Predators add veterans O’Reilly, Schenn in bid to return to playoffs
After the NHL Draft, free agency and other offseason moves, NHL.com is examining where each team stands in preparation for the 2023-24 regular season, which starts Oct. 10. Today, the Nashville Predators.
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The summary on NHL.com notes that the Preds “could turn to rookie forwards to add scoring under new coach Brunette”–they’re gonna have to turn to either rookie forwards or Juuse Saros, at this point.
Aho, Hurricanes ‘getting close’ to new contract
Sebastian Aho and the Carolina Hurricanes are closing in on a long-term contract, general manager Don Waddell said Thursday.
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Hopefully this time without the Montreal Canadiens having to get involved.
An early look at the NHL’s top 12 pending UFAs of 2024
Obviously, any number of these players will ink extensions with their existing clubs — or ones they’re traded to — between now and then. Still, there figures to be a slew of talented players at every position ready to be wined and dined by executives who’ve had their salary cap handcuffs removed.
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Chaos!
Wicked Angles: The elephant in the room has begun to trumpet
As much as fans may want this new league to succeed, it’s difficult to overlook the way the PWHPA’s acquisition of the PHF came about.
The Ice Garden
This editorial from the Ice Garden’s Angelica Rodriguez discusses the problems and the flaws that the new unified women’s league may have.
Boucher strives to get healthy, have chance to make Senators roster
OTTAWA — Tyler Boucher just wants to play a full season of professional hockey, and if it happens with the Ottawa Senators, so much the better.
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Are there NHL players who don’t say they want to get healthy and play a full season?
Longtime NHL executive Brian O’Neill, who oversaw 1967-68 expansion, dead at 94
Brian O’Neill, a longtime NHL executive who helped oversee the league’s first major expansion and was tasked with drafting its first 12-team schedule, has died at age 94.
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A significant person in NHL history passed away late last week.
Coyotes looking to sign Tourigny to new contract
The Arizona Coyotes are interested in signing coach Andre Tourigny to a new contract.
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I guess it can be hard to figure out how much of what’s gone wrong in Arizona is the coach’s fault, but this still feels like a choice.