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NHL Power Rankings way-too-early edition: Where do the Avalanche, Lightning, every other team land?

While Colorado gets to enjoy its parade, we’re already turning the page. Here are our way-too-early NHL Power Rankings for the 2022-23 season. Plus, before the fun of free agency begins on July 13, we’re making one recommendation for each club on how it can improve its prospects heading into next season. Don’t worry, Colorado […]

2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: Why the Lightning’s three-peat quest will be so difficult

“We’re going for three.” The last time an NHL team won three straight Stanley Cups was from 1981-83, as part of the New York Islanders’ run of four straight championships. “‘We’re going for three.’ To say that out loud is kind of crazy,” Cooper told ESPN, before his team’s first-round playoff series against the Toronto […]

New Jersey Devils hire two coaches to round out Lindy Ruff’s staff

General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the moves Friday. Ruff previously retained Alain Nasreddine and hired Mark Recchi. Taylor started his professional coaching career with Rochester (AHL) as an assistant from 2012 to 2016. After the 2016-17 season as an assistant with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, he returned to Rochester to serve as the club’s head coach. He also […]

Penguins star Sidney Crosby misses practice with undisclosed issue

The team captain and two-time NHL MVP scored during an organized scrimmage Saturday. Coach Mike Sullivan declined to offer specifics on what happened to Crosby in the immediate aftermath, saying he was “not permitted to comment.” On Sunday, assistant coach Mark Recchi sidestepped a question about Crosby’s status. “You’re trying the wrong guy,” Recchi said. […]

Why virtual reality is still a pipe dream for the NHL

“I’m not buying, in any way, that we won’t be able to eat in restaurants before a game at Capital One Arena and all be together,” he said recently, during a web chat with The Economic Club of Washington. “It’s just a matter of what time frame that has to happen in.” Until it happens, […]

The best lines of the past 30 years for all 31 NHL teams: Top overall, cult classic and current

It’s created by a coach attempting to mesh three players together into a cohesive unit; it’ll stick around for anywhere from a few periods to a few games; and then it’s either broken up, with the spare parts added to different lines, or it passes the chemistry test, living on for months or perhaps for […]

My first linemates: 25 stars recall their NHL origins

It’s like they’re opening up a pack of old hockey cards or thumbing through their high school yearbook. These are the teammates who were in the proverbial delivery room when they were born into professional hockey. Some have remained friends for life. ESPN asked 25 current and former NHL players about the first linemates they […]

700 and climbing: Alex Ovechkin’s ‘legitimate chance’ at Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894 goals

The chase officially began the moment Alex Ovechkin‘s 700th NHL goal crossed the goal line behind the Devils’ Mackenzie Blackwood in Newark. Shattering Wayne Gretzky’s sacred record of 894 career goals is an ambition that has shifted from possibility to probability. Ovechkin is 34. He hasn’t missed a game to injury since 2016. The chase […]