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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov and Hughes run the Sharks out of St. Paul
Four points from Kaprizov, 31 minutes from Hughes, a Ducks comeback in Calgary and a Sabres rout on a three-game Friday.
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The Oilers are one bad week away from the guy in No. 00
Edmonton dressed the NHL's first full-time emergency backup goalie Thursday, and its fourth-string starter made it look necessary.
Sully · 4 min read
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Cap Check: Senators are full today, and Batherson's raise eats July
Ottawa is 7-1-0 with Linus Ullmark and 3-5-1 without him, with $1.4 million of room and four players counting in full on injured reserve.
Marcus Lind · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Mintyukov's Gordie Howe beats McDavid's four points
Anaheim survives Edmonton's 46 penalty minutes, Cooley's hat trick goes to waste in Montreal, and St. Louis nearly steals one in Newark.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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The Blackhawks are minus-27, and Blashill picked 'urgency' from the thesaurus
Chicago lost 5-3 in Sunrise, Bedard defended his coach, and the road trip to Tampa and Carolina now reads like a job review.
Sully · 2 min read
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Plano said no to the Stars' arena taxes, and Dallas left the light on
Proposition A lost 54.6 to 45.4, the 2031 lease clock keeps running, and Dallas City Hall sounded very happy to talk.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Vilmanis goes for four, Kempe and Panarin carve up San Jose
Florida survives a messy third against Chicago, the Kings put seven on the Sharks, and Seattle wins in overtime in 55 seconds.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ottawa's next barn is smaller, and that's the smart part
The NCC's call for developers pegs a LeBreton Flats arena at about 16,000 seats and a mid-2030s opening, close to a decade away.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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The Contract Board: Kucherov's $20 million ask, and Detroit's four weeks
Marcus Lind's November board grades his DeBrincat miss, reprices Kucherov for the open market, and puts two Lightning contracts on the worst-five list.
Marcus Lind · 8 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit spoils the new sweaters, Marner makes it 10 straight
The Red Wings score twice in 45 seconds to beat Florida 5-3, Colorado erases a 2-0 hole in Chicago, and Pastrnak ends it in Boston.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Bobrovsky took Toronto's money, and Stolarz took his net
Ten starts in, the two-time Cup winner sits at .885, and the goalie who once backed him up in Sunrise is 5-1.
Sully · 3 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Kucherov's price, Edvinsson's deadline, and Guerin won't beg
Kucherov asked for $20 million and got slow-walked, Detroit has a Dec. 1 clock on Edvinsson, and Winnipeg's captain said the word changes.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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Kochetkov's 10-0 start makes Carolina's $3.95 million bet look cheap
Carolina's goalie is the third in NHL history to open 10-0, and his two-year extension starts at about 3.5 percent of next year's projected ceiling.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 15 for 15, and Gauthier answers a 3-0 hole
Anaheim scores six straight on Ottawa, Kochetkov goes to 10-0-0 in a 7-0 rout of Winnipeg, and the Panthers host Detroit tonight.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Jacob Fowler won October, and the Calder runs through him
The Canadiens rookie from Melbourne, Florida went 7-1-0 with two shutouts, tying a rookie record Jacques Plante shares, two winters after leaving Boston College.
Tommy Kessler · 3 min read
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Kraken give up on Shane Wright, grab Matthew Wood
Seattle sends its 2022 fourth overall pick to Nashville for a winger with teeth, betting both struggling prospects just needed a change of scenery.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Austin found an expansion site, and it helps Houston most
Friedkin's group has a 128-acre Austin site in view, but Houston still leads the NHL's Texas race heading into a year-end decision.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Crosby took Ray Bourque's record, and Boston has to clap
Sidney Crosby's 1,112th assist with Pittsburgh passed Bourque for the most with one franchise, and he did it 84 games faster.
Sully · 3 min read
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The Ferda Room: Kucherov asks out, Larkin walks out, Florida wins out
Tampa's MVP wants a trade and the room splits on when BriseBois should deal him, while the Panthers sweep a 13-goal week and Gord stays perfect.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Hodgson gets two games for boarding Brandt Clarke, and it's light
Ottawa's depth forward drew the suspension for driving the Kings defenseman into the boards from behind Thursday in Los Angeles.
Ferda Desk · 2 min read
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Kucherov wants out, and Tampa says it isn't listening
The reigning MVP told the Lightning he won't re-sign and asked for a trade; BriseBois says no, and a 10-team list decides the rest.
Gord Tremblay · 2 min read
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Hot Sauce: Winnipeg sold the goalie, and Detroit won the breakup
Five takes from a week where a teenager played 30 minutes, Boston outshot everybody and lost, and the Leafs did Leafs things.
Sully · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Matthew Schaefer found the goals, and now nothing is missing
The 19-year-old's overtime winner in St. Paul made history, and the Islanders are already playing him like a No. 1 defenseman.
Tommy Kessler · 2 min read
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Babcock has scratched $10.85 million of Oilers, and he's right
Jake Walman and Trent Frederic have both sat this month, the room is backing the coach, and McDavid hasn't missed a scoresheet.
Sully · 3 min read
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Cap Check: Lightning can't buy in March, but July is wide open
Tampa sits $2.75 million under the ceiling with no first-round pick to trade, and about $30 million opens next summer before Kucherov signs.
Marcus Lind · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Larkin sitting out hands Minnesota the leverage Detroit wanted
Larkin's camp says he won't play until he's dealt, the Wings may suspend him, and the Wild are still the team to beat.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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The Wild should pay Quinn Hughes now, and give him the short deal
Bill Guerin hasn't talked contract with Hughes's camp in a long time. The cap math says waiting only raises the price.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid sets an assist record, Seattle stuns the Leafs late
Jarry blanks Calgary, Gavin McKenna scores twice in a loss, Colorado buries the Devils and Washington handles Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Montreal isn't on Larkin's list, and Detroit's price is the problem
The Canadiens keep circling Dylan Larkin, Simon Edvinsson's Dec. 1 clock is ticking, and Detroit's interim GM has to blink somewhere.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Boston changed governors after 51 years. Kochetkov barely noticed
Charlie Jacobs takes the Bruins' board seat from his father, and Boston gives Carolina's unbeaten goalie a quiet night in a 2-1 loss.
Sully · 2 min read
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Calgary should pay Morgan Frost now, and stop at four years
Extension talks have started with the pending UFA center. Here's the price, the comparables and why waiting costs the Flames more.
Marcus Lind · 2 min read
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Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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André Lacroix, WHA's scoring king, dies at 81
He set pro hockey's single-season assist record with San Diego and scored Canada's only win over the Soviets in 1974.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ottawa's betting-ad bill is coming, but the boards stay busy
Bill S-211 faces a Commons committee vote this week. It orders a national framework, not a ban, and two provinces want no part of it.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 12 for 12, Detroit wins anyway
Lucas Raymond wins a shootout in Edmonton, Doughty runs the Garden for the Kings, and Calgary beats Bobrovsky for a fourth straight win.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Miroshnichenko's door is open, and Washington is holding it
The Capitals let their 2022 first-rounder look for a trade after three games, 33 minutes and one shot on goal.
Gord Tremblay · 4 min read
