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NHL season preview: Power Rankings, predictions, X factors
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 readingNHL season preview: Power Rankings, X factors, predictions
More Teams. More Games. With NHL opening night on the horizon, take a look back at some of the best moments from last season. (0:58) After a wild offseason that included multiple superstars joining or leaving the Calgary Flames, opening night of the 2022-23 NHL season is fast approaching. ESPN will be your home for […]
Continue readingReports: Matt Dumba joins Arizona Coyotes on one-year deal
Dumba played 10 seasons with Minnesota after the Wild selected him with the seventh overall pick in the 2012 NHL draft. He served as an alternate captain for the Wild the past two seasons, playing more of a shutdown role after being one of the league’s better two-way defensemen. The 29-year-old had a 50-point season […]
Continue readingArizona Coyotes stay busy, give Alexander Kerfoot 2-year deal
Earlier in the day, the Coyotes signed former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker to a one-year deal and brought back three former players, center Nick Bjugstad, forward Alex Galchenyuk and defenseman Troy Stecher. The term “secondary scoring” is bandied about a lot in today’s NHL, and on a powerful Toronto Maple Leafs team last season, […]
Continue readingCoyotes sign former Penguins winger Jason Zucker to 1-year deal
The Arizona Coyotes have signed Jason Zucker to a one-year contract with a source telling ESPN the deal is worth $5.3 million. Assessing what would happen with Zucker proved to be one of the more intriguing scenarios entering free agency. The expectation was that Zucker, who finished with 27 goals and 48 points for the […]
Continue readingWednesday fantasy hockey tips: NHL picks, matchups, more
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Continue readingStories from the Arizona Coyotes’ new home at Mullett Arena
“People say there aren’t Coyotes fans. Well, yes, Virginia: There are Coyotes fans,” Lutz said, surveying the 4,600 fans in attendance. He was a “day one” Coyotes supporter: a season-ticket holder at American West Arena in Phoenix and then in Glendale, where the team played 18 years. That was before the city refused to renew […]
Continue readingLingering questions for all 32 NHL teams heading into training camp: Goaltending, lineup, injuries, more
But now that fall is officially set to begin on Thursday, it’s also time for training camps around the NHL to open, as we look ahead to opening night of the season on Oct. 11. To help get you ready for the next few weeks — as teams decide on which players make the roster, […]
Continue readingInside the making of ‘Hockeyland,’ bringing Minnesota high school hockey to the big screen
“It was brutal. I felt for them,” Haines said, adding that his crew eventually put their cameras down to console the players. “Coming into this, we didn’t want to depict these kids as gladiators or expose all the stupid stuff they might do as teenagers. We wanted to show them as real people. Turn them […]
Continue readingNHL teams with holes remaining after the first wave of free agency
Well, some teams are. Others have been weirdly silent, unwilling to make moves to clear cap space, or simply aren’t doing much when more is required. There are also teams that fall in the middle, such as the Toronto Maple Leafs. They’ve made trades and signed players, but are they truly better off? The Leafs […]
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