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The 2021 NHL Draft is finally here. Entering one of the most wide-open drafts in recent history, NHL fans will finally see how teams value certain prospects. The speculation that has been ongoing for nine months, since the 2020 NHL Draft in October,…
The 2021 NHL draft is here, and we’re tracking all 224 picks over two days and seven rounds, starting with the Buffalo Sabres’ selection at No. 1 overall of Owen Power. Follow along live Friday and Saturday for each selection. Plus, Greg…
It’s that time of year again, where NHL clubs and their fans get starry-eyed with the next generation of talent set to don the sweater. The 2021 NHL Draft kicks off on Friday with the first 31 of 223 selections being announced….
Now that the NHL’s 32nd franchise is officially official, all eyes turn to the next big moment on the offseason calendar: The 2021 NHL Draft. About a month later than the usual June timeframe, it signifies the calendar flipping to a new season…
On Friday, 31 players will be selected in the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. You may be wondering how that is since there are now 32 NHL franchises. One team broke the rules, and like in the 2020 draft, has lost…
Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The NHL released its 2021-22 regular-season schedule on Thursday night, featuring realigned divisions, a rebalanced schedule and a lengthy Olympic break if the league’s players participate in the 2022 Beijing Games. The schedule, which was…
The NHL’s newest expansion team, the Seattle Kraken, continues to take shape on Wednesday night with the 2021 expansion draft. Prior to the draft, 30 of the NHL’s other 31 teams had to set their lists of protected and available players; the…
The NHL entry draft always comes with plenty of question marks, but this weekend’s figures to be even more challenging than most. Many amateur leagues around the world played shortened seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and some like the Ontario Hockey…
The draft order for the 2021 NHL Draft is set and later this week — and for the first time ever — 32 teams will draft the next wave of NHL hopefuls. On July 23 and 24, 223 prospects will hear their name called…
On Monday, Nashville Predators prospect Luke Prokop became the first active player under NHL contract to come out as gay. Prokop made the announcement on Instagram, saying, “From a young age I have dreamed of being an NHL player, and I believe…
The NHL announced the protected lists for the 30 teams involved in the NHL Expansion Draft. (Vegas is exempt.) With the names of those protected come the guys who could be snatched up by the Seattle Kraken. There are a number of…
The Avalanche submitted its expansion-draft protected list Saturday and it was released to the public Sunday morning. The Seattle Kraken, the NHL’s 32nd team, will choose one unprotected Avalanche player in Wednesday’s expansion draft. Protected Avalanche forwards (7): Mikko Rantanen ($9.25 million…