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All the trades, rumors and signings we are hearing about around the league.

Score one for the players. Since July 1, NHL free agents continue to sign on the dotted line for massive amounts of dollars. To this end, Canuck fans must be thrilled with the recent additions of forward Ryan Johnson (two-year, $2.3 million contract), and the ever dangerous Darcy Hordichuk (two-year deal). Oh yes, let’s not forget the brilliant acquisition of ex-Leaf, Kyle Wellwood (one year contract worth just under $1 million), who should fit right in to a team on the decline. But let’s...

Have the Los Angeles Kings arrived ahead of schedule? Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images Jeff Carter doesnt need to sugarcoat it. The past two seasons were hard on the Los Angeles Kings, especially around the trade deadline. A team that won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014 suddenly found itself in rebuild mode, and began moving players who were critical to those championships. "I mean it sucks, to be completely honest with you," Carter said. "Those are guys we had won with, have great relationship...

Transformational gift secures BGSU Ice Arena future Slater family’s connection spans three generations By Matt Markey ’76 Scott Slater ’73 enrolled at BGSU in the fall of 1969 and first attended Falcon hockey games with his future in-laws, who had season tickets. Nearly 50 years later, Slater still has those same seats in the upper level of the Ice Arena, and in the decades since, he has done much more than just cheer for the Falcons. Slater and his family were major contributors to t...

All the trades, rumors and signings we are hearing about around the league.

31 Thoughts: Why NHL is exploring the NBA Top Shot trend Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid celebrates a goal versus the Columbus Blue Jackets. (Andy Devlin/Getty) | March 2, 2021, 4:30 PM March 2, 2021, 4:30 PM • Will NBA Top Shot come to the NHL? • Kekalainen backs Tortorella Jesse Schwarz is laughing before the question is finished. “I got a couple of messages like, ‘Have you lost your mind?’” he says from Los Angeles. “Someone tweeted at me, ‘You could have a small fami...

Kings eye dynamic, left-shot D in trade The streaking Los Angeles Kings have won six straight games and it appears general manager Rob Blake is looking to make a splash ahead of the April 12 trade deadline. TSN.ca Staff VIDEO SIGN OUT The streaking Los Angeles Kings have won six straight games and it appears general manager Rob Blake is looking to make a splash ahead of the April 12 trade deadline. TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger said Thursday on Insider Trading that the Kings would like to a...

PROSPECT WATCH: Foote Focused on Improvement Whats the goal for Nolan Foote in Binghamton right now? Get better every game. Read up on Foote in our Prospect Watch presented by Verizon. by Peter Robinson / Special to NewJerseyDevils.com A wise hockey man once summed up an unassailable fact about the never-ending prospect wheel. "Every year we get older but the new players s...

My Favorite Colorado Avalanche Players Of All Time Im an avid sports fan and hockey is one of the sports I enjoy the most, and have enjoyed for a long time. So, it goes without saying that I have some strong opinions about which players have inspired me the most throughout my life. However, I didnt first find my love of hockey with the Colorado Avalanche. Since I grew up a little over an hour from Pittsburgh, Pennsylania, in NE Ohio, Ive always been a huge Pittsburgh Penguins fan. But 10 years...

It was a dynamic debut for Kings forward Arthur Kaliyev last night at STAPLES Center. Really, if you take out the fact that the Kings lost the game, it could not have gone much better for the 19-year-old forward. Kaliyev joined exclusive company, in more ways than one. The talented winger became the 23rd teenager, and 20th youngest player all-time, to debut for the LA Kings when he was officially listed on the team’s game roster. Early in the second period, Kaliyev made history yet again, as...