Analyzing Nathan MacKinnon’s Looming Extension
Via NHL.com and CapFriendly Nathan MacKinnon is the cornerstone player of the Avs’ current team. He’s a past first overall draft pick, stud superstar center, and fodder for highlight reels, but his relatively ‘cheap’ $6.3 million cap hit is about to run out. And, even…
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Everything You Need to Know About Nils Lundkvist, and Reviewing Mock Trades
Via NHL.com The Rangers are trying to trade Swedish defensive prospect, Nils Lundkvist, ahead of training camp, so let’s see what type of player he is, and what teams could use him. Who is Nils Lundkvist? Nils Lundkvist was drafted 28th overall in 2018. A…
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What to make of the Ryan Murray signing?
Via TheDenverPost The Edmonton Oilers announced Friday that they have signed Ryan Murray to a one year contract. Murray, coming off a Stanley Cup championship with the Colorado Avalanche, will add a depth presence to the Oilers blue-line. From @NHL_Sid who covers the Oilers at…
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Turbulence Ahead: Free Agent Fits (Winnipeg Jets)
Via NHL.com The 2022-23 season is about to get under way. Training camps open in short order. Preseason play around the NHL starts September 24th, with the Winnipeg Jets opening their preseason the following night in Edmonton vs. the Oilers on September 25th. Unhappy, unsettled…
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Joe Thornton Appears Unlikely to Return to Panthers for 2022-23 Season
Via Jasen Vinlove (USA TODAY Sports) NHL legend and current Florida Panthers winger, Joe Thornton seems to have moved on from his time within Florida’s organization. Thornton’s wife, Tabea, posted a message of goodbye on her Instagram last Wednesday. “South Florida, I loved our time…
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Top 10 performances from the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup: Part Two
Via Erica Perreaux // Hockey Canada Welcome back to the second edition of the top 10 performances from the 2022-23 Hlinka-Gretzky cup. In the first part, we went over our picks numbered 10-6. Today, we will take a look at the top five players that…
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Josh Leivo: Low Risk, High Reward
Via Marie Sorvin of USA Today It has been a very interesting offseason, not only across the entire NHL, but especially for the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong. There have been some good parts, but there have been too many bad parts.…
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Top 10 Performances at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup: Part One
Via Andreas Robanser As the yearly Hlinka-Gretzky Cup came and went, it was no surprise that the heavily touted Canadians nabbed gold in dramatic fashion with a win over team Sweden. Although getting any action over the summer is rare, prospect enthusiasts were greeted to…
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Rangers Lineup Overview: Who Joins the Core?
via Blue Line Station The New York Rangers are coming off of their rebuild, and more importantly, a season which saw them finish 7th in the NHL, 2nd in the Metro division, as well as reach the conference finals, losing to the back-to-back defending champs.…
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What NHL Teams Drafted Best Each Draft (2000-2003)
Via Ryan Remiorz This piece will focus more on the scouting staff drafting players whether they hit where they needed, or well in the later rounds, not much of what happened afterwards, like if the player was involved in a lopsided trade, or lost rights.…
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A New Look for the 2022-23 Calgary Flames
Via Frank Franklin The off-season has been rough for Flames fans. On July 13th, the teams star player Johnny Gaudreau declined an eight year, $84-million contract and left Calgary to sign with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Since Gaudreau was not traded, and simply signed with…
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Anaheim Ducks Representatives at the 2022 World Juniors
Via Hockey Canada The NHL has Stanley Cup contenders and basement teams every season. The Anaheim Ducks find themselves somewhere in the middle of that spectrum – as a rebuilder. For a team that hasn’t qualified for the playoffs since the 2018-2019 season, and for…
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Evaluating the 2022-2023 Dallas Stars Defense Core: Coaching
Via Jerome Miron- USA Today The 2022-2023 Dallas defense is shaping up to be drastically different than it did in previous years. What are those changes and how does this group stack up with its predecessors? This will be a three part series that will…
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Canes Sign Paul Stastny
Via NHL.com The Carolina Hurricanes have signed former Winnipeg Jets center, Paul Stastny to a one-year deal worth $1.5 million. Stastny is coming off a season where he recorded 45 points in 71 games with the Jets. The 36 year old is coming into his…
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Avalanche Prospects Have a Limited Run at World Juniors
via NHL.com and IIHF.com Colorado’s two prospects at the 2022 IIHF World Juniors take early exits. Over the past few seasons, the Colorado Avalanche organization has traded pick after pick in its chase for the Stanley Cup. The good news: the cup came home to…
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Should They Stay or Should They Go? Winnipeg Jets Edition
Via NHL.com As summer slowly fades into fall, training camps are around the corner. Some could say it was a summer to forget for Jets fans, or maybe not? Not much really happened. With all the speculation of players not being happy or wanting out.…
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Top Five Blues Prospects: Analyzed and Explained
via NHL.com Even though Blues GM Doug Armstrong hasn’t had the best picks when it comes to how high they are in the draft, I still believe that, in the past few years, Armstrong and the Blues scouting department have made some great picks in…
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Knyzhov Tears Achilles Tendon, Out Six Months
Via NHL.com San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier announced Saturday that left-shot defensemen Nikolai Knyzhov suffered a torn Achilles tendon in his right leg during an off-ice training session. He underwent surgery on August 10 to repair the injury, and the estimated recovery time is…
Keep reading2022 NHL Pro Try-Out (PTO) Tracker
This tracker updates every time an NHLer signed to a Professional Try-Out (PTO) agreement for training camp is signed to a contract or released. Last updated: 10/5/22 Name Pos Age 2021-22 Team PTO Team Result Nathan Beaulieu D 29 Pittsburgh/WPG (NHL) Anaheim Ducks Signed 10/1…
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Looking into the Pittsburgh Penguins Prospect Pool
Via TheAHL.com The Pittsburgh Penguins prospect pool is well… not ideal. The Penguins have been in a state of “win now” hockey for what seems like forever, which involves trading prospects and picks to get veterans who can help the team win now. The Stanley…
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Winnipeg Jets at the World Juniors (August 2022)
via Andy Devlin Hockey in August? Why not. With Covid putting a halt on the 2022 World Junior Tournament in Edmonton last December, it’s underway again giving hockey fans an opportunity to see some of their favorite teams’ prospects showcase themselves before NHL training camps…
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Looking Back at the Pavel Buchnevich Trade: A Year Later
via NHL.com I think we can all agree that St. Louis hasn’t had the best offseason this year. Arguably, one of the worst summers that GM Doug Armstrong has had in his 12 year tenure in STL. Whether it’s the contracts that were signed, the…
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What the Max Pacioretty Injury Means for the Hurricanes
Via Jeff Bottari, NHL via Getty Images It was announced late yesterday night that Hurricanes forward Max Pacioretty will have surgery to repair a torn Achilles. The recovery time is expected to be six months. This is absolutely crushing news to the team, player, and…
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Penguins’ Bolster up Scouting and Development Staff
Via The Boston Globe While not a trade or FA signing, the Penguins made a move yesterday that is going to help them build a better club in the future. On Monday, general manager Ron Hextall announced the hiring of Chris Butler (player development coach),…
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Hurricanes re-sign Martin Necas
via Getty Images The Carolina Hurricanes announced today that they have officially re-signed RFA forward Martin Necas. Martin Necas’ new 2-year deal with carry an average annual value (AAV) of $3 million dollars. During the 2021-22 season Necas recorded 14 goals and 26 assists for…
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2022 Non-Qualified RFAs List
Full list of pending RFA players that did NOT receive a qualifying offer (QO) before the July 11, 5:00pm ET deadline. These players will all either: a) re-sign at smaller cap hits or most likely b) become unrestricted free agents on July 13 at Noon ET.
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The Scoring Touch’s 2022 NHL Entry Draft Consolidated Ranking
Via NHL.com Picking out players for a mock draft last year was horrendous. I only got a few players right, some bold takes backfired on me hard, it was tough. Instead of a mock draft, I opted to do a consolidated list, where the teams…
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TST NHL Trade Target List: Atlantic Division
Via Getty Images *Bold = Traded* Jake DeBrusk LW BOS 1 year (RFA) Victor Olofsson W BUF 1 year Cody Eakin C BUF 1 year Vinnie Hinostroza W BUF 1 year Colin Miller D BUF 1 year Mark Pysyk S BUF 1 year Craig Anderson…
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The Scoring Touch’s 2022 Trade Season Tracker
Via Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports List last updated 2:50 pm 3/21/22 St. Louis Scoops Leddy from Detroit St. Louis Receives: D Nick Leddy (50% retained), D Luke Witkowski Detroit Receives: F Oskar Sundqvist, D Jake Walman, 2023 2nd round selection Colorado Lands Lehkonen from Montreal…
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TST NHL Trade Target List: Central Division
via Chase Agnello (Getty) *Bolded = Traded* Phil Kessel RW ARZ 1 year Johan Larsson F ARZ 1 year Jay Beagle C ARZ 1 year Liam O’Brien F ARZ 3 years Riley Nash F ARZ 1 year Alex Galchenyuk F ARZ 1 year Travis Boyd…
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TST NHL Trade Target List: Pacific Division
Via Jason Franson *Bolded = Traded, far right colum is destination* Rickard Rakell W ANA 1 year Hampus Lindholm D ANA 1 year Maxime Comtois F ANA 2 years (RFA) Josh Manson D ANA 1 year COL Dillon Dube W CGY 3 years (RFA) Ryan…
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NHL Covid-Protocol List
A full list of all NHL players currently in the league’s COVID-19 protocol. The list is updated each day to also reflect which players were added and/or removed that day, along with the total number of players currently in protocol and the day’s net increase/decrease…
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NHL Injury Report
Full roundup of all injuries and unavailable players from around the NHL, updated on the fly! Does not include players on COVID protocol list or in travel quarantine. Players with red text are on Injured Reserve (IR), and players with purple text are on Long-Term Injured Reserve (LTIR).
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2021 Pro Try-Out Tracker
Via Yahoo Sports Currently, there are 12 players remaining on PTO’s (professional tryout contracts) at NHL training camps. Last updated: 10/11/21 @ 7:20pm ET Name Team Result D, Ben Hutton ANA Demoted to AHL San Diego F, Tobias Reider ANA Released F, Alex Galchenyuk ARZ…
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Major Milestones that NHLers can Accomplish in 2021-22
via John Locher (USA Today) It’s interesting to see before the season starts which players will be honored when it comes to career achievements. This upcoming season, there is no shortage of milestones to be hit, from the games played to points, many NHLers are…
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2021 Non-Qualified RFAs List
This is a list of all RFA players that did NOT receive a qualifying offer (QO) before the July 26, 5:00pm ET deadline. These players will all either: a) re-sign at smaller cap hits or most likely b) become unrestricted free agents on July 28 at Noon ET. This list will be updated as each team releases their qualifying offer updates.
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