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The New York Rangers have re-signed restricted free agent defenceman Libor Hajek to a one-year, two-year contract worth $874,125 per season. This contract carries him through the end of the 2021-22 season. He retains his RFA status at the end of the deal. OFFICIAL: #NYR have agreed to terms with restricted free agent defenseman Libor […] READ MORE
It has been reported by Larry Brooks that the New York Rangers have hired Gerard Gallant as their new head coach. Pierre LeBrun provided further intel, stating that it is a four-year deal but there’s no further information on the contract. The hiring comes a month after the Rangers received permission from the Golden Knights […] READ MORE
In a league with a plethora of colourful coaching personalities, John Tortorella arguably takes the cake as the most notorious. The man affectionately known as “Torts” owns quite a reputable coaching resume, but with some unique caveats. On almost a monthly basis, Tortorella makes headlines. Whether it’s for benching one of his team’s superstars or […] READ MORE
The NHL coaching carousel is constantly spinning. This season, it’s going at warp speed. There are currently four teams that will be reading applications for their vacant positions, including the NHL’s newest team. The Arizona Coyotes, Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers have all fired their coaches in the past couple weeks and Seattle is still […] READ MORE
Welcome back to another week’s worth of NHL Rumours with Last Word on Hockey. Teams are finishing up their regular seasons. For some teams, this brings about the start of the best time of year with the playoffs. For others, it marks an abbreviated offseason ahead of the 2021-22 campaign. And with the compressed nature […] READ MORE
It’s another weekend edition of NHL Rumours here at Last Word on Hockey. Daily, we take the hottest rumblings from around the NHL and package them in an article to break them down. With the season rolling along and trade season approaching, things are starting to heat up once again. Today’s piece features the Montreal […] READ MORE
The new 2020-21 season is upon us and it seems fitting to get some fans’ views of how the Arizona Coyotes are doing. Much may be tied to their head coach Rick Tocchet. This may be a first on lastwordonhockey.com, so let’s see how it goes. Arizona Coyotes Fans Are Losing Faith in Rick Tocchet […] READ MORE
If there is anyone more qualified to be the first head coach of the expansion NHL Seattle Kraken, please step forward. Gerard Gallant has proven he can take a bunch of rejects (well, not all of them) and mold them into a Stanley Cup contender. He did it in Las Vegas, and why couldn’t he […] READ MORE
If you’ve been hiding under a rock, or quarantined of late you may have missed the news. By all accounts, the Arizona Coyotes seem to be in a rebuild. We’re not talking about a mild rebuild. We’re talking they may trade star players Oliver-Ekman Larsson and Darcy Kuemper kind of rebuild. It perhaps signifies that […] READ MORE
It’s time for another edition of NHL Rumours at Last Word on Hockey. There’s plenty of work to do with the league having a short off-season. Today’s NHL rumours focus on the Arizona Coyotes, Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights. All NHL rumours are taken from the original source and subject to change. NHL Rumours […] READ MORE