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The Montreal Canadiens announced Saturday morning that star sniper Cole Caufield will miss the remainder of the 2022-23 season with a right shoulder injury. In a corresponding transaction, forward Jonathan Drouin was also placed on injured reserve retroactive to January 16. Injury update on Cole Caufieldhttps://t.co/vLWOWn38D8 — Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) January 21, 2023 Cole Caufield […] READ MORE
Welcome back to another day of NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are happening and gives our predictions for each one, breaking down head-to-head and other factors that may play in. We also have a featured game of the day, which is considered must-watch TV. Today’s […] READ MORE
Last Word on Hockey’s Puck Drop Previews are back for the 2022-23 season! As the regular season approaches, Last Word will preview each team’s current outlook and stories to watch for the upcoming year. We’ll also do our best to project how things will go for each team over the course of the campaign. Today, […] READ MORE
The Toronto Maple Leafs are entering the 2022-23 season with perhaps the biggest amount of roster uncertainty, at least among depth forwards, in recent history. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, though. You can really never have enough options, and when you’re coached by a guy who loves to get crazy as much as Sheldon […] READ MORE
The Colorado Avalanche are moving on, and one-half of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final is set. For the first time in 20 years, the Avalanche will be one of the final two teams remaining and will face off against either the Tampa Bay Lightning or New York Rangers. They completed the sweep of the Edmonton […] READ MORE
Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy entered COVID protocol this morning, as announced by the team. McAvoy will miss Game 4 today in Boston of their First Round series against the Carolina Hurricanes. UPDATE: Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has been placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol and will not be available for today’s game. — Boston Bruins […] READ MORE
Day Four of the 2022 World Junior Championships (hopefully) returns with a four-game slate after the United States had COVID cases that forced them to forfeit yesterday’s scheduled game against Switzerland. The USA hopes to return for the last game of the day against Sweden. However, our focus now turns to the second game of […] READ MORE
If Day Two of the 2022 World Junior Championships is anywhere as exciting as Day One, this slate of games won’t disappoint. The high-end skill of players like Matvei Michkov and Owen Power was on full display yesterday in Edmonton and Red Deer. Today, the four-game slate opens with a Group A game between Austria […] READ MORE
December 26th kicks off the 2022 World Junior Championships, opening with a four-game slate that offers some reprieve to what’s been a hockey-less schedule for NHL fans the past few days. With games on the 27th postponed as well, it’s an even more welcome addition to the holiday season. The last game on the schedule […] READ MORE
As originally reported by Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli, the Philadelphia Flyers fired head coach Alain Vigneault on Monday morning. The team also relieved assistant Michel Therrien of his duties and announced that assistant coach Mike Yeo will serve as the team’s interim head coach. The Philadelphia Flyers have relieved head coach Alain Vigneault and assistant […] READ MORE
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