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2023-24 NHL trade deadline tracker: Deals, grades, rumors
Deals have been consummated since the start of the season, of course, and you’ll find all of them here, along with grades and analysis on the biggest ones. This tracker will continue to be updated until the final deal is revealed on March 8, so check back frequently for the latest. Jets get: C Sean […]
Continue readingPanthers’ William Lockwood gets 3-game ban for Fleury hit
Lockwood was punished by the league late Saturday night for hitting Marc-Andre Fleury after the Minnesota Wild goaltender went behind the net to play a puck early in the first period of the Panthers’ 6-4 loss Friday. The NHL said Lockwood made “high, forceful contact with [Fleury’s] head.” Lockwood was assessed a minor penalty for […]
Continue readingWild captain Jared Spurgeon (hip, back) to miss rest of season
The Wild said that Spurgeon will have left hip surgery Feb. 6 and will then undergo back surgery four weeks later. The expectation is that Spurgeon, who had five points in 16 games this season, will have fully recovered from his surgeries ahead of training camp in September. Ruling Spurgeon out for the remainder of […]
Continue readingNHL season preview: Power rankings, best- and worst-case scenarios and bold predictions
The 2021-22 NHL season is being called a return to normalcy. Last season was an unprecedented one for the NHL due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Four geographically realigned divisions, including one solely comprising Canadian teams; teams playing only opponents within those divisions; and a new playoff format that eschewed wild-card teams. But it ended just […]
Continue readingHow Nathan MacKinnon molded the Colorado Avalanche into Stanley Cup champions
The Colorado Avalanche, a team he dreamed of playing for as a child, were champions for the first time since 2001. MacKinnon, their 26-year-old superstar, had a goal and an assist in their 2-1 Game 6 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning to earn that championship. As he raised the Cup again, there was something […]
Continue readingShort-handed New York Rangers expect to be ‘hungry and angrier’ on home ice after Game 4 loss
TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Rangers will be “angrier” heading back home after back-to-back losses to the Tampa Bay Lightning tied the Eastern Conference finals at 2-2, according to forward Artemi Panarin. “It makes us more hungry and angrier. Sometimes that’s good when you’ve lost. I think it’s just how we’ll react. I don’t […]
Continue readingTop-seeded Florida Panthers’ season ends after sweep by Tampa Bay Lightning
The Florida Panthers have been swept out of the NHL postseason, falling 2-0 to host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Monday. Florida was the NHL’s top-seeded team entering the playoffs, having earned the franchise’s first Presidents’ Trophy title on the strength of a 122-point campaign. […]
Continue readingTampa Bay Lightning’s Brayden Point (lower-body injury) out for Game 2 vs. Florida Panthers
Point, a first-line center and staple on the Tampa Bay power play, did not play in the Lightning’s Game 1 victory on Tuesday after going hard into the boards in Saturday’s Game 7 vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs. He left that game with what was called a lower-body injury, briefly returned in the second period, […]
Continue readingVeteran Corey Perry signs 2-year deal with Tampa Bay Lightning
The 36-year-old Perry, who won the Cup with Anaheim Ducks in 2007, is joining the Lightning after losing to them in the Stanley Cup Final each of the past two seasons. Perry was with Dallas Stars in 2020 and Montreal Canadiens this past season. General manager Julien BriseBois said Wednesday that he expected to be […]
Continue readingEx-Steelers star Troy Polamalu reveals positive virus test a week before Hall of Fame enshrinement
Polamalu told the hall of his diagnosis. He said they are working with health officials to determine whether he could be cleared to travel to Canton in time for his enshrinement, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 7. “Thank God I feel great,” Polamalu said in his posts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. “I’m working with the […]
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