by Neal McHale | Jun 22, 2017 | Homepage, NHL
The picks are in. How many of the 30 will don Golden Knights jerseys next season is an entirely different story. On Wednesday, the long-awaited Expansion Draft was held in Las Vegas in conjunction with the NHL Awards. Vegas, which has become the annual site for this...
by Neal McHale | Jun 21, 2017 | Homepage, NHL
The reveal of the Vegas Golden Knights will be on Wednesday. There, we’ll see the roster for the inaugural season of hockey in Sin City. More interestingly, we’ll see the side deals GM, George McPhee was able to pull off in exchange for staying off certain...
by Neal McHale | Jun 20, 2017 | Homepage, NHL
George McPhee said he will stop fielding calls from teams come Tuesday. Presumably, the veteran GM will begin shifting his undivided attention to deciding on the inaugural roster of the Vegas Golden Knights. On Sunday, teams submitted their protection lists, the...
by Anthony Garofalo | Jun 19, 2017 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
The Boston Bruins have decided to protect Kevan Miller and not Colin Miller from the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. Let that sink in for a minute. What thoughts come to mind? Relief? Frustration? Intrigue? It is hard to pinpoint just one emotion. The 24-year-old C. Miller...
by Angie Carducci | Jun 12, 2017 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins did it the hard way. But they’re used to that. They entered the playoffs without Kris Letang, their best defenseman and arguably the most important player to their style of play. They were the NHL’s seventh-most injured team through the regular...
by Neal McHale | Jun 10, 2017 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
In Elliotte Friedman’s most recent ’30 Thoughts’ for Sportsnet, he discussed the “growing suspicion” around the National Hockey League that the Devils could in fact trade the franchise’s first top pick since coming to New Jersey....
