Coincidentally, the fired Vigneault also replaced Tortorella after the latter coach was let go by the New York Rangers. It will be interesting to see which team, and coaching style, leads to greater success for the two clubs in 2013-14. […]

New York’s even winding down its time at the outdated Nassau Coliseum with just two seasons left before the club moves its home to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn beginning with the 2015-16 campaign. Thanks to the NHL’s realignment plan […]

At just 30 years of age, Kovalchuk opted to leave $77 million over 12 years on the table by retiring. Then, less than a week after ending his NHL career, he signed a four-year deal with SKA St. Petersburg of […]

This season, the Predators will try to regain the respect lost after missing out on the playoffs for the first time since 2009, but it won’t be easy. Thanks to the NHL’s realignment plan, Nashville is now in the Central […]

Despite all of that, it’s hard not to acknowledge the profoundly disappointing fashion in which Toronto’s season ended. The Leafs surprised just about everyone by pushing Boston to seven games in the opening round of the playoffs and then held […]

Yzerman and the front office also head into 2013-14 without Vincent Lecavalier, the man who was the face of this franchise for well over a decade. Lecavalier, the first overall pick in the 1998 draft, had spent his entire career […]

The hope in Phoenix is the new ownership group will provide more financial stability and allow the club to open the checkbook to sign a big free agent every now and then. The Coyotes showed a glimpse of that increased […]

Oates, though, injected some life into the Washington franchise, and though tougher competition awaits in the new Metropolitan Division, the Caps are hoping a full training camp under the bench boss will lead to even more improvement. Washington hired Oates […]

For nearly two decades, the man known as “Alfie” was the face of the franchise, a player who exuded class both on and off the ice. He had served as the team captain for over a decade and it seemed […]

Two years ago, all an early-season coaching change, Central Division title and shot at the Presidents’ Trophy along with a Jennings Trophy win for fewest total goals allowed got the club was an unceremonious second-round exit by sweep to eventual […]