12:04 AM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Rasmus Dahlin went first overall to the Buffalo Sabres, commissioner Gary Bettman was booed relentlessly by the crowd all night and trade chatter didn’t amount to a whole lot of movement. With the exception of one trade by the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, the first round of
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1:50 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN DALLAS — The NHL Awards are over, which means that the yelling could begin. Every year, there are votes that boggle the mind, and this year was no exception. Some of them are egregious — like Mathew Barzal getting anything less than a first- or second-place vote for the Calder
12:00 AM ET Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com The 2017-18 NHL season was pretty sedate from a uniform standpoint. As part of the league’s transition from Reebok to Adidas, teams were restricted to home and road uniforms, with alternate or third jerseys temporarily mothballed.
5:41 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — General managers looking to make moves at the NHL draft found out the salary cap for next season will be $79.5 million, an increase of $4.5 million from last year. The NHL and NHLPA announced the cap and $58.8 million salary floor Thursday. With the first round of
3:34 PM ET Associated Press “Johnny Hockey” is getting an additional title: part owner. Barry Trotz, former coach of the Stanley Cup-champion Washington Capitals, has been named the new coach of the New York Islanders. Taylor Hall of the New Jersey Devils barely edged Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon for the Hart Trophy on Wednesday night, winning
6:15 AM ET Who are you most excited to see at the next level? Chris Peters, hockey prospects analyst: Obviously I’m intrigued by Rasmus Dahlin — as everyone is — but there’s no doubt that defenseman Quinn Hughes has the highest potential for excitement. I’ve just not seen anyone that plays the game quite like
10:41 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland stood before the crowd at the NHL Awards on Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, thanking those in attendance after having won the Mark Messier Leadership Award for “the player who exemplifies great leadership qualities to his team,
4:43 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN LAS VEGAS — In two seasons, P.K. Subban has become the face of the Nashville Predators. He’s one of the best defensemen in the NHL, with a nomination for the Norris Trophy this season. But he turns 30 next season. He carries a $9 million cap hit through 2022, and
8:53 AM ET With the 2018 NHL Awards show set to take place on Wednesday, June 20, we asked our esteemed panel all the big questions ahead of the event. Who was the biggest snub out of the finalists for any award? Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer: John Gibson was robbed for a Vezina Trophy
8:23 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN LAS VEGAS – Bruce Cassidy was in Las Vegas this week because his Boston Bruins went 50-20-12 for 112 points, a performance that earned him a Jack Adams nomination for coach of the year. But after a second-round playoff exit, Cassidy has been thinking about how his Bruins could be