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Carolina Hurricanes get All-Star Brent Burns from San Jose Sharks
The Carolina Hurricanes acquired star defenseman Brent Burns from the San Jose Sharks in a multiplayer deal Wednesday. The Sharks traded Burns and AHL forward Lane Pederson to Carolina for forward Steven Lorentz, AHL goalie Eetu Makiniemi and a conditional 2023 third-round pick. The Sharks retained 34% of Burns’ cap hit. The conditional selection will […]
Continue readingSan Jose Sharks fire head coach Bob Boughner after missing playoffs again
Boughner, 51, had been San Jose’s coach for parts of three seasons, amassing a 67-85-23 record and failing to make the Stanley Cup playoffs each time. He previously coached the Florida Panthers for two seasons, taking over when Pete DeBoer was fired after 33 games in the 2019-20 season. Boughner had one more year on […]
Continue readingSan 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 […]
Continue readingSharks extend Tomas Hertl, with longtime center ‘cementing his path’ in San Jose
The average annual value of the deal is $8,137,500, a source told ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski, and it includes a no-move clause for the first three years and a limited no-trade clause in the other five. “Tomas has evolved into a premier top-line centerman in the league, competing against the NHL’s best players every single night […]
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 readingSan Joes Sharks not looking to rebuild after missing playoffs again
Wilson said there’s no need to tear down and rebuild a franchise that was a perennial contender for most of the previous 15 years. He believes a few key moves could get the Sharks back to that level next season when they try to avoid their first three-year stretch ever without a playoff berth. “I […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: 1-31 poll, plus stocks to buy or sell for each team in 2021
We’re one month into the 2021 NHL season, and there’s already been plenty of market fluctuation. In this week’s edition of ESPN’s Power Rankings, we identify what NHL team-related stocks are worth buying or selling. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1 to 31 — taking into account game […]
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 […]
Continue readingSharks look for rebound following rough 2019-20 season
A slow start, a rough December and an injury-plagued final stretch of the season left last season’s Western Conference runners up at the bottom of the conference standings. “We didn’t get off to a good start. We were chasing our tail,” general manager Doug Wilson said Tuesday. “October we were awful, November we were one […]
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 […]
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