4:56 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Veteran defenseman Brent Seabrook won’t play for the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL playoffs, saying he isn’t feeling comfortable enough on the ice after three surgeries. The 35-year-old underwent two hip surgeries and right shoulder surgery in a five-week span earlier this year. He was originally scheduled to
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3:03 PM ET When the National Hockey League restarts its season on Aug. 1 in Toronto and Edmonton, neither commissioner Gary Bettman nor deputy commissioner Bill Daly will be on site. “Bill and I have actually put ourselves on the back burner because we don’t have the requisite approvals to enter Canada or the bubble
7:00 AM ET We have known since 2018 that Seattle would be the NHL’s 32nd franchise. But until Thursday, we didn’t know the team name, nor the logo, nor the colors — although speculation ran wild over what all of that would be. Now we know: It’s the Seattle Kraken, and upon the release (sorry)
11:11 PM ET The NHL will have a five-second delay on broadcasts and artificial crowd noise when it restarts its season in Toronto and Edmonton beginning Aug. 1. The league distributed “Phase 4” information to teams and media this week, detailing life in the bubbles for the 24 teams returning to play. That includes how
12:08 PM ET When NHL Seattle first installed signage on its downtown office in 2018, employees arrived at work the next morning to a surprise. Stuck to the door was a Post-it note with a handwritten message: “Release the Kraken.” “That may have been the first time I heard or thought of Kraken,” said Heidi
6:08 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes All-Star defenseman Dougie Hamilton didn’t practice Thursday and his status is unclear as the team prepares for the NHL’s return to play next week. The team’s website reported Wednesday that Hamilton left that day’s practice early “in some visible discomfort.” Asked about Hamilton not practicing
12:09 PM ET The Kraken has been released. Seattle’s NHL team, which will make its debut in the 2021-22 season, on Thursday finally announced its name — the Kraken — as well as a color scheme: icy blue and navy blue with sharp red accents. The NHL officially named Seattle as its 32nd team in
1:35 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom has signed a three-year, $9 million contract extension just weeks after completing radiation treatment for a rare form of bone cancer. Lindblom, 23, has not played since being diagnosed in December with Ewing’s sarcoma, a cancerous tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around
11:24 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Islanders have reached a 20-year naming rights deal for their new arena with wealth management service UBS. The facility on the grounds of the Belmont Park racetrack will be called UBS Arena at Belmont Park, and it is projected to open in time for
7:00 AM ET John Tortorella gathered around his Columbus Blue Jackets for their first day of training camp in the NHL’s restarted season. The famously direct coach explained what he expected from them under the league’s COVID-19 “return to play” protocols. “We don’t want a bunch of drama. We’re trying to win a Stanley Cup,”