6:52 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. On Dec. 5, the Vancouver Canucks fired coach Travis Green and GM Jim Benning. The club was in last place in the Pacific Division, and second-to-last in the Western Conference, with a record

7:46 PM ET The Calgary Flames organization is bringing a $125 million lawsuit against its insurers for “massive losses” suffered because of COVID-19 during the past two hockey seasons. The NHL first halted its operations due to the pandemic on March 12, 2020. Since then, teams in Canadian provinces particularly have been impacted by government

1:02 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs will wear a Justin Bieber-designed alternate jersey for their Wednesday game against the New Jersey Devils, which the NHL says is “the first reversible sweater ever in North American professional sports.” The jersey, created for the Leafs’ annual youth-oriented Next Gen game, is a collaboration with Bieber, his

8:00 AM ET The NCAA men’s hockey tournament is here, with a 16-team field battling through the regionals for a berth in the Frozen Four, to be held April 7 and 9 at TD Garden in Boston. The four top seeds are Michigan (No. 1 in the Allentown, Pennsylvania region), Minnesota State (Albany, New York),

9:24 PM ET The 2022 NHL trade deadline has passed. Some teams got better. Some teams didn’t. One team might have made both the best and worst trades of the deadline by itself. Here’s a look at the winners and losers of the 2022 deadline, from the players who controlled their fate to the teams

9:35 PM ET ESPN News Services RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes, chasing the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and looking toward a Stanley Cup this season, took a well-planned step Monday toward ensuring their future after this season as well. The Hurricanes, leaders of the Metropolitan Division, signed forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi to

2:04 PM ET The St. Louis Blues are acquiring veteran defenseman Nick Leddy from the Detroit Red Wings, sources tell ESPN’s Kevin Weeks. Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman brought in Leddy, 30, to be a steadying influence on young defenseman Mortiz Seider and Filip Hronek. And Detroit had taken a step forward this year

9:06 PM ET ESPN News Services The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning made another trade on the eve of the deadline aimed at becoming the NHL’s first team to win three titles in a row since the 1980s. The Lightning acquired forward Nick Paul from the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night for

3:36 PM ET Seattle Kraken defenseman Mark Giordano was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday, the teams announced. Seattle also sent center Colin Blackwell to the Maple Leafs and retained 50% of Giordano’s salary-cap hit. In exchange, the expansion Kraken acquired second-round draft picks this year and next year, as well as a

1:33 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Bruins agreed to an eight-year, $52 million contract extension with defenseman Hampus Lindholm on Sunday, one day after acquiring him from the Anaheim Ducks in a trade. Lindholm came to Boston on Saturday night in a deal that sent a package of draft picks to the Ducks