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NHL free agency 2020 preview: Team needs, trade targets, cap space, key dates

The word that typically defines free agency in the NHL is “uncertainty.” Players with expiring contracts enter a marketplace unsure of what their next deals will look like or where they’ll next call home. But in the 2020 free-agent frenzy, that uncertainty has reached previously unseen levels for players and teams. There’s a flat salary […]

Chicago Blackhawks trade Olli Maatta to Los Angeles Kings for prospect

Chicago needs to make deals for forwards Dominik Kubalik, who finished third in Calder Trophy voting, and Dylan Strome, and they do not have a frontline goalie under contract. Two-time Stanley Cup winner Corey Crawford is an unrestricted free agent. Buying out the remaining two years of Maatta’s contract was a legitimate option for Chicago, […]

Los Angeles Kings select Quinton Byfield, highest-drafted Black player in NHL history

“Being in the record books for anything is definitely super special, but that especially,” Byfield said. “My dad and mom didn’t play hockey or didn’t have too much knowledge about that. Kind of just growing the game together. I think it just shows that there’s a lot of opportunity for everyone in the world and […]

Loser in upcoming qualifying round wins NHL draft lottery

After the COVID-19 pandemic paused the hockey season and postponed that possibility, Lafreniere was supposed to find out Friday night where he’d be going when the league held its draft lottery. Instead, he’ll have to wait a little bit longer. Chaos reigned at the NHL draft lottery, with the No. 1 pick still up for […]

2020 NHL draft lottery winners, losers and big questions: Chaos at No. 1 and a Detroit letdown

While the top spot is still up for grabs, we do know which teams will be drafting in spot Nos. 2-8. The draft order for those picks will be as follows: the Los Angeles Kings at No. 2, the Ottawa Senators at No. 3, the Detroit Red Wings at No. 4, the Senators again at […]

Inside Dominik Kubalik’s journey to the Chicago Blackhawks’ top line

Kubalik, 24, was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round in 2013. Every summer, the Kings checked on Kubalik to see how he was doing in Europe. “But we never had any talk about a contract,” the Czech-born forward said. In January 2019, with no path to the NHL in sight, Kubalik’s […]

Alex Ovechkin nears 700 goals with another hat trick

WASHINGTON — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin doesn’t think he’s ever been this hot in a 15-year career that has included eight NHL scoring titles. If he continues at his present pace, he’ll join the 700 career goal club by this weekend. Ovechkin recorded his 27th career hat trick and raised his career goal total […]