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Wow. That's all I can say. Check out the stats on Vaakanainen at the bottom of the article - he has 1 point in 5 games this season, and is currently on the IR. Overall he has 25 points - 1 goal, 24 assists - in 141 regular season games.

They traded the captain for a guy on the IR and a pick.

Suppose you have a friend that likes a team you dislike. What jersey could you get them that would piss them off the most?

Eg: I have a Canucks fan as a friend -- if I got them a nice Canucks Jersey with a Messier 11 plate on it...

The Utah Hockey Club got the full Toronto experience Sunday night ahead of their first-ever matchup against the Maple Leafs—bumper-to-bumper traffic that forced the team to walk to the game.

“I think that’s a first for everyone. Never saw that before,” Utah defenceman Maveric Lamoureux tells the camera that documented the team’s stroll to Scotiabank Arena.

Lamoureux said the team’s bus was “not moving at all” in the Sunday evening traffic, just hours after the Santa Claus Parade and resulting road closures.

“So it’s pretty much the whole team walking the street,” he said, noting that they would probably miss their 5:15 p.m. pre-game meeting.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are struggling mightily this season. Sitting at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division with a dismal 7-11-4 record and a minus 29 goal differential, changes are likely on the horizon. One name unexpectedly swirling in the NHL trade rumor mill is Penguins captain Sidney Crosby.

Could “Sid the Kid” actually waive his no-movement clause to chase one last Stanley Cup with a contender? It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. While Crosby remains a highly productive player, the Penguins’ championship window appears to have slammed shut.

Why isn't Moose wearing his bucket during warm-ups? In any event #LetsGoWild and beat the #TampaBayLightning !

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Its been a pretty fun start to the season. Just really don't want the streak to end to the Leafs, but I'm kinda expecting it.

I think it’s an improvement on the black and gold shirts originally but still falls short of the green and purple ones for me. I get wanting to create a different identity though.

No joke, that Dahlin hit on Krebs was dirty as fuck.

I know teammates occasionally get into it with one another; it is what it is, but to perform *that* hit on a teammate is arguably a worse look than the actual fight itself.

What was he thinking? Not exactly a great look for the new captain.

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Despite all the salary cap Shenanigans Vegas has pulled I think Lehner getting paid is a good thing.

A cat of good taste

Obviously wishing Dakota the best in his recovery.

Excerpt from the article:

Dakota Joshua, a forward for the Vancouver Canucks and former Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick, revealed that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer over the summer. Joshua then underwent successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumor and is now recuperating and healing.

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The opening day of Rookie Camp is September 11 and Training Camp is set to begin on September 18.

Opening Night rosters are due on October 7, the night before the Florida Panthers kick off the regular season with their banner-raising night against the Boston Bruins.

This year’s holiday roster freeze is set from December 20 through December 27. For the Christmas holiday, the league is breaking completely with no practices allowed from December 24 through 26.

The 2024-25 season will pause 11 days for the 4 Nations Face-Off from February 10 through 21 where NHL players from Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States will compete against each other.

The NHL’s Trade Deadline will be on Friday, March 7 at 3 pm (EST). The last day of the season is April 17 and the Stanley Cup Playoffs are set to begin on April 19.

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The Professional Women’s Hockey League on Tuesday announced the hiring of AHL executive Melissa Caruso to take over as general manager of its Minnesota franchise and shore up a team that dealt with several crises in the weeks after winning the league’s inaugural championship.

Caruso replaces former U.S. Olympian Natalie Darwitz, who was removed by the league in June following a monthslong review and mere weeks after Minnesota clinched the Walter Cup in a decisive fifth game. Hefford did not reveal the findings of the league’s review, which included input from players, staff and team partners, in saying the feedback was clear a change was required.

The troubles in Minnesota didn’t end there and with coach Ken Klee overseeing personnel decisions and the draft on an interim basis.

At the draft on June 10, Klee was questioned for using a second-round pick to select Britta Curl, who had drawn criticism from the women’s hockey and LGBTQ+ communities for supporting transphobic messaging on social media. Klee defended the decision to select the two-year Wisconsin captain by saying he spoke to numerous coaches and players who knew Curl.

No other details have been released yet, just that it was an "accident".

“Jeff Marek is no longer with Sportsnet,” a Sportsnet spokesperson told Daily Hive this morning.