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Golden Knights add goalie Robin Lehner in Blackhawks deal
The Vegas Golden Knights acquired veteran goaltender Robin Lehner from the Chicago Blackhawks in the final hour before the NHL trade deadline on Monday. Before the trade was announced, Lehner thanked Blackhawks fans in a series of tweets and wrote that he was “really excited to join Vegas.” He also wrote that he first learned […]
Continue readingNHL trade deadline live updates: Tracking all trades for the 2019-20 season
NHL trade-asset tiers: Buyers guide to the 2020 deadline, including rental trade targets, goalies and more Seven trades we’d like to see before the NHL trade deadline Hurricanes get: D Brady Skjei Rangers get: first-round pick Leafs get: F Matt Lorito Islanders get: D Jordan Schmaltz Flames get: D Erik Gustafsson Blackhawks get: 2020 third-round […]
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 […]
Continue readingThe most lopsided deadline trades in NHL history
Every season, there are teams that sacrifice the future through picks or prospects in an attempt to contend for a championship. Every season, there are teams that ship out players because of financial considerations, hoping to make the most of that monetary bind with some future assets. And then, in a few seasons, these moves […]
Continue readingThe cases for, against every top NHL MVP candidate
In the eyes of many, you need to be on a good team. But the team can’t be too good, or you risk being docked points for receiving too much help. Nikita Kucherov bucked that trend with his preposterous 128-point 2018-19 season, but it certainly played a role in the 2017-18 race, when Taylor Hall […]
Continue readingNHL trade deadline preview: Possible moves, latest rumors, what to watch for all 31 teams
Now that the 2020 NHL All-Star Weekend is in the rearview mirror, the league’s trade season is underway in earnest. The next several games for each team will be pivotal, as general managers decide whether their teams should be buyers, improving their chances for the Stanley Cup playoffs, or sellers, perhaps accelerating rebuilds. Get caught […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s Analytics Awards at midseason
But rather than running down the current leaders for individual awards, heralding players who will be recognized for their work in St. Louis this weekend or in Las Vegas at the NHL Awards this summer, let’s have some fun with it by creating new categories of our own. Here are your Analytics All-Stars for the […]
Continue readingPatrick Kane gains entry to NHL’s elite 1,000-point club with assist as Blackhawks skate past Jets
Chicago forward Patrick Kane became the 90th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 points with an assist Sunday in the Blackhawks’ 5-2 home victory over the Winnipeg Jets at United Center. Kane fed Ryan Carpenter from behind the net on a pass that eventually ended up on Brandon Saad’s stick. Saad deposited it past […]
Continue readingNHL experts buy/sell Artemi Panarin as a Hart finalist, Alex Ovechkin winning the shots title, more
Artemi Panarin will be a Hart Trophy finalist Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov will both finish outside the top 10 in goals More than five NHL-roster goalies will be dealt between now and the trade deadline Alex Ovechkin will have the most shots at season’s end Patrick Kane is still the most reliable shootout scorer […]
Continue readingBold second-half predictions for all 31 NHL teams
Seriously, how can any prognostication made at the midpoint of the NHL regular season compare to “a team in last place with an interim coach and a rookie goalie is going to win the first Stanley Cup in franchise history?” Nevertheless, we’re tasked with making 31 declarative statements about NHL teams in the second half […]
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