Joonas Korpisalo just gave the Boston Bruins a reminder of what the best case looks like, stopping all 27 shots in a recent 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins for his first shutout of the season. The timing is interesting because Boston has been gauging the market on Korpisalo , and the chatter around the league is that moving him is much harder than simply wanting to. He is 31, has been up and down as Jeremy Swayman’s backup, and the contract baggage is real with two years left ...
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The idea of the Vancouver Canucks trading Elias Pettersson once felt untouchable, especially following his eight-year contract extension, which he is just in the second year of. That’s no longer the case. According to The Province’s Patrick Johnston , it would be “not impossible” for the Canucks to move their top center as the organization leans deeper into a true reset. Calls have come in, interest exists, and while nothing appears imminent, the fact Pettersson’s name is even circulating spea...
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In a surprise move, the first head coach to bite the dust this season in the National Hockey League is Dean Evason of the Columbus Blue Jackets . 🚨 Team Update 🚨 We’ve relieved head coach Dean Evason and assistant coach Steve McCarthy of their duties and hired veteran NHL coach Rick Bowness as the club’s head coach. CBJ x @OHHeartofitAll pic.twitter.com/cXWr59Pd5w — Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) January 12, 2026 The team has named veteran coach Rick Bowness as Evason's replacem...
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The Edmonton Oilers have seen enough of top prospect Quinn Hutson this season to know they want to keep him around for a few years. With that, they have signed the previously undrafted 24-year-old to a two-year extension. Quinn Hutson signs for 2 more years with the Oilers ✍️ pic.twitter.com/7gjbzdcpWR — Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) January 12, 2026 The deal will pay Hutson $875,000 annually (the same as his current contract), and will expire in 2028 when he'll be a restri...
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While the Eastern Conference wildcard race is tight with all of the teams at or above .500, the Western Conference wildcard race is tight, but much weaker. There are some teams climbing above .500 and playing well, but it seems just as tough to make the playoffs. The St. Louis Blues are one of the teams in the running, but have been falling out of the race. They are now four games under .500 and six points back of a playoff spot with two extra games played. There continues to be plenty of play...
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Team Canada was not an easy team to make for the 2026 Olympics. There were many deserving players left off the team, but some may get the chance to go if injuries or something else happens at the wrong time. Right now, Bo Horvat and Tom Wilson are injured, while Devon Toews will choose being at the birth of his child over playing in the Olympics. Pierre LeBrun said, "15 players have been told that they're on the reserve list. The forwards...some pretty obvious names: Sam Bennett, Connor Bedard...
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The Ottawa Senators goaltending has been in shambles all season long, and although Linus Ullmark wasn't having a good season as the starter, he has been taken off the board and is away from the team for the foreseeable future, leaving the duties in the Senators crease to Leevi Merilainen and Mads Sogaard. Because that has gone so poorly, the team decided to bring in James Reimer. The Senators gave Reimer a game in the AHL where he didn't play well at all, but are so desperate that the team has...
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Jake DeBrusk's disappointing season has landed him on the rumor mill of late. He was a healthy scratch for the Vancouver Canucks in late December. And while things have turned around a bit for him since then, the same can't be said for the team, however. DeBrusk has three goals and five points in the last five games, but the Canucks' losing streak was extended to six games over the weekend with a dreadful 5-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs , and they are now dead last in the NHL. ...
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The Dougie Hamilton drama with the New Jersey Devils is now at a boiling point. He was a healthy scratch on Sunday and we heard that his agent admitted the player might be willing to waive his no-trade for some of the teams not on his 10-team trade list. The latest intel emerging on this Monday morning is that there are three teams now considered "serious suitors" with three other teams in the mix as well, per James Murphy in rg.org. The Sharks, Maple Leafs, and Mammoth have all emerged ...
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Tyler Myers has been a mainstay on the Vancouver Canucks for the past seven seasons and, by all accounts, loves it there, but the closer the March 6 trade deadline gets, the more real the uncomfortable question becomes. Ben Kuzma of The Province floated the idea that Vancouver could at least explore whether Myers would consider waiving his no movement clause for a shot with a contender, even if the initial answer might be a “resounding ‘no’.” With the Canucks shifting t...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have been living on the trade deadline carousel for years, but The Athletic’s Jonas Siegel made it pretty clear this time that every blue-line “fix” comes with a price tag that could sting in very different ways. With injuries piling up again and Chris Tanev’s status looming large, Toronto’s need for a right-shot defender feels obvious.
Rasmus Andersson
If you’re dreaming big, Siegel framed Rasmus Andersson as the best on-ice fit and the closest thing the Mapl...
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The New York Rangers ' season is crashing all around them, losers of six of their last seven games, capped off by an utterly embarrassing 10-2 thrashing at the hands of the Boston Bruins on Saturday. With that, insider Vincent Mercogliano of The Athletic is calling for the Rangers to "sell, sell, sell." Anyone who watched the New York Rangers play on Saturday could reach only one conclusion in regard to the internal roster decisions being weighed. It’s time to sell, sell,...
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The New Jersey Devils have been trying to trade Dougie Hamilton for months, and haven't had any luck thanks to Hamilton getting involved in the process. The right-handed defenceman has a 10-team trade list and used his control last offseason, denying a deal that would have sent him to the San Jose Sharks. The ironic part is the Sharks are one of the biggest surprises this season and sit in a playoff spot, so Sportnet's Elliotte Friedman wonders if the talks will continue. Elliotte Friedm...
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It was another disastrous performance by the Vancouver Canucks , in a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. The team is seemingly on the verge of selling some assets, starting with pending unrestricted free agent Kiefer Sherwood. But the gritty, hard-nosed forward is letting his current teammates have it before his impending exit. It's the NHL… F-----g bring it every night. To not be ready or just get out-willed in certain areas, it's unacceptable. It's ...
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The New Jersey Devils have quickly found out their mistake in signing both Jacob Markstrom and Jake Allen to multi-year deals a year before they were free agents. There is no problem with Allen now, and he should be the starter in New Jersey if they are serious about winning games, but Markstrom is a problem this season. Allen has started one more game than Markstrom and the numbers are vastly different. Allen has a 2.61 GAA, .911 SV%, one shutout, and 5.38 goals saved above expected (GSAx). H...
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The situation around the Ottawa Senators has reached a new low. The unsubstantiated Linus Ullmark rumors and team's controversial statement about it have left many puzzled, and the players infuriated. Captain Brady Tkachuk spoke out in no uncertain terms about the circus enveloping the team with regards to the salacious rumors, calling it "F-----g mindblowing." (Warning: offensive language): It's pretty f-----g bulls--t. I don’t think anybody’s pretty happy about a narrative being ...
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The New Jersey Devils are making a shocking move by healthy scratching Dougie Hamilton for their Sunday game. With Simon Nemec back from injury and Johnathan Kovacevic ready to step into the lineup for his first game of the season, the veteran d-man, who's had a tough season and is on the trade block, is having more drastic action taken against him. Hamilton has a 10-team trade list, but reportedly blocked a trade to the San Jose Sharks at an earlier date. While that's his right as it's in his...
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The Vancouver Canucks are in a weird spot. They are definitely bad enough to commit to a rebuild, but even after trading Quinn Hughes, the feeling is that they are avoiding that course of action. They have the ability to go in that direction and succeed over the next few seasons by collecting younger players and draft picks moving off of their larger contracts as the upcoming drafts are good. One of the players that is in trade rumors is Jake DeBrusk, in just his second of a seven-year deal. B...
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The St. Louis Blues have locked up a key piece of their core, and a pillar on their blueline. 6 MORE YEARS OF PHILIP BROBERG! DETAILS ➡️ https://t.co/N92LUvyIay pic.twitter.com/iInVIe2EMM — St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 10, 2026 The Blues announced on Saturday they've signed defenceman Philip Broberg to a six-year contract extension worth $8 million AAV. Broberg, 24, was a pending restricted free agent at season's end, and now both sides have some serious security moving forward. The...
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The New Jersey Devils and defenceman Dougie Hamilton are heading for a divorce. After several failed attempts to try and move the veteran blueliner, trade talks have ramped up in a big way in New Jersey, and now even Hamilton's agent is involved: Dougie was informed today that he will be not be playing now that Kovacevic is back in the lineup. In our view, this decision is all about business rather than his game right now. Singling him out seems very calculated at this stage. Dougie has a 10-t...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are red-hot as of late, sitting fifth in the Atlantic at 21-15-7. The idea making the rounds, and brought up by Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos would be a true blockbuster, a push to pry Dallas Stars winger Jason Robertson loose if his next contract lands north of $12 million per year, more than what Mikko Rantanen got. Kypreos’ point was that Toronto could handle the money, where the Stars might not be able to, but the real problem is what it would cost in premium futur...
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The Evgeni Malkin rumors are starting to get loud again, and this time it comes straight from Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos , who says there are clubs that would love to add the Pittsburgh Penguins star if he is willing to consider it. Malkin has a full no-movement clause, meaning nothing happens unless he personally signs off. Evgeni Malkin holds all the leverage Kypreos wrote that “there are teams that would dearly love to land Evgeni Malkin,” but added that Malkin is “in full control of th...
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The Carolina Hurricanes have a problem on their hands and it's finding ways to get Jesperi Kotkaniemi going. The struggles are real for the 25-year-old forward and recently, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman revealed the team is open to a trade. Elliotte Friedman: A name to watch closely: Carolina’s Jesperi Kotkaniemi; word around the NHL is the Hurricanes recognize he needs a fresh start; Carolina is considering offers as you read this. Kotkaniemi has appeared in 25 games this season, scoring jus...
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After a great start to the season, the Columbus Blue Jackets haven't been able to keep pace in the Eastern Conference, and enter Saturday's action at the bottom of the standings. CBJ has posted 18-18-7 record so far this season, and has fallen eight points out of a playoff spot, with a huge group of teams to leapfrog. GM Don Waddell hasn't been shy pulling off some moves already this season and there's expectation that teams are calling him right now asking about a few of his players. He...
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Somebody tell everyone new to hockey in Utah that you don't whistle during a game. Especially collectively over 10,000 of you at a time. It's turned into a whacky arena in Utah as this weird tradition started a couple of weeks ago, and has seemingly taken off. The players have noticed though, and shocker, they don't want to hear it. Utah Mammoth forward Clayton Keller was recently asked about what the fans have been up to and he made it as clear as day, enough is enough. Mammoth games st...
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