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LIVE BLOG: All the moves as NHL teams trim their rosters

LIVE BLOG: All the moves as NHL teams trim their rostersIt’s roster cuts day around the NHL and we’ve already had a number of things shakedown. New contracts will be signed and a number of players will head to the waiver wire. Follow below for all the happenings! 6 p.m. EST The New York Islanders...

Jack Johnson Inks One-Year Deal With The Colorado Avalanche

Jack Johnson Inks One-Year Deal With The Colorado AvalancheJack Johnson is back for another season in the NHL. After joining the Colorado Avalanche in training camp on a professional tryout, the veteran defender has inked a one-year deal with the team worth $750,000. The former No. 3 overall pick from the 2005 NHL...

New York Rangers sign Mika Zibanejad to eight-year extension

New York Rangers sign Mika Zibanejad to eight-year extensionThe New York Rangers have announced a blockbuster deal for forward Mika Zibanejad Sunday morning. The deal was first reported by the New York Post’s Larry Brooks, who reported the deal was for eight years and carried an AAV “in the range of $8.5-million.” Drafted...

Daily Faceoff Hires Former NHL Defenseman Bryce Salvador

Daily Faceoff Hires Former NHL Defenseman Bryce SalvadorDaily Faceoff is excited to announce former NHL defenseman Bryce Salvador is joining the staff. Salvador is a former 6th round pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1994 NHL draft who went on to play 786 NHL games. He signed as a free...

DailyFaceoff Hires Former NHL Assistant GM Steve Greely

DailyFaceoff Hires Former NHL Assistant GM Steve GreelyDailyFaceoff has added another talent to the ever-expanding roster. Former NHL assistant general manager Steve Greely is joining the team where he will share stories from his time in the league and write stories from a front office perspective. Greely cut his NHL teeth as...

DFO Predicts The 2021-22 NHL Standings

DFO Predicts The 2021-22 NHL StandingsIt’s the most wonderful time of the year. NHL training camps are on their final days and teams are getting in their last preseason games. Final roster cuts are happening this weekend, and our own Cam Lewis and Zach Laing have dove into their standings...

Offseason Review: Aging Roster & Inner Turmoil Has Blues At Crossroads

Offseason Review: Aging Roster & Inner Turmoil Has Blues At CrossroadsThe St. Louis Blues are a shell of the team that won the franchise’s first-ever Stanley Cup back in 2019. As time has gone on, players have gotten older and less effective and some key players from that championship team have moved on. Most notably,...

New IIHF President Launched Ethics Probe Of Racist Incident In Ukraine

New IIHF President Launched Ethics Probe Of Racist Incident In UkraineBy Scott Burnside Luc Tardif, the new head of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), has directed the IIHF’s ethics committee to investigate the incident of racial taunting in the Ukraine that prompted world-wide outrage. That group will report its findings and recommendations for further...

DFO Rundown – Ep. 69: Season Preview Part One!

DFO Rundown – Ep. 69: Season Preview Part One!Frank and Jason are back at the Wood Jerseys studio for a brand new episode of The DFO Rundown (pres. by Fantrax)! With the start of the season just days away, they kicked off their season preview predictions and took an in-depth look at the...

REPORT: Panthers Nearing Eight-Year, $80 Million Extension With Barkov

REPORT: Panthers Nearing Eight-Year, $80 Million Extension With BarkovAleksander Barkov is going to be sticking around in Florida for the foreseeable future. According to Elliotte Friedman, the Panthers’ captain has inked an eight-year contract extension worth $80,000,000, good for a $10,000,000 annual cap hit. The Panthers drafted Barkov with the No. 2 overall...

Offseason Review: Will The Dallas Stars Stay Healthy?

Offseason Review: Will The Dallas Stars Stay Healthy?From the top, all the way to the bottom. The Dallas Stars’ 2020-21 was one filled with lows not long after a 2019-20 campaign that saw them make the Cup Final. The Stars weren’t bad, per se, but they struggled mightily to close out games...

McKenna: Deep Dive Into Wednesday’s Controversial Reaves-Subban Collision

McKenna: Deep Dive Into Wednesday’s Controversial Reaves-Subban CollisionBy: Mike McKenna P.K. Subban didn’t do anything wrong or reckless when Ryan Reaves was injured on Wednesday night. It wasn’t a purposeful slew foot or attempt to injure an opponent. It was a simple case of two big, strong players going for the puck...

Montreal Canadiens Goaltender Carey Price Takes Leave Of Absence

Montreal Canadiens Goaltender Carey Price Takes Leave Of AbsenceThe Montreal Canadiens will be without goaltender Carey Price for the foreseeable future at he takes a leave of absence from the club. Habs GM Marc Bergevin met with media Thursday morning and said while the news caught him off guard, he was fully supportive...

REPORT: Patrick Kane, Seth Jones, Auston Matthews Named To U.S. Team

REPORT: Patrick Kane, Seth Jones, Auston Matthews Named To U.S. TeamThe first names are being added to Men’s Olympic Hockey teams around the world. This past weekend the Canadian squad named Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Alex Pietrangelo to the squad while today, team USA named their first trio. According to our own Frank Seravalli,...

Kings Lose Byfield To Fractured Ankle

Kings Lose Byfield To Fractured AnkleQuinton Byfield’s pursuit of the Calder Trophy is off to a tough start. The No. 2 overall pick from the 2020 draft was drilled into the boards in the LA Kings’ preseason bout with the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday and the team announced Wednesday that...

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