4:29 PM ET Patrick Maroon is headed home, signing a one-year, $1.75 million contract with the St. Louis Blues. Maroon grew up in a St. Louis suburb and played for the St. Louis Bandits of the North American Hockey League. “We’re excited to add Pat Maroon to our group,” Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said,
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5:55 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The player: Nikita Kucherov, 25, RW The terms: Eight years, $9.5 million annually against the cap, beginning in 2019-20. Where does he fit in? We’re keeping track of every notable signing and trade throughout the offseason right here, with a signing tracker and expert grades. He’s going to be right
12:14 PM ET Ben ArledgeESPN.com Close Editor for fantasy, chalk and NHL, as well as a contributing hockey writer. Previously with ESPN The Magazine. Joined ESPN in 2012 after graduating from Colgate University. The 2018-19 NHL season is months away, and Alexander Ovechkin and his Washington Capitals are still celebrating the franchise’s first championship. No
7:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was standing in the back of the recently opened Esports Arena inside of the Luxor Hotel & Casino with his 11-year-old grandson, Matthew, watching the first NHL Gaming World Championship. It was perhaps the first time in his tenure as commissioner that Bettman might have
3:37 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks will retire the numbers of Paul Kariya and Scott Niedermayer during the upcoming season. The Ducks announced the honors for their Hall of Famers on Monday. Kariya’s No. 9 will go into the Honda Center rafters on Oct. 21, and Niedermayer’s No. 27 will
2:19 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have signed top draft pick Rasmus Dahlin to a three-year, entry-level contract. Buffalo selected the 18-year-old defenseman from Sweden with the first pick in last month’s draft. The signing was announced by the team Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The maximum
7:12 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have re-signed defenseman Dylan DeMelo to a two-year, $1.8 million deal. The 25-year old had a career-best 20 points — all on assists — in a career-high 63 games. He also had an assist in 10 playoff games. “Dylan proved last season
5:53 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights have signed defenseman Colin Miller to a four-year contract. The deal announced Saturday runs through the 2021-22 season and pays an average salary of $3.87 million. The 25-year-old Miller led all defensemen on the Golden Knights with a career-high 41 points (10 goals,
10:50 AM ET ESPN News Services MOSCOW — Alex Ovechkin has brought the Stanley Cup to the World Cup. Elite pic.twitter.com/6E07hrMjCv — Washington Capitals (@Capitals) July 7, 2018 The captain of the Washington Capitals brought the NHL trophy to a Moscow fan zone where World Cup games are screened. Ovechkin lifted the Cup above his
8:43 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche have agreed on a two-year deal with forward Matt Nieto. Nieto is coming off a season in which he scored a career-high 15 goals for the Avalanche. He also had his first career NHL hat trick on Oct. 24 against Dallas. In the postseason, Nieto