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Answering some of the biggest lingering offseason questions

While this next month unfurls toward the start of the 2022-23 campaign, there’s a few notable questions that remain unanswered and topics to keep an eye on. How those play out could still have a serious impact on teams entering the season. Nazem Kadri entered this offseason as one of the NHL’s top unrestricted free […]

Henrik, Daniel Sedin join former Vancouver Canucks teammate Roberto Luongo in 2022 induction class for Hockey Hall of Fame

Also included in the class, in the builders’ category, were Finnish women’s hockey icon Hanna-Riikka Sallinen and Herb Carnegie, a Canadian player of Jamaican descent who starred outside of the NHL. He is honored posthumously, having died in March 2012. The Sedins and Luongo were teammates on the Vancouver Canucks and were in their first […]

Florida Panthers’ Joe Thornton undecided on return for 25th season

SUNRISE, Fla. — Joe Thornton’s career might be over. Or not. The veteran center, who just completed his 24th season in the NHL and first with the Florida Panthers, said Wednesday that he has not decided whether to retire or continue playing. “My wife was kind of asking me last night,” Thornton said. “And really, […]

Claude Giroux’s fun new world with the Florida Panthers

“Well, we’re winning,” he said. “So, yeah.” Giroux, 34, had a classic NHL trade deadline glow-up, going from the draft lottery-bound Philadelphia Flyers to the Panthers, who won the Presidents’ Trophy for the regular season’s best record. He went from near the basement to the penthouse, from moroseness to merriment. He also went from a […]

The lapsed fan’s guide to the 2022 NHL playoffs: Top storylines, Stanley Cup favorites, key players

As a service to fans who have a general interest in the National Hockey League but have no idea what’s happened since the Tampa Bay Lightning raised the Cup for the second straight postseason, we’re happy to provide this FAQ as a guide to the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs. And for you die-hard puckheads, here […]

San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson stepping down after 19 seasons

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Doug Wilson took over as general manager in San Jose in 2003, the Sharks were a middling franchise that had won four playoff series in more than a decade and were coming off a last-place finish. Under Wilson’s leadership the past two decades, San Jose became a destination spot that […]

From wild playoff races to the MVP chase, what to watch in the final month of the NHL season

It has been two years since the NHL completed an 82-game regular season. Now, that finale is exactly one month away. The trade deadline has also passed, leaving each of the league’s 32 teams to approach these final weeks in their own way. Some will use it as a tune-up for the playoffs. Others are […]

NHL COVID fill-ins reach lifelong goals in trying circumstances

Where will we be when that life-changing, career-shifting moment happens? How will it feel to know a dream is about to come true? Karl Taylor was somewhere in Iowa, boarding a bus for a six-hour ride to Milwaukee. Cole Schwindt was pulled aside by his coach after playing back-to-back American Hockey League games. Andy Zilch […]

Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand’s six-game ban upheld by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman

Marchand was suspended by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Feb. 9 for punching and high-sticking Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry. Since the suspension was longer than five games, Marchand had the chance to appeal to Bettman. That hearing was held Wednesday. Marchand can continue his appeal to a neutral arbitrator, although a decision […]

Fantasy hockey forecaster: Jan. 31 to Feb. 13

What this leaves us with, is a two-week scoring period that includes an all-star game break and during which the Canadian NHL clubs are extra busy. Many of these games were the ones cancelled during the COVID shutdown, or were moved around because of it. As such, Canadian clubs have a few extra games because […]

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