8+ hour, 24+ min ago   (327+ words) John Chayka has a two-word status update on Auston Matthews, and it is full green-light. The new Maple Leafs general manager told NHL.com that his captain is “pretty much 100 percent ready to go physically” for Thursday’s first training camp…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (327+ words) Sidney Crosby has a lucky belt. He has worn it on game days for something like 20 years, and when 32 Thoughts pushed him for one more detail, the Penguins captain laughed and shut it down. “I’m not going there,” Crosby said....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (335+ words) Leon Draisaitl is sold on Mike Babcock. Edmonton’s leadership group has been on the ice at Rogers Place all week for captains’ skates, and Draisaitl was asked Thursday for his early read on the new head coach. “He’s just so…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (481+ words) Gavin McKenna will not have to figure out Toronto on his own. He is going to figure it out from John Tavares’ spare room. The No. 1 overall pick will live with Tavares and his family through the 2026-27 season, a plan…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (438+ words) Connor McDavid is watching the rest of the league sprint past him on the payroll, and he sounds perfectly happy about it. The Oilers captain spoke Tuesday at the NHL’s annual Player Media Tour in Henderson, Nevada, where he was…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (368+ words) Mike Babcock has not had many character witnesses since Edmonton hired him. Sidney Crosby just volunteered. Crosby was asked about the Oilers’ new head coach at the NHL Player Media Tour on Tuesday, and he went straight to the parts…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (398+ words) Thomas Chabot didn’t soften it. The Senators defenseman was asked Tuesday at the team’s annual charity golf tournament in Manotick about Brady Tkachuk requesting a trade out of Ottawa. He gave the bluntest answer anyone in that room has offered…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (339+ words) Hockey Canada is getting a new look, and the wait is almost over. The federation dropped four close-up teaser images on Monday morning with nothing but a date attached: 09.09.26, plus a maple leaf. That sets the full unveiling for Wednesday,…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (422+ words) Fifteen years ago today, an entire hockey team died on a riverbank outside Yaroslavl. IIHF president Rene Fasel was asked to put the September 7, 2011 crash into words within hours of it happening, and he did not reach for anything softer....

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (428+ words) The Detroit Red Wings wanted a general manager in place by Labor Day. Labor Day showed up and took a candidate off the board instead. Elliotte Friedman reported Monday that Detroit Tigers general manager Jeff Greenberg has pulled his name…...