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PHILADELPHIA - A $69 million salary cap wasn't what most NHL general managers expected, and it's a hurdle many big-budget teams will have to overcome. Initial estimates presented at December's board of governors meeting ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The conclusion of the 2014 NHL Draft at Wells Fargo Center signals the official opening of the Connor McDavid-Jack Eichel sweepstakes for the 2015 event at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla. In a draft that loo...

Draft weekend comes and goes without many teams making a big splash

One of the best known surnames in ice hockey delivered its latest addition to the National Hockey League on Saturday when Brendan Lemieux was finally taken with the first pick of the second round in the 2014 NHL Draft.

PHILADELPHIA -- The Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup twice in the past three seasons with the help of a couple of former Philadelphia Flyers. They started the process of winning the Cup again this weekend at the Fly...

Josh Ho-Sang has a reputation for cockiness that made some teams wary of drafting him, but not the Islanders or their general manager, Garth Snow.

PHILADELPHIA - Winnipeg Jets' general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff wasn't looking for one specific way to improve his team at the 2014 NHL draft. Instead, he focused on acquiring depth, of both players and picks, casting a...

Following an eventful first day of the 2014 NHL Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected a local product with their first pick of the second day Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA - Familiar names came off the NHL draft board during both days of the selection process. Sons, cousins, and other relatives of hockey players past were chosen in droves. Now is the chance for them to make na...

Familiar names came off the NHL draft board during both days of the selection process. Sons, cousins, and other relatives of hockey players past were chosen in droves.

PHILADELPHIA - The Toronto Maple Leafs loaded up on youth and gambled on the future at the NHL draft Saturday. But they also looked after the present, acquiring Roman Polak from the St. Louis Blues for fellow defenceman ...

PHILADELPHIA - Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo are gone, but the goaltending position has not been forgotten by the Vancouver Canucks. With their second-round pick in Saturday's NHL draft at No. 36, the Canucks took th...

PHILADELPHIA - Characterizing Day 2 of the NHL draft as "a good day," Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving pronounced himself "happy and excited" about the weekend's transactions. Among the team's moves was trad...

1 (10) Nick Ritchie, LW, Peterborough (OHL).

PHILADELPHIA - Fathers and sons celebrated Saturday as the NHL draft went into high gear for rounds two through seven. Lemieux, MacInnis, Smith and Donato were soon off the board. Turgeon, Wesley, Mantha, Marchment, Nann...

PHILADELPHIA - The biggest moves the Edmonton Oilers made to affect Day Two of this NHL draft came well before they were ever on the clock. Within the last year, they sent their second-round pick to the St. Louis Blues f...

PHILADELPHIA -- Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving was more than willing to begin the run on goaltenders early in the second round of the 2014 NHL Draft at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday. The newly appointed G...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Chicago Blackhawks got some necessary salary-cap relief and an extra draft pick by trading forward Brandon Bollig to the Calgary Flames for the No. 83 pick Saturday at the 2014 NHL Draft at Wells Farg...

The Columbus Blue Jackets signed defenseman Dalton Prout to a two-year contract extension, the team announced Saturday. Prout, 24, had two goals and four assists in 49 games last season. He has three goals and 10 assists...

First, Paul Reinhart's son. Then, Claude Lemieux's.

PHILADELPHIA -- Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman said he has no doubt he will be able to re-sign forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews to long-term contract extensions. He's just not sure when all the de...

The Florida Panthers surprised many folks by simply hanging on to the first overall selection and grabbing Aaron Ekblad, the standout defensive prospect of the 2014 NHL Draft.