NHL

7:00 AM ET When it comes to making important decisions on upcoming restricted and unrestricted free agents, teams have a number of factors to weigh when deciding whether to begin negotiating a top-dollar deal, make a trade or slow-play the situation. Organizations will ask themselves: What is their timeline to compete? Is the player’s current
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8:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Rick Middleton, whose slick moves en route to 448 career goals earned him the nickname “Nifty,” saw his No. 16 raised to the rafters by the Boston Bruins before Thursday night’s game against the New York Islanders at TD Garden. Middleton, who played the final 12 of his 14
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pekka Rinne is thinking about Miikka Kiprusoff. With career win No. 320 on Nov. 22, the Nashville Predators star passed the former Calgary Flames netminder for the most NHL victories by a goalie born in Finland. “He was a different kind of guy,” Rinne recalled, which was
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3:55 PM ET Nearly two months since the first puck dropped, we’re already more than one-quarter of the way through the regular season. The NHL’s Christmas break, though still a few weeks off, is definitely within sight. Fantasy success through the dozen or so games scheduled for each team between now and Dec. 23 could
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11:54 AM ET The Carolina Hurricanes will place goaltender Scott Darling on waivers Thursday, according to general manager Don Waddell. Darling was 2-4-1 with a 3.14 goals-against average and an .892 save percentage this season. In his last game with Carolina, he allowed four goals on 19 shots in Saturday’s loss to the New York
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8:32 AM ET Associated Press STOCKHOLM — A Swedish prosecutor has charged British-born Italian hockey player Thomas Larkin with assault for blindsiding an opponent during a game last year. Larkin hit Daniel Paille on the ice and left the Canadian with a severe concussion. Prosecutor Joakim Johansson didn’t name the players but said the incident
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9:30 AM ET The Washington Capitals are situated atop the Metropolitan Division, which isn’t entirely surprising. What is surprising? The New York Rangers are in playoff position, and the Pittsburgh Penguins are not. We debate which of those three trends will continue, and make some creative trades to get the fast-starting Carolina Hurricanes back into
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10:48 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Buffalo Sabres have gone from worst to first, and the rest of the NHL is on notice. With a 3-2 win over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night, the Sabres have a league-leading 36 points. That makes Buffalo the first team ever to finish the previous season with
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