More Teams. More Games. Take a look back at some of the NHL’s greatest rookie debuts as we await Connor Bedard‘s first game with the Blackhawks. (1:33) Opening night of the 2023-24 NHL season is Tuesday, with a tripleheader of games on ESPN and ESPN+: Nashville Predators-Tampa Bay Lightning (5:30 p.m. ET), Chicago Blackhawks-Pittsburgh Penguins […]
Continue readingOne method is free agency, another is the draft, and another is by making trades with their fellow GMs. We’re tracking that third avenue here with an updated tracker listing all the deals made since the start of the offseason, and links to grades for the most high-profile swaps. Note that deals are listed with […]
Continue readingFirst Thursday, they acquired winger Josh Bailey and a 2026 second-round pick from the New York Islanders for for future considerations. Then they gave the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2024 seventh-round pick for the negotiating rights to free-agent winger Corey Perry. Bailey, 33, who played more than 1,000 games with the Islanders, has a year […]
Continue readingThe Boston Bruins have traded former Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall to the Chicago Blackhawks. Hall and the rights to pending unrestricted free agent forward Nick Foligno were sent to the Blackhawks on Monday for the rights to defensemen Ian Mitchell and Alec Regula, who are pending restricted free agents. The move gives the Blackhawks […]
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