Having your number retired is among the greatest honours an NHL player can receive. Knowing that your number will never again be worn on that team speaks to the impact the NHL greats have had on their organization. No team has bestowed this honour more than the Montréal Canadiens. The Habs have retired 14 numbers,
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The Boston Bruins are going through a changing of the guard on their defense this season. After spending his first nine years with the Bruins after signing as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State in 2011, Torey Krug left during free agency in October to join the St. Louis Blues. Captain Zdeno Chara
The Ottawa Senators have had many great draft picks over their history. In comparison to other franchises, the Sens have actually drafted quite well. With all those great picks, there are a few busts mixed into the fold. One of those busts is defenseman Brian Lee. Brian Lee was considered to be one of the
Montreal Canadiens assistant coach Luke Richardson recently talked about how he was expecting top-prospect defensive prospect Alexander Romanov to take over a spot on their blue line immediately for the 2020-21 season. After he was a surprise second-round pick at the 2018 NHL Draft, Romanov had a lot to prove as an 18-year-old defenseman taking
MONTREAL – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has a plan A and a plan B to resume its season in mid-January, and its commissioner said Tuesday that cancelling its schedule isn’t an option. On Monday, the league announced it was suspending activities from Dec. 1 to Jan. 3, when players are expected to report
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Here’s what you need to know right now from the world of sports: NBA training camps are open That was fast. Only 51 days ago, LeBron James and the
3:17 PM ET The expansion Seattle Kraken haven’t established a timeline for naming their first head coach, citing uncertainty regarding the 2020-21 NHL season. “No real rush on the timeline there. We still don’t have an understanding of what the 2020-21 season is going to look like, and how many games that they’ll play,” general
To succeed in the NHL team’s must find a way to navigate the salary cap and properly manage player contracts. Signing young talent to long-term deals is a surefire way to find success. Additionally, signing veteran players to reasonable deals is another key to building a complete team. The ideal way to build a Stanley
The Minnesota Whitecaps were the only team to beat the Boston Pride last season and they were poised to pull off that feat again in the Isobel Cup Final before the NWHL had to cancel the game due to the pandemic. We’ll never know how that game would have played out, but what we do
How long until the Detroit Red Wings play another game? That’s still to be determined. But in the meantime, we have plenty of Red Wings news and rumors to keep you occupied. Red Wings Hit the Ice Earlier this week, several Red Wings players took part in an informal practice at Little Caesars Arena. Dylan
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, could the Winnipeg Jets be eyeing the new Seattle Kraken franchise as a trade destination for Patrik Laine? What are the Chicago Blackhawks going to do with their surplus of players? In Detroit, the coach believes they might be thin in one area. Will they add? Finally, a few NHL
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says it will not hold any games until early January because of COVID-19 issues. The major junior league announced Monday it will suspend all activities from Tuesday through Jan. 3. The 18-team league league has been forced to postpone games regularly in Quebec and Atlantic Canada since starting the
What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. This week, Tony Wolak, Devin Little, Ian McNaughton, Patrick Brown, Peter Ploshehanski, and Ryan Guenter are the muckers who
Only 11 players with indigenous roots have ever laced up a pair of skates for the Calgary Flames in the 40 years that the team has been in Calgary. During this time, non-indigenous Canadians have made up approximately 75% of the estimated 960 players who played for the team. This means that of all the
Throughout the 53-year history of the Philadelphia Flyers, there have been 21 men to perform the duties of head coach. Some have stuck around for plenty of successful years, while others were shown the door before they’d even coached a full season. Heading into the 2019-20 NHL season, Alain Vigneault became the latest addition to
It was maybe too much to ask for Bruce Boudreau to survive one Minnesota Wild general manager change. He likely wasn’t going to survive two. Sure enough, Guerin opted to take the Wild in a different direction, replacing Boudreau with Dean Evason in July. There are a few reasons that Evason may have a tough
CALGARY – Eighteen members of Mount Royal University’s men’s hockey program, including coaches, have tested positive for COVID-19. “The team ceased training when the first individual experienced symptoms and members are self-isolating,” the Calgary university said Monday in a statement. “MRU did contact tracing and notified impacted individuals.” The Cougars were scheduled to play the
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says it will not hold any games until early January because of COVID-19 issues. The major junior league announced Monday it will suspend all activities from Tuesday through Jan. 3. The 18-team league league has been forced to postpone games regularly in Quebec and Atlantic Canada since starting the
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