National Hockey League

Hurricanes Ink Saarela to Three-Year Deal

6/14/2016

The Carolina Hurricanes signed a deal on Monday that made the Eric Staal trade deadline deal even more concrete for the fans. General manager Ron Francis announced that the Canes have agreed to terms with Finnish center Aleksi Saarela on a three-year, entry-level contract. The Canes acquired Saarela from the New York Rangers at the deadline, bringing in […]

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Hurricanes Derek Ryan Looking at Swiss League Jump

6/8/2016

According to news reports overnight, Charlotte Checkers forward and Carolina Hurricanes prospect Derek Ryan has been looking into taking his promising talent to the European hockey leagues. According to SwissHockeyNews, and the Swedish newspaper Expressen, the 5’11”, 170lb centerman, who played in the Austrian and Swedish leagues before attempting a leap to the North American game […]

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Bruins Max Talbot Signs With Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of KHL

It’s been rumored for about a week, but today it was made official. Max Talbot has signed with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The team announced on it’s website (translated from Russian) that they had signed a one-year contract with the former Boston Bruin. Talbot confirmed the signing on his own Twitter feed earlier: My […]

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Team Sweden Names Final World Cup Roster

The Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced today its final, 23-man roster for the World Cup of Hockey 2016, adding seven to the first 16 chosen in March. Among them are forwards Carl Hagelin and Patric Hornqvist of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who advanced to the Stanley Cup finals by defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning last night in game […]

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Red Wings Trade Draft Pick for Shark’s Prospect Sadowy

Since the San Jose Sharks had a day or two off before their first game in the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals, and the Detroit Red Wings have had time to make a list of players they want, the two teams made a deal on Thursday for Sharks prospect Dylan Sadowy. The Wings acquired left wing […]

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Coyotes Hire Segal, Promote Sullivan and Re-Sign Brown

The Arizona Coyotes are wrapping up probably the busiest month in franchise history since they moved from Manitoba in 1996. In just the last two days they hired former Anaheim Ducks management staff member Ari Segal as chief operating officer, promoted Steve Sullivan Director of Player Development, and re-signed Newell Brown to a multi-year contract extension as the […]

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Sabres Sign Forward Vaclav Karabacek to Three-Year Deal

The Buffalo Sabres announced that they have signed forward Vaclav Karabacek, 20, to a three-year, $695,000 per year contract. The Sabres originally drafted Karabacek out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in the second round (49th overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Without this agreement the Sabres would have lost the rights to […]

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Canucks Sign Former Leafs Draft Pick Tom Nilsson

After making a deal for fellow right shooting defenseman Erik Gudbranson on Wednesday, general manager Jim Benning announced that the Vancouver Canucks have signed former Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick Tom Nilsson to a one year, two way contract. The native of Tyreso, Sweden, was originally selected by the Leafs in the fourth round (100th overall) in the 2011 […]

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Hurricanes General Manager Wants to Talk to Victor Rask

5/25/2016

Carolina Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis has reached out to Victor Rask’s agent, hoping to start negotiations on a new contract for the sophomore centreman, according to Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer. Rask becomes a restricted free agent July 1st. Rask played a chunk of the 2015-16 season with an injured shoulder, and […]

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Bruins Bench Reboot: Jay Pandolfo Replaces Doug Jarvis

5/25/2016

The Boston Bruins leadership team is restructuring and rebuilding its coaching staff before heading into the June draft and the July 1st free agency period. On Tuesday general manager Don Sweeney announced a number of additions, and subtractions, behind the Bruins bench. Sweeney announced that the Bruins have hired Bruce Cassidy and Jay Pandolfo as assistant […]

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Blackhawks Sign European Goalie, Defenseman and Forward

The Chicago Blackhawks announced today that they have officially agreed to terms with goaltender Lars Johansson, defenseman Michal Kempny and forward Martin Lundberg on one-year contracts. As first reported by our own Dustin Nelson yesterday, the 25-year-old Kempny and the Hawks had been in discussions about a contract for a while, but both sides wanted […]

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Avalanche Sign Defenseman Lindholm Before Draft Rights Expire

The Colorado Avalanche announced Tuesday that the team has signed Swedish blue liner Anton Lindholm to a three-year, entry-level contract. The Avalanche selected Lindholm with the 144th overall pick at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, and weren’t far away from losing his draft rights before locking him up with this contract. Born in Skelleftea, Sweden, Lindholm, […]

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Reports: Montreal Wants Shipachyov but May Have to Wait

Reports have been floating around for a days about the possibility that the Montreal Canadiens were close to luring KHL standout, and World Championship leading scorer, Vadim Shipachyov out of his SKA sweater and into a Habs jersey. After a 60-point season with SKA St. Petersburg, his best in his eight-year KHL career, the 29-year-old led the […]

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2017 IIHF World Championship Groups Announced

Just days after Team Canada captured the gold medal in Russia, shutting out Team Finland and Patrik Laine 2-0, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced the groupings for the 2017 World Championship. The tournament will take place from May 5th to 21st in Paris, France and Cologne, Germany. The two venues are linked by the […]

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Penguins Sign Forward Guentzel to Three-Year ELC

5/23/2016

Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford is taking care of the potential 2016-17 roster while the players on the current one are still fighting for their Stanley Cup life. Today he announced that the Pens had signed forward Jake Guentzel to a three-year, entry-level contract. The new two-way contract replaces the amateur tryout contract that Guentzel, […]

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Devils Prospect Quenneville with Highlight Reel Goal of the Year

5/22/2016

Although his Brandon Wheat Kings ultimately lost to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at the 2016 Memorial Cup on Saturday, New Jersey Devils prospect John Quenneville scored what has to be the highlight goal of the year…in all the world of hockey. The goal had everything that a ‘Top Ten List’, highlight reel of the month, nominee for […]

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Lightning Re-Sign Vermin and Richard to Contracts

5/21/2016

Even during a tough eastern conference series, the Tampa Bay Lightning are still working on their rosters for the 2016-17 season. On Saturday general manager Steve Yzerman announced that he had re-signed forwards Joel Vermin and Tanner Richard to one-year, two-way contracts. With the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League this past season, Vermin tallied […]

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Hurricanes Prospect Aho Carries Finland to Gold Medal Game

5/21/2016

Carolina Hurricanes prospect and Finnish Liiga MVP runner-up, Sebastian Aho, looked ready for his NHL debut next season as he scored twice to lead Team Finland past Russia and into the IIHF World Championships gold medal game. Must have seen 25+ games of Sebastian Aho this year. The #Canes are going to be very pleased […]

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Enroth May Be Odd Man Out in Kings Net

5/20/2016

Los Angeles Kings backup goaltender Jhonas Enroth wants to play more than he was able to this season being second fiddle to Jonathan Quick. Indications are becoming clearer that his situation won’t change in Tinsletown, and he’ll be using his unrestricted free agent status to find another crease to play in next season. During his […]

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