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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…

Detroit settles on a decision-maker for the season The Red Wings have named Shawn Horcoff interim general manager. The move was announced during the day, just days before training camp opens. Horcoff, 47, knows the place well. He has been with the organization for 10 years. Promoted to assistant GM in 2022, he also runs…

84 million sealed at the death Washington left it late, but the deal got done. The Capitals have locked up winger Ryan Leonard on an eight-year, $84 million extension, a $10.5 million annual hit against the salary cap. The timing was no accident. September 15 is the last day an NHL team can sign a…

New deal just two days before camp opens He was heading into the final year of his contract. Instead, he is back for several more seasons. The Minnesota Wild have extended John Hynes this Tuesday. The team did not reveal the exact length, only that it is a multi-year agreement. Training camp opens on Thursday.…

One point short, and a season that came apart One point. That was the gap between Washington and Philadelphia when the regular season ran out, and it cost the Capitals their first playoff berth since 2022-23. The fall was steep. This group had finished top of the Eastern Conference twelve months earlier, and they opened…

Buffalo locks up its young center One full NHL season. Twenty-seven points. Eight years and $52.8 million. The Sabres extended Noah Ostlund on Monday at $6.6 million per season, a deal that runs through 2034. Ostlund is 22, coming off 27 points in 60 games with 11 goals and 16 assists. Buffalo took him 16th…

NHL: Montreal Canadiens – 2025/2026 review One playoff appearance between 2021 and 2024. Then 106 points and a conference final. Montreal put together the most meaningful season of its rebuild era, knocking out Tampa Bay and Buffalo in back-to-back seven-game series before running into Carolina, the eventual Stanley Cup champions. That is a serious leap…

Montreal handed Martin St. Louis a multi-year extension on Monday, two days before camp opens. Josh Anderson gets a letter for the first time in six seasons with the club.

Horvat takes over the C Three and a half seasons after landing on Long Island, Bo Horvat has the letter. The New York Islanders made it official on Monday, handing the 31-year-old the captaincy and making him the 16th man to wear the C in franchise history. Hardly a shock in that room. The Canadian…