. For the Los Angeles Kings, the journey took five years, from winning their second Stanley Cup in 2014 to last season’s absolute debacle: Getting coach John Stevens fired after 13 games, and
1:01 PM ET Another of the big restricted free agents is off the board with the Tampa Bay Lightning signing center Brayden Point to a three-year, $20.25 million deal. “We are very pleased to re-sign Brayden today,” Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois said in a statement. “He is the consummate professional with an unwavering commitment
1:28 PM ET My fantasy hockey draft prep is rather simple. There’s a collection of players that I’ll avoid like the plague for various, fairly illogical reasons, and there’s a collection of players that I’d briefly consider selling off a kidney on the black market to ensure they’re on my roster. These are my Plant
8:00 AM ET Gritty is now a household name, a bona fide celebrity. But the feisty, furry Philadelphia Flyers mascot might not have invaded our lives quite as quickly without his memorable — and painful — debut on Sept. 24, 2018. Here’s an oral history of how the new king of Philly ascended to the
7:00 AM ET Few NHL players have ridden the highs and lows of their careers quite like Taylor Hall has. Edmonton’s No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 draft was traded — infamously, one-for-one for Adam Larsson — to the New Jersey Devils in 2016. The move made Hall bitter, especially the following season, when
7:30 AM ET The NHL has become a playground for prospects to step in and take on substantial roles with their teams. The 2019-20 rookie class looks unlikely to change that. Here’s a look at the 10 rookies most likely to make big splashes with their respective teams, along with five more who are a
10:38 AM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Sabres have assigned rookie forward Arttu Ruotsalainen to Ilves of the Finnish Elite League, part of a series of roster moves made 11 days before they open the season. The 21-year-old Ruotsalainen was an undrafted free agent who signed an entry-level contract with Buffalo in March
12:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Former New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Dan Girardi has announced his retirement from the NHL after 13 seasons. Girardi appeared in 927 games, finishing with 56 goals, 264 points and a plus-78 rating. He also played in 143 playoff games, four Eastern Conference finals and one