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NHL free agency shows teams in states with no income tax have an advantage
When the Tampa Bay Lightning made moves at the NHL draft to clear salary cap space, general manager Julien BriseBois hoped a variety of factors would entice players to sign as free agents. One, of course, was the organization's penchant for winning and the talent already on the...
Analysis: Big spenders across the NHL made winners out of free agents across the league
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...
Rangers hire Grant Potulny to coach AHL team in Hartford
NEW YORK (AP) — Grant Potulny is leaving Northern Michigan to become the coach of the New York Rangers' American Hockey League affiliate in Hartford, Connecticut. Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury announced the hiring of the 44-year-old Potulny on Thursday. ...
Hall of Famer Glen Sather retires after six decades, highlighted by building the Oilers' dynasty
NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey Hall of Famer Glen Sather, who built and coached the NHL's last great dynasty with the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s and helped resurrect the New York Rangers in the early 2000s, is retiring after six decades in the sport as a player, coach and executive. The...
Roenick gets into Hockey Hall of Fame after a lengthy wait. 2024 class includes 2 US women's players
Jeremy Roenick was getting a coffee when he got the call he once hoped for but some time ago stopped expecting when the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee meets typically in late June. Tears welled up in his eyes and then down his face as he was rendered unable to pay, to hold...
No time for a Stanley Cup hangover as the NHL offseason is already here
The Stanley Cup was still on the ice when Patric Hornqvist offered up a sobering thought surrounded by former teammates and other family revelers holding cans of beer during the celebration. The newly crowned champion Florida Panthers had work to do already because the offseason is...
Bobrovsky gets a day off from practice, Perry not done yet and the Cup will be on the move again
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — On the next-to-last day of the NHL season, Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky wasn't on the ice for practice. The Panthers are sure that's a good thing. Bobrovsky was a serious Conn Smythe Award candidate at one point in this Stanley Cup...
The Sharks acquire forwards Barclay Goodrow and Ty Dellandrea
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks added some needed forward depth Wednesday to complement an upcoming youth movement, claiming Barclay Goodrow off waivers from the New York Rangers and acquiring Ty Dellandrea from Dallas in a trade. General manager Mike Grier had been...
New York Rangers put depth forward Barclay Goodrow on waivers
The New York Rangers put Barclay Goodrow on waivers Tuesday, the first step of an offseason plan to clear salary cap space and prime for another deep playoff run. Goodrow is signed for three more seasons at an annual cap hit of $3.6 million. That comes off the books if one of the...
Rangers re-sign winger Kaapo Kakko to a $2.4 million contract for next season
The New York Rangers on Thursday re-signed Kaapo Kakko to a one-year contract worth $2.4 million, a move that provides cost certainty on one of the top trade candidates around the NHL. Knowing what Kakko counts against the salary cap helps other teams interested in trading for him...
