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7:00 AM ET After 16 months of uncertainty, the hockey world is beginning to return to some sense of normalcy as the free-agent market ahead of the 2021-22 NHL season is set to open on Wednesday, July 28. Of course, there’s been nothing too normal about this summer thus far: In an effort to get

The App is Back! Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards. Get it here! Yesterday we talked about teams who I felt came up short during the NHL Entry Draft as

The App is Back! Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards. Get it here! Over the next two days, I’m going to be discussing the NHL Entry Draft pluses/minuses, aka the

7:36 PM ET A long, long ride is over. The 2021 NHL draft had a bit everything. Consider the blockbuster trades, as stars like Seth Jones, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jakub Voracek, Cam Atkinson and Sam Reinhart all changed teams. Consider the history, as one NCAA school had a record-breaking weekend. Consider the mystery, as the COVID

3:10 PM ET As Day 2 of the 2021 NHL draft got rolling, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Philadelphia Flyers elected to make a significant change to the makeup of their respective top-six forward groups, trading Cam Atkinson for Jakub Voracek in a one-for-one swap. It’s been a busy two days for Flyers GM Chuck

4:28 PM ET So far, the big trade that Buffalo Sabres fans are expecting — involving captain Jack Eichel — has not materialized. But GM Kevyn Adams continues to make tweaks to his organizational depth, with the latest move being trading Sam Reinhart to the Florida Panthers in exchange for a conditional 2022 first-round pick

Cam Atkinson is a Flyer. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images) Aggressively delivering on two vastly different mandates this offseason, it seems only fitting that the Philadelphia Flyers and Columbus Blue Jackets have found each other. In a deal confirmed by the teams, the Blue Jackets have traded Cam Atkinson to the Flyers for

6:15 PM ET ESPN staff The 2021 NHL draft is here, and we’re tracking all 224 picks over two days and seven rounds, starting with the Buffalo Sabres‘ selection at No. 1 overall. Follow along live Friday and Saturday for each selection. Plus, Greg Wyshynski will take a closer look at how each first-rounder fits

The stage is set for the first round of the 2021 NHL Draft. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) The first day of the 2021 NHL Draft is set to take place virtually on July 23 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Follow along here for every pick. 1. Buffalo Sabres D Owen Power, University of Michigan Height:

The Rangers have announced they have placed Tony DeAngelo on unconditional waivers for the purpose of buying out the final year of his contract. The 25-year-old defenseman signed a two-year, $9.6M contract in October. DeAngelo last played for the Rangers on Jan. 30 and was waived the following day. He reportedly got into an altercation

6:35 PM ET If it seems to you like the 2020-21 NHL season just ended, you’re not incorrect: the Stanley Cup was awarded on July 7 to the Tampa Bay Lightning. But the league has spun forward to the offseason and preparations for 2021-22 quickly: The expansion draft was held Wednesday, in which the Seattle

The Carolina Hurricanes are moving on from their Calder-nominated netminder. According to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic and TSN, the Hurricanes are sending Alex Nedeljkovic to the Detroit Red Wings for Jonathan Bernier and a third-round draft selection. It’s a curious decision on the part of the Hurricanes, who appeared to have something in the

Getty Images Happy Thursday newsletter readers. Shanna McCarriston back to give you all the sports news of the day. It’s starting to sink in that the NHL and NBA seasons are both over (so sad). However, we have the Olympics coming up in under 24 hours, so things won’t be quiet for that long. And

11:43 PM ET The Seattle Kraken selected their first group of players in the expansion draft on Wednesday night. Some arrived in person, the first to wear the newest NHL jerseys. Some had their names announced by flying fish and an octopus in the local aquarium, and some by Seattle SuperSonics legends Gary Payton and

Getty Images With the NHL Expansion Draft at hand, teams around the league had been tasked with either protecting players on their roster or taking the risk of potentially losing them to the incoming Seattle Kraken. And when it came time for the Montreal Canadiens to protect members of a roster fresh off a Stanley

Well, there was supposed to be intrigue. Instead, the NHL’s broadcasting partners — which for the first time in a long time includes ESPN — will have to manufacture intrigue around the Seattle Kraken expansion draft. That’s because the insiders are breaking selections left and right, allowing fans to piece together the roster hours before

Sure sounds like Ellis and Provorov are going to get along originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Ryan Ellis doesn’t yet know Ivan Provorov. But by the likeness of their on-ice intentions, the two should get along just fine. How well they work together will be imperative to the Flyers’ chances at rebounding from a disconcerting

Greetings sports fans, it’s Chris Bengel back in the saddle once again to bring you the latest sports news.  It’s crazy to think that football is right around the corner. The college football season will begin in just over a month and the NFL calendar will get underway a few weeks after that. In fact,