NHL News

7:00 AM ET MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Ned Colletti might be the only person in professional sports history to have traded for Manny Ramirez and scouted the Columbus Blue Jackets‘ power play. Managerial cross-pollination between professional leagues is rare. While general managers and coaches trade notes and use each other for advice, the actual hiring

6:10 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump honored the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, using the occasion to touch on the situation in Turkey and an agriculture deal with China. The Blues and super fan Laila Anderson were hosted at the White House by President Donald Trump. USA Today Every

7:30 AM ET Who said the only good hockey is in the NHL? Prospect teams all over North America offer a good look at the next wave of young talent. There are a few farm, college and junior teams that stand out for their high-end rosters, and I circle and star games on their schedules

6:53 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Detroit Red Wings senior vice president Jim Devellano has had surgery to remove a non-cancerous brain tumor. The surgery was Monday and the Red Wings say it was successful, adding Devellano is resting comfortably in a hospital and is expected to have a full and speedy recovery. The

7:00 AM ET ST. LOUIS — A few weeks before St. Louis Blues training camp, in what’s become an annual tradition, Jordan Binnington sat down for lunch with his junior goalie coach Greg Redquest. Since “goaltender” and “superstitious” are synonymous in hockey, they went to the same chicken wing restaurant and sat in the same

7:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Two new eras dawned last week. They were separated by 24 hours, the Hudson River and a palpable amount of enthusiasm. Aesthetically, the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers were on parallel tracks heading into this season. The longtime rivals were both in rapid rebuilds. They added franchise

7:00 AM ET The overreactions to the first games in a new NHL season are always quite comical. When there’s a four-game losing streak in the middle of December, it’s a bump in the road. When it happens at the start of the season, it’s like watching a large boulder roll down a snowy hill

9:13 AM ET I watched a Los Angeles Kings vs. Calgary Flames game this week. Not by mistake. Not because I fell asleep with Center Ice streaming. I watched it because of pure, uncut, mutual animosity. The rivalry between Kings defenseman Drew Doughty and Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk managed to surpass the trash-talk-laden hype leading

1:00 PM ET It’s too early to pass any definitive judgment against goaltenders for the coming NHL season, but we can start to make guesses about where things are trending. This is important work because the easiest time to get a player onto your fantasy team is the speculative phase. There is a threshold that

7:00 AM ET RALEIGH, North Carolina — The first thing you notice is the grunting. Walk by the Carolina Hurricanes‘ weight room, and there’s a good chance you’ll see the biggest gym rat on the team. “You peek your head in and see him,” says forward Jordan Martinook. “He’s got his head down, his hat

11:52 AM ET ESPN News Services Carolina Hurricanes winger Jordan Martinook will undergo a core muscle surgery for the second time this year, general manager Don Waddell announced Thursday. The latest procedure is set for Friday. Martinook is expected to miss six to eight weeks to recover. He also underwent a procedure on a core

7:30 AM ET The continued youth takeover of the NHL shows no signs of slowing. Each season brings a new crop of high-end rookies who take the league up a notch, and several of these young talents could be considered among the best players in the game, regardless of age. 2 Related Every single year,

5:50 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward Alex Galchenyuk on injured reserve after he aggravated an undisclosed injury that limited him during the preseason. Galchenyuk joins center Evgeni Malkin and forward Bryan Rust and Nick Bjugstad on IR for the Penguins, who are off to a 1-2-0 start. Galchenyuk, acquired

8:07 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres rookie forward Victor Olofsson has tied an NHL record in becoming the fourth player to score each of his first six career goals on the power play. Olofsson made it six in a row with a one-timer off Jack Eichel‘s pass into the right circle

7:35 PM ET After a winless start to the regular season, the San Jose Sharks are hoping an old friend named Patrick Marleau can bring some stability. GM Doug Wilson announced that the team will sign the 40-year-old Marleau, who is the franchise leader in games (1,493), goals (508) and points (1,082). The deal is

8:04 PM ET Some NHL teams placate their fans with free hats or magnetic schedules. The Philadelphia Flyers, however, know what their fans really want: the opportunity to smash a flat-screen television with a hockey stick. The Flyers announced on Tuesday that the Wells Fargo Center now has a “Disassembly Room,” the first-ever “rage room”

9:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Rangers traded forward Vladislav Namestnikov to the Ottawa Senators on Monday night in exchange for defenseman Nick Ebert a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NHL draft. The 26-year-old Namestnikov, acquired from Tampa Bay at the 2018 trade deadline as part of the deal that