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Vegas Golden Knights sign Phil Kessel

On Wednesday night Vegas Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon announced the team had agreed to terms with the veteran forward Phil Kessel. The deal is a one-year contract that will pay him 1.5 million this upcoming season. Kessel is a two-time Stanley Cup champion in back-to-back years of 2015-16 and 2016-17 and has accumulated […]

Player Profile: Max Pacioretty

Max “Patches” Pacioretty was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, on November 20th, 1988. His early years of hockey started with New Canaan High School and transitioned to the Taft Prep School, followed by a stint in the USHL with the Sioux City Musketeers. Pacioretty eventually transitioned to the Hamilton Bull Dogs, where he played three […]

Max Pacioretty Sidelined Six Months With Torn Achilles

It wasn’t the best news for Canes fans on Tuesday as they learned their newly acquired top-six winger, Max Pacioretty, will recover from a torn Achilles. It will take approximately six months to recover from this injury fully. The newly acquired Canes forward will have to wait until the new year to make his Hurricanes […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]