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Chicago Blackhawks place F Jujhar Khaira, D Riley Stillman on injured reserve
Khaira is dealing with a lower back issue. Stillman left Friday night’s 5-1 loss to Minnesota with a left shoulder injury. The move for Khaira, who has three goals and no assists in his first season with Chicago, was made retroactive to Monday. The Blackhawks also added forward Brett Connolly to the active roster. Goaltender […]
Continue readingChicago Blackhawks’ Reese Johnson lands on injured reserve with broken clavicle
The Blackhawks also recalled forwards Brett Connolly and MacKenzie Entwistle from Rockford and assigned forward Mike Hardman to their American Hockey League affiliate. Johnson, 23, got hurt during Chicago’s 5-4 loss at Toronto on Saturday night. He has one goal and three assists in 18 games this season. Team physician Michael Terry said Johnson will […]
Continue readingSeattle Kraken expansion draft protected lists, available players
The Seattle Kraken are joining the NHL for the 2021-22 season and will play in the Pacific Division. The front office and coaching staff have taken shape, and Climate Pledge Arena is on track to be ready, but the team needs players. The Kraken will select one player each from 30 NHL teams, as the […]
Continue readingNHL trade tracker: Latest deals, rumors, grades for 2021
The 2021 NHL trade deadline has passed, with many players and draft picks changing teams. That includes Pierre-Luc Dubois heading to the Jets, with Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic joining the Blue Jackets on Jan. 23. More recently, the Islanders traded for Devils veteran Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac, the Avalanche bolstered their goaltending depth […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey: Tyler Toffoli, Joe Pavelski lead best matchup specialists
Join or create a league in the No. 1 Fantasy Hockey game, and play your way with custom scoring and lineup features. Create or join a league today >> The respective fantasy fallout here is varied. Those more prominent might serve as worthwhile, high-cost DFS assets or help their less fantasy-popular linemates thrive. Others merit […]
Continue readingNHL free agency 2020: Winners, losers and other big takeaways
The NHL free-agent frenzy was unprecedented this offseason — and not just because it took place when the regular season is usually scheduled to start. The new collective bargaining agreement kept the salary cap flat at $81.5 million. Otherwise, it would have plummeted, just as team revenues have during the COVID-19 pandemic. The financial landscape […]
Continue readingShould the New York Rangers trade the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NHL draft?
My father grew up in the city. His first attempt at a pronunciation was “Lufthansa.” The Canadian hamlet of Saint-Eustache produced an exquisite French Canadian moniker — Alexis Lafrenière. On the tongues of New Yawkers, it’s going to sound like a Claude Debussy suite performed by an orchestra of accordions. The second worst thing about […]
Continue readingSeven trades we’d like to see before the NHL trade deadline
As we approach the NHL trade deadline on Monday, there’s some mild trepidation around the league that player movement on deadline day could be slower and less consequential than in years past. There are any number of reasons for that. The standings currently look like the type of abstract art where paint is randomly splashed […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: Instant fixes for your defense
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly is out for eight weeks or so with a fractured foot, while Carolina Hurricanes blue liner Dougie Hamilton has a broken fibula and is out “indefinitely” (but that’s an injury that should also keep him out until late March, just like Rielly). While Tyson Barrie was almost assuredly on […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s best and worst this week: Who can pull off a St. Louis Blues-like run?
So which team has a chance of repeating that success this season? Here’s how teams currently not super secure in a playoff position stack up, in four different tiers. Los Angeles Kings Anaheim Ducks New Jersey Devils Detroit Red Wings Ottawa Senators Sure, three of these teams (Ottawa, New Jersey, Detroit) are where the Blues […]
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