11:01 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN By the end of the summer, this is what the typical St. Louis Blues player will have done: You hoist the Stanley Cup for the first time on home ice before walking through a car wash’s volume of champagne and beer in the dressing room, and then having an all-night
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7:58 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames and forward Sam Bennett avoided arbitration, agreeing to a two-year contract Wednesday with an average annual value of $2.55 million. The 23-year-old Bennett had 13 goals, 14 assists and a team-high 93 penalty minutes in 71 games last season. He has 55 goals, 61
2:53 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues hired Marc Savard as an assistant coach Wednesday. The 42-year-old Savard spent 13 years playing in the NHL, splitting time among the Rangers, Flames, Thrashers and Bruins. The two-time All-Star was part of Boston’s 2011 Stanley Cup title team. Since
2:53 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues hired Marc Savard as an assistant coach Wednesday. The 42-year-old Savard spent 13 years playing in the NHL, splitting time among the Rangers, Flames, Thrashers and Bruins. The two-time All-Star was part of Boston’s 2011 Stanley Cup title team. Since
7:13 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights signed defenseman Deryk Engelland on Tuesday to a one-year deal for the upcoming season. The contract includes a $700,000 base salary and incentives that could bring the total value of the deal to $1.5 million. The 37-year-old Engelland played in 74 games last
11:17 AM ET The Nashville Predators have signed forward Colton Sissons to a seven-year, $20 million contract that runs through the 2025-26 season. Sissons, 25, scored 15 goals and 30 points — both career highs — in 75 games with the Predators this past season. “Colton will be an important part of our team for
7:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN We finally got one. After years of threats, teases, rumors and innuendo, the NHL saw an actual offer sheet handed to an actual young star player when the Montreal Canadiens got Carolina Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho to sign one on July 1. What a thrilling few moments those were, when
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Artemi Panarin walked out of Madison Square Garden with the first New York Rangers jersey bearing his name draped around his shoulders like a cape. The grandeur of his play — only seven NHLers have amassed more points the past four seasons than Panarin (320) — had been matched by
5:09 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames have a tentative agreement for a new arena to replace the Saddledome. The city, NHL team and the Calgary Stampede have agreed in principle to terms. The Stampede, a rodeo exhibition, owns the land. The deal was to be presented to the City Council
4:57 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins and forward Zach Aston-Reese avoided arbitration on Monday, agreeing to a two-year deal that runs through the 2020-21 season. The deal is worth $1 million annually. The two sides came together minutes before heading to arbitration. “We were actually setting up for the meeting and