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Franzen needs to bring the noise
He politely took on the questions: What is Boston doing to slow him down? What is the message from Mike Babcock? What can he do better in Game 5? Then captain Henrik Zetterberg emerged. He walked to center of the main interview area of the Red Wings dressing room and, like moths to a light, […]
Continue readingU.S. tops Canada in OT at worlds
Jim Slater, Patrick Dwyer and Nate Thompson also scored in regulation for the Americans (2-0-0), who beat Canada at the event for the first time since 2001 and the fourth time in 42 tries overall. John Tavares, Jeff Skinner, Evander Kane and Duncan Keith scored for Canada (1-0-1). Jimmy Howard stopped 42 shots for the […]
Continue readingWings scratch Henrik Zetterberg
Veteran forward Dan Cleary was inserted into the lineup in his place. Zetterberg has also missed time this season with a back injury and the Red Wings are already without star forward Pavel Datsyuk (lower body) and Olympic goalie Jimmy Howard (knee), among others, on a team hit hard by injuries. In 40 games this […]
Continue readingHow the Washington Capitals weathered an early COVID-19 storm and are poised to be top Stanley Cup contenders
It was inevitable that COVID-19 would impact the 2021 NHL season, but the Washington Capitals didn’t imagine it would impact them so early — or so hard. After their first road trip to Buffalo and Pittsburgh, goalie Ilya Samsonov tested positive for the coronavirus. The NHL’s contact tracing revealed the team’s four Russian players (captain […]
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 readingDetroit Red Wings sign ex-New York Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss to two-year deal
Greiss, who served as the backup to Semyon Varlamov with the New York Islanders this season, went 16-9-4 with a 2.74 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage. The Red Wings have goalie Jonathan Bernier on the roster and did not sign Jimmy Howard following the season. Source
Continue readingNHL free agency 2020 preview: Team needs, trade targets, cap space, key dates
The word that typically defines free agency in the NHL is “uncertainty.” Players with expiring contracts enter a marketplace unsure of what their next deals will look like or where they’ll next call home. But in the 2020 free-agent frenzy, that uncertainty has reached previously unseen levels for players and teams. There’s a flat salary […]
Continue readingCareer Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford now NHL free agent
The Chicago Blackhawks are not bringing back goalie Corey Crawford, general manager Stan Bowman said Thursday. “I had a conversation with Corey earlier today,” Bowman said. “And it was an emotional talk.” The 35-year-old Crawford is an unrestricted free agent. Crawford, who has spent his entire career in Chicago since being drafted in the second […]
Continue readingWinners and losers of the 2020 NHL playoff bubbles
However you want to calculate it, the quarantined postseason ended on Monday with the Tampa Bay Lightning defeating the Dallas Stars in six games for hockey’s Holy Grail, ending the most remarkable quest for the Stanley Cup in the history of the NHL. That the season was restarted was amazing. That the season was completed […]
Continue readingThe biggest NHL playoff goalie dilemmas — and who should get the start
The 2020 NHL playoffs will be unlike any postseason that preceded them — and perhaps the last 24-team tourney the league stages for some time. But as with any edition of the Stanley Cup playoffs, goaltending will be a deciding factor on which teams advance, and which teams leave their hub city early. For some […]
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