It was just last week that the Philadelphia Flyers traded Shane Harper and a fourth round draft pick over to the New York Islanders for the rights to defenceman Mark Streit. Less than a week later, Philly GM Paul Holmgren announced the signing of the 35-year-old to a four-year contract worth a reported $5.25 million [...]

It lacked the pomp and circumstance of previous outings, but the National Hockey League announced and delivered its awards on Saturday (and Friday) evening. Alex Ovechkin found himself winning the Hart Trophy for Most Valuable Player. The award is decided by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. It’s Ovie’s third Hart Trophy, which makes him one [...]

In what could wind up being a bit of a coaching switcheroo, former Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault has been hired as the new bench boss of the New York Rangers and former Rangers head coach has been interviewed about the vacant job in Vancouver’s organization. Both the New York Daily News and Sportsnet are [...]

His hockey club may have been met with an unceremonious thrashing at the hands of the Boston Bruins, but Evgeni Malkin is still more than happy to count himself a Pittsburgh Penguin. Malkin signed an eight-year deal with the club worth $76 million, the team announced on Thursday. A day prior, the Penguins extended head [...]

Here now is the last entry of Breaking It Down for this post-season and it will be a doozy. We’re looking at the Stanley Cup Final between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins, of course, and that means that another thrilling (but short) NHL season is coming to an end. This is, as I’ve [...]

After firing Ralph Krueger after just a year behind the bench, the Edmonton Oilers have announced the hiring of Dallas Eakins as their new bench boss. The new boss arrives with four years experience as a coach with the Toronto Marlies in the AHL (157-114-41). where he led his club to the 2012 Calder Cup [...]