The Chicago Blackhawks continue to load up for another Stanley Cup run.
The club has acquired forwards Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for forward Phillip Danault and a second-round pick in 2018.
As part of the deal, the Canadiens will retain 30 percent of Weise's salary.
More to come.
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Teddy Purcell could be heading back to Florida.
TSN's Bob McKenzie is reporting that the Florida Panthers - forever in the market for a scoring winger - are believed to be making a "strong push" to acquire Purcell from the Edmonton Oilers.
Though Purcell works out of a top six in Edmonton, he only loosely fits the description Panthers general manager Dale Tallon covets. Because while he's broken out a bit offensively flanking Taylor Hall and Leon Draisaitl, he hasn't scored more than 12 goals in a season since his career-best campaign in 2011-12 when he notched 24 goals and 65 points for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
McKenzie notes that the Los Angeles Kings also have interest in the 30-year-old right-winger, who will be an unrestricted free agent this summer when his $4.5-million salary comes off the books.
Purcell's being held out of the Oilers' lineup for the second straight game, likely in anticipation of a deal.
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For the eighth time in 11 seasons, Alex Ovechkin has reached the 40-goal mark. The latest snipe for the Washington Capitals superstar came against Darcy Kuemper and the Minnesota Wild.
Forty goals, eight times for @ovi8. Incredible.https://t.co/PIMStBLKtr
— NHL (@NHL) February 27, 2016
Only five players in NHL history have recorded more 40-goal seasons.
Per @EliasSports: Alex Ovechkin (@washcaps) is 10th player in NHL history to record eight or more 40 goal seasons. pic.twitter.com/72zIBdle5f
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 27, 2016
The goal puts Ovechkin five ahead of Patrick Kane atop the NHL leaderboard, putting him in line to win a fourth-straight Maurice Richard Trophy.
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Chris Chelios hears you, and sends it right back.
The legendary defenseman heard some boos from Colorado Avalanche fans as he was introduced as part of the Detroit Red Wings alumni team at Coors Field on Friday, and it clearly didn't rattle him one bit.
This rivalry appears alive and well, at least among the old-timers.
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Shayne Gostisbehere took on an unusual request Friday, sketching the "Ghost Bear" emojis under a signed helmet for a member of the military invited into the Philadelphia Flyers room.
And with hope and a Sharpie, Gostisbehere did a pretty bang-up job.
Ghost signing for military. He was asked to draw a 👻🐻 for his signature: "Sorry if it looks like an angry bird" pic.twitter.com/n2yEVYeaKg
— Kyle (@Kyle_Phillippi) February 26, 2016
- With h/t to Yahoo Sports, Reddit
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These old-timers have still got it.
As the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings get set for Saturday's Stadium Series game at Coors Field in Denver, an esteemed group of hockey legends from both sides gathered to renew acquaintances and pay homage to a great modern rivalry in the alumni game.
After Valeri Kamensky opened the scoring, a pair of Hall of Fame centers got in on the action, beginning with Steve Yzerman's rebound goal past Patrick Roy.
Soon after, Joe Sakic displayed his still deadly wrist shot, beating Ty Conklin up high.
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