The 29-year-old Michigan native is signing a monstrous agreement with the St Louis Blues as much as $6.5m AAV. Krug gets his big payday, and the Red Wings pass up a player who has been associated with them for months. This could be a real sign that Steve Yzerman isn’t prepared to distribute huge agreements […]
Free agent and long-lasting Calgary Flames defenseman T.J. Brodie is headed to Toronto on a four-year, $20 million agreement. Brodie, 30, had four goals and 15 assists in 64 games during the pandemic-abbreviated regular season, snapping a six-year streak of 30-point campaigns. He contributed a goal and three assists 10 postseason games as the Flames […]
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs MVP on Monday. Hedman, 29, scored 10 goals this mid year. Paul Coffey (12) and Brian Leetch (11) are the only defensemen to record more. Hedman, who additionally had 11 assists, led the Lightning in ice time this […]
Jared McCann is staying with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team declared Friday it has re-signed the forward to a two-year agreement that goes through the 2021-22 season. The deal conveys an average annual value of $2.94 million. McCann, 24, tied a career high with 35 points during the 2020-21 season, gathering 14 goals and 21 […]
The Philadelphia Flyers fought off elimination once more Thursday and got a lift from Oskar Lindblom’s come back to the lineup, denoting the forward’s first game activity since he was diagnosed with and treated for Ewing’s sarcoma. “I tried to think positive during the whole chemo,” Lindblom said. “I knew I was going to play […]
Bruins captain Zdeno Chara said he needs to play next season, when he will turn 44 – and he wants to do it in Boston. Chara said Thursday that he despite everything was raw from the Bruins’ playoff elimination when he said Monday night, “I’m going to be open-minded” about returning. He clarified: “I feel […]
Dallas Stars coach Rick Bowness said he has not chosen whether Ben Bishop or Anton Khudobin will begin in goal against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 6 of the Western Conference Second Round at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS). The Stars lead the best-of-7 series in the […]
Dallas Stars president Brad Alberts said the team has lost season-ticket clients over its support of Black Lives Matter and fights against systemic disparities. “But we/I stand by our organization’s commitment and support our players 100% to express their views,” Alberts told The Dallas Morning News. Alberts included that it was a mix of individual […]
Jordan Eberle of Regina, Saskatchewan was instrumental on Saturday in the New York Islanders’ 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario. The previous Oilers forward had two assists in game four of the Eastern Conference Semifinal series. With the triumph, the Islanders took a two games to one lead. […]
Ondrej Palat, Mikhail Sergachev and Alex Killorn scored power play goals Wednesday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 7-1 defeat of the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their second-round NHL playoff series. Killorn included a second goal and Yanni Gourde, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov additionally scored for the Lightning, which […]