12:00 PM ET The Seattle Kraken have made their first wave of hockey operations hires, including Gary Roberts as a sports science and performance consultant. Roberts, who played in 21 NHL seasons, has become a well-known trainer since retiring. Roberts works with several high-profile players in the offseason, including Connor McDavid and Steven Stamkos. McDavid

7:00 AM ET After one of the most challenging postseasons in NHL history, teams and players had to navigate an equally challenging start to the offseason. The salary cap remained flat at $81.5 million, per the new collective bargaining agreement, which forced teams to scuttle plans and trade high-priced talent to open up space. The

9:46 AM ET Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman believes his team has “a ways to go” before it can sustainably win again — and he’s not afraid to use the word “rebuild.” “But what I don’t want it to mean is we’re trying to tear this team apart and trying to bring in a

1:09 PM ET Associated Press BEVERLY, Mass. — Dozens of items of sports memorabilia collected by Peter Frates, whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped spread the ALS ice bucket challenge, are being auctioned to help people still fighting the disease. Frates, a former Boston College baseball player who lived in Beverly north of Boston,

7:00 AM ET Retro gaming fans, rejoice: It’s 2020, and NHL ’94 is back. Electronic Arts announced in early October that the beloved game that often finds itself in the “Mount Rushmore of sports video games” conversation is officially getting the remaster treatment. Entitled NHL ’94 Rewind, the game will feature updated teams and rosters

1:57 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes have signed forward Christian Fischer to a two-year contract. Terms of the deal announced Monday were not released. The 23-year-old Fischer was a restricted free agent after finishing with six goals and three assists in 56 games with the Coyotes last season. The bruising

1:57 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche agreed to a one-year deal Monday with restricted free agent Tyson Jost. The 22-year-old forward scored eight goals and had 15 assists in 67 games for the Avalanche in 2019-20. He was a first-round selection by Colorado in 2016. “Tyson is a strong two-way player

8:03 AM ET Longtime NHL announcer Mike “Doc” Emrick is retiring as a broadcaster Monday. “I hope I can handle retirement OK, especially since I’ve never done it before,” Emrick told the New York Post. “But I’ve just been extremely lucky for 50 years. And NBC has been so good to me, especially since the

9:56 PM ET While considering a move to the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent, center Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks sought as much advice as possible. He spoke with family and friends. He spoke with Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau, former San Jose teammates who left the team via free agency.

6:49 AM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenseman Cody Ceci to a one-year, $1.25 million contract. Pittsburgh had bought out the contract of defenseman Jack Johnson so had an open spot on the blueline. “For me, I really just liked the opportunity there,” Ceci said, according to NHL.com. “I felt the fit was good