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Anaheim Ducks

Ducks Player Milestones Reached in 2023-24
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After a difficult 2023-24 season, the Anaheim Ducks are in offseason mode. Injuries and inconsistencies derailed the rebuilding club, who finished with a 27-50-5 record, the third-worst in the NHL. Their six-straight seasons without a playoff appearance is the fourth-longest active drought in the league. Related: Anaheim Ducks’ 2024 Offseason Primer While there wasn’t much team success, Ducks players hit a handful of individual milestones throughout the season. During the preseason, we previewed the achievements to keep an eye out for. Today, we’ll look at those milestones and see who reached their numbers and who fell short, including a few…

NHL Rumors: Ducks, Maple Leafs, Blues, Canadiens
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In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Anaheim Ducks have an offseason plan and their GM isn’t afraid to share that plan. Meanwhile, William Nylander is practicing again for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Will he play in Game 3? And, are the rumors of disciplinary action against Nylander true? The St. Louis Blues intend to extend Pavel Buchnevich, and will the Montreal Canadiens take a big swing at forward? Ducks Going Shopping in the Summer According to the official X.com account for the Anaheim Ducks, “Ducks GM Pat Verbeek in a season-ending media session says the team is pursuing both a…

Anaheim Ducks Jersey History
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*This archive was originally written by Austin Stanovich The Anaheim Ducks have worn quite a few jerseys during their relatively short history. Some of them have been among the most beloved in the NHL, while some have failed to flatter anyone. Their jersey history has been a bit more inconsistent than their on-ice performances. With a mixed bag of huge successes and big misses, we’ll take a look at the jerseys this franchise has worn. A Bold Beginning The Ducks would start their life as an NHL franchise with a jersey design that can only be described as unique. Jade…

Calgary Flames

Prime Video to Carry National Monday Night Games in Canada
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The game of hockey makes a move into the streaming age. The National Hockey League announced alongside Amazon and Rogers Communications a two-year agreement that nationally televised Monday night NHL games will move to Prime Video in Canada beginning with the upcoming 2024-25 season. The package had been named “Prime Monday Night Hockey.” These games’ broadcasts will be produced by Prime Video and will be exclusive to Canadian Amazon Prime Members, according to NHL Public Relations. “We are thrilled to collaborate with Amazon and Rogers on this project. Amazon has a strong track record of presenting sports on Prime Video…

Grading Every Flames Player’s Performance in 2023-24
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The 2023-24 season has officially wrapped up for the Calgary Flames, with their 5-1 win over the San Jose Sharks serving as their final game. Overall, it was a disappointing year for this group, who some believed may be able to rebound and get back into the playoffs. Instead, they finished with a 38-39-5 record for just 81 points. Related: Flames Players’ Optimism Much Higher Than a Season Ago There were plenty of positives from this team, however, and in particular the play of their youth. They are still some time away from contending, but things are slowly going in…

NHL Rumors: Oilers, Flames, Maple Leafs, Flyers
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In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Toronto Maple Leafs are waiting to make a game-time decision on William Nylander’s status versus the Boston Bruins in Game 2. Meanwhile, the Edmonton Oilers are in the news as Evander Kane revealed he has a sports hernia injury and the team called up a goaltender as an emergency backup. The Philadelphia Flyers might be moving on from a few key players, and are the Calgary Flames looking at a possible on-ice reunion next season? Maple Leafs Waiting on Nylander News Maintaining their stance that they won’t talk much about injuries to key players…

Edmonton Oilers

Prime Video to Carry National Monday Night Games in Canada
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The game of hockey makes a move into the streaming age. The National Hockey League announced alongside Amazon and Rogers Communications a two-year agreement that nationally televised Monday night NHL games will move to Prime Video in Canada beginning with the upcoming 2024-25 season. The package had been named “Prime Monday Night Hockey.” These games’ broadcasts will be produced by Prime Video and will be exclusive to Canadian Amazon Prime Members, according to NHL Public Relations. “We are thrilled to collaborate with Amazon and Rogers on this project. Amazon has a strong track record of presenting sports on Prime Video…

Oilers Represent Corey Perry’s Best Chance at Second Cup
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Corey Perry finds himself in the unique and privileged position of getting to compete for his elusive second career championship in this season’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. Few could have predicted that, let alone that he would sign another NHL contract midway through the season, after an abrupt dismissal and contract termination by the Chicago Blackhawks in November. That said, Perry took the requisite steps to put himself in a position to take part in another postseason run. After an early and mid-career run of success with the Anaheim Ducks, which included a championship in 2007 and several additional appearances in…

Oilers Haunted by History in Game 2 Overtime Loss to Kings
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Rogers Place was rocking on Monday (April 22), when the Edmonton Oilers ended their 34-year drought of not winning Game 1 of a playoff series on home ice, by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 7-4 in the opening contest of their best-of-seven Western Conference Round 1 series. But Edmonton fans will have to wait for the end of the Oilers’ 34-year-drought of not taking a 2-0 series lead on home ice, after Kings forward Anze Kopitar silenced Rogers Place by scoring just 127 seconds into overtime of Game 2 on Wednesday (April 24). Kopitar’s second goal of the night gave…

Los Angeles Kings

Oilers Haunted by History in Game 2 Overtime Loss to Kings
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Rogers Place was rocking on Monday (April 22), when the Edmonton Oilers ended their 34-year drought of not winning Game 1 of a playoff series on home ice, by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 7-4 in the opening contest of their best-of-seven Western Conference Round 1 series. But Edmonton fans will have to wait for the end of the Oilers’ 34-year-drought of not taking a 2-0 series lead on home ice, after Kings forward Anze Kopitar silenced Rogers Place by scoring just 127 seconds into overtime of Game 2 on Wednesday (April 24). Kopitar’s second goal of the night gave…

Kopitar Leads Kings to Upset Overtime Win Over Oilers, 5-4
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On Wednesday night, the underdog Los Angeles Kings battled all night, allowing captain Anze Kopitar to net his third career overtime goal for a 5-4 victory over the heavily favored Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place. After opening the game with a 2-0 lead, Los Angeles had to hold off the Oilers all night, who rallied from 3-1 and 4-3 deficits, but with a quick overtime goal at 2:07, the Kings are headed back home with a split as the series tied at one game apiece. As the ultimate underdogs in the series, Los Angeles demonstrated that they could hang with…

Projected Lineups for the Kings vs Oilers – Game 2
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The Los Angeles Kings take on the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place tonight for Game 2 of their first-round series. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others. Related: 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 Hub (3P) KINGS at (2P) OILERS Western Conference First Round, Game 2 10 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, BSW, TBS, MAX Edmonton leads best-of-7 series 1-0 Kings projected lineup Alex Laferriere — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe Trevor Moore — Phillip Danault — Viktor Arvidsson Kevin Fiala — Pierre-Luc Dubios — Quinton Byfield Carl Grundstrom — Blake Lizotte — Trevor Lewis Mikey Anderson…

San Jose Sharks

Sharks Dismiss Head Coach David Quinn After 2 Seasons
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The San Jose Sharks announced that they have fired head coach David Quinn after two seasons with the organization. Quinn posted a 48-91-25 record with San Jose, including a league-worst 19-54-9 this season. Quinn’s Unique Coaching Journey Unlike many NHL head coaches who are lifers in the league, Quinn took a more circuitous route. After medical issues limited him to two professional seasons as a player, both in the minor leagues, he began his coaching career as an assistant with a few different college programs and had a stint with the United States National Team Development Program (USNTDP). He landed…

Pavelski and Hertl in Playoffs Represent How Sharks Went Wrong
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The 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway, and needless to say, the San Jose Sharks are not participating. An unsurprisingly poor season left them in last place in the NHL and represented the new lowest point of a gradual slide that began in the 2019 offseason. But Sharks fans will still have their eye on the playoffs and may be particularly interested in the series between the Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars, featuring former Sharks stars Tomas Hertl and Joe Pavelski. Their exits from San Jose represent different stages of the Sharks’ recent decline, and their postseason clash will…

My Ballot for the San Jose Sharks 2023-24 Team Awards
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Last week, the San Jose Sharks announced the winner of three organizational awards that were voted on by members of the media. These were the Player of the Year, Media Good Guy, and Rookie of the Year. As a credentialed member of the media, I was honored to be invited to vote on these awards, and I am excited to share my ballot with all of you. Let’s get into it! Player of the Year (Winner: Mikael Granlund) 1 – Mikael Granlund There were few bright spots on the Sharks this season, the organization as a whole struggled and specifically…

Seattle Kraken

What to Glean From Kraken’s Season Exit Interviews
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On Saturday, the Seattle Kraken emptied their locker rooms and made themselves available to the media. On Monday, it was general manager Ron Francis’ turn to share his thoughts publicly. While some of the answers provided by him could seen from a mile away, others were sufficiently interesting to raise an eyebrow, especially something Francis said in response to a reporter’s query. What can we glean from these exit interviews? Francis Does Not Commit to Coach Hakstol and His Staff Let’s not bury the lede here. We’ll get to the players’ thoughts in a moment, but the key moment of the…

Kraken Fun Facts After Season-Finale Win Over Wild
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The Seattle Kraken concluded the regular season with a fittingly topsy-turvy 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. As was discussed in the Kraken Team Awards earlier this week, the campaign featured a series of highs and lows, and a lot of that was encapsulated in Thursday’s win. It was a fun game between two teams with little to play for except pride. Here are some takeaways. A Good Way for Kraken to End a Bad Week Regular season finales often bring out the fighting spirit in clubs that generally have not impressed – the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Vegas…

Projected Lineups for the Kraken vs Wild – 4/18/24
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The Seattle Kraken take on the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others. KRAKEN (33-35-13) at WILD (39-33-9) 7 p.m. ET; ESPN Kraken projected lineup Andre Burakovsky — Matty Beniers — Jordan Eberle Jaden Schwartz — Kailer Yamamoto — Jared McCann Tye Kartye — Yanni Gourde — Oliver Bjorkstrand Tomas Tatar — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare — Brandon Tanev Ryker Evans — Adam Larsson Jamie Oleksiak — Will Borgen Brian Dumoulin — Justin Schultz Philipp Grubauer Joey Daccord Scratched: Cale Fleury, Eeli Tolvanen Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body) Status report More from THW:…

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks News & Rumors: Demko, Pettersson & Tocchet
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In this edition of the Vancouver Canucks News & Rumors, Thatcher Demko is injured and Casey DeSmith steps in for the club. Additionally, Elias Pettersson struggles in Game 2 as the Nashville Predators tie the first-round matchup at 1-1. Also, Head coach Rick Tocchet looks forward to playing playoff hockey on the road.  Demko Injured, DeSmith Steps In Demko didn’t play in Game 2 against the Predators on April 23. The goaltender will be out week-to-week due to an undisclosed injury. His status for the the rest of series is questionable, but he did travel with the team to Nashville and is walking, which is a good…

Prime Video to Carry National Monday Night Games in Canada
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The game of hockey makes a move into the streaming age. The National Hockey League announced alongside Amazon and Rogers Communications a two-year agreement that nationally televised Monday night NHL games will move to Prime Video in Canada beginning with the upcoming 2024-25 season. The package had been named “Prime Monday Night Hockey.” These games’ broadcasts will be produced by Prime Video and will be exclusive to Canadian Amazon Prime Members, according to NHL Public Relations. “We are thrilled to collaborate with Amazon and Rogers on this project. Amazon has a strong track record of presenting sports on Prime Video…

Vancouver Canucks’ Best Trades With Vegas Golden Knights
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Welcome to the Vancouver Canucks best trades series. In this series, we at The Hockey Writers look back at the Canucks’ trading history with every NHL team and pick what we believe to be the best transaction between them and the other 31 organizations. This article focuses on their trade history with the Vegas Golden Knights. The Canucks and Golden Knights don’t have a long list of trades entwined with hockey lore NHL fans reminisce about. Instead, they have two that are relatively unremarkable – one in 2018 and the other in 2020. It’s safe to say neither of them is a blockbuster fans…

Vegas Golden Knights

Vancouver Canucks’ Best Trades With Vegas Golden Knights
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Welcome to the Vancouver Canucks best trades series. In this series, we at The Hockey Writers look back at the Canucks’ trading history with every NHL team and pick what we believe to be the best transaction between them and the other 31 organizations. This article focuses on their trade history with the Vegas Golden Knights. The Canucks and Golden Knights don’t have a long list of trades entwined with hockey lore NHL fans reminisce about. Instead, they have two that are relatively unremarkable – one in 2018 and the other in 2020. It’s safe to say neither of them is a blockbuster fans…

Golden Knights Silence Critics With 3-1 Win Over Stars
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The Vegas Golden Knights silenced a packed house at American Airlines Center by jumping out to a 2-0 series lead over the top team in the Western Conference, the Dallas Stars, with a 3-1 victory on Wednesday night. In a tightly contested physical game, where both goalies made outstanding saves, the Golden Knights just grinded down the offensively gifted Stars, who just couldn’t capitalize on their limited chances. Noah Hanifin had the game-winner in the second period, pouncing on a loose puck after a Jake Oettinger save came out to the top of the left faceoff circle. While sliding across,…

Projected Lineups for the Golden Knights vs Stars – Game 2
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The Vegas Golden Knights take on the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center tonight for Game 2 of their first-round series. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. Related: 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 Hub (2WC) GOLDEN KNIGHTS at (1C) STARS Western Conference First Round, Game 2 9:30 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, BSSW, ESPN, TVAS2, SN360 Vegas leads best-of-7 series 1-0 Golden Knights projected lineup Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Jonathan Marchessault Chandler Stephenson — Tomas Hertl — Mark Stone Brett Howden — William Karlsson — Anthony Mantha William Carrier — Nicolas Roy — Keegan…