Marc Bergevin of the Montreal Canadiens, Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks and the Pittsburgh Penguins Ray Shero on Monday were named the finalists for the 2013 NHL General Manager of the Year Award. The award is voted on by the 30 NHL GMs and a panel of NHL executives and members of the print and broadcast media. Bergevin, in his first season with [...]

New York Islanders center John Tavares joins Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin as finalists for the Hart Trophy, awarded annually to the “player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.” Crosby, who previously won the Hart in 2007, finished tied for third in the League with 56 points despite sitting out the final month of the regular season [...]

Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin and Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning were announced Thursday as the finalists for the 2013 Ted Lindsay Award. The Ted Lindsay Award is presented annually to the “Most Outstanding Player” in the NHL, as voted by fellow members of the NHLPA. The Ted Lindsay Award is the only award voted on by [...]

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 [...]

The NHL is in the final planning stages of its much-anticipated series of outdoor stadium games next season with six outdoor contests set to take place in football and baseball stadiums across North America, sources familiar with the plan confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. The series will start with the annual Winter Classic, recently confirmed for [...]

New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal resumed skating this week. It is the first time Staal has returned to the ice since sustaining an eye injury against the Philadelphia Flyers on March 5. Staal was struck in the face with a deflected shot, which resulted in an orbital fracture. Detroit Red Wings center Darren Helm is expected to miss the remainder [...]

Per Pierre LeBrun on Twitter the Carolina Hurricanes have traded Jussi Jokinen to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a conditional draft pick.

According to Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, Toronto Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis says he isn’t close to a trade leading up to his first Trade Deadline in charge of Toronto’s roster, but that doesn’t mean that something can’t materialize in the next couple of days.The hot question in Toronto right now is whether they [...]

For Peter Chiarelli, the color choice was right, but Jarome Iginla wound up wearing the wrong shades of black and gold and the Boston Bruins GM now must move on. The Boston Bruins will be all over Martin St. Louis if the Tampa Bay Lightning make him available for a trade. He would be the [...]

After trading Jarome Iginla to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Calgary Flames may just be getting started. Other Flames candidates with the potential to move include Jay Bouwmeester, Mark Giordano, Miikka Kiprusoff, and Mike Cammalleri. Bouwmeester, in particular, has reportedly attracted the attention of teams like the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Ottawa Senators, among others. According to ESPN Insider Craig Custance Flames GM Jay [...]