The 2024-25 season has officially begun, as players reported to training camp on Wednesday. As you can imagine, there’s been a ton of news from around the league in the past two days.
Former Toronto Maple Leafs winger Tyler Ennis has decided to hang up his skates for good to conclude a 13-year NHL career. Originally selected 26th overall by the Sabres in 2008, the 5’9″ and 160-pound forward spent most of his playing days in Buffalo but he also got to play for the Wild, Senators, Oilers, and Leafs.
After 700 career games, mostly with the Buffalo Sabres, and two full years out of the NHL, veteran forward Tyler Ennis has announced his retirement from professional hockey.
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.
Tyler Ennis, whose 700-game NHL career included a lengthy tenure with the Buffalo Sabres and multiple stints with the Ottawa Senators, announced his retirement from professional hockey on Tuesday.
At 5 ft 9, Ennis was undersized to say the least but he never really stopped it from taking a toll on his career. Just like Martin St. Louis, he persevered and played his game on his terms.
It’s funny how certain players become favorites among fans and writers alike. As a new writer covering the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2018, I got to know Tyler Ennis quite well.
Former longtime Buffalo Sabre Tyler Ennis announced his retirement from professional hockey on Wednesday. The 34-year-old had spent the last two years playing in Europe after 14 seasons in the NHL.
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.
Drake Caggiula will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Sunday for an illegal check to the head of Edmonton Oilers forward Tyler Ennis.