11:01 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN LAS VEGAS — The NHL Awards are this week in Las Vegas, giving the hockey world a chance to honor the best players the regular season had to offer, while trying to forget how the majority of them lasted about as long in the playoffs as the casual fan’s interest.
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7:25 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Forward Kevin Hayes has avoided unrestricted free agency by agreeing to a seven-year, $50 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, the team announced Wednesday. Chuck Fletcher has been the busiest general manager of the offseason. Along with the Hayes deal, Fletcher traded defenseman Radko Gudas to the Washington Capitals for
12:37 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Forward Kevin Hayes has avoided unrestricted free agency by agreeing to a seven-year, $50 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, according to a report by TSN on Tuesday night. His $7.14 million cap hit will rank 18th among all NHL centers, and it will be the third highest on the
9:39 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN LAS VEGAS — Joe Thornton says he’ll be back with the San Jose Sharks next season. Whether he’ll play for the next decade is a bit more debatable. “I’ll probably play another 10 years. That’s what I’m thinking. Five to 10 right now. I got nothing else going on, we’ll
7:30 AM ET Patrik Stefan stands on the bench watching the final seconds tick down on the game clock. The scoreboard above a sea of blue seats broken up by splotches of friends, family and the odd scout reads, “Home 4, Guest 0.” As the buzzer sounds, a flurry of orange, white and powder blue
1:47 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers continued to shore up their defense by acquiring veteran Justin Braun from the San Jose Sharks for two draft picks. Philadelphia on Tuesday sent a 2019 second-round pick and 2019 third-round pick to San Jose for Braun. The Sharks were looking to clear salary-cap space
9:24 AM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed defenseman Braydon Coburn to a two-year, $3.4 million contract, general manager Julien BriseBois announced Tuesday. On a high-flying offensive unit, Coburn was a steady defensive influence last season. He finished with 23 points, his highest output since 2011-12 with the Philadelphia Flyers. Coburn, 34, is coming
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN There are two basic ways for teams to reconfigure their rosters during the NHL offseason. The first is the time-honored tradition of overcompensating veteran players through unrestricted free agency while refusing — through a gentlemen’s agreement among general managers or outright fear of repercussions — to dabble in restricted free
9:10 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The New York Rangers are back to swinging for the fences, and made a statement by trading for 25-year-old blueliner Jacob Trouba on Monday. The deal: Rangers get: D Jacob TroubaJets get: D Neal Pionk, 2019 first-round pick (Winnipeg’s own, No. 20 overall, previously acquired by New York in Kevin
8:10 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The New York Rangers acquired defenseman Jacob Trouba from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Neal Pionk and the 20th overall pick in Thursday’s NHL draft, the teams said. Trouba, 25, had eight goals and 42 assists for the Jets in 2018-19, his most productive season since the former No.