NHL Top Players: Top 10 Goalies
From Stanley Cup champions to Vezina Trophy winners to All-Stars, the NHL has many great goalies. NHL Network producers and analysts chose the top 10 goalies in the League right now, which were revealed Sunday in the fourth of a nine-part series. Here is the list:
A nice shoutout for Juuse Saros.
Prokop working toward NHL dream 2 years after coming out as gay
Luke Prokop is progressing on his path to becoming the first openly gay player in the NHL.
As much fun as it is to get Luke Prokop news, it can’t be easy for a prospect to have this degree of scrutiny while still being a prospect whose career path hasn’t been pretty much carved into stone–usually the “what do you hope to do in the NHL” questions go to top-three picks. I am a little doubtful he’ll make the Preds this season, because it feels like the org has a rough plan already, but I’d love to be wrong and I’d like to see him with the Ads regardless.
Gagner, Sutter each signs professional tryout contract with Oilers
Sam Gagner and Brandon Sutter each signed a professional tryout contract (PTO) with the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. Each forward will have the chance to earn an NHL contract during training camp.
I’m always startled to realize Sam Gagner hasn’t retired yet.
Caps GM MacLellan now also prez of hockey ops
The Capitals have promoted Brian MacLellan to president of hockey operations to go along with his general manager duties.
The Capitals are shuffling the organization.
Pegula appoints himself Sabres president, dissolves company that also oversaw Bills
The NFL’s Buffalo Bills and the NHL’s Sabres will operate as separate entities after the teams’ owner Terry Pegula dissolved their parent company on Monday.
So are the Sabres.
Early Details About New League’s Official Name and Cities
Ahead of a scheduled press conference, social media revealed hints of the new North American League’s official name and team locations
Disappointing, but not surprising and definitely smart–the new women’s league will have teams in Boston, New York (City, presumably), Minnesota, Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. Personally, as a lover of chaos, I think it would be very funny if the Ottawa PWHL team won a cup before the Ottawa Senators.
