Wouldn’t be easy for the Senators to trade a top pick, but they could move some others Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion on trading down from No. 3 and/or No. 5. “It would be very difficult to do something like that,” he answered. “It would have to be a special player
Month: June 2020
7:30 AM ET The 2020 NHL draft got one small baby step closer with the first lottery drawing. No, we still don’t know who will be drafting No. 1 overall, but the team order for pick Nos. 2-8 is at least set. It has been a much different process throughout. As 24 NHL teams gear
NHL.com’s Q&A feature called “Five Questions With …” runs every Tuesday. We talk to key figures in the game and ask them questions to gain insight into their lives, careers and latest news. The latest edition features Dave Andrews, who is retiring Tuesday after 26 years as president and chief executive officer of the American
4:03 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Red Wings plan to hold their training camp for the 2020-21 NHL season at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Red Wings executive vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced the decision Monday to stay home instead of going to
The NHL says 26 players have tested positive for COVID-19 since Phase 2 of its return-to-play protocol started June 8. The numbers released Monday include 11 positive results previously announced June 19. The league added it’s also aware of 11 other players testing positive outside of Phase 2 over the last three weeks. The NHL
Who the Sharks may protect for the Seattle expansion draft Kevin Kurz of The Athletic: For the Vegas expansion draft, the San Jose Sharks got a little lucky as they lost David Schlemko and not Brenden Dillon or Barclay Goodrow. This go around with the Seattle expansion draft, the Sharks may be hoping that they
7:30 AM ET The 2020 NHL draft lottery was unlike anything we’ve ever seen before, and so, too, will be the actual draft. So it only makes sense that our post-lottery mock draft is way different than most we’ve done in the past. Rather than slot the teams in a hypothetical order when we don’t
For years, the NHL draft hasn’t made much sense. It’s something that got made up, or was copied from other professional leagues, when NHL owners wanted an artificial means of controlling prospects and costs. Over the years, people have come to believe in the fairy tale that the draft is about fairness of competition, about
3:49 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Aleksander Barkov started his hockey life as a 4-year-old for the Tappara club in his hometown of Tampere, Finland. Two decades later, Barkov is investing in his roots. The Florida Panthers captain has become the third-largest investor in the Tappara club, a deal that was announced Thursday. The
Alexis Lafrenière could have a clear picture of where he’ll start his NHL career before going to bed Friday. Then again, maybe not. In a world dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic — one where life for countless people and businesses has been turned upside down — the NHL will hold the most unusual draft lottery
Philanthropist and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment chairman Larry Tanenbaum, alongside his wife Judy, are donating $1 million to fuel COVID-19 research at Sinai Health’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) located in Toronto. And Larry wants to see that number grow to $2 million. “Anyone who wants to invest in COVID-19 research, for every dollar they give,
Devils coaching search Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Lindy Ruff has a shot at being the New Jersey Devils next head coach. Potential GM candidates that they are talking to have asked if they could have some input on the coaching decision. Some have said that Ruff is a candidate no matter what. Senators would listen,
6:30 PM ET New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin said that if the NHL and the NHLPA can’t agree on a fix for the league’s financial system, then players should not report to training camps this summer. “For nearly two decades, the players have protected the owners’ income with escrow, including throughout this pandemic crisis,
Carey Price needs more information before deciding where he stands. The Montreal Canadiens goalie was asked on a conference call with reporters Thursday — his first media availability since COVID-19 brought much of the sports world to a screeching hall in mid-March — which way he’d lean in a players’ vote to restart the 2019-20
Carey Price learned first hand how dangerous contracting COVID-19 can be when his friend’s mother died recently after catching the virus. “It’s nothing to balk at. It’s a very serious situation,” he told reporters Thursday by phone from the state of Washington, where he has been isolated with his family since the NHL went on
10:20 PM ET Associated Press Alexis Lafreniere was supposed to walk on stage Friday night in Montreal as the top pick in the NHL draft. After the COVID-19 pandemic paused the hockey season and postponed that possibility, Lafreniere was supposed to find out Friday night where he’d be going when the league held its draft
The Ottawa Senators are hoping for some good luck when the first phase of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery goes on Friday. The lottery — used to determine the first 15 picks in the draft — will include the seven teams that did not make the Stanley Cup qualifiers, plus eight teams that will be
With the NHL getting closer to announcing the hub cities which will host this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, broadcasters and print journalists still have questions about how they will cover the tournament. Last month, the NHL unveiled plans for a 24-team tournament to be played in two cities. The league was forced to pause the
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