Former Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres head coach, and current Coachella Valley Firebirds head coach, Dan Bylsma was named the new bench boss for the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. The AHL affiliate Firebirds are still taking part in the AHL playoffs so he’s not 100% with the big club just yet, but he will be [...]
San Jose Sharks reported Sheng Peng indicates that prospect Will Smith may sign with the Sharks this summer. Smith was taken fourth overall in the 2023 Draft and would pair very nicely with the incoming Macklin Celebrini. We'll cover it more when it happens, but Peng is a very good reporter so there shouldn't be [...]
It was a very wild back and forth Game 3 between New York and Florida that needed some overtime to decide it. The Panthers got out an early lead thanks to a Sam Reinhart power play goal but Alexis Lafreniere replied five minutes later to tie the game, and it was a beautiful backhand: https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1794815847158194327 [...]
New Jersey officially introduced former Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe as the Devils' new head coach on Thursday. Yesterday, I wrote about how Keefe ran Toronto's offence in 2023-24, how that contrasts to New Jersey's approach, and why other factors are probably more important than any of that. Go read that for more on this change. [...]
New Jersey has hired former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe to be their new bench boss. The Devils missed the postseason this year after making it to the second round a season ago, and that led to the dismissal of coach Lindy Ruff. After years of playoff disappointment, Keefe was also let go [...]
Los Angeles removed the interim tag from head coach Jim Hiller and he’ll be the full-time coach heading into the 2024-25 season. After taking over at the All-Star break, the team went 21-12-1 to secure their playoff spot. They were bounced in the first round by Edmonton, but they were a legitimately great defensive team [...]
Following a successful season with the Nashville Predators, Ryan McDonagh is heading back to Tampa Bay as the Lightning re-acquired one of their stalwarts from their two Stanley Cup runs. He had 32 points in his second year with the Predators, finishing second among the team’s blue liners in ice time per game. He also [...]
Frank Seravalli reported that Brock Boeser’s blood clot issue is going to make him miss the rest of the playoffs regardless of the result of Game 7. That is just a brutal circumstance for the winger who had a career season and was such a big part of the team’s success. It appears he’ll he [...]
Prior to Game 4, Colorado got some bad news regarding Valeri Nichushkin but there was also a surprise scratch in Devon Toews. The good news is that Toews was back in the lineup for Game 5 and he is certainly one of the most important cogs of the team after Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar. [...]
The NHL announced Carson Soucy is suspended one game for his cross-check on Connor McDavid on Sunday night while Nikita Zadorov got a $5000 fine for another cross-check on McDavid a split-second before the Soucy cross-check. There seems to be a theme here but I can’t quite put my finger on it… * Filip Chytil [...]
