The Canadiens are on a roll right now. They were able to sign their young players before the NHL saw a salary explosion, so the team now has one of the most exciting payrolls in the National Hockey League.
Aaron Portzline: Hopefully, there were more talks between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Adam Fantilli‘s agent, Pat Brisson, yesterday. Brisson to The Athletic: “We recognize the value/importance of trying to get a player to (training camp).
Michael Russo and Joe Smith of The Athletic: Minnesota Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes said (last week) that the idea of possibly playing with his brothers in New Jersey versus re-signing with the Wild is not the reason that a contract extension hasn’t been worked out yet.
The Maple Leafs signed 24-year-old Brendan Brisson on Friday, so we dropped everything and got to work adding him to the T25 (despite some grumbling). Brisson would have been the oldest player on the T25 eligibility list, knocking Artur Akhtyamov down to second-oldest.
Ahead of training camp, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Brendan Brisson to a one-year contract. Financial terms of the deal were not initially disclosed.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Even the best can miss one. Pat Brisson is one of the best-known agents in the world of hockey. His job involves, among other things, trying to identify the next big stars before they become stars.
What does the future hold for Dominique Ducharme? The former Canadiens coach, who became an assistant coach with the Golden Knights three years ago, is coming to the end of his contract.
If you had to rate Zachary Bolduc's season on a scale of 1 to 10, what would your answer be? As for me, I'd give him a solid… 5. He wasn't exactly terrible—he started the season strong—but I would have liked to see more from him at times.
At 38, Sidney Crosby continues to impress. The Penguins’ captain already has 32 points, including 18 goals, in 29 games, and could enjoy a 21st consecutive season with at least one point per game.
It has been speculated that the Penguins could approach Sidney Crosby about waiving his full no-movement clause, which would benefit both him and the team.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Three Stanley Cups. One Conn Smythe. One Selke Trophy. It’s not quite Michael Jordan’s agent sending out a fax with the words “I’m back,” in reference to his future career plans, but Pat Brisson signalling it’s full stream ahead on a comeback bid for a future first-ballot Hall of Famer in Jonathan Toews is definitely juicy.
The Canadiens are looking for help at center. And by necessity, several names are being bandied about. And because Kirby Dach didn’t prove anything this season, Alex Newhook isn’t necessarily a long-term solution and Christian Dvorak, until proven otherwise, doesn’t have a contract for next season, all targets are realistic.
Since the playoffs are underway in the NHL, there aren’t really any rumours about players. On the other hand, several general manager and head coach positions are vacant, so there are plenty of rumours to go around.
Who will be the Islanders’ GM and/or President of Hockey Operations? Everyone has an opinion on the matter. Arthur Staple, a journalist with a lot of experience in New York, wrote a piece on the subject for The Athletic.
Elias Pettersson has not had the season anyone had expected and the reason for his slow start to the 2024-25 campaign might have been revealed by his agent Pat Brisson on Monday.
The 4 Nations Face-Off gets underway on Wednesday and three members of the Vancouver Canucks organization will be there looking for international glory.
For the past few weeks, there have been big discussions behind the scenes surrounding the CHL and the NCAA. The subject of these discussions: the American college circuit is considering relaxing its rules to allow players who have played in the CHL to join the NCAA.
Sidney Crosby is 36 years old. He’s still one of the NHL’s most productive players, having racked up 94 points (42 goals) last season in Pittsburgh . The interesting thing about the Penguins captain is that he’ll be as free as a bird next summer if he can’t agree on the terms of a new contract with the organization that drafted him in 2005.
Even if the Philadelphia Flyers are eliminated, the fact remains that the club can still, by necessity, be in the news in the hockey world. And even if it’s by force of circumstance.
Rookie Brendan Brisson capped Vegas' three-goal, third-period outburst with his first NHL goal as the Golden Knights rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.