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NHL 24 cover athlete Cale Makar on Bobby Orr comparisons, more

Wayne Gretzky said Makar is “the closest player we’ve ever seen offensively and defensively” to Boston Bruins legend Bobby Orr. Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy told “The Cam and Strick” podcast this month that Makar is “a modern-day Bobby Orr” and one of the toughest players in the league to game plan against. “Those […]

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After 16 seasons, defenseman Keith Yandle retires as NHL’s all-time leader in consecutive games

Yandle became the NHL’s all-time Iron Man last season, extending his consecutive-games streak to 989 before the Philadelphia Flyers scratched him late in the year. The 36-year-old blueliner also played for Arizona Coyotes, New York Rangers and Florida Panthers. “The last year it’s one of those things I’ve been thinking about,” Yandle said on the […]

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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 […]

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Fantasy hockey dynasty ranks: What will the NHL look like in 2027

Well, we know their age. We also know what kind of production they have put up in the past. But beyond those two criteria, we don’t really know a whole lot. We can certainly guess a lot. In January 2018, ESPN asked me to do the first one of these dynasty rankings. While I didn’t […]

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2022 Stanley Cup Final: Talking hockey, ‘Mighty Ducks’ and more with SNL’s Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson has unusual hockey roots for a celebrity NHL fan. Before he was an Emmy Award-winning sketch comedian on “Saturday Night Live,” he was a Mighty Duck. Thompson, who is hosting the NHL Awards for the second time on Tuesday night at 7 ET in Tampa, Florida, played Russ Tyler in “D2: The Mighty […]

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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews collects Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award

TAMPA, Fla. — Toronto Maple Leafs star forward Auston Matthews collected the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player and the Ted Lindsay Award as the NHLPA’s most outstanding player at the NHL Awards on Tuesday night. Matthews, 24, scored 60 goals, leading the NHL for the second straight season. He set a Maple […]

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2022 NHL awards: Finalists, winners for Hart, Norris, Vezina, Calder trophies

The 2022 NHL Awards show is taking place Tuesday night, and we will finally learn the winners of all the awards for the 2021-22 season. To help get you ready for the event, here’s a rundown of the finalists for the five awards to be presented during the broadcast, as well as a list of […]

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Players poll: Love-hate with Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand

NHL players hate competing against Boston Bruins star Brad Marchand but they’d love him as a teammate, according to a new NHL Players Association poll. The NHLPA released its annual player poll Wednesday, an anonymous survey of 566 players on all 32 teams. One of the questions asked: “Which player do you least enjoy playing […]

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Fantasy hockey rankings: The “set it and forget it” all stars

When it comes to the skaters on your roster, they can do OK for prolonged periods of time without constant attention. Aside from making changes to your injured reserve, you can compete in fantasy with a standing roster of skaters. Goaltenders, on the other hand, require a little more attention. Through a combination of scheduling, […]

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