Artemi Panarin is in a familiar place at the top of the New York Rangers scoring stats through eight games. But how much longer will he be in the familiar confines of Madison Square Garden? That's the big question surrounding the Blueshirts' perennial leading scorer. Panarin, 34 next week, is in the final season of his 7-year, $81.5 million contract ($11.6M AAV), and is a pending unrestricted free agent next July. We've already heard that he refused the Rangers' request for him to take a...
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Sportsnet insider Elliotte Friedman told SiriusXM NHL Network Radio the Buffalo Sabres have at minimum discussed their options internally, and Pete DeBoer is part of that chatter. The Buffalo Sabres are six games in (2-4) and already facing hard questions. Friedman noted the organization has set up easy internal moves on the management side, which adds to the sense that changes could come if results do not turn. He also pointed out how ownership influence helped bring back Lindy Ru...
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The New Jersey Devils are pushing to keep Jacob Markstrom beyond this season, and both sides sound on the same page. President and general manager Tom Fitzgerald said the club “wants Jacob and Amanda Markstrom to be part of our family moving forward,” adding that conversations with his agent have been “real healthy.” The Jacob Markstrom extension is tracking as a multi-year deal after initial dialogue in the ~$5 million AAV range, with the gap believed to be on dollars and/or term. ...
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Brad Marchand was back on the ice at TD Garden in Boston on Monday for the first time since last season's trade, in a practice in advance of the Florida Panthers game against his old alma mater tomorrow night. And just returning to the city is already bringing up some emotions for Marchand. I kind of thought about it for the first time last night, being here, actually going to dinner and on the way over, I was kind of thinking about it and starting to get a little emotional. It kin...
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With so many of the big-name pending UFAs having taken themselves off the market by signing extensions with their own teams, the few that are left have themselves some huge bargaining power at this point. One of the primary players left in that position is Martin Necas of the Colorado Avalanche . The Avs have a big decision coming with their pending unrestricted free agent, and will likely not want to hand out an extension outside of their comfort zone. Sound familiar? Last year at...
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The rumors have been on and off since the end of last season. If Sidney Crosby ever decided that he wanted out of Pittsburgh, his boyhood favorite team, the Montreal Canadiens have been posited as a likely landing spot. Now top Habs insider Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports has even gone so far as to say 'It's Certain It's Going to Happen'. He appeared on the Real Kyper & Bourne show on Sportsnet recently to talk about the team's need for a second-line center, and how Crosby would be the...
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He's as much to blame as anyone, but Nick Robertson's name has been floated on the rumor mill once again in recent days, as the frustrating Toronto Maple Leafs forward continues a slow start to the season. Jonas Siegel and Chris Johnston in The Athletic have posited two Eastern Conference teams as potential destinations as trade talks have resurfaced around the 24-year-old . Finding an interested suitor willing to pay a price that makes sense for the Maple Leafs hasn’t been easy. Two tea...
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The Edmonton Oilers are going to have a roster crunch sometime soon. Currently, Zach Hyman, Jake Walman, and Mattias Janmark are all out of the lineup with injuries but expected back relatively soon (Hyman comes off LTIR on Nov. 1). Additionally, Alec Regula was just placed on IR on Sunday. But when all of those names are back, bodies will have to be moved out. Insider Frank Seravalli told Kevin Karius that four players are at risk of losing their places on the Oilers r...
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Shane Pinto leads the NHL in goal-scoring going into Sunday's play, having lit the lamp seven times on the young season in just six games. As a pending restricted free agent, the soon-to-be 25-year-old is putting himself in line for a hefty new contract. And while the Ottawa Senators weren't knocking down the door this summer to get Pinto re-signed (the two sides were said to be far apart in talks), their thinking seems to have evolved a bit. It appears now that the Sens have rampe...
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Alex Formenton's return to the NHL seems imminent, but not with the Ottawa Senators , who still have his rights. On Insider Trading, Darren Dreger reported that, "Staios has given Formenton's agent, Darren Ferris, the permission to speak with other NHL clubs about the possibility of having his rights traded. Nothing imminent, but Formenton would like to come back." Formenton hasn't played in the NHL since 2021-22, when he scored 18 goals and 32 points in 79 games, but has been in the National ...
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The Calgary Flames are off to a brutal start this season, and the media in Canada isn't holding back. After the Flames recent 6-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, CBC analyst, and former NHL defenceman Kevin Bieksa called out the Flames for their lack of effort, and singled out forward Yegor Sharangovich. The 27-year-old Flames forward has posted one point in six games, and against the Golden Knights on Saturday, played 15:00 of ice-time, was a minus -1 rating, and didn't have a shot on goal....
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Leaving the Toronto Maple Leafs was not an easy decision for Mitch Marner. The star forward wound up being traded to the Vegas Golden Knights over the summer, after it was clear to Leafs' GM Brad Treliving that he wasn't interested in re-signing a long-term contract. Toronto received Nicolas Roy in the deal, and now Marner is off to a hot start with his new team. The Golden Knights are 4-0-2 through their first six games and Marner has started the season strong with his new teammates, po...
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The San Jose Sharks are the worst team in the NHL through six games, and head coach Ryan Warsofsky is already fed up. The Sharks were most recently shutout by the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Saturday night, and frustration boiled over in a major way for Warsofsky after the game. San Jose's bench boss spoke to reporters and made quite the statement, which included his kids. "Yeah I think so, a lot of new players, we gotta just keep working. Keep teaching from the coaches, keep preparing th...
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Keep an eye on the Buffalo Sabres moving goaltender Devon Levi. Recently, h ockey insider Jeff Marek mentioned Levi as a potential trade candidate, and given the start the Sabres have had this season, and their lack of trade candidates with high-end potential, moving Levi in a package could give them a return of a top-six forward they desperately crave. There's another name...for me there's a ton of questions...Devon Levi; that is one that's under the radar right now; it does very much sound l...
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The Seattle Kraken 's new bottom-six forward Freddy Gaudreau will be lost to the team for four-to-six weeks in a tough injury break. An update on #SeaKraken forward Freddy Gaudreau: pic.twitter.com/FRBVwYn2Wu — Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) October 18, 2025 Gaudreau suffered an upper-body injury in Thursday night's shootout loss to the Ottawa Senators. He went awkwardly into the boards after taking a hit in the second period and didn't return. The 32-year-old center w...
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The Chicago Blackhawks took care of some internal business on Saturday as they team announced they have waived forward Joey Anderson. If Anderson clears Sunday at 2pm, he'll be assigned to the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs. Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman was first to report the waiver wire on Saturday. The 27-year-old Anderson missed the start of this season as he's been recovering from a lower-body injury that he suffered during training camp. While he's been ramping up to return, ...
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The Seattle Kraken announced on Saturday that defenceman Brandon Montour will be taking a leave of absence from the team to attend to a family matter. An update on #SeaKraken defenseman Brandon Montour: pic.twitter.com/TkY9t0dU0z — Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) October 18, 2025 No further details will be shared at this time, per the team. The 31-year-old Montour is entering his second season with the Kraken after signing a lucrative seven-year contract worth $49.99 million back in July of 20...
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The San Jose Sharks are looking to bring in some young defenseman who will fit with what they're trying to build for the future. The team wants to build the defense similar to what the forward group looks like and have more options that they can feel confident in. San Jose has many UFAs after this season, and some, if not all of them, are going to be dealt this season as rentals. This includes John Klingberg, Mario Ferraro, Timothy Liljegren, Nick Leddy, and Vincent Desharnais. Sticking around...
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The LA Kings have started the 2025-26 season with a record of 1-3-1, but things get worse. The team has now lost its captain and top line center, Anze Kopitar, for the time being. It was reported that he will be out week-to-week with a foot injury after being hit in the foot by a puck in the previous game against the Minnesota Wild . Kopitar will be out week-to-week with a foot injury…hit by a puck vs Minnesota https://t.co/MB3CVEhUj2 — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 17, 2025 Moving ...
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The Buffalo Sabres are still the punchline of the NHL, and it could be time to move one of their big three defencemen. The Sabres are off to a 1-3-0 start this year and could quickly become the first team to have a fire sale this year. Not only on the ice, but there's also a chance both GM and head coach get replaced at some point, which is wild to think considering the circus that's been going on around the organization for the last few years. Recently, Daily Faceoff's Anthony Di Marco poised...
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Get Cole Caufield into the Olympics is what seems to be on the top of Lane Hutson's mind. The two Montreal Canadiens are certainly expected to be in the mix for the Olympic roster and if it was up to Hutson, Caufield would be a lock, and he'd quickly become someone who the team would rely on heavily to score in big moments. "I think we saw it when (Team USA) went to OT versus Canada. They need someone to score, and in those big moments, that's something (Caufield) can bring," Hutson said...
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The Montreal Canadiens received bad news as defenseman Kaiden Guhle will miss an extended period of time with a lower-body injury. It was reported that the timetable for his recovery and return is 4-6 weeks. #GoHabsGo say defenseman Kaiden Guhle will miss 4-6 weeks with a lower-body injury. — Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) October 18, 2025 Guhle played just 16 minutes in the Canadiens' fifth game of the season, a 3-2 overtime win against the Nashville Predators. He has logged at least 20 m...
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Despite their first win on Wednesday night, the Buffalo Sabres are already facing a crisis about the future of the team, and what happens with star forward Alex Tuch . Aside from those existential issues, the Sabres are also dealing with another long absence for center Josh Norris . He'll be out for "a significant amount of time." It's a hole in the lineup they need to fill, and Matthew Fairburn writes in The Athletic about several options the Sabres could op...
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The Buffalo Sabres put a nice 8-4 win on the board Wednesday night over the Ottawa Senators, their first triumph of the young season. But that won't put an end to the turmoil surrounding the team just yet. The latest hot-button topic is the future of star forward and pending UFA Alex Tuch. Contract talks have been put on hold for now, but his price tag continues to soar, to "staggering" levels, as noted by Daily Faceoff's Jeff Marek. On Marek's The Sheet podcast on Friday, fellow insider David...
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The San Jose Sharks have traded forward Oskar Olausson to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for defenseman Kyle Masters. We have acquired forward Oskar Olausson from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenseman Kyle Masters Full details » https://t.co/Tt7kRpDW9I pic.twitter.com/GXdzTbdASI — Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) October 17, 2025 This is the second time that Olausson is on the move since the offseason, as the Colorado Avalanche traded him to the Sharks for Danil Gushchin back in July. N...
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