NHL News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
The Montreal Canadiens signed David Savard, an unrestricted free agent defenceman, to a four-year contract on Wednesday. This contract carries him through the 2024-25 season. Believe term on Savard will be four years. — Eric Engels (@EricEngels) July 28, 2021 UFA David Savard Signed Over his 10-year NHL career, Savard has played for the Columbus […] READ MORE
NHL free agency is fast approaching. Teams can start signing and talking to players at noon EST on July 28. With the flat salary cap still in play, signing players to lucrative deals could be a thing of the past in the post-covid salary cap era. Aside from the need to manage one’s cap space […] READ MORE
Welcome to the Tuesday edition of NHL Rumours! We are about 24 hours from Free Agency beginning. Teams are trying to make their final pushes to sign the big-name players. We saw a lot of players move over the last two weeks in trades. While a couple of teams signed their restricted free agents to […] READ MORE
Welcome to Friday. Last Word on Hockey’s NHL Rumours series is only getting started, as tonight’s 2021 NHL Entry Draft will likely make way for more trades and chaos. Teams have a better idea of their 2021-22 makeup after the completion of the Seattle Expansion Draft this week. It means that salary cap and roster […] READ MORE
Another NHL season has come and gone. Now that we can start moving out of this COVID-ridden world, the 2021-22 season is right around the corner, with the league pushing for an entire 82 game season, and both the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft and Free Agency two weeks away. The path of a franchise could […] READ MORE
As a shortened and hectic offseason approaches, the Last Word on Hockey is looking ahead towards how teams will deal with the reality of a flat salary cap. In terms of building a franchise, the offseason is the most crucial time of the year for front offices. However, due to COVID-19, the short-term future of […] READ MORE
Hello and welcome to a Sunday edition of NHL rumours! Every day brings us closer to the offseason, which means plenty of news is swirling. Teams are busy preparing for contract extensions and multiple drafts. Check in with Last Word on Hockey frequently for the latest from around the league. Today’s NHL rumours feature the […] READ MORE
David Savard is injured and out for Game One with an upper-body injury. This means the Tampa Bay Lightning will be without one of their mainstay defenceman for tonight’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Injury update: David Savard is out tonight with an upper-body injury. — Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) May 30, 2021 David Savard […] READ MORE
Coming into the trade deadline the 2020-21 Winnipeg Jets had an area of need. Mainly on defence. Considering all the losses they had at that position over the last couple of years you would have thought they would have done a better job addressing that need. And yes they are sitting in second place in […] READ MORE
Another week in the NHL means The Last Word on Hockey Show is back on the MAD Radio Network and North East Streaming Sports. Your host Jim Biringer from lastwordonhockey.com was back alongside Coach Jay and special guest Ron Grossman filling in for Marc Weiss who was on assignment. The boys take a trip around the NHL […] READ MORE
Jim is a 2008 graduate of Saint Michaels College who is currently writing about the NHL for Last Word on Hockey. His work includes writing about the New Jersey Devils as well as NHL Notebooks for the Metro and Central Division. Jim has a passion for the game of hockey. As one coach put it "he is the student of the game." When Jim is not writing he can be found at the local rinks playing or being a referee. Throughout his time in the game, Jim continues to coach a local high school team. In addition, he broadcasted several New Jersey Junior Rockets games for the Eastern Hockey League. Reach him on Twitter: @JimBiringer