1:51 AM ET Australia’s maiden Stanley Cup champion Nathan Walker has come home to help spread the ice hockey gospel, even if it means donning the red, white and blue instead of the green and gold. Walker, who became the first Australian to lift the NHL trophy when Washington Capitals defeated Las Vegas Golden Knights
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6:56 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford is turning to an old acquaintance to bolster his team’s defense. According to multiple reports, the Penguins intend to sign unrestricted free-agent defenseman Jack Johnson to a five-year contract when he officially becomes available on Sunday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the deal will
5:22 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Penguins have re-signed forward Bryan Rust to a four-year deal that runs through the 2021-22 campaign. The deal, announced Tuesday, carries an average annual value of $3.5 million. Rust, 26, set career highs in assists (25) and points (38) while playing in 69 games for the Penguins
5:45 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning have re-signed forward J.T. Miller to a five-year contract worth $26.25 million. Miller will count $5.5 million against the salary cap through 2022-23. General manager Steve Yzerman announced the deal with the pending restricted free agent on Tuesday. Acquired from the New York Rangers at
3:29 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, longtime New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur and Willie O’Ree, who broke the NHL’s color barrier 60 years ago, are among the six-person 2019 Hockey Hall of Fame class, the Hall announced on Tuesday. Longtime NHL winger Martin St. Louis, Canadian women’s player Jayna Hefford and
10:28 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The center of the hockey universe this week is in Los Angeles. It’s an office complex of steel and glass, with a concrete wall that reads CAA on it. It’s in this building that John Tavares, the coveted unrestricted free agent from the New York Islanders, will hold court with
6:21 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have declined to issue a qualifying offer to defenseman Dylan DeMelo, making him an unrestricted free agent. The Sharks announced Monday that the team gave qualifying offers to forwards Tomas Hertl and Chris Tierney. Those two will become restricted free agents in
5:46 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rasmus Dahlin wasn’t kidding about how hockey has become his sole obsession. No more than an hour after completing his introductory news conference in Buffalo on Monday, the NHL’s No. 1 draft pick had already changed into a yellow Sabres practice uniform and, with stick in hand,
10:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN After trading veteran defenseman Brooks Orpik (and his cap hit) to the Colorado Avalanche, GM Brian MacLellan of the Washington Capitals was optimistic he’d be able to re-sign John Carlson before the most coveted defenseman among unrestricted free agents went to market. “We’re really close,” said MacLellan on Friday in
11:18 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, ARIZ. — The Arizona Coyotes acquired defenseman Robbie Russo from the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday for a conditional seventh-round pick next year. The 25-year-old former Notre Dame player had nine goals, 23 assists and 81 penalty minutes in 75 games for Grand Rapids last season in the American