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Analysis: Big spenders across the NHL made winners out of free agents across the league

Jul. 02, 2024 06:18 AM EDT

Brad Treliving kept hearing the message from agents he talked to at the start of NHL free agency. “The cap’s going up,” the Toronto Maple Leafs general manager said. “They reminded me the cap was going up.” The salary cap went up significantly for the first...

Utah Hockey Club debuts Oct. 8 against Chicago, the same night Panthers raise Stanley Cup banner

Jul. 01, 2024 16:55 PM EDT

The Utah Hockey Club will play its first regular-season game Oct. 8 against Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks, marking the debut of the NHL in Salt Lake City following the team's move from Arizona. That same night, the Florida Panthers will raise their first Stanley Cup banner...

U.S., Canada, Sweden and Finland unveil 1st 6 players for 4 Nations Face-Off tournament

Jun. 28, 2024 15:45 PM EDT

Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon have never played together for Team Canada. Same for Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel and Matthew Tkachuk for Team USA. That will change next year at the 4 Nations Face-Off, an international tournament that will also feature Finland and...

Claude Julien is returning to an NHL bench as a St. Louis Blues assistant coach

Jun. 27, 2024 14:36 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Claude Julien is back behind an NHL bench as an assistant coach for the St. Louis Blues. President of hockey operations and general manager Doug Armstrong announced Thursday that Julien is joining coach Drew Bannister’s staff. Julien spent the past two years...

Bruins trade 2023 Vezina Trophy winner Linus Ullmark to Senators for 1st-round pick and 2 players

Jun. 25, 2024 09:51 AM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins traded 2023 Vezina Trophy winning goaltender Linus Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators on Monday in exchange for the Senators' 2024 first-round draft pick, forward Mark Kastelic and goaltender Joonas Korpisalo. As part of the transaction, the Senators...

Bruins trade 2023 Vezina Trophy winner Linus Ullmark to Senators for 1st-round pick, 2 players

Jun. 24, 2024 20:35 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins traded 2023 Vezina Trophy winning goaltender Linus Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators on Monday in exchange for the Senators' 2024 first-round draft pick, forward Mark Kastelic and goaltender Joonas Korpisalo. As part of the transaction, the Senators...

US loses to Czech Republic 1-0 in quarterfinals of men's hockey world championship

May. 23, 2024 18:18 PM EDT

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic eliminated the United States at the ice hockey world championship with a 1-0 win to reach the semifinals on Thursday. Boston Bruins forward Pavel Zacha scored a power-play goal in the second period and Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal stopped...

Bruins' braintrust says offseason priority is signing goalie Jeremy Swayman

May. 22, 2024 15:44 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney is ready to go with a goaltender rotation again next season – “if we can make the math work.” Sweeney said Wednesday his priority this summer is to sign goalie Jeremy Swayman to an extension, preferably avoiding the...

Panthers reach Eastern Conference final for second straight year, eliminating Bruins in 6 games

May. 18, 2024 09:54 AM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice watched his team escape one breakaway after another and still manage to eliminate the Boston Bruins in six games. So he didn’t want to overanalyze the team’s second straight trip to the Eastern Conference final. ...

Panthers beat Bruins with late game-winner, advance to Eastern Conference final

May. 18, 2024 00:32 AM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice considered it a good omen when the fire alarm went off at the team hotel on Friday afternoon, just as he was settling in for a pregame nap. “In my career, the number of times that something got messed up at the hotel … it’s...