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Columbus Blue Jackets send Pierre-Luc Dubois to Winnipeg Jets for Patrik Laine in swap of disgruntled stars
The Blue Jackets and Jets have completed a blockbuster trade to swap disgruntled stars as winger Patrik Laine is headed to Columbus while center Pierre-Luc Dubois has landed in Winnipeg. Forward Jack Roslovic, a Columbus native, is also headed to the Blue Jackets as part of the deal. Columbus is sending Winnipeg its 2022 third-round […]
Continue readingHow COVID-19 has impacted the 2021 NHL season: Hurricanes, Capitals, Stars and what’s next
Here’s everything you need to know about how the virus is impacting the hockey season, and what comes next. Before it started. Daily testing began in training camp and just a few days in, there was already an outbreak on the defending Western Conference champion Dallas Stars. According to the league, 17 members of the […]
Continue readingAlex Ovechkin, 3 others on COVID-19 absence list as NHL fines Washington Capitals $100K for violations of protocols
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin and three teammates were placed on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol-related absences list on Wednesday, as the league fined the team $100,000 for a violation of health and safety protocols. Ovechkin, center Evgeny Kuznetsov, defenseman Dmitry Orlov and goaltender Ilya Samsonov were all added to the daily list of players who […]
Continue readingUpdated fantasy hockey rankings: What’s changed from last season?
We last checked in with a rankings update in June, when the NHL was very much in limbo. Since then, we’ve had an extended playoffs, a draft, a long delay, and the start of a very different NHL season. Since then, we’ve revamped the default scoring to better reflect positional value and diverse skill sets […]
Continue readingCanadiens up, Blackhawks down and six more takeaways from the NHL’s opening night
The NHL dropped the puck on its abridged, 56-game season on Wednesday, and one thing became clear: The next 115 nights — which will cram in 863 games — are going to be doozies. Opening night brought us a little bit of everything: a banner raising without fans, a highly dramatic puck drop, a fight, […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: Final preseason edition for the 2021 season
The 2021 NHL season is here! After awarding the Stanley Cup in September following a most unusual 2019-20 season, we’re back on the ice again. Four new divisions, 56-game schedules and, most importantly, 116 consecutive nights of NHL games, beginning Wednesday. For our first week of power rankings, we offer a reason for hope for […]
Continue reading2021 NHL season picks: Stanley Cup, division winners and awards
The puck drops on the 2020-21 NHL season this week, a season that will be unique in a great many ways: new divisions, a new playoff format, ads on helmets and much more. But we’re looking way ahead, answering the big questions: Who will win the Stanley Cup? Who are the favorites for all the […]
Continue readingWashington Capitals’ Zdeno Chara didn’t want reduced role with Boston Bruins
Zdeno Chara isn’t ready to retire and doesn’t want to play a reserve role, and that’s why he’s no longer the Boston Bruins’ captain. After 14 seasons with the Bruins, Chara, 43, signed a one-year, $795,000 contract with the Washington Capitals as a free-agent defenseman on Wednesday. He captained three Boston teams that went to […]
Continue readingNHLPA boss Donald Fehr expects NHL to follow plan for 2022 Olympics
“Assuming the Olympics go forward in the ordinary course, you can always envision scenarios in which something would happen that would change the equation,” Fehr told ESPN on Wednesday. “But I don’t see it. I expect that players will be there, and it will be a dramatic return to the international stage for us.” The […]
Continue readingThe best, worst value contracts for every NHL team
In this exercise, we identified the best contracts on every team, the ones with which the player provides the most production per dollar. We also identified the worst — you know, the ones that drive both fans and general managers up the wall. Note: This list does not include any entry-level contracts (as they are […]
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