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The Carolina Hurricanes have traded defenceman Jake Bean to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a 2021 second-round pick (44th overall). Jake Bean Heading to Columbus Before playing in the NHL, Jake Bean spent two seasons with the Charlotte Checkers (Carolina’s AHL affiliate team). In the 2018-19 season, Bean captured the Calder Cup with […] READ MORE
The Chicago Blackhawks have traded forward, Brandon Saad, and defenceman, Dennis Gilbert, to the Colorado Avalanche. In return, the Blackhawks get defencemen Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm. The Blackhawks also retained $1 million of Saad’s contract, which goes through the end of the upcoming season. Brandon Saad Part of Avs, Blackhawks Deal Chicago general manager, […] READ MORE
The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Jesse Puljujarvi. This comes after a very long holdout by Puljujarvi to get moved elsewhere. READ MORE
The Minnesota Wild have agreed to trade Devan Dubnyk and a conditional 2022 7th round draft pick to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2022 fifth-round pick. The Wild will retain 50 percent of Dubnyk’s salary as part of the deal. Change in goal: #mnwild to send longtime No. 1 netminder Devan Dubnyk […] READ MORE
The Chicago Blackhawks have traded Aleksi Saarela to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Ian McCoshen. TRADE ALERT: The #Blackhawks have acquired defenseman Ian McCoshen from the Panthers in exchange for forward Aleksi Saarela. McCoshen’s two-way deal has an AAV of $700,000 and is signed through the 2019-20 season. He will report to the @goicehogs. pic.twitter.com/vm2DYW5K6b — […] READ MORE
Per an official team announcement, the New York Rangers traded Jimmy Vesey to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a 3rd round pick in the 2021 NHL draft. After a disappointing season for everyone in a Rangers uniform, moving Vesey’s contract ($2,275,000 average annual value) puts the Rangers in a great position to make an offer to […] READ MORE
The Pittsburgh Penguins have dealt star forward Phil Kessel and defensive prospect Dane Birksto the Arizona Coyotes for Alex Galchenyuk and prospect Pierre-Oliver Joseph. Kessel, 31, carries an $6.8 million cap hit through the 2021-22 season. Toronto has the remaining $1.2 million cap hit retained from when Kessel was traded to Pittsburgh. PO Joseph and Galchenyuk to […] READ MORE
The Philadelphia Flyers have traded Ryan Hartman to the Dallas Stars in exchange for Tyler Pitlick. The deal is one-for-one. BREAKING: We’ve acquired Tyler Pitlick from Dallas in exchange for Ryan Hartman. Details: https://t.co/7k8PLdi3GI pic.twitter.com/x86tNRIl4c — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 24, 2019 Flyers Trade Ryan Hartman to Stars The Flyers completed a trade Monday with the Stars. The […] READ MORE
Veteran defenseman Josh Gorges officially announced his retirement after 13-NHL seasons this morning. He became an unrestricted free agent on July 1st of this year after his contract with the Buffalo Sabres ran out. Gorges released a statement through the NHLPA. Josh Gorges has announced his retirement from hockey today following 13 NHL seasons. Full release and […] READ MORE
After a rough 2018 calander year, the Ottawa Senators and General Manager Pierre Dorion look to rebound morally and literally in 2019. READ MORE
Alex Metzger is a diehard hockey fan from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada area. Although he never lived there, he grew up cheering for the Ottawa Senators. You can hear Alex talk all about Ottawa and the NHL on his two podcasts, which are found alongside his writing at Last Word on Hockey.