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Going public was the play A 33-year-old goalie asking out does not leak by accident. Connor Hellebuyck let the news out. According to Elliotte Friedman, appearing on NHL Tonight, the Winnipeg Jets netminder went public for one simple reason: to get the situation sorted before training camp opens, or at the latest before the regular…

Eight years, $75.04 million The Vancouver Canucks announced overnight that Zeev Buium has signed a contract extension. The defenseman agreed to an eight-year deal worth $75.04 million. The contract will kick in from the 2027-28 season. Buium is 20. He could have become a restricted free agent at the end of next season. The player…

Vancouver have tied a 20-year-old with 45 games for the club to an eight-year, $75 million contract. Zeev Buium says the length was his own idea.

NHL: Philadelphia Flyers, 2025/2026 review Six years without playoff hockey in Philadelphia. That ended in 2025-26. The Flyers finished with 98 points and third place in the Metropolitan, then knocked out Pittsburgh in six games before Carolina swept them out of round two on the way to the Stanley Cup. A step forward, and a…

NHL: Buffalo Sabres – 2025/2026 Review Buffalo finally snapped a 15-year playoff drought, the longest in NHL history, by putting together a 109-point season and finishing top of the Atlantic. They then beat Boston in six games in round one before heartbreak struck against Montreal, who edged them in seven after overtime settled the final…

A deal that guarantees him nothing Twenty-ninth pick in the 2020 draft. Six years on, Brendan Brisson is signing a one-year deal in Toronto and hoping it buys him a locker. The Maple Leafs confirmed the agreement Friday without putting a figure on it. Reporting around the league pegs it as a two-way contract, $850,000…

Toronto have handed a former Vegas first-round pick a one-year contract. Brendan Brisson arrives with 27 NHL games behind him and a pile of AHL goals.

From 116 points to 82 in one season Thirty-four points, gone. Winnipeg went from the Presidents’ Trophy to seventh in the Central and no playoffs, one of the ugliest single-season falls the league has seen in years. The forwards were not the problem. Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor both had monster years while the team…

NHL: Utah Mammoth, 2025/2026 review Utah reached the playoffs for the first time in its history, finishing with 92 points and fourth place in the Central in just its second season under this banner. The spring run ended in round one against Vegas, but even so, that berth is a real milestone for a franchise…