The 2012 NHL Awards Winners are listed below. Congratulations to all the winners. Calder Trophy (Top Rookie) Gabriel Landeskog Selke Trophy (Top Defensive Forward) Patrice Bergeron Lady Byng Trophy (Skill/Sportsmanship) Brian Campbell Masterton Trophy (Perseverance, Dedication) Max Pacioretty General Manager of the Year Doug Armstrong (St. Louis Blue) Vezina Trophy (Top Goaltender) Henrik Lundqvist Norris Trophy (Top Defenseman) Erik Karlsson Hart Trophy (Most Valuable [...]

The 2012 NHL Awards Show is tonight at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas at 7PM (ET). Below are the award nominees. Announced: Calder Trophy (Top Rookie) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Gabriel Landeskog Adam Henrique Selke Trophy (Top Defensive Forward) Patrice Bergeron David Backes Pavel Datsyuk Lady Byng Trophy (Skill/Sportsmanship) Brian Campbell Jordan Eberle Matt Moulson Masterton [...]

The 2012 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 22–23, 2012 and the first round order has yet to be determined but some teams have already exchanged picks for this draft via trade. The second round traded picks are below: The Boston Bruins second-round pick will go to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on June 24, [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs were offering Luke Schenn in trades at this deadline, partially because they signed John-Michael Liles to an extension earlier this season but also because Schenn hasn’t made the big developmental strides they’d hoped for. But that could change under new coach Randy Carlyle, who is bringing a more intense style to the team. Sportsnet’s Mark Spector writes, [...]

The latest trade rumors around the league regarding Rick Nash: February 26th:  Katie Strang of ESPNNY tweeted “Doesn’t appear Rangers are willing to concede to CBJ demands. At this point, NYR considered out of running for Nash.” Bob McKenzie via twitter “Obviously possible Rick Nash could move by tomorrow but it were close in any way [...]

While a handful of teams in the league are getting heavily involved in trade talks, the New York Islanders look as if they’re standing pat for now. Isles beat writer Chris Botta tweets, “As far as I’ve heard, nothing major or even moderate right now.” As has been widely speculated, the Toronto Maple Leafs may be looking to trade a defenseman [...]

TSN’s Bob McKenzie reports the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed John-Michael Liles to a four-year, $15.5 million contract extension $3.875-million cap hit. The average annual salary of Liles’ last four-year deal was $4.2 million. Liles, an eight-year NHL veteran in his first season with the Maple Leafs, had 4 goals, 21 points and a plus-2 rating through [...]