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A contract stalemate and swirling trade rumors leave the Russian defenseman sidelined as Carolina opens camp.

Nikishin, 24, requested a trade over the summer, and The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun reported Monday that the request remains in place.

The Red Wings' chaotic offseason got one final pre-training-camp twist. Will it affect the Red Wings' ability to trade Dylan Larkin?

The FourCheck: Kucherov contract, injury updates and more from media day Benjamin Pierce checks in from media day as the Bolts kick off the 2026-27 season

Connor McMichael went from hockey player to full-blown Hockey Guy over the summer. While attending the St. Louis Blues’ annual Blues for Kids Golf Classic on Monday, McMichael revealed a new smile where his front teeth are mysteriously missing. The startling revelation came in a video published by the Blues, where players came up with

The highly-touted first-overall pick comes with plenty of talented options to play with in Toronto.

On the eve of training camp practices set to begin tomorrow morning, the Penguins officially announced their 2026 training camp roster. From the team: The Pittsburgh Penguins have invited 69 players to their 2026.27 training camp presented by UPMC, it was announced today by President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas. The training camp roster, which can […]

The latest revelations about how Arizona State arranged the workout are raising devastating questions about what might have been prevented.

The longtime enforcer signed off with a perfect farewell message.

Le départ inévitable du gardien vedette force Winnipeg à envisager un scénario catastrophe!

A crowded blue line, a goaltending competition, and an injury update or two—Sullivan and Drury covered a lot of ground on the first day of camp. Here's what stood out.

Ahead of Thursday’s first on-ice session, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced their 73-man training camp roster. Auston Matthews, Gavin McKenna, John Tavares and William Nylander headline the 41 forwards invited to camp, while new acquisition Darren Raddysh is the cornerstone of the new-look defence corps. 25 defencemen are heading to training camp, where Sergei Bobrovsky is…

During his season-opening press conference, Buffalo Sabres GM Jarmo Kekäläinen announced that veteran winger Jason Zucker will miss the start of the 2026-27 regular season with a sports hernia. According to Kekäläinen, Zucker “could miss maybe a couple weeks of the regular season,” but his exact timeline is unknown. Additionally, Kekäläinen also revealed that offseason […]

Veteran NHL forward Ryan Reaves announced his retirement from pro hockey today, closing the book on the career of one of the league’s last pure enforcers. Reaves, 39, was an unrestricted free agent after his one-year, $1.35MM contract with the San Jose Sharks expired over the summer. That Reaves was able to have an NHL […]

Sportsnet’s Kevin Michie previews the Maple Leafs’ 2026-27 season, where after a very disappointing end to last season, there’s been plenty of changes, many new faces, including ’26 first overall pick Gavin McKenna, and with all that, plenty of hope.

Paul Maurice speaks to the media about the Panthers’ line possibilities and how he doesn’t want to give in to fans’ pleas to play both Tkachuk brothers on the same line as Sam Bennett.

Ryan Reaves announces his NHL retirement on Instagram after 16 seasons, closing the book on one of hockey's last true heavyweight enforcers.

Owen Tippett could finally shake the trade rumors this year

Highlights Shawn Horcoff says Dylan Larkin suffered an upper-body injury during off-ice training this week Larkin misses the start of Red Wings camp with no timeline for a return Read below for what Horcoff said about the injury and the trade request Dylan Larkin will not be on the ice when Red Wings camp opens […] The post Larkin Injury: Red Wings Center Misses Start of Camp appeared first on

Sidney Crosby has 98 assists against the New York Islanders. Not points. Assists. Then there is Chicago, who have met him 23 times and given up 16 points in total. Nobody is close to Crosby ... The post Sidney Crosby’s points against every NHL team appeared first on The Hockey Beast.

The Toronto Maple Leafs wasted no time in trimming down the roster, cutting eight players already and assigning them to their respective junior clubs.

An ode to former Oilers goalie Connor Ingram

Ryan Reaves is calling it a career.

The Chicago Blackhawks have some new faces entering training camp this season, including one we all know well: Patrick Kane. With Connor Bedard now wearing the C, a new era of Blackhawks hockey begins now. And there’s excitement for this edition of the team with a couple good young rookies up front and a new addition, Bowen Byram, taking over at the No. 1 defenseman. On Wednesday, the Blackhawks announced their training camp

New Jersey Devils har gjort sin satsning på Luke Evangelista långsiktig. Bara drygt två veckor efter trejden från Nashville Predators har 24-åringen skrivit på ett femårskontrakt värt totalt 36,25 miljoner dollar. Evangelistas nya avtal har ett genomsnittligt årsvärde på 7,25 miljoner dollar och börjar gälla från säsongen 2027/28. Kontraktet sträcker sig därmed till och med […] Inlägget Devils låser Luke Evangelis

CBC Sports' daily newsletter gets you caught up on what's happening around the league as training camps open.

The Boston Bruins officially opened training camp on Wednesday, and general manager Don Sweeney and head coach Marco Sturm met with the media ahead of the first on-ice session. The Bruins enter the 2026-27 season looking to build off a 45-27-10 campaign that ended with a first-round playoff exit. Boston will now begin camp with […] The post Takeaways from the Boston Bruins Press Conference

The Vancouver Canucks are now focused on the future and developing their young players. And with a brand new regime now at the helm, all players in the organization will be handed clean slates and have the same opportunity to make an early impression in training camp – even the young, unproven players.   That…

TORONTO - Auston Matthews needed some room to breathe.

The Leafs had previously announced that Domi suffered complications from off-season surgery on his back.

"He's smiling and he's having fun … and he's being the great leader that he is," GM Chayka says.

BOSTON – Training camp is open, and the Boston Bruins are less than two weeks away from opening night.  A […] The post 5 Takeaways From Don Sweeney and Marco Sturm’s Press Conference appeared first on Boston Hockey Now.

The Winnipeg Jets are in a sticky situation due to star goalie Connor Hellebuyck's public trade demand. However, in an interview with The Hockey News' Michael Traikos, Jets star Mark Scheifele made it clear – he loves Winnipeg, and he wants to be there for the long haul.

With the news that Thatcher Demko won’t be a full participant at training camp, it seems likely that Kevin Lankinen could again be leaned upon heavily by the Canucks when the season begins.

It couldn’t have gone much worse for Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs last season, but that cloud has lifted as a new training camp opens. With a refreshed roster and new head coach, Matthews is ready and devoted to winning in Toronto.

Blackhawks 2026 Training Camp Roster and Schedule Roster features 50 total players, including 29 forwards, 16 defensemen and five goaltenders

Since Peter Laviolette’s hiring in Los Angeles a few months ago, there’s been a lot of discussion about the high-tempo, attacking system he’s bringing to the Kings. What there hasn’t been much discussion of is what that system will actually look like when it’s on the ice. This article serves as our inaugural offering for […]

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Ah, Nikita Kucherov… The guy isn’t one to mince words, and fans know that all too well. No need to remind you of Kuch’s comments following the Lightning’s Stanley Cup Finals victory over the Canadiens five years ago! Why am I talking about him today, you might ask? It’s simple: Kuch has been up to […] The post Nikita Kucherov thinks the game has become “silly” in the NHL appeared

We are on the cusp of yet another training camp for the Pittsburgh Penguins.  Last year, they broke their three year playoff drought The post Rookies To Watch At Penguins Camp first appeared on Hockey HotStove.

Trevor Lewis joined the Utah Mammoth this week. He will be the team's Video Scout and an Ambassador to Youth and Amateur Hockey. The post Lewis Is A Mammoth Hire In Utah first appeared on Hockey HotStove.

Selon Nicolas Cloutier, plusieurs scénarios auraient été discutés entre Kent Hughes et Arber Xhekaj, notamment la possibilité d'une entente de quelques saisons.

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NHL: Five questions San Jose Sharks face as training camp opens on Thursday

On Sunday, the junior Edmonton Oil Kings are giving away Tristan Jarry pennants to honour his time as their Memorial Cup-winning goalie, a celebratory break from the penance the Oiler tender has to do after his puck-stopping sins last NHL season.

"We’ve spent a lot of time and we understand the legacy of our organization and we want to do it the right way." The post Bruins will officially name a captain before the 2026-27 season appeared first on Boston.com.

Calgary, Alta. - The Western Hockey League announced today three rule changes for the 2026-27 WHL Regular Season, effective this Friday, September 18.... - WHL

Arber Xhekaj a préféré signer une entente à court terme afin d'augmenter sa valeur cette saison en vue de ses prochaines négociations avec le Canadien.

Columbus Blue Jacketsin maalivahti Elvis Merzlikins on pitkään sivussa peleistä. Maalivahti kävi kesällä operaatiossa, joka pitää hänet pitkään sivussa peleistä. Kokenut 32-vuotias latvialainen kävi kesällä olkapääleikkauksessa eikä onnistunut läpäisemään terveystarkastusta NHL:n harjoitusleirin alla. Riikasta kotoisin olevalla maalivahdilla on vielä vuosi n

The return of Patrick Kane to the Chicago Blackhawks has brought with it plenty of excitement to the Chicago fandom. Kane is arguably the greatest player in franchise history, having been the play driver of their 2010’s core that brought home three Stanley Cups in six years. The prospect of what Kane can do with […] The post Patrick Kane Shares Firs

NHL training camps are getting underway and already Dylan Larkin and Cale Makar are dealing with injuries.

After a 2025-26 season full of criticism, from a slow start to a first-round playoff exit, the Edmonton Oilers opened training camp Wednesday mired in new off-ice controversy. 

Sweeney, Sturm Preview the 2026-27 Bruins Season

Several major stars were nowhere to be found as camps opened:

La direction de l'équipe dévoile une raison que personne ne croit!

Paul Maurice explique pourquoi il ne forme pas un trio avec Sam Bennett et les frères Tkachuk!

Le vétéran de 41 ans a complètement changé de look et a rajeuni de 10 ans!

Nikita Kutjerov kan vara på väg mot en rejäl löneökning i NHL, men något fokus på en förlängning har inte den nu tvåfaldige Hart Trophy-vinnaren. – Jag styr vad jag kan styra, säger Tampa Bay Lightning-stjärnan till media under onsdagen. The post Kutjerov lägger inte fokus på en förlängning appeared first on hockeysverige.se.

The Seattle Kraken announced today that former Philadelphia Flyers and Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher has been added to the team’s hockey operations department as senior advisor to the general manager. Fletcher was previously a senior advisor for the New Jersey Devils, but left the club amidst the team’s leadership change, which saw former GM […]

VANCOUVER — Ryan Johnson knows there’s always optimism heading into a new NHL season — even if the optimistic team isn’t expecting to hoist the Stanley Cup at the end of the campaign. Wins and losses won’t be the benchmark for the rebuilding Vancouver Canucks this year, said the team’s newly minted general manager, but The post

TORONTO — Auston Matthews needed some room to breathe. The Maple Leafs were picking up the pieces following their worst season in a decade — and his career. A transformative summer was on the horizon. Now having watched those seismic shifts across the organization from afar, Toronto’s captain is all-in ahead of the new season. The post

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Paul Maurice isn't giving Panthers fans the line they've been begging for, and he's only half joking about why.

Highlights Carolina announced Wednesday that unsigned RFA Alexander Nikishin will not be on the ice when training camp opens Thursday GM Eric Tulsky confirmed it in a short statement and said the club will not be commenting further Read below for how the Hurricanes have already covered themselves on defense Alexander Nikishin will not be […] The post Nikishin Trade Request: Hurricanes Say HeR

Brent Burns arrived at training camp without his trademark unkempt whiskers, instead sporting a close-cropped beard, as well as a sterling white bridge.

we all have our limits...

'For people trying to steal jobs, the exhibition games are going to be important,' said Flames head coach Ryan Huska

Kenzie Lalonde is a TSN play-by-play commentator and the network’s Montreal bureau chief, and she calls both NHL and women’s hockey. Kenzie Lalonde was the first woman to call television play-by-play for a Canadian NHL ... The post Kenzie Lalonde: Everything you need to know appeared first on The Hockey Beast.

'No timeline' for return of forward, who requested trade in offseasonContract talks continue as 33-year-old forward enters final season of 8-year deal

Buffalo Sabres general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen spoke to the media on September 16, 2026 ahead of the start of training camp. Kekäläinen talked about the team's expectations going into the year after the playoff run last season, and what he wants to see him his team. He also talked about the offseason he and his staff had, and how they believe the roster will look once the regular season starts. Kekäläinen discussed the contract extensions of Noah Ostlund, Josh Doan, Zach Benson and Beck Malenst

Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff spoke to the media on September 16, 2026 ahead of the start of training camp. Ruff talked about the team's expectations going into the year after the playoff run last season, and what he wants to see him his team. He also discussed the leadership on the team, and who he wants to see step up in the new group. Subscribe to the Buffalo Sabres YT Channel: https://bit.ly/2G1G8eT For More Sabres Action: https://bufsabres.co/2XAYg5m #BuffaloSabres #Sabres #NHL Fo

Late Tuesday night, the New Jersey Devils handed Luke Evangelista a medium-term extension at a team-friendly AAV.

EDMONTON — After a 2025-26 season full of criticism, from a slow start to a first-round playoff exit, the Edmonton Oilers opened training camp Wednesday mired in new off-ice controversy. Hiring head coach Mike Babcock in June caused a ripple of criticism from Oilers fans but last week’s signing of forward Alex Formenton ignited a The post

Maple Leafs coach Jim Hiller wouldn't reveal where Gavin McKenna will play when on-ice camp sessions start on Thursday.

The Toronto Maple Leafs made a lot of changes this summer that could impact their competitive hopes, but Auston Matthews remains the biggest factor in the team's road back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He's confident he can lead the way.

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What Mathew Barzal’s two-week shutdown means for the Islanders, from Calum Ritchie and Victor Eklund to the power play and roster decisions.

Dylan Larkin haki kesällä siirtoa pois Detroit Red Wingsistä. Tähtihyökkääjästä kantautui nyt surkeita uutisia. Red Wingsin GM Shawn Horcoff vahvisti Larkinin kärsivän ylävartalovammasta. Sentteri ei osallistu syyskuun harjoitusleirille alusta alkaen. Lähtöhaluiselta Larkinilta vietiin ainakin toistaiseksi kapteenin C-kirjain paidasta aiemmin. Larkin jätti siirtopyyntö

New York Islanders tiedottaa huonoista uutisista. NHL-seuran tähtihyökkääjä Matthew Barzal ei pysty menemään jäille seuraavaan kahteen viikkoon. Islandersin mukaan Barzalin aiemmasta loukkaantumisesta on seurannut tulehdus. Kanadalainen tekee töitä päästäkseen täyteen kuntoon. Islanders toivoo Barzalin palaavan kokoonpanoon mahdollisimman pian. Uusi NHL-kausi kä

Gustavsson kan delta på Wilds camp Relaterat:

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Penguins Invite 69 Players to 2026.27 Training Camp

Want to hear a good one? Shawn Horcoff, the Red Wings’ interim general manager, made a big announcement just a few minutes ago. He told reporters at his press conference that Dylan Larkin would miss the start of training camp… because he’s “injured.” Strange timing, isn’t it? Honestly, it really seems like the Red Wings […] The post Surprise: Dylan Larkin is “injur

The post Breaking: Larkin Hurt, Will Miss Start of Red Wings Training Camp appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now. An upper-body injury suffered while training will keep Dylan Larkin off the ice as the Red wings open training camp. The post

Three months after hearing his name called on the draft floor in Buffalo, Gavin McKenna’s next chapter officially got underway Wednesday as the Maple Leafs opened training camp.

Short of hiring Donald Trump to be a special advisor to Daryl Katz, the Edmonton Oilers have pretty much hit the ceiling for off-season controversy.

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Troy Stecher shared an encouraging update on Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews, saying that Matthews looks to have found his form again. The post Maple Leafs Teammate Shares Encouraging Update on Auston Matthews’ Form appeared first on HEAVY.

The Detroit Red Wings were handed some bad news about Dylan Larkin before camp opened.Larkin was the Red Wings’ captain, but he was stripped of it after he requested a trade. However, no trade has happened, so he will remain in Detroit for the time being.Larkin is in the fourth year of his eight-year, $69.6 […] The post Detroit Red Wings Get Bad News on Dylan Larkin as Camp Opens appe

It’s an exciting time across the National Hockey League, as teams are set to begin training camp this week in preparation for the upcoming season. And there has been no shortage of storylines coming from the defending Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes. The biggest piece of news is in regard to D-man Alexander Nikishin, who […] The post Carolina Hu

Mackenzie Blackwood enters Year 2 of his $26.25 million contract with something to prove after Scott Wedgewood’s breakout season turned Colorado’s goaltending situation into one of the team’s biggest questions.

Dylan Larkin will not skate with the Detroit Red Wings when training camp starts on Thursday due to an upper-body injury, according to interim general manager Shawn Horcoff. Horcoff said Larkin was hurt earlier this week during off-ice training. Larkin's future with the franchise is in limbo because he asked to be traded during the offseason.

Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Ethan Del Mastro has agreed to a $1.9 million, two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. The 23-year-old Del Mastro, a fourth-round pick in the 2021 draft, had been a restricted free agent. The Blackhawks start training camp Thursday and play their season opener on Sept. 29 at Vegas.