Dec 23, 2020 Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Predators have signed forward Mikael Granlund to a one-year, $3.75 million contract, bringing him back to the team that traded for him in February 2019. Granlund had 30 points last season with the Predators. His 17 goals were the third highest of his eight-year NHL career
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Dec 23, 2020 ESPN News Services NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have re-signed restricted free-agent goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood to a three-year, $8.4 million contract. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal for the Devils’ No. 1 goaltender. Blackwood will earn $1.48 million this coming season. His salary will jump to $2.8 million the
7:15 AM ET The road to the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton has not been an easy one. With plenty of positive COVID-19 tests during the training camp process — some of which were later found to be false positives — some questioned whether the tournament would even, or should even, happen. It
7:43 PM ET Associated Press There will be advertisements on NHL players’ helmets this season as teams try to recoup revenue lost to the pandemic. The New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals and Nashville Predators became the first teams to unveil helmet ads Tuesday. It’s a one-year trial with fans not allowed in most arenas and
5:24 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — The Washington Capitals signed winger Conor Sheary to a $735,000, one-year contract Tuesday, giving them additional forward depth going into training camp and the 56-game 2021 season. Sheary played for Buffalo and Pittsburgh last season, finishing with 10 goals and 13 assists in 63 games. He could
9:15 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — When the Arizona State University hockey team boarded an American Airlines flight in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday for the three-hour and 47-minute trip back to Phoenix, they finally went home. It had been a while since they were last in Arizona. Saturday’s flight was the last leg of a
9:20 AM ET Hockey is coming back this winter! On Sunday, the NHL and NHLPA announced the formalized plans for the 2020-21 season — though it’s really the 2021 season, since it’s beginning on Jan. 13. Things are going to look different though, as the league navigates playing 868 games over 116 days amid the
3:53 PM ET Associated Press The NHL and players completed a deal Sunday to hold a 56-game 2021 season from Jan. 13 to May 8 with playoffs to last into July. The league’s board of governors voted to approve the agreement that was supported by the NHLPA executive board Friday night. “The National Hockey League
8:29 PM ET ESPN News Services The National Hockey League and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season in 2021, pending the approval of each side’s executive board and Canadian health officials. The season would start Jan. 13. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the sides have an agreement, pending the approval
6:25 PM ET Associated Press The International Ice Hockey Federation says eight players from Germany’s team at the world junior hockey championship have tested positive for COVID-19 inside the Edmonton, Alberta, bubble. The IIHF says the Germans will all remain in quarantine until Thursday. The country is scheduled to open the tournament against Finland on