Veteran defenseman Andy Sutton has retired, ending a 15-year career beset by injuries. Sutton played in 676 NHL games, most recently with Edmonton in 2011-12. He also suited up for San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Wild, Atlanta Thrashers, the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks. Sutton scored 38 goals and 112 assists, had 1,134 hits, 1,164 blocked [...]

Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher gave head coach Mike Yeo a vote of confidence on Saturday, according to Michael Russo on Twitter. “He’s our coach,” Fletcher said. There might be some that wonder about Yeo’s status after the team was meekly booted from the playoffs in five games by the Chicago Blackhawks after backing into the [...]

Minnesota Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher and coach Mike Yeo will speak at a news conference Saturday, a good sign both will be back next season. That leaves the goalie situation as the franchise’s top priority for 2013-14. Niklas Backstrom is 35 and an unrestricted free agent, and as well as Josh Harding played in the playoffs, he is [...]

Bolstering his corps of bottom-six forwards is thought to be on Edmonton Oilers GM Craig MacTavish‘s off-season to-do list. Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal suggests two current members of the Chicago Blackhawks, or a member of the Minnesota Wild, may fit the bill. “MacTavish wants to rebuild his bottom six, with presumably bigger and feistier role players, but they [...]

Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins, P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadians and Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild are this year’s finalists for the Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the defenseman that shows the “greatest all-round ability” at the position, as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the regular season. It is the first time each finalist [...]

Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Wednesday for elbowing Minnesota Wild forward Jason Pominville on Tuesday night. No penalty was assessed on second-period hit to the head in the Kings’ 2-1 loss at Minnesota. Brown hit Pominville in the jaw, knocking him on his back. The suspension will cost [...]

Two prominent members of the Buffalo Sabres were apparently not that close to being moved ahead of the trade deadline. CBC’s Elliotte Friedman reports GM Darcy Regier wasn’t offered near what he wanted for either goalie Ryan Miller or forward Thomas Vanek. Not only that, but there’s talk the Sabres may actually look to extend both players. “When you see what it [...]

San Jose Sharks defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic has been fined for slashing Minnesota Wild‘s Dany Heatley. The NHL fined Vlasic $8,378.38 for the infraction at the end of Wednesday’s 4-2 victory over the Wild. Vlasic and Heatley were jostling in the closing seconds of the game. After Vlasic delivered a cross check, Heatley responded by swinging his stick at Vlasic. He [...]

Renaud Lavoie is reporting via Twitter that Jason Pominville has been traded to the Minnesota Wild. More to follow. Johan Larsson and Matt Hackett will head to Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Pominville.

It has been a little quiet on the Los Angeles Kings front, but they are one of the many teams that have been connected to Calgary Flames forward Jarome Iginla, and his presence in Los Angeles would make the defending champs that much tougher to deal with in the playoffs. They certainly have the cap space to add [...]