12:08 AM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rookie center Jack Hughes need not be too disappointed over the dud he and the New Jersey Devils produced in the No. 1 draft pick’s debut in an NHL competitive setting Friday night. Overlooking the 6-4 loss to Buffalo at the Sabres’ prospects tournament, Devils minor-league coach

3:12 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes made some news on Friday, inking veteran defenseman Jake Gardiner to a four-year contract, with Canes GM Don Waddell calling Gardiner “a solid veteran blueliner with a proven history of contributing offensively.” But does the deal make sense for the Canes, in the context of everything else that happened

2:36 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes have signed defenseman Jake Gardiner to a four-year contract. Gardiner will make an average of $4.05 million each season under terms of the deal, which was announced Friday by Carolina general manager Don Waddell Gardiner, 29, had three goals and 27 assists while playing

2:07 PM ET The San Jose Sharks have gone out of the box in looking for front-office talent, adding former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti as a scout. “Ned has an extensive background working in professional sports and talent evaluation and he will bring a fresh perspective to our organization’s evaluation process,” Sharks

12:35 PM ET Associated Press The NHL for the first time has selected four female officials to work on the ice at several prospect tournaments being held this weekend. Katie Guay and Kelly Cooke have been selected as referees, while Kirsten Walsh and Kendall Hanley will work as linesmen, the league announced Friday. The four

11:55 AM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Thornton is coming back for another season at age 40, signing a one-year, $2 million contract with the San Jose Sharks on Friday after briefly contemplating retirement at the end of last season. Thornton decided in the offseason that he wasn’t ready to hang it

3:30 PM ET The NHL has dropped Jogmo World Corp. as a primary technology partner in its player and puck tracking plans, but vows to have the highly anticipated data collection system up and running by the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. “We’re in the process of making a switch,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told ESPN

12:48 PM ET Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug isn’t one to Google himself. But he admits he has searched his name on Twitter “quite frequently” over the last few months. “Especially being in my contract situation, I want to see what rumors are out there,” Krug says. “So I’ll search frequently.” Krug, 28, becomes an

9:23 AM ET This summer, the NHL was split into two camps when it came to restricted free agents and their unsigned contracts covered in nervous droplets of flop sweat from general managers: Those who believed this was the new normal, and those who believed this offseason was an anomaly. I’ve been Team Anomaly. Things

11:32 PM ET Associated Press The NHL is expanding its reach into Russia through a new streaming agreement that’s set to make every regular-season and playoff game available in the country. The league reached an agreement with Yandex that will more than triple the amount of games available to fans in Russia. Staging a game