Sports ❯ Hockey ❯ NHL ❯ Player Performance

Defensemen

Interest in Quinn Hughes Intensifies as Detroit, New Jersey and Philadelphia Circle

Vancouver executives emphasize established young returns while speculation outpaces any confirmed trade talks.

Bruins Put Michael Callahan on IR, Recall Victor Soderstrom to Patch Depleted Defense

Lightning Sign Ryan McDonagh to Three-Year Extension Through 2029

Canadiens Sign Mike Matheson to Five-Year, $30 Million Extension

Canucks Open Trade Talks on Veterans to Get Younger, Keep Quinn Hughes Off Market

Lightning Rule Out Erik Cernak Week to Week, Brayden Point Sits vs. Flyers

Flyers Swap Dennis Gilbert for Senators’ Maxence Guenette, Then Sign Him to One-Year Two-Way Deal

Oilers Activate Zach Hyman After LTIR Stint With Stecher Claimed by Maple Leafs

Stars Lock Up Thomas Harley on 8-Year, $84.7 Million Extension

Sharks Claim Capitals Prospect Vincent Iorio Off Waivers

Models Shape Week 7 NFL Outlook, With Chiefs the Chalk and Rodgers–Flacco on TNF

Canadiens Lock In Lane Hutson on Eight-Year, $70.8 Million Extension

Devils Sign Luke Hughes to Seven-Year, $63 Million Extension

Ducks Sign Jackson LaCombe to Franchise-Record Eight-Year, $72 Million Extension

Kraken’s Ryker Evans Sidelined 6–8 Weeks With Upper-Body Injury

Panthers Lock In Niko Mikkola With Eight-Year, $40 Million Extension

Wild Lock In Kirill Kaprizov on NHL-Record 8-Year, $136 Million Extension

Flames and Rasmus Andersson Will Start Season Without Extension as Talks Could Reopen

Alex Pietrangelo Reopens Possibility of 2025–26 Return, Complicating Golden Knights’ Cap Outlook

Luke Hughes Talks Stall on Price as RFA Holdups Linger at NHL Camps