Author: Mark Henry

Golden Knights Acquire Ivan Barbashev

On Sunday morning, the Vegas Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon announced they acquired forward Ivan Barbashev from the St. Louis Blues. To acquire Barbashev, Vegas traded away 2021 first-round draft choice Zach Dean. A pending unrestricted free agent, the 27-year-old Barbashev has ten goals and 19 assists for 29 points in 59 games this […]

Winnipeg Jets Acquire Nino Niederreiter

On Saturday afternoon, the Winnipeg jets announced they made a trade with the Nashville Predators to acquire forward Nino Neiderreiter. In return for Neiderreiter, Winnipeg agreed to send Nashville their 2024 second-round pick. Neiderreiter, 30, is in the first year of a two-year contract with a $4 million AAV. With a history of preferring term […]

Let’s Talk: #NHLTradeDeadline Winnipeg Jets 2023

With the #NHLTradeDeadline right around the corner, March 3rd. If the Winnipeg Jets want to make the Stanley Cup playoffs, they have some work to do with very little time left. Whether these ideas are realistic or not, who cares. Let’s look at what the Winnipeg Jets could do to help bolster their club and […]

Kraken goalie Chris Driedger on NHL Waivers

On Thursday, one of the original Seattle Kraken goaltenders, Chris Driedger, was placed on the NHL waiver wire. Seattle selected Driedger from the Florida Panthers in the 2021 expansion draft. After a breakout season with Florida in 2020/21, registering a 2.07 GAA and a .927 save percentage in 23 games with a 14-6-3 record with […]

Winnipeg Jets First-Round Pick Brad Lambert is Making an Impact in the WHL

Leading up to the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, Brad Lambert was often mentioned in the same sentence as now Seattle Kraken prospect and current Windsor Spitfire forward Shane Wright, Buffalo Sabres Prospect and current Winnipeg Ice forward Matthew Savoie as to who would be the top pick of the draft. As it turned out, none […]

Matt Murray is Back with the Stars

On Wednesday morning, goaltender Matt Murray got the call back up to the NHL. How you may ask? He was placed on the IR earlier this month, and unlike last season he hasn’t been playing in the AHL. Dallas Stars, Matt Murray. You know, the one who can stay healthy and doesn’t have a $6.25 […]

Winnipeg Jets rookie Cole Perfetti lands on IR

Winnipeg Jets announced Tuesday afternoon that they would be without rookie forward Cole Perfetti for at least seven days after being sent the IR. The 21-year-old first-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, 10th overall, suffered an upper-body injury in Sunday’s 4-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils before sitting out Monday’s 4-1 victory […]

Islanders Mathew Barzal is Out Indefinitely

The New York Islanders have announced that center Mathew Barzal will be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. He suffered the injury early in the first period of Saturday’s 6-2 loss against the Boston Bruins. It was just Barzal’s third shift of the game, logging just 1:32 of ice time before he left. A first-round […]

Former First-Round Pick Mark Jankowski on NHL Waivers

The Nashville Predators placed forward Mark Jankowski on waivers Monday afternoon. The 28-year-old has four goals and three assists in 26 games this season with the Predators. Jankowski signed a one-year contract with Nashville last off-season with a cap hit of $750,000. Originally selected in the first round (21st overall) by the Calgary Flames in […]

Connor Bedard Joins Elite Company

The 2023 NHL Entry Draft takes place June 28-29 in Nashville, Tennessee, at Bridgestone Arena, home of the Nashville Predators. All eyes will be on Regina Pats phenom Connor Bedard. Bedard, 17, is the projected first-overall pick in this year’s draft. The 5’ 10”, 185 lb center has 103 points (51G, 52A) in 41 games […]