4:17 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Alvin Brian “Ab” McDonald, who played 14 NHL seasons and scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Chicago Blackhawks in 1961, has died. He was 82. McDonald died Tuesday night, according to Blackhawks. The forward played 762 regular-season and 84 NHL playoff games followed by two seasons in
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2:51 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The group hoping to bring the NHL to Seattle will make a pitch to the executive committee of the league’s Board of Governors at a meeting in New York on Oct 2. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan will take part in the presentation. The Oak View Group confirmed the meeting on
2:06 PM ET The fight for or against penalty minutes as a standard category for fantasy hockey has become pretty polarizing. But the holdover from traditional fantasy hockey setups that riles me up even more is the delineation between left wing and right wing. Why on earth do we do this? There is no difference
5:31 PM ET Alex Ovechkin took the Stanley Cup to the World Cup and a Washington Nationals baseball game. He even slept with the thing. It was all fine with the NHL, except for one thing: keg stands. Oh my god Alex Ovechkin was doing keg stands out of the Stanley Cup in the middle
1:12 PM ET Ah, the pivot. Any conversation about a deep, contending NHL team seems to hinge on the centermen the team boasts down the middle. So it goes in the NHL, so it goes for fantasy hockey. If you want to compete for the title, you are going to need a few good centers.
10:01 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Winnipeg Jets signed captain Blake Wheeler to a five-year, $41.25 million contract extension Tuesday. The deal has an average annual value of $8.25 million. Wheeler, a 32-year-old right wing, was due to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2018-19 season. Wheeler, a 10-year NHL veteran, is coming off
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Job pressure in hockey can come in all forms. Some is dire: Get results or you’re out of work. Some is a bit more nuanced: It would be great if you preformed at or above expectations, and you can rest a little easier at night, but your job isn’t necessarily
12:22 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt has been suspended for the first 20 games of the season for violating the NHL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs, but the team and the player are disputing that he cheated. Schmidt is permitted to take part in training camp but will not be allowed to dress
11:14 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames signed defenseman Noah Hanifin to a six-year, $29.7 million contract Thursday. The 21-year-old Hanifin had 10 goals and 22 assists in 79 games for the Carolina Hurricanes last season. He joined the Flames along with forward Elias Lindholm in a June 23 deal that
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN For Tyler Seguin, Artemi Panarin and Taylor Hall, it’s a matter of “want.” Tyler Seguin wants a new contact. That much is clear. The 26-year-old forward showed up at the BioSteel Camp in Toronto this week and lamented the fact that he didn’t have a fat new extension with the