Did NHL teams suck fun out of 3-on-3 OT? (Trending Topics)   Getty Images A little more than a year ago, the NHL announced that it had officially adopted a 3-on-3 overtime as a means of juicing goal-scoring in the league and avoiding the shootout to as great an extent as possible. At the time, we had little understanding of what the NHL looked like at 3-on-3. From 2007 through the end of … [Read more...]

Detroit's salary cap struggle; Gaudreau, Monahan update (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected]. Photo via LA Kings PR on Twitter • Vin Scully and Bob Miller – two Los … [Read more...]

Hurricanes coach on Teravainen, goalie issues (Podcast) Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters (beginning at the 28:00 mark) and NHL free-agent forward Sam Gagner joined the Marek Vs. Wyshynski podcast this week, as Peters discussed the team and his new contract. We also asked him if he already had plans for Teuvo Teravainen, the potentially brilliant young forward that was acquired from the … [Read more...]

Huge If True: Will Canucks take on Evander Kane? Evander Kane Last week in this space, we discussed whether the Vancouver Canucks would be able to trade for a scoring winger. Given the team’s need and its inexplicable pursuit of “playoffs at all costs,” it seemed quite likely that they’d be motivated. At the time, though, the idea that Evander Kane would be the target was a little … [Read more...]

Jimmy Vesey, Blackhawks, Rangers and the short list Getty Images Having the Chicago Blackhawks enter your rookie free-agent courtship is like making time with a woman at a bar just as Leonardo DiCaprio and his posse roll up next to her. “Hey, can I buy you a drink and fly you to Ibiza and have you met my friend Spider-Man?” This isn’t to say the Blackhawks are going to land NCAA wunderkind … [Read more...]

Bill Peters locked up by Carolina Hurricanes through 2019 Getty Images There were 12 coaches who earned votes for the Jack Adams Award last season. Bill Peters of the Carolina Hurricanes wasn’t one of them, despite having guided his team to within seven points of a wild card spot while having a bottom five payroll. But while the voters didn’t appreciate him, the Hurricanes do. Peters was … [Read more...]

Puck Lists: 7 RFAs who should be signed by now A week from now it’ll be August, and that is starting to get perilously close to World Cup time for a lot of teams as they prepare for the 2016-17 season. And yet, there are a lot of restricted free agents who remain unsigned for next year, and who really should have been locked down by now. Of course, there may be many reasons why teams are … [Read more...]

Dennis Wideman and the ‘concussion defense’ slippery slope GETTY IMAGES When the NHL gets litigious, it’s usually because it’s desperately trying to maintain the status quo against an interloper that threatens it. Like when Jim Balsillie attempted to use bankruptcy court to circumvent NHL rules and obtain ownership of the Phoenix Coyotes. The NHL fought him in court, and ultimately … [Read more...]

NHL's worst jerseys; McPhee on the job in Las Vegas (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected]. Photo via Pastor Tyler Moore •  Pastor Tyler Moore is still updating the sign … [Read more...]

Chicago Blackhawks, David Rundblad mutually part ways (Photo by Steve Woltmann/NHLI via Getty Images) The Chicago Blackhawks and defenseman David Rundblad have agreed to a mutual termination of his contract, freeing up salary cap space for the franchise. The Chicago Sun-Times first reported the story Tuesday morning. Because the contract is terminated, there will be no lingering salary cap … [Read more...]