His long trade tree for Penguins outlasted by even longer career One of the longest-lasting members of the draft class of 2004 has hung up the skates. Only Evgeni Malkin and Alex Ovechkin remain in the NHL from this draft, though free agent Blake Wheeler hasn’t officially announced what his next steps may be.
Minnesota Wild : Defenseman Alex Goligoski is retiring from the NHL after 17 seasons. NHL: Goligoski played in 1,078 games with the Penguins, Stars, Coyotes and Wild.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
Anthony Di Marco: Pending UFA defenseman Alex Goligoski won’t be returning to the Minnesota Wild next season. The Wild will likely look for a cheap option to fill the eighth slot on their depth chart.
The NHL offseason continues for the Minnesota Wild, and while the NHL Entry Draft draws closer along with free agency, there’s still nearly a month left until the draft.
If the Leafs have gone all-in on something it seems to be second chances. The trend started last year with the return of Luke Schenn. It continued last week with return of Ilya Lyubushkin.
Marco Rossi was beaming. He had a goal in the first period against the Montreal Canadiens, then assisted on Brock Faber’s goal in the third period. In between, he fought 6-foot-2, 205 lbs.
The Minnesota Wild open up their 2022-2023 regular season in just less than one month. The Minnesota Twins are currently in a three-team race for the AL Central crown with 20 games remaining in their regular season.
Sidney Crosby got a lot of points, Alex Ovechkin scored a lot of goals and, yes, the regular season is really long. These have been the storylines at the end of every NHL season for the past 10 years, and this year was no different.