5 d. ago Rebuilding NHL teams prioritize developing top prospects amid NHL’s rising salary cap

CHICAGO (AP) — When it comes to his plans for the Chicago Blackhawks, general manager Kyle Davidson is focused on the growth and maturation of the organization’s top prospects. That group includes a total of 11 first-round picks since the 2022 draft. Such is life these days for the NHL’s rebuilding teams, looking to chart […]

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5 d. ago Friends carry on funding for Mark Kirton’s courageous battle against ALS

Though ALS took his life after eight years of battling the disease, Mark Kirton continues to inspire patients and fund-raising efforts. A second Super Fund campaign draw with help from NHL teams that was going to feature Kirton as special guest at a Toronto gala was postponed when former Maple Leaf Kirton died Aug. 17, […]

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8 d. ago Calgary Flames prospects Andrew Basha, Etienne Morin among 13 players assigned to AHL

The moves leave the Flames will four goalies, 13 defencemen and 21 forwards at training camp.

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1 week ago 9 NHL teams have a new coach: Here’s what to expect from the changes

A look at the changes for nearly a third of the league and what to expect

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2 w. ago Aquilini grandson accuses family of ‘conspiracy’ to disinherit him

VANCOUVER — A member of the Aquilini family that owns the Vancouver Canucks NHL team has filed a lawsuit alleging he was disinherited from a family trust and excluded from the family business in a “retaliatory” conspiracy over historical allegations of sexual assault against an unnamed family member. Matteo Aquilini filed a lawsuit this week […]

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2 w. ago NHL training camps open with McDavid unsigned, Panthers’ Tkachuk sidelined

Connor McDavid doesn’t have a contract beyond this season, the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers start their Stanley Cup threepeat bid without Matthew Tkachuk and nearly a third of NHL teams have a new head coach. Training camps open around the league this week with questions from Edmonton to South Florida, many of which will not […]

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2 w. ago Canucks: Why Jim Rutherford thinks they’ll make the 2026 playoffs

It's a framing device the Canucks' president gave us two years ago. What does he think now?

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2 w. ago Doctor or defence? Could this ‘brilliant’ prospect have future on Flames’ blue

Simon Mack could eventually be working in medicine, but the 24-year-old defenceman is determined first to chase his NHL dreams.

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3 w. ago SIMMONS SAYS: Max Domi is about to get the juiciest opportunity of his NHL career

Max Domi will have the opportunity of a hockey lifetime when the Maple Leafs begin training camp on Thursday. This is already Domi’s 11th season in the National Hockey League but he’s never started a camp on the definitive first line of a contending NHL team. He will enter camp as the right winger with […]

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3 w. ago Why Calgary Flames prospect Jacob Battaglia believes he’s on the right path

Flames second-rounder Jacob Battaglia on his future plan: ‘I’m just very set on finishing my years in the OHL and making the jump, whenever I’m ready’

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3 w. ago Hot shots to line up on top trio for Edmonton Oilers prospects vs Calgary

This in from Tony Brar of Edmonton Oilers TV, news that for tonight’s rookie game against the Calgary Flames prospects Edmonton has put together it’s two hot shot rookie wingers on the same line. Ike Howard and Matt Savoie are on the top line with big German import Josh Samanski. EDM Rookies lineup vs. CGY […]

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3 w. ago NHL teams to weigh talent against backlash after five players reinstated, lawyer says

A sports lawyer says NHL teams will weigh talent against potential backlash when deciding whether to sign one of the five players acquitted in the 2018 London, Ont., sexual assault trial. The league announced Thursday that Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton and Carter Hart — who are all free agents — can […]

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3 w. ago NHL teams to weigh talent against backlash after 5 players reinstated, lawyer says

A sports lawyer says NHL teams will weigh talent against potential backlash when deciding whether to sign one of the five players acquitted in the Ontario sexual assault trial.

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3 w. ago Brzustewicz? Suniev? Which young Flames prospects could make the team's NHL roster?

'I think it’s everyone’s goal I see myself making the team,' said Flames prospect Hunter Brzustewicz

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3 w. ago 'We didn't see a lot of growth': Oilers hockey boss calls for more internal improvement this year

Matt Savoie. Ike Howard. David Tomasek. Atro Leppanen. Alec Regula. Roby Jarventie. Samuel Jonsson. There’s no shortage of young talent in the Edmonton Oilers organization, some of which we’ll be seeing in Friday evening’s rookie game against the Flames prospects. We’ve just finished up our annual Cult of Hockey prospects lists. I started out thinking […]

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3 w. ago Can Flames hopeful Sam Honzek repeat his performance from last fall?

Sam Honzek cracked the Flames’ opening-night roster in 2024, which makes the power-forward prospect a prime example for every rookie-camper

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3 w. ago Calgary Flames prospect camp: Who’s in, who’s out and what to know

The Calgary Flames are officially beginning their on-ice preparations for the 2025-26 season on Thursday at Winsport. After a long summer, the Flames kicked off their prospects training camp on Wednesday with fitness testing and medicals before getting fully underway. Here’s everything you need to know before this weekend’s action kicks off. What is the […]

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