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Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Bruins Made Sneaky Good Move Acquiring Ex-Oilers Forward
The Boston Bruins have brought in several new players this off-season as they look to improve their roster. One of their newcomers is forward Viktor Arvidsson, as they acquired the veteran winger from the Edmonton Oilers on July 1 in exchange for a 2027 fifth-round pick.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Boston Bruins Announce Numbers For New Additions
The Boston Bruins have made multiple new additions in what has been a busy off-season for them. This was expected, as the Original Six club had multiple open spots on their roster and plenty of cap space to work with. While the Bruins did not bring in any big-name additions, they have improved their forward and defensive depth this off-season. As a result of this, there will be plenty of competition to watch once training camp is here. Bruins Defender Switches To New Number For Sean Kuraly Bruins Defender Switches To New Number For Sean Kuraly The Advertisement Boston Bruins brought back Sean Kuraly this off-season by signing him to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $1.85 million. With this, the veteran forward is expected to be a key part of the Bruins' bottom six once again. After announcing that Sean Kuraly will once again wear No. 52 with the Bruins, the Original Six club has revealed the numbers for the rest of their notable newcomers now. Let's take a look at each of them now. Viktor Arvidsson: No. 71 Viktor Arvidsson has worn No. 33 for the majority of his career, but without any surprise, he won't be rocking it with the Bruins. Bruins legend Zdeno Chara will be the last player to ever wear No. 33 in Boston, as they will undoubtedly retire his number in the future. As a result of this, Arvidsson is making the switch to No. 71. Advertisement Arvidsson will now be the sixth player in Bruins history to wear No. 71. The last player to do so was Oliver Wahlstrom, who sported the number this past season. Other Bruins who have had No. 71 are Taylor Hall, Jiri Slegr, and even Marc Savard before he made the switch to No. 91 in the middle of the 2006-07 season. Tanner Jeannot: No. 84 After wearing No. 10 with the Los Angeles Kings this past season, Tanner Jeannot will be switching to No. 84 with the Bruins. He previously sported No. 84 during his time with both the Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning. No. 84 is a rare number in Bruins history, as defenseman Jarred Tinordi is the only player who has worn it. Thus, Jeannot will be just the second player ever to wear No. 84 for the Bruins. Advertisement Michael Eyssimont: No. 81 After wearing No. 23 with the Tampa Bay Lightning and No. 21 with the Seattle Kraken this past season, Michael Eyssimont will be making another number change with the Bruins. Eyssimont's number with the Bruins will be 81. Former Bruins Defenseman Is Best Free Agent Left Former Bruins Defenseman Is Best Free Agent Left We are now roughly halfway through the month of July. As a result of this, things have quieted down significantly around the NHL. The majority of this year's unrestricted free agents (UFAs) have signed their new contracts, most of the big names have landed their new contracts. Eyssimont will be the first player to wear No. 81 since Dmitry Orlov did during the 2022-23 season. The only other Bruins players who had No. 81 were Phil Kessel, Miroslav Satan, and Anton Blidh, so this is another uncommon number in Boston's history. Advertisement Jordan Harris: No. 43 Jordan Harris wore No. 22 with the Columbus Blue Jackets last season. However, with Willie Ree's No. 22 being retired by the Bruins, Harris is making the switch to No. 43. Ex-Canadiens Defender Should Shine With Bruins Ex-Canadiens Defender Should Shine With Bruins The Boston Bruins had a busy July 1, as they brought in an array of new players. Former Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jordan Harris was among them, as the Bruins signed the Haverill, Massachusetts native to a one-year, $825,000 contract for the 2025-26 season. The last player to wear No. 43 for the Bruins was prospect defenseman Frederic Brunet during the club's 2024-25 season finale against the New Jersey Devils. Thus, this indicates that Brunet will be changing his number with the NHL club. Advertisement Matej Blumel: No. 13 Matej Blumel wore both No. 22 and No. 25 during his time with the Dallas Stars. However, he won't rock either number for the Bruins, as he will instead be going with No. 13. Blumel will be the ninth player to sport No. 13 in Boston's history. The last player to do was Charlie Coyle, as he wore it from the 2018-19 season until he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche at this year's trade deadline. Alex Steeves: No. 21 While with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Steeves wore No. 46. However, he is making a change with the Bruins, as he is set to wear No. 21. Thus, he will not be the first Bruin to wear No. 46 since longtime star David Krejci, who sported the number for his entire 16-year tenure with the Bruins. Bruins Made Smart Move Signing Ex-Maple Leafs Forward Bruins Made Smart Move Signing Ex-Maple Leafs Forward The Advertisement Boston Bruins have brought in plenty of new players this off-season as they continue their retool. Among the bunch expected to be on the Bruins' opening night roster are Tanner Jeannot, Viktor Arvidsson, Sean Kuraly, Michael Eyssimont, and Jordan Harris. However, they also signed some intriguing depth players who could end up being solid additions to their group. No. 21 is an incredibly popular number in Boston's history, as Steeves will be the 33rd Bruin to wear it. James van Riemsdyk was the last Bruin to do so, which was during the 2023-24 campaign. Victor Soderstrom: No. 29 Victor Soderstrom wore No. 77 during his time with the Arizona Coyotes, but that was obviously not an option with Boston, as it has been retired for Bruins legend Ray Bourque. Thus, Soderstrom will instead sport No. 29 with the Bruins. Advertisement Soderstrom is now the 40th player in the history of the Bruins to have No. 29. The last player to do so was defenseman Parker Wotherspoon, who rocked the number these past two seasons before signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins this off-season. 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Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Edmonton Oilers with last ditch plan to aquire most valuable asset of all, insider says
The Edmonton Oilers have already done much this summer, signing star d-man Evan Bouchard, moving out Viktor Arvidsson and Evander Kane for cap space, and signing forwards Andrew Mangianpane and Curtis Lazar. But they're still in pursuit of that most valuable of all assets in the modern NHL: cap space. At least it's the most valuable asset if you're a top team already, pressed up against the cap, and trying to figure out how you can upgrade your team both in the short term and the long term, such as the coming 2026 NHL trade deadline. It's extra cap space that brought Edmonton Jake Walman and brought Florida Brad Marchand and Seth Jones at the 2025 deadline. That cap space came through key players being injured late in the season, allowing Edmonton and Florida to bring in more salary at the trade deadline, but if the NHL cracks down on that practice for the 2026 playoffs, building up cap space through careful cap management through the season will become all important in any team's Stanley Cup hopes. No careful management, no star goalie or top forward for the Oilers at the 2026 deadline, you know what I mean? The Oilers are looking forward to that eventuality, hoping to build up cap space this season, as team insider Bob Stauffer, host of Oilers Now, described on today's show. Said Stauffer: 'The Oilers, I think, are gonna try to find a way to have a little bit of cap space from the opening day of the season. Right now, they got about $150,000, and I'm thinking they're gonna try to find a way to get in the $1.5 to $2 million range, and if they can do that, then it accrues during the course of the year and multiply it basically by four (at the time of the trade deadline), and away you go.' Of course, Edmonton could get cap space by going with a tight roster as they did last year, limiting the number of players on the NHL roster to 20, 21 or 22, not the full 23-player allowed. It might be difficult to pull off that this season, as Ty Emberson or Troy Stecher would likely be scooped up if they were sent to the minors, meaning the team needs to go with seven d-men, and the same could well apply to forwards David Tomasek and/or Noah Philp. Edmonton could well go with a 22-man roster, with one extra forward and one extra d-man on the roster, but it's hard to imagine them running tighter than that. So how to find that extra cap space? Stauffer is talking about $1.35 to $1.85 million here. If the Oilers traded Adam Henrique and his $3 million per salary and replaced him with a player earning $1 million per that would get the team an additional $2 million in cap space. But Henrique still has much to offer, and has even been talked about playing as a top line winger with Connor McDavid. If Henrique was bought out, the Oilers would pay him $1 million this year and next year, bringing the team a $2 million cap saving this year, but an extra $1 million cap hit the following year, 2026-27. Mattias Janmark makes $1.45 million this year and next. If he was traded, and replaced by a player making the NHL minimum such as Philp or Curtis Lazar, Edmonton would save $630,000 in cap hit this year and next year. Of course, I can't read Stauffer's mind to know what the plan is — and maybe he only knows the goal of the plan and not the details — but the best bet for the Oilers would be to move out Janmark for a younger, more aggressive player. Janmark has a 10-team no-trade list so moving him might be difficult, but not impossible. He still has value as checker and penalty killer, but his cap space is likely more valuable to the Oilers, especially as the Oilers accrue space as the season goes along, getting ready to bring in a top player early in the winter of 2026.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NHL Free Agency 2025: Six Losers So Far
The first day of the NHL's 2025 free-agent frenzy is now in the books, and as is tradition on we're examining the winners and losers from the beginning of the free-agent period. On Tuesday, we broke down the five biggest winners, and today, we're looking at the six teams who, for different reasons, have to be labelled as losers. Advertisement In alphabetical order: Boston Bruins The Bruins did a lot of roster shuffling, acquiring role players including former Oilers right winger Viktor Arvidsson, former Blue Jackets left winger Sean Kuraly and former Kings left winger Tanner Jeannot. But there's a reason those three veterans were available – namely, that their previous teams felt they were expendable. And picking up spare parts and reclamation projects was not the way the Bruins operated in their recent heyday. Boston GM Don Sweeney had a decent amount of salary cap space heading into the free-agent frenzy, but after spending most of it in the past few days, he can't expect prognosticators to project that the Bs will be a playoff team next season. At best, they look to be only slightly improved on paper, and in a highly competitive Atlantic Division, they haven't done enough to be pegged as a Stanley Cup post-season team in 2025-26. Buffalo Sabres The Sabres made a handful of moves – most notably, the re-signing of RFA center Ryan McLeod, and the UFA signings of or trades for fringe players including goalie Alex Lyon, defensemen Zac Jones and Conor Timmins, and wingers Josh Doan and Justin Danforth. Meanwhile, the status of RFA star defenseman Bowen Byram is still in limbo, with many expecting he'll be traded by Buffalo GM Kevyn Adams, but there has been no movement on the trade front as of Wednesday afternoon. Advertisement Consequently, these current Sabres roster changes are thoroughly underwhelming. Adams is gambling he's made the team better by buttressing their bottom two lines of forwards and their bottom defense pairing, but we just don't see anyone Buffalo has added as being true needle-movers. At a time when Buffalo is desperate to get back in the thick of the playoff race in the Atlantic, there's not enough there to expect the Sabres will end their 14-year streak without post-season hockey. Chicago Blackhawks The Hawks have struggled for years to play at a level that is anywhere close to being a playoff contender, and Chicago GM Kyle Davidson changed coaches this summer in an effort to raise the competitive bar for his team. However, other than trading for fourth-liner Sam Lafferty, the Blackhawks have done nothing of consequence. Budding star Connor Bedard needed some high-end talent to elevate his game in 2025-26, but thus far, Davidson has given him nothing different to work with. Advertisement Chicago still has approximately $21.3 million in cap space, and it's possible that Davidson is hanging onto as much of it as possible to spend on the very deep class of UFA stars on course to be available in the summer of 2026. But we're judging this organization based on the here and now, and looking through that prism, you can't come to any conclusion other than the fact that the Hawks will almost assuredly finish well out of a playoff spot next season. Detroit Red Wings Like the Blackhawks, the Red Wings are an Original Six franchise who have seen better days. Detroit GM Steve Yzerman has been preaching patience with his lineup, but Wings fans are starting to grow tired of seeing him kick the competitive can down the road. And very few moves he's made in the past few days qualify as legitimate roster improvements. Advertisement Yzerman did trade for former Anaheim Ducks star goalie John Gibson, so there's an upgrade in net. But otherwise, Detroit has only retained aging star winger Patrick Kane, and signed veteran winger James van Riemsdyk and fringe defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker. This is hardly the stuff of Grade-A acquisitions. Todd McLellan watches the play against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the third period. (Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images) Even if Yzerman's gamble on internal improvement comes to pass, the Red Wings don't have the elite talent to compete with other Atlantic teams. So you can't say they've been anything other than losers through the first couple days of free agency. Edmonton Oilers Despite nearly winning a Cup this past season, the Oilers weren't able to persuade key role players to re-sign with the team. Right winger Connor Brown left via free agency for the New Jersey Devils, while right winger Corey Perry departed for the Kings. Those are two losses that will be hard to address. Advertisement Edmonton was able to re-sign star defenseman Evan Bouchard to a four-year, $42-million contract extension, and center Trent Frederic also agreed to a long-term extension. But otherwise, their only additions are bottom-six winger Curtis Lazar and mid-tier winger Andrew Mangiapane, the latter of whom hasn't scored more than 17 goals in any of the past three seasons. At best, the Oilers are approximately the same in terms of all-around talent, and that may not be good enough to keep Pacific Division and Western Conference teams at bay next year. That makes them a loser on our list. Los Angeles Kings Kings GM Ken Holland had a boatload of cap space heading into free agency and used a whole lot of it, signing Perry away from Edmonton, then inking former Senators backup goalie Anton Forsberg as well as veteran Montreal right winger Joel Armia and former Devils D-man Brian Dumoulin. Advertisement But the most dubious signing, from our point of view, was the four-year, $18-million contract Holland gave to journeyman defenseman Cody Ceci, who is now on his seventh NHL team in eight seasons. Were there really competing teams out there who were offering Ceci anything close to what he wound up getting? Sorry, but we just don't see it. Basically, the Kings haven't done nearly enough to see them as being as improved as their Pacific rivals around them. Holland has quickly left his imprint on the roster, and with approximately $5.99 million in cap space, he may not be done making additions to his group. But as it stands, Los Angeles has become more mediocre than anything else, and this is why we have them as a loser thus far in free agency. Get the latest news and trending stories by following The Hockey News on Google News and by subscribing to The Hockey News newsletter here. And share your thoughts by commenting below the article on
CBC
02-07-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Edmonton Oilers making moves as NHL free agency window opens
The Edmonton Oilers' potent offence lost some firepower in free agency Tuesday as forwards Corey Perry and Connor Brown signed with other teams. Perry, 40, joined the L.A. Kings on a one-year, $2-million US deal that includes up to $2 million in additional performance bonuses. Brown, 31, went to the New Jersey Devils on a four-year, $12-million contract. The duo were key performers for Edmonton as the Oilers ground their way through the playoffs last season before losing Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final to the Florida Panthers. After contributing 30 points (19 goals, 11 assists) across 81 regular-season contests in the 2024-25 campaign, Perry added 10 goals and four assists in 22 post-season games. Brown also had 30 points (13 goals, 17 assists) during the regular season, then recorded five goals and four assists in 20 playoff outings. Edmonton also parted ways with forward Viktor Arvidsson on Tuesday, dealing him to the Boston Bruins for a fifth-round pick in the 2027 draft. Arvidsson, 32, had 15 goals and 12 assists in 67 regular-season games for Edmonton last season, and added another seven points (two goals, five assists) in 15 playoff appearances. The move gave the Oilers some much-needed cap space after Edmonton inked star defenceman Evan Bouchard to a new four-year, $42-million deal on Monday, one day before the 25-year-old blueliner from Oakville, Ont., was set to become a restricted free agent. Edmonton also needs room to sign Connor McDavid to a new deal. The superstar captain is eligible for an extension as of Tuesday. Carrying an average annual value of $10.5 million, Bouchard's new contract is a substantial raise on his previous $3.9-million cap hit. Getting the new deal done was "an exciting process," Bouchard said. "Nothing too painful … And we're happy where we are," he said. "We kind of just decided four years was a good term for myself, good term for the Oilers." Bouchard, drafted 10th overall by the Oilers in 2018, broke out with 18 goals and 64 assists across 81 games in 2023-24 before adding 32 points in 25 games during the playoffs. Last season, he tallied 23 points in 22 playoff games after a 67-point regular season. Only Bobby Orr (1.243) has a higher points-per-game average among defencemen than Bouchard's 1.08 in the post-season. The pain of losing the Stanley Cup to Florida in back-to-back seasons still smarts, though, Bouchard said, and he's looking ahead to getting yet another chance at hockey's biggest prize. "We're going to have a lot of the same guys back. Everyone's going to be that much hungrier. Everyone knows that we have what it takes, we just need to give a little bit more," the star defenceman said Tuesday. "So I'm excited. The Oilers and myself have a good chance in years to come." The six-foot-three, 192-pound athlete has been working on the defensive side of his game in recent years, and said his goal moving forward is to play with more consistency. "I think over the last season or two, I've really focused on the defensive side of things," Bouchard said. "Especially later in the season, come playoff time, that's the most important thing is to keep the puck out of the net. So I think my game's just going to keep getting better, keep growing on both sides." The Oilers announced late on Tuesday they had signed forward Andrew Mangiapane to a two-year deal with an average annual value of $3.6 million. The 29-year-old Mangiapane dressed in 81 regular-season games for the Washington Capitals this past season, recording 14 goals, 14 assists and 24 penalty minutes. A veteran of 498 NHL games, the Toronto native makes his way back to Alberta after spending seven seasons with the Calgary Flames, where he was originally drafted in 2015 (sixth round, 166 overall). Named MVP of the 2021 world championship, the speedy winger has also made 37 playoff appearances including 10 games with the Caps this past spring tallying a goal and an assist. The Oilers also signed Curtis Lazar on Wednesday to a one-year contract with an average annual value of $775,000. The 30-year-old forward previously won a Memorial Cup with the WHL's Edmonton Oil Kings. Edmonton also announced a pair of depth signings late on Tuesday.
