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Former left winger and enforcer Chris Simon died at the age of 52. The NHL and several of his former teams confirmed the news Tuesday. The 15-year NHL veteran of Ojibwe descent played for seven franchises including the Quebec Nordiques and , the , the , the , the , the and the . The drafted Simon with the 25th pick in 1990 and traded him to Quebec as part of the seismic Eric Lindros deal that sent the center to Philadelphia. The NHL Alumni Association is devastated to learn that Stanley Cup C…

Now that the Calgary Flames’ 2023-24 season is behind us, it’s your turn to tell us how you feel. At midseason, you made your feelings heard about a possible retool/rebuild, rating the performances of players, head coach Ryan Huska and GM Craig Conroy. Now, here’s your chance to provide a more complete assessment of how you feel the season went, which goalies should remain between the pipes next season, and more. Loading… (Top photo of : Gerry Thomas / NHLI via Getty Images)

CALGARY — There might be no better man to sum up the Flames’ current disconnect than . In November, a report surfaced from TSN’s Darren Dreger that Kadri was not interested in a rebuild, just as a report from The Athletic ’s Pierre LeBrun emerged that the were listening to trade offers on their pending UFAs. A retool is a bit different from a rebuild, but it’s difficult to assess how long any roster reconstruction can take. Especially when you consider Kadri is 33, signed through 2029 and still…

As we continue into the early days of the Calgary Flames’ offseason, we still have assessments to dish out. In Part 2 of our series of 2023-24 report cards, it’s time to look at the team’s defencemen and goaltenders. If you want to check out Part 1 which saw us grade the team’s forwards, click . Advertisement We’ve only graded the players who ended the season with the . So, no grades for or are to be found here. The same rules apply here as they did for our previous post: 10 games played and n…

Ryan Huska and Craig Conroy’s first season in their respective roles as head coach and general manager is over. It means we must grade them as we did with the Flames , . Their grades are similar, largely in part because of how they handled one crucial part of the Flames’ retooling efforts. For readers who want to express their opinions on Huska and Conroy so far, let your feelings be known in our . Head coach & general manager Ryan Huska At the beginning of the season, the expectation was that…

Streaming service Amazon Prime Video will be the exclusive home for games on Mondays for the next two seasons in Canada. The news was announced Thursday by Amazon Prime Video, the NHL and Canadian telecommunications giant Rogers, whose 12-year, $5.2 billion deal to broadcast games nationally on their platforms expires in 2026. It’s the first time the NHL has ever made a broadcasting deal with a streaming service based in Canada. Advertisement Beginning with the 2024-25 season, Amazon Prime Vide…

goaltender , goaltender and goaltender were named finalists for the ’s Vezina Trophy, awarded “to the goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at this position.” goalie was last year’s recipient. Advertisement This is Hellebuyck’s fourth Vezina Trophy nomination, having won the honor in 2019-20. The 30-year-old goaltender tallied 37 wins for the second consecutive regular season, one fewer than goalie . Hellebuyck had a 37-19-4 record with a .921 save percentage, a 2.39 goals-against average an…

forward , defenseman and defenseman have been named finalists for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the ’s rookie of the year. The Blackhawks selected Bedard with the No. 1 pick in last summer’s NHL Draft in Nashville. He scored 22 goals and 61 points in 68 games this season. Bedard’s season was shortened after suffering a fractured jaw in January, but he still led all rookies in goals, assists and points. Faber played all 82 games this past year with the Wild, scoring eight goals and 47 points…

defenseman , defenseman and defenseman have been named finalists for the ’s Norris Trophy on Wednesday, awarded to the league’s top defenseman. Quinn Hughes, Roman Josi and Cale Makar are the three finalists for the 2023-24 James Norris Memorial Trophy. — NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) Hughes led all defenders in assists with a career-high 75 and is only the to score 70 assists or more in a season. The 24-year-old also led all defensemen in points with a career-high 92 while adding 17 goals…

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ chances looked dead entering Game 5 on the road in Boston. It was supposed to be the end of the ‘Core Four’ . But the Leafs get to live on for a few more days after a overtime winner. And there’s a real chance they could extend it to seven games. Advertisement For Boston, it’s the second straight year it has lost Game 5 in overtime of a first-round series after allowing a goal from someone named Matthew. It was Tkachuk, from the , last year. The pressure has now flipped…