from Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star,
It’s a relevant NHL question this summer: When is a signing bonus not a signing bonus?
A traditional definition of the concept might suggest a signing bonus is a sum of money paid as an incentive to agree to…
Does all the time lost to injuries take him out of the discussion for the Habs to one day retire his sweater? Not necessarily. I think the real reason his sweater shouldn’t be retired is his lack of playoff success. He only brought the Canadiens …
Read More from John Matisz of The Score,
David Pastrnak was sipping a beer last summer, minding his own business on a sunny patio in his native Czechia when another restaurant patron approached his table.
The man asked the Boston Bruins sniper to sign his …
🔒 LEON’S LOCKED IN 🔒The #Oilers have signed forward Leon Draisaitl to an eight-year contract extension beginning in 2025-26 with an average annual value of $14 million. pic.twitter.com/wERUyneHA7— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) September 3, 20…
Read More from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,
– There are 120 players in the NBA this season who will be paid more than Matthews. Steph Curry just signed a new deal to pay him $62 million a season — which is almost five times what Matthews is getting pa…
from Katherine Donlevy of the New York Post,
Grieving hockey fans erected a memorial Saturday on the New Jersey corner where an alleged drunk driver claimed the lives of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother Matthew.
A cross crafted fr…
from Chris Cerullo of Russian Machine Never Breaks,
Evgeny Kuznetsov is making the media rounds in Russia after signing a four-year contract with SKA Saint Petersburg to return to the KHL this past week.Kuznetsov most recently shared some time wi…
from Adam Kimelman of the NHL’s website,
Erik Johnson and Garnet Hathaway each signed contracts with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 1.
But they’ve also spent time preparing for something beyond the upcoming NHL season.
Johnson and Hathaway were…
from Eric Francis of Sportsnet,
There was never any chance the future home of the Calgary Flames would include architecture as iconic as a saddle-shaped roof.
But what Calgarians saw at Monday’s design unveiling and sod-turning ceremony was a bui…
from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,
It is going to be the same kind of late June crunch schedule next year, too, with the Four Nations tournament coming up in February, the regular season ending April 17, at least two weeks too late. It will …