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Dec 30, 2025
The Professional Hockey Players' Association and the North American minor league ECHL have ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, ending a strike that forced the postponement of 41 games.
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Dec 30, 2025
The Panthers paid tribute to Brad Marchand joining the NHL's 1,000-point club in a pregame ceremony before hosting the Canadiens on Tuesday night.
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Dec 30, 2025
Kimi Koerbler scored two goals and Switzerland beat Germany 4-0 on Tuesday in Grand Casino Arena at the World Junior Championship.
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Dec 30, 2025
The Professional Hockey Players' Association and the North American minor league ECHL have ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement ending a strike that forced the postponement of 41 games.
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Dec 30, 2025
The Winter Classic and Stadium Series will cross Florida off the list. Here are our ideas on the next set.
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Dec 30, 2025
The 27-year-old defenseman may be the Capitals' MVP to this point. Here's how he leveled up in 2025-26.
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Dec 29, 2025
Boston Bruins prospect James Hagens, a forward from Hauppauge, New York, who was drafted in June at No. 7 overall out of Boston College, scored twice in a 1:03 span on Monday night, and Team USA edged Slovakia 6-5 in the world junior hockey championship.
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Dec 29, 2025
Hurricanes goalie Pyotr Kochetkov is expected to miss the rest of the season after surgery to address a lower-body injury, coach Rod Brind'Amour said Monday.
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Dec 29, 2025
New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal was fined $5,000 on Monday, the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement, for his two-handed slash to Blue Jackets left wing Mason Marchment in Columbus' 4-2 victory at Nationwide Arena Sunday.
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Dec 29, 2025
The NHL plans to make snow fall at the Marlins' ballpark as part of the celebrations for the Winter Classic game between the Panthers and Rangers.
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Dec 29, 2025
The Penguins are hoping Yegor Chinakhov can fulfill his potential with a change in scenery.
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Dec 29, 2025
The essential Monday guide to fantasy hockey pickups, with who to add and how to get set for the week ahead.
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Dec 29, 2025
The Winter Classic and Stadium Series will cross Florida off the list. Here are our ideas on the next set.
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Dec 29, 2025
In a sequence the NHL will likely look into this week for potential discipline, Islanders forward Mathew Barzal took a two-handed chop to Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Mason Marchment on Sunday, after Marchment tripped New York rookie Matthew Schaefer.
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Dec 28, 2025
Prior to the team's 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night, the Chicago Blackhawks placed center and burgeoning star Frank Nazar on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 20, and activated captain Nick Foligno, who scored in the home defeat.
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Dec 28, 2025
Anaheim prospect Lucas Pettersson, selected No. 35 by the Ducks in 2024, netted two third-period goals, leading Sweden past Switzerland 4-2 in preliminary play of the World Junior Championship on Sunday at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Dec 28, 2025
The NHL fined Florida's Anton Lundell $5,000 and Tampa Bay's Scott Sabourin $2,018.23 for their actions in Saturday's penalty-filled game between the Panthers and Lightning.
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Dec 28, 2025
Senators goalie Linus Ullmark, who has a 14-8-5 record this season, is taking a leave of absence for personal reasons.
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Dec 28, 2025
Matthew Tkachuk is back on the ice with the Panthers, appearing at practice on Sunday for the first time this season.
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Dec 28, 2025
The Blue Jackets' Zach Werenski, who is second among NHL defensemen with 14 goals and 40 points, has been put on injured reserve with a lower-body injury.
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Dec 27, 2025
The ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players' Association have a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement to end
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Dec 27, 2025
Playing on home ice in St. Paul, Minnesota, the United States held off Switzerland 2-1 in preliminary-round play at the World Junior Championship on Saturday night, and will now take on Slovakia in the next round of the tournament.
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Dec 27, 2025
Cole Hutson was briefly hospitalized after a puck appeared to strike him near the back of his helmet during Saturday's World Juniors game against Switzerland.
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Dec 27, 2025
Montreal Canadiens veteran Jake Evans, a 29-year-old forward and 2014 seventh-round pick who has 5 goals and 10 points in 34 games this season. will miss four to six weeks because of a lower-body injury, the team announced Saturday.
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Dec 27, 2025
On the day his club returned from its holiday break to meet the Florida Panthers, defenseman J.J. Moser, who has three goals and 12 points, signed a long-term contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, securing an eight-year deal worth $6.75 million annually.
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Dec 26, 2025
Will Zellers scored twice and added an assist as the United States beat Germany 6-3 in both team's opening game of the World Junior Championships on Friday.
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Dec 26, 2025
The ECHL postponed 13 games Friday after players went on strike, causing a work stoppage in the North American development minor hockey league two tiers below the NHL.
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Dec 24, 2025
Hours after Toronto general manager Brad Treliving gave coach Craig Berube a vote of confidence amid his team's struggles, the Maple Leafs went out and ended a three-game slide with a 6-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday at Scotiabank Arena.
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Dec 24, 2025
Captain Connor McDavid had five assists, teammate Leon Draisaitl scored three goals and the Oilers kept rolling into the holiday hiatus with a 5-1 victory over the rival Calgary Flames Tuesday night, giving Edmonton an 8-2-1 mark in its past 11 contests.
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Dec 23, 2025
In a fight-filled game befitting the Original Six rivalry, the Boston Bruins fell to the Montreal Canadiens 6-2 on Tuesday night at TD Garden.
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Dec 23, 2025
Alexis Lafreniere scored his 100th career goal as part of a five-goal third that rallied the Rangers to a victory over the Capitals on Tuesday night.
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Dec 23, 2025
In a fight-filled game befitting the Original Six rivalry, the Boston Bruins fell to the Montreal Canadiens 6-2 Tuesday night at TD Garden, a rowdy affair that saw the struggling home team allow four third-period goals en route to a fourth straight loss.
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Dec 23, 2025
Hours after Toronto general manager Brad Treliving gave coach Craig Berube a vote of confidence amid his team's struggles, the Maple Leafs went out and ended a three-game slide with a 6-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday at Scotiabank Arena.
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Dec 23, 2025
The Professional Hockey Players' Association said its ECHL membership has served a strike notice that would be effective Friday, as the union and league can't come to an agreement on a new CBA.
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Dec 23, 2025
The tournament starts Thursday, with the best under-20 players in hockey. Here are gold medal favorites, players set to break out.
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Dec 22, 2025
The underperforming Toronto Maple Leafs fired assistant coach Marc Savard on Monday, the club announced in a statement, following a weekend in which the team dropped two games in two days, falling to second to last place in the Eastern Conference.
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Dec 22, 2025
Nick Saban, the Predator's new minority owner, said he will be involved in the organization as much or as chariman Bill Haslam wants.
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Dec 22, 2025
Kraken defenseman Brandon Montour, who has missed Seattle's last two games, has been placed on injured reserve and will be out at least four weeks after undergoing hand surgery.
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Dec 22, 2025
The essential Monday guide to fantasy hockey pickups, with who to add and how to get set for the week ahead.
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Dec 22, 2025
As the holiday break approaches, the Maple Leafs aren't exactly excelling. Plus, key games in the week ahead.
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Dec 21, 2025
Rangers veteran forward J.T. Miller missed his club's 2-1 loss to the Nashville Predators Sunday night, and could miss additional time, coach Mike Sullivan said, adding that his captain was still being evaluated for an upper-body injury back in New York.
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Dec 21, 2025
New Jersey forward Jack Hughes, a 24-year-old center and hopeful for the U.S. Olympic team, returned to the Devils' lineup just more than five weeks after having finger surgery and scored the first goal in a 3-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.
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Dec 21, 2025
Sidney Crosby broke Mario Lemieux's franchise scoring record with a goal and an assist in the first period of the Pittsburgh Penguins' 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, giving him 645 goals and 1,079 assists for 1,724 points in 1,387 games.
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Dec 21, 2025
Rangers captain J.T. Miller did not travel with the team to Nashville for Sunday's game after suffering an upper-body injury and will miss at least one game.
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Dec 21, 2025
Devils star Jack Hughes, who injured his hand during a team dinner in Chicago on Nov. 13, will return to the lineup against the Sabres on Sunday.
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Dec 21, 2025
Newly hired Sabres general manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced the hiring of former Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin and Josh Flynn to his staff.
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Dec 21, 2025
Here's how the trade came to pass, what other teams were in the mix, and the aftershocks throughout the NHL.
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Dec 21, 2025
The Chicago Blackhawks lost another key player when Frank Nazar was hit in the face by a puck during a 6-4 loss at Ottawa.
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Dec 20, 2025
The Rangers killed off two penalties in overtime on the way to beating the Flyers 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday but lost captain J.T. Miller to an injury.
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Dec 20, 2025
New Sabres general manager Jarmo Kekalainen made his first change since taking over, firing associate general manager Jason Karmanos.
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Dec 20, 2025
The Seattle Kraken have traded forward Mason Marchment to the Columbus Blue Jackets for two draft picks.
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Dec 20, 2025
The Los Angeles Kings traded center Phillip Danault to the Montreal Canadiens on Friday, ending speculation about his future with the team.
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Dec 19, 2025
Oilers goalie Tristan Jarry has been put on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. Jarry has made three starts for Edmonton since a Dec. 12 trade from Pittsburgh.
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Dec 19, 2025
Fenway Sports Group has agreed in principle to sell the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Chicago-based Hoffmann family.
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Dec 19, 2025
Jack Eichel and Shea Theodore will not make the Vegas Golden Knights' weekend Canadian road trip because of injuries, costing the team its leading scorer and one of its top defensemen.
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Dec 19, 2025
Oilers goalie Tristan Jarry has been put on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. Jarry has made three starts for Edmonton since a Dec. 12 trade from Pittsburgh.
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Dec 19, 2025
The league-leading Avalanche still lead as Stanley Cup, Presidents' Trophy favorites, with the Wild on the rise.
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Dec 19, 2025
Here are the highest-ranked fantasy hockey players, with Zach Werenski rising this week.
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Dec 19, 2025
Stars forward Tyler Seguin underwent surgery this week to repair the ACL in his right knee, and the team said Friday that he would be reevaluated after the Olympic break.
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Dec 19, 2025
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be Knight's last playing for Team USA. She remains one of the faces of U.S. women's hockey.
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Dec 19, 2025
The Hurricanes, Wild and Oilers moved up in our rankings, and the Capitals and Penguins drop.
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Dec 18, 2025
Sabres defenseman Conor Timmins is expected to sit out 6-8 weeks after sustaining a broken left leg in what appeared to be a noncontact injury Thursday night against the Flyers.
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Dec 18, 2025
Holiday week messing with your fantasy hockey lineup? Here are the players to fill out your squad.
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Dec 18, 2025
Here's how the trade came to pass, what other teams were in the mix, and the aftershocks throughout the NHL.
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Dec 18, 2025
No trades can be made from Dec. 21 to 28. But after that? Here are a handful of deals that make too much sense.
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Dec 17, 2025
Fenway Sports Group has agreed in principle to sell the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Chicago-based Hoffmann family, sources confirmed to ESPN.
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Dec 17, 2025
Many expected the 27-year-old to take a step back from his 33 goals last season. Instead, he's on pace for 58.
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Dec 17, 2025
A new wave of netminding talent is taking the league by storm, coming from a variety of backgrounds.
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Dec 17, 2025
Macklin Celebrini scored a spin-o-rama goal as part of a four-point night that made him the fastest San Jose player to reach 50 points in a season as the Sharks beat the Flames 6-3 on Tuesday.
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Dec 17, 2025
Tristan Jarry and Stuart Skinner, traded for one another just five days ago, starred against their former teams as Edmonton defeated Pittsburgh 6-4 on Tuesday night.
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Dec 16, 2025
Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl became the fourth-fastest active player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points in the first period against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Dec 16, 2025
Ex-Alabama football coach and current ESPN college football analyst Nick Saban bought a minority stake in the NHL's Nashville Predators with business partner Joe Agresti.
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Dec 16, 2025
Goalie Darcy Kuemper was placed on injured reserve by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday after taking a hit to the head during their loss at Dallas.
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Dec 16, 2025
Jarmo Kekalainen on Tuesday placed an emphasis on building team character and consistency -- qualities the Sabres have been criticized for lacking during their NHL-record 14-year playoff drought.
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Dec 16, 2025
Fantasy hockey goalie notes, power play trends and the goalies who draw the easiest and most difficult opponents.
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Dec 16, 2025
Here's how the trade came to pass, what other teams were in the mix, and the aftershocks throughout the NHL.
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Dec 16, 2025
These eight teams entered the season with high playoff chances, and are currently in peril.
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Dec 15, 2025
Mika Zibanejad is not playing for the New York Rangers on Monday night against Anaheim after coach Mike Sullivan said the 32-year-old center broke a team rule by being late for a meeting.
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Dec 15, 2025
Mika Zibanejad did not play for the Rangers on Monday night against Anaheim after coach Mike Sullivan said the 32-year-old center broke a team rule by being late for a meeting.
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Dec 15, 2025
Mika Zibanejad did not play for the Rangers on Monday night against Anaheim after coach Mike Sullivan said the 32-year-old center broke a team rule by being late for a meeting.
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Dec 15, 2025
The Sabres have fired longtime GM Kevin Adams and fired Jarmo Kekalainen.
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Dec 15, 2025
San Jose placed forwards Will Smith and Philipp Kurashev on injured reserve after both players got hurt crashing into the boards in the last game for the Sharks.
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Dec 15, 2025
The essential Monday guide to fantasy hockey pickups, with who to add and how to get set for the week ahead.
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Dec 15, 2025
The essential Monday guide to fantasy hockey pickups, with who to add and how to get set for the week ahead.
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Dec 15, 2025
The Chicago Blackhawks placed Connor Bedard on injured reserve on Monday with an upper-body injury.
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Dec 15, 2025
The Panthers-Lightning matchup highlights a week of incredible games around the NHL.
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Dec 14, 2025
Star defenseman Jaccob Slavin was back in Carolina's lineup Sunday after a 29-game absence with what the team called a "lower-body injury."
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Dec 14, 2025
Playing his first game with the Wild after being acquired in a blockbuster trade with Vancouver on Friday, Quinn Hughes scored in the opening minute of the third period Sunday as Minnesota beat Boston 6-2 for its fourth straight win.
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Dec 14, 2025
Playing his first game with the Wild after being acquired in a blockbuster trade with Vancouver on Friday, Quinn Hughes scored in the opening minute of the third period Sunday as Minnesota beat Boston 6-2 for its fourth straight win.
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Dec 14, 2025
Zeev Buium said he doesn't feel he was misled about his status with the Wild before being traded to the Canucks as part of a package for Quinn Hughes.
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Dec 13, 2025
The Chicago Blackhawks have recalled high-scoring forward Nick Lardis from the minors a day after Connor Bedard got hurt in the final seconds of a loss at St. Louis.
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Dec 12, 2025
Blackhawks star Connor Bedard grasped his right shoulder as he left the ice after Friday night's 3-2 loss to the Blues, and the team has ruled him out for Saturday's game against Detroit.
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Dec 12, 2025
There is momentum for the league to have more games in which both home and road teams wear solid-colored jerseys.
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Dec 12, 2025
Hockey trade season has begun! Find grades for each GM involved in all the big swaps here.
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Dec 12, 2025
Canucks captain Quinn Hughes was traded to the Wild for defenseman Zeev Buium, center Marco Rossi, winger Liam Ohgren and a first-round pick on Friday.
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Dec 12, 2025
Canucks captain Quinn Hughes was traded to the Wild for three players and a first-round pick, sources told ESPN on Friday.
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Dec 12, 2025
Victor Hedman's elbow surgery, set for Monday, is expected to sideline the Lightning's captain until February but could pave the way for the defenseman to play for Sweden at the upcoming Olympics in Milan.
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Dec 12, 2025
Hockey trade season has begun! Find grades for each GM involved in all the big swaps here.
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Dec 12, 2025
Here are the highest-ranked fantasy hockey players, with Logan Thompson rising this week.
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Dec 12, 2025
The Oilers have finally addressed their multiple-season problem in goal by acquiring Penguins netminder Tristan Jarry. Edmonton dealt goalie Stuart Skinner, defenseman Brett Kulak and a 2029 second-round pick for Jarry and forward Sam Poulin.
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