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Getty Images The NHL and NHL Players’ Association announced on Friday that they have reached an agreement with the International Ice Hockey Federation that will include a break during the 2021-22 NHL regular season. This will allow NHL players to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing if they choose to. However, the agreement

Getty Images When he was chosen by the Montreal Canadiens earlier this summer, Logan Mailloux’s entry into the National Hockey League came despite his requests for teams not to draft him. The 18-year old had been dealing with issues stemming from his personal conduct, the fallout of which has now made itself apparent. On Thursday,

The Vegas Golden Knights recorded 82 points during the 2021 shortened 56 game season. This tied for the highest mark in the league with the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche were awarded the Presidents Trophy, the trophy given to the league’s best regular season team, due to a tiebreaker. Colorado had 35 regulation wins compared to

Jan Rutta #44 and Victor Hedman #77 make up one of the NHL’s best defense pairings. (Photo by Scott Audette /NHLI via Getty Images) Even with offense becoming increasingly important in today’s NHL, very few teams in recent years have had any sort of postseason success without an elite defensive pairing. Whether it’s a shutdown

Special to Yahoo Sports Scouting ahead of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft was notably difficult, which led to a lack of consensus on the order in which players would be picked after Owen Power went No. 1 to the Sabres. Similarly, fantasy managers in dynasty formats face several obstacles when it comes to restocking the

7:35 PM ET ESPN News Services ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Hockey is returning to the University of Alaska Anchorage after donors, including the NHL’s newest team, raised over $3 million after the program was eliminated. “It’s a great day to be a Seawolf,” UAA chancellor Sean Parnell said Tuesday when announcing the team would return to

The Vegas Golden Knights entered the NHL in 2017. Immediately, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury became the face of the franchise. Vegas selected Fleury from the Pittsburgh Penguins in the expansion draft after he won three Stanley Cups with his former franchise. Fleury had a career resurgence in Vegas, leading the Golden Knights to the playoffs in

Special to Yahoo Sports It’s virtually impossible to achieve fantasy success without stable goaltending. As a general rule, target goaltenders who are locked into starting roles as opposed to those destined for a timeshare, especially in leagues that don’t allow daily lineup changes. Here’s a preview of this year’s goaltenders, ranked by tier. TIER 1

9:13 PM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — The Ottawa Senators signed backup goalie Filip Gustavsson to a two-year contract on Sunday. The Senators said the first year is a two-way deal worth $750,000 in the NHL and the second is one-way with a value of $825,000. The 23-year-old Swede was 5-1-2 with a

Evander Kane’s tumultuous offseason continues. (Photo by Matt Cohen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Less than a month after his wife Anna accused him of betting on his own games, San Jose Sharks winger Evander Kane has reportedly requested and received a temporary restraining order from her. The 30-year-old told the courts that Anna was violent

It was just two years ago that the Montreal Canadiens attempted to snag Sebastian Aho away from the Carolina Hurricanes by signing him to a restricted free agent offer sheet. The Hurricanes easily matched and everybody just moved on and forgot about it. Until Saturday. That is when the Hurricanes returned the favor to Montreal

7:00 AM ET As the 2000 NHL draft entered its late stages, the energy had fizzled out of the New York Rangers‘ war room. “Back then, the drafts were nine rounds, and by the sixth or seventh, you’re just looking for a player that someone semi-likes,” explained then-assistant general manager Don Maloney. “You’re just trying

In 2018-19, the Tampa Bay Lightning tied an NHL record when they won 62 games during the regular season. Unfathomably, they were swept in the first round of the playoffs that season by the Columbus Blue Jackets, who just barely squeezed into the playoffs. It was one of the bigger upsets in recent sports history,

The Red Wings still have a long road in front of them to return to playoff contention. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) If you’re a fan of the Detroit Red Wings, you’re probably getting a little impatient. After qualifying for the playoffs in 25 consecutive seasons, Detroit has failed to clinch a postseason berth in

The best player in hockey once again tops our forward tiers. (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images) Special to Yahoo Sports As you can see below, there’s a ton of depth when it comes to drafting forwards in your fantasy hockey leagues. Virtually all of the players listed below (and many who aren’t) should

2:50 PM ET Associated Press MILTON, Mass. — Jimmy Hayes, who won a national hockey championship at Boston College and played seven seasons in the NHL, has died. He was 31. A law enforcement official said medics on Monday were called to the Hayes home in the Boston suburbs, where he was pronounced dead. No

Getty Images Former NHL player Jimmy Hayes died on Monday morning. He was 31. The cause of death has not been made public yet. According to ESPN’s John Buccigross, Hayes is survived by his wife, Kristen, and two sons. Hayes was selected in the second round with the 60th pick in the 2008 NHL Draft by

Cale Makar is one of the top defenseman options in 2021-22 fantasy hockey drafts. (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images) Special to Yahoo Sports Defensemen tend to be overshadowed in fantasy drafts due to their lack of offensive production compared to the game’s elite forwards, but there is a massive amount of value in