Connor McDavid makes stellar debut, protects young fan from poachers (Video) Let’s say you’re one of the 7,300 fans that watched an Edmonton Oilers intrasquad scrimmage in which No. 1 overall pick Connor McDavid made his debut.  Let’s say his team scored eight goals in the 40 minutes of 4-on-4 (no hit) hockey and then seven minutes of 3-on-3. What did you expect from him? To better … [Read more...]

Alexander Radulov considers NHL return in KHL free agency: Report Is it possible that our favorite curfew breaker/miscreant could return to the NHL after next season? Oh my god, please let Igor Eronko’s tweet about Alexander Radulov’s potential return to the NHL in 2016 be true. Please let it be true so we can see Keith Jones carve him on national television again. So we can see him taunt … [Read more...]

Stepan's future; moneypuck in Toronto; Jamaica hits the ice (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]. • Eichel Mania has begun in Buffalo. [Sabres] • RIP the bridge deal for … [Read more...]

What We Learned: The case for Ryan O'Reilly's contract (Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.) Friday afternoon, while everyone was getting good and prepared for the Independence Day weekend, the … [Read more...]

Tyler Seguin is naked on Zamboni, loves his rubber ducky for Body Issue The annual ESPN Body Issue is out, which means another collection of naked athletes that can make us all curse our metabolism and lethargy while marveling at their muscle tone.  As we mentioned earlier, Tyler Seguin of the Dallas Stars is our hockey representative in this year’s issue, and it’s a little change of pace. … [Read more...]

Kostitsyn seeks NHL return; teams weigh risks Andrei Kostitsyn is looking for another opportunity in the NHL. (USATSI) Given the financial struggles facing many of the teams in Russia's Kontinental Hockey League, several players have used this offseason as an opportunity jump over to the NHL. We have already seen Viktor Tikhonov and Artem Panarin join the Chicago Blackhawks, while Sergei … [Read more...]

Sad little T.J. Oshie fan gets surprise call, asks about his swimming pool (Video) St. Louis Blues fan Libby Lu captured the nation's attention after having an epic meltdown over T.J. Oshie being traded to Washington. We felt her pain. (Admit it, you've been there. I melted down as a 16-year-old when Teemu Selanne was traded from Anaheim to San Jose.) The five-year-old, clad in a St. Louis … [Read more...]

Rich Clune and the addiction of hockey culture (Puck Daddy Interview) Rich Clune’s story is also one of addiction and mental health awareness. The unrestricted forward has been sober for five years now and wears it like a badge of honor. And he’s gone to great lengths to keep it that way. In the 2012-13 season with Nashville he got elbowed in the face and hurt his jaw. Instead of taking … [Read more...]