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Veteran defenceman Jordie Benn signed a contract with the Minnesota Wild earlier Friday afternoon. This one-year, $900,000 contract carries him through the end of the 2021-22 season. Welcome, Jordie! The #mnwild has signed defenseman Jordie Benn to a one-year, $900,000 contract. 🗞 » https://t.co/dJQbO82yjC pic.twitter.com/mWAlXJyPdf — Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) August 27, 2021 Jordie Benn Signed […] READ MORE
Welcome back to another edition of NHL Rumours. The rat race to get free agents under contract has died down and news has been slim to none in recent days however, rumours are still swirling around the league. In today NHL Rumours segment, we will focus on rumours involving the Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers and […] READ MORE
April 12th’s 2021 Trade Deadline has been and gone and while the focus in the aftermath is mainly on the buyers and sellers, the teams standing pat are also interesting. The following article aims to rank the teams that were relatively quiet at the 2021 NHL Trade Deadline. The higher the ranking, the better the […] READ MORE
Any kind of Vancouver Canucks trade deadline recap is going to carry massive caveats. To say this was a trade deadline unlike any other is to undersell it significantly. Not only with the strangeness of a COVID-19 reduced season, but with the disease ripping through the team immediately before April 12. It’s unknowable how much […] READ MORE
The Vancouver Canucks have moved defenceman Jordie Benn to the Winnipeg Jets, it was announced today. Coming to Vancouver from the Jets is a sixth-round pick. It’s a 6th round pick coming back for Jordie Benn, I’m told. #Canucks — Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) April 12, 2021 Winnipeg Jets Aquire Jordie Benn from Vancouver Canucks Benn […] READ MORE
Vancouver Canucks head coach Travis Green announced that captain Bo Horvat is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Horvat left Monday night’s game against the Winnipeg Jets in the third period. Canucks PR also confirmed his injury status via their Twitter account following Tuesday’s press conference. #Canucks Head Coach Travis Green confirms Bo Horvat & Brandon […] READ MORE
The Vancouver Canucks have announced that forward J T Miller will miss several weeks due to concerns related to COVID-19. This news comes just hours before Vancouver begins its 2020-21 regular season. Defenceman Jordie Benn will also miss time as he had been hosting Miller. TSN’s Matthew Sekeres announced the news late Tuesday evening. My […] READ MORE
Training camps are back, but we at Last Word on Hockey are still going to look back at each date’s historical significance to the game. We’ll remember the moments that shaped the sport of hockey that happened on this day. Here’s our look at this date in hockey history for July 26th, featuring Larry Robinson. […] READ MORE
This broken NHL season has crashed into a pile of question marks. There were already several unknowns coming into the 2019-20 season, and 69 games later there aren’t many answers. Not all questions are created equal. In this article, we’re going to work through the Vancouver Canucks free agent defence. And yes, the goaltending is […] READ MORE
Usually, whiplash happens after the vehicle crash. In this case, the latest up-and-down road trip had fans buying neck braces well before game five. What is in the Vancouver Canucks future for the season? All signs point to… Uh… Road to Nowhere? It’s hard to draw many lessons from blowouts, won or lost. The only thing […] READ MORE