9:10 PM ET ESPN News Services DALLAS — The Colorado Avalanche signed goaltender Philipp Grubauer to a three-year contract worth $10 million and put defenseman Brooks Orpik on buyout waivers the day after acquiring them from the Washington Capitals, according to multiple reports. The team announced Grubauer’s signing, and multiple reports say the deal is
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5:46 PM ET Emily Kaplan Greg Wyshynski DALLAS — The 2018 NHL draft was, in comparison to other recent editions, a muted affair. Full coverage of the 2018 draft »Every pick of the draft »Draft grades for all 31 teamsWinners and losers »Round 1 analysis There were only two major trades made, and few credible
8:22 PM ET The 2018 NHL draft was unpredictable and sometimes even confusing, but also an incredibly compelling and unique overall draft. While it will take years to fully assess how each team did in this draft, we’ll take the information that we have on each player now — based on yearlong back-and-forth with scouts
7:40 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN DALLAS — New York Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello said he’s not discouraged that star center John Tavares will listen to pitches from other NHL teams ahead of unrestricted free agency, rather than re-signing with the team before the process plays out. “I have no disappointment. No discouragement,” Lamoriello said
10:53 PM ET Find details on every 2018 first-round draft pick here. Click here for Chris Peters’ scouting reports on every prospect picked, and here for his draft board. 1. Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin, D, Frolunda (Sweden) Draft board ranking: 1 Age: 18 | Shoots: L | Ht: 6-2 | Wt: 181 | Nat: SWE41
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
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