6:28 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have traded defenseman Henri Jokiharju to the Buffalo Sabres for underachieving forward Alex Nylander. Chicago is hoping a chance of scenery will help Nylander, who was selected by Buffalo with the eighth overall pick in the 2016 draft. The 21-year-old Nylander had three goals and
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6:15 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — Top draft pick Jack Hughes was a little disappointed on his first night with the New Jersey Devils at their development camp for young players. Sitting around a TV with Joey Anderson, fellow USA Hockey National Team Development Program teammate and Devils’ draft pick Patrick Moynihan and
4:48 PM ET Colorado coach Jared Bednar has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the Avalanche through the 2021-22 season. Bednar is coming off a 38-30-14 season and his second appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs in his three seasons as coach. Colorado didn’t announce the financial terms of the deal.
1:05 PM ET A lot happened since we last checked in on these rankings. The St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup, the New Jersey Devils won the draft lottery, and at least 20 of these top-250 fantasy players are now wearing a different jersey than the one they donned at the end of the
2:16 PM ET The San Jose Sharks re-signed restricted free-agent forward Kevin Labanc to a one-year deal, general manager Doug Wilson announced Monday. Terms were not disclosed. Labanc, 23, made his case for a new deal with the Sharks last season by registering career highs in goals (17), assists (39), power-play points (20) and game-winning
7:30 AM ET Emily Kaplan Greg Wyshynski With the 2019 NHL free agency period winding down — anyone going to sign Jake Gardiner? — and plenty of trade shuffling putting big-name players in new cities, it’s time to grade each teams’ offseason additions. Grades for all 31 teams from Emily Kaplan and Greg Wyshynski evaluate
11:12 AM ET The Buffalo Sabres have signed free-agent center Marcus Johansson to a two-year, $9 million contract, the team announced Saturday. Johansson, 28, has battled injuries in recent seasons. He was traded by the New Jersey Devils to the Bruins at the trade deadline in February and played only 10 regular-season games in Boston
1:10 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Scott Harrington to a three-year contract. The contract is worth $4.9 million with an annual salary cap hit of $1.63 million, a source told The Associated Press. The team didn’t announce terms of the deal. The 26-year-old
2:40 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan is sticking around to see if he can get the Pittsburgh Penguins back to the Stanley Cup. The club announced Friday that it has signed Sullivan — who guided the Penguins to championships in 2016 and 2017 — to a four-year contract extension that runs through
10:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN This is the velocity of an offer sheet. Within a span of 24 hours, Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin went from lauded maverick to short-sighted dupe. Sebastian Aho, the 21-year-old Carolina Hurricanes center he signed to a five-year, $42.27 million contract offer sheet, went from traitorous opportunist to naïve