7:00 AM ET The 2022 NHL draft, to be held at Montreal’s Bell Centre, is scheduled to begin Thursday night at 7 ET (ESPN), with plenty of intrigue from the very top down. While Shane Wright of the Ontario Hockey League has been considered the most likely player to be taken by the Canadiens at
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9:49 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild re-signed defenseman Jacob Middleton to a three-year, $7.35 million contract Wednesday. The 26-year-old Canadian split last season between San Jose and Minnesota, joining the Wild on March 21 in a trade for goalie Kaapo Kahkonen and a fifth-round selection this year. Middleton had
4:45 PM ET The NHL’s 2022-23 schedule has dropped and fans around the league are already planning their homestands and road trips. Here are some of things that stand out in the newly released schedule, from the games to watch to the trends that matter. Return to normalcy … almost The NHL expects to play
7:00 AM ET The NHL draft can be nice and tidy when there’s a franchise player at the top of the board like Connor McDavid or Auston Matthews, or when there’s a consensus choice like Owen Power was for the Buffalo Sabres last year. When there isn’t, like in the 2022 NHL draft scheduled for
3:44 PM ET Associated Press Philadelphia Flyers goaltending prospect Ivan Fedotov, who reportedly was picked up by law enforcement in Russia last week ahead of a planned move to the U.S., is now at a remote military base in northern Russia, his agent said Tuesday. The agent, J.P. Barry, spoke with The Associated Press amid
4:40 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche re-signed veteran forward Andrew Cogliano to a one-year contract on Tuesday. One of the feel-good stories in the Avalanche’s march to the Stanley Cup, Cogliano, 35, an in-season acquisition from the Anaheim Ducks, didn’t make as much noise up front as many of the Colorado forwards did in the
7:38 AM ET Mike Grier will be named general manager of the San Jose Sharks, becoming the first Black man in NHL history to hold the position, according to multiple reports. The Sharks have not confirmed the hiring but have scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, when they are expected to
11:40 PM ET ESPN News Services WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Rick Bowness doesn’t mind being the second choice. The Winnipeg Jets‘ new coach was introduced Monday, a little more than a week after the team’s first choice, Barry Trotz, declined an offer because he wanted to spend more time with his family. “If I’m in his
2:06 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning traded veteran defenseman Ryan McDonagh to the Nashville Predators on Sunday to clear space under the NHL salary cap. The Predators sent defenseman Philippe Myers and forward Grant Mismash to the Lightning for the 33-year-old McDonagh, who waived his no-trade clause to make the deal happen. McDonagh has
2:34 PM ET ESPN News Services The Winnipeg Jets on Sunday named Rick Bowness as the eighth head coach in the franchise’s history. He becomes the Jets’ third head coach since the franchise relocated from Atlanta in 2011. “We’re very excited to hire Rick Bowness as the third head coach of Jets 2.0,” Jets general