Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas Golden Knights trade Pacioretty, Coghlan for future considerations
The salary cap squeeze has claimed another victim. The Vegas Golden Knights are the latest on the chopping block as they traded forward Max Pacioretty and defenseman Dylan Coghlan to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for future considerations. Albeit his age and extensive injury history, Pacioretty still averages about 30 goals a season when healthy. […]
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Carolina Hurricanes Free Agency Frenzy Recap
Overview The Carolina Hurricanes had a busy day on the first day of the free agency frenzy. After falling short these playoffs in a Game 7 defeat to the New York Rangers, a sour taste was left in their mouths. This team is hungry, and this team wants more. This team has every intention of […]
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New Jersey Devils Should Look To Trade For Nicolas Hague
The defense was once the bread and butter of Devils hockey. The Devils loved their defense by boasting names like Scott Stevens, Ken Daneyko, Scott Niedermayer, Brian Rafalski, and even Andy Greene. They not only thrived off of it, but they lived it, and it helped capture three Stanley cups. While management has turned its […]
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Breaking: Pete Deboer set to become Stars next Coach
Overview The coaching carousel keeps winding around and around. While two teams have hired a new head coach, plenty more have been searching for the right type of coach. The Dallas Stars have been on the search, and the investigation has been ongoing after Rich Bowness stepped down. While the rumor has been Barry Trotz […]
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Bruce Cassidy to Vegas: “A No-Brainer”
Bruce Cassidy spoke to the media on Thursday as the Vegas Golden Knights introduced the former Bruins’ head coach as the third coach in the team’s short five-year history. Cassidy was relieved of his duties by Boston on June 6th after leading the Bruins to the playoffs in all six of his seasons as head […]
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Habs Trade Shea Weber to Vegas for Evgeni Dadonov
Thursday afternoon Kent Hughes announced that he and Vegas had reached a deal to trade the defenseman for the Russian forward. “First of all, I would like to thank Shea for all that he has done for and represented to the Montreal Canadiens”. That was Hughes’s opening statement to the Montreal media when he began […]
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Bruce Cassidy Finds New Home in the NHL
Last week the Boston Bruins made a head-scratching move when they moved on from head coach Bruce Cassidy. After being told he would finish out his contract by general manager Don Sweeney, Sweeney went to Cassidy’s house and broke the news of the firing. Many Bruins fans were in an uproar in the days since […]
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Player Profile: Mark Stone
Mark Stone was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on May 13th, 1992. Son to Rob and Jackie Stone and brother to Michael Stone of the Calgary Flames. Stone grew up playing midget hockey in Manitoba, where he played in the Telus Cup. Eventually, Stone progressed into his Junior career, where he played for the Brandon Wheat […]
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Golden Knights: How do you solve the Cap Crunch
With a Vegas team scraping the cap ceiling, something has to give. The team has just shy of $2m in cap space for the upcoming season with 4-5 roster spots to fill. League minimum for all 4 to 5 players still pushes them over the cap. Someone has to be traded, right? Vegas tried to […]
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Golden Knights: Mark Stone has successful back surgery
The Vegas Golden Knights had back surgery which was confirmed on Thursday, and is expected to make a full recovery and be ready to play next season. The Knights confirmed Stone had a lumbar discectomy which is surgery done to fix a disc in the lower part of the back at Cedar Sinai Marina Del […]
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