NHL News
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NHL Day 29: New Jersey Devils, hunting the consistency that slipped away
NHL: New Jersey Devils – 2025/2026 Review Eight straight wins to open the season. Then a slow, ugly unravelling that nobody in the room saw coming. New Jersey finished on 87 points and missed the playoffs by 10, a brutal outcome for a team that started the year believing it belonged in the Cup conversation.…
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NHL: Jets suspend Hellebuyck after camp no-show
Eleven seasons in one city, and now a suspension Connor Hellebuyck did not report to training camp. The Winnipeg Jets suspended him on Wednesday. The team did not announce how long the move will last or whether it carries any financial penalty. The 33-year-old goalie made his trade request public last month. Nothing has changed…
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NHL: Cutter Gauthier signs six years with Anaheim at $13.5M a season
$13.5 million a year, five days before camp Anaheim cleared its biggest contract problem off the desk with five days to spare before the first preseason game. Cutter Gauthier put his name on a six-year deal Tuesday. The Ducks kept the terms quiet, but ESPN and The Athletic both have it at an annual average…
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NHL: Devils hand Evangelista a five-year extension
New Jersey traded for Luke Evangelista on September 1. On Tuesday night they signed him for five more years at 36.25 million dollars, before he has played a game for them.
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NHL: Eight-year contracts are gone as new CBA kicks in
Midnight, Eastern Time Fax machines were still rattling right to the wire. On Tuesday, across all 32 team offices, deals were signed, faxed and announced. Fast. Because at midnight tonight, the NHL’s new collective bargaining agreement kicked in. It runs for four years. And it tears up a rule everyone knew by heart: a player…
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NHL: Ducks lock up Cutter Gauthier at $13.5M a year
Anaheim signed Cutter Gauthier to six years at $13.5 million per season on the final night of the old CBA, and nearly $19.5 million of it lands in year one.
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NHL: Jordan Staal signs on for another year in Carolina
Three months after lifting the Stanley Cup and collecting the Conn Smythe, Carolina’s 38-year-old captain has extended through 2027-28 on a bonus-heavy one-year deal.
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NHL: Batherson lands record 8-year, $86M Senators deal
Ottawa has never paid anyone like this. Drake Batherson signed an eight-year, $86 million extension on Tuesday, hours before the NHL’s new CBA shut the door on eight-year deals.
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NHL: Connor Bedard gets the C in Chicago, shoulder and all
The C before the first skate Twenty years old. A repaired shoulder. And a C stitched on the jersey. Chicago made the call this morning. Connor Bedard is now the 37th captain in Blackhawks history. The news lands just days before training camp opens, even though he won’t be on the ice for the season…
