The Seattle Kraken are joining the NHL for the 2021-22 season and will play in the Pacific Division. The front office and coaching staff have taken shape, and Climate Pledge Arena is on track to be ready, but the team needs players. The Kraken will select one player each from 30 NHL teams, as the […]
Continue readingThe 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 […]
Continue readingAnd the Columbus Blue Jackets went into the brief holiday break making hay with a roster full of injuries. Among forwards hurting who are arguably top-six forwards for the team when healthy are Josh Anderson, Cam Atkinson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Sonny Milano and Emil Bemstrom. They aren’t all locks for a scoring line, but would be […]
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