Lightning eliminate the Islanders, Senators hire Guy Boucher as head coach & more in today’s collection of NHL morning headlines. TAMPA BAY TIMES/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Victor Hedman scored twice and Ben Bishop turned aside 28 shots to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a series-clinching 4-0 blanking of the New York Islanders, winning their […]
Latest on the Maple Leafs, Oilers, Islanders, Blue Jackets and Canadiens in your Sunday NHL rumor roundup. Blue Jackets and the expansion draft. THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH: Aaron Portzline examines how a possible expansion draft could affect the Columbus Blue Jackets. He notes TSN’s recent report claiming players with no-movement clauses would have to protected, […]
Playoff game recaps, Hart Trophy finalists revealed, Wild hire Bruce Boudreau and more in this morning’s collection of notable NHL headlines. NHL Playoff Recaps THE WASHINGTON POST/TRIBLIVE.COM: The desperate Washington Capitals took advantage of undisciplined mistakes by the Pittsburgh Penguins to take a 3-1 win in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series and avoid elimination. […]
Latest on the Coyotes and Capitals, plus another list of potential destinations for Alexander Radulov. Could the Coyotes pursue the first overall pick? THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Eric Duhatschek wonders if John Chayka, the Arizona Coyotes new general manager, might make a pitch to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the first-overall pick in the […]
Lightning put Islanders on brink of elimination, Lindsay Award nominees revealed and more in today’s collection of notable NHL morning headlines. NHL playoff recaps and news. TAMPA BAY TIMES/NEWSDAY: Jason Garrison scored the game winner early in overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders in Game […]
Trade scenarios for the Oilers’, rebuilding the Bruins, the Penguins goalie status and more in today’s NHL rumor mill. Trading the Oilers’ first-round draft pick. EDMONTON JOURNAL: Jim Matheson offers up some trade scenarios for the Edmonton Oilers. One is packaging center Leon Draisaitl and defenseman Oscar Klefbom with the pick to the Montreal Canadiens […]
Playoff game recaps, Adams Trophy nominees revealed and more in this morning’s collection of notable NHL headlines. NHL Playoff Recaps and News NHL.COM/THE MERCURY NEWS: Mike Fisher scored in the third overtime period of Game 4 to give the Nashville Predators a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks, tying their best-of-seven series at two […]
Latest on the Flyers, Red Wings, Penguins and Senators in today’s NHL Rumor Mill. Flyers free-agent options. PHILLY.COM: Sam Carchidi lists St. Louis Blues center David Backes, Colorado Avalanche left wing Mikkel Boedker, Blues right wing Troy Brouwer, Boston Bruins right wing Loui Eriksson, Chicago Blackhawks left winger Andrew Ladd, Los Angeles Kings LW […]
Penguins take 3-1 series lead over Capitals, Coyotes to announce new GM and more in this morning’s collection of notable NHL headlines. NHL Playoff News. TRIBLIVE.COM/THE WASHINGTON POST: Patric Hornqvist’s overtime goal lifted the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals, taking a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven series and pushing the […]
In the wake of the recent NHL draft lottery, there’s been some headlines suggesting the teams that failed to get a pick in the top-three “lost” the lottery. That’s a load of rubbish. First of all, the teams that were eligible for the draft lottery were already losers because they sucked on toast this season. They […]