Bob Moniz

The Connor Hellebuyck suspension became official Wednesday night, hours before the Winnipeg Jets opened training camp. And it's the rare NHL standoff where nobody is pretending. The goalie wants out. The team won't move him. Camp opened anyway, minus the 2025 NHL MVP. That's

The Winnipeg Jets suspended Connor Hellebuyck on Wednesday night for failing to report to training camp. And the strangest standoff of the NHL offseason finally has a name. The three-time Vezina Trophy winner stayed away while the rest of the roster went to work. And the club reached for the

The Cutter Gauthier contract drama is done. The Anaheim Ducks signed their 22-year-old forward to a six-year, $81 million deal Tuesday night, finishing it on the eve of training camp. What looked like a standoff ended as the loudest statement of Anaheim's offseason. That matters beyond Orange County.

The Connor Bedard Blackhawks captain era officially began Tuesday, September 15, 2026. That's when Chicago named the 21-year-old center the 37th captain in franchise history. The kid born July 17, 2005 now wears the same letter Jonathan Toews wore. And only Toews got it younger. That last part

Buffalo just paid a bottom-six forward like a franchise piece. The Noah Östlund extension runs eight years at $52.8 million, a $6.6 million cap hit announced Monday, September 14, 2026, for a 22-year-old with one NHL season on his resume (Winnipeg Free Press/AP, Field Level Media). The

Chris Kreider's Canadiens contract went from shredded to signed in the span of a week. And the whole thing still feels like a fever dream. On September 12, general manager Kent Hughes announced a one-year deal for 2026-27, per the official Canadiens release. Days earlier he was a