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NHL Trade Deadline 2026 Tracker: Live Updates on Every Deal

NHL clubs swapped 15 players and eight draft picks in the final 72 hours before the 6 March trade cutoff, with Utah, Edmonton and Dallas each adding veteran help for a postseason push. Blockbuster Sends Weegar to Utah for Three Picks Calgary unloaded top-pair defender MacKenzie Weegar to the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday for defenceman Olli Määttä, right-wing prospect Jonathan Castagna and three 2026 second-rounders. Weegar, 30, carries a $6.8 million ...

Jane Williams in Ice hockey 2026-04-25 01:50

5-Foot-8 Justin Robidas Scores 47 AHL Points, NHL Debut Goal

Undersized Carolina Prospect Leads AHL in Goals-Per-Shot Behind League Top Sniper At 5-foot-8, Justin Robidas entered the 2021 draft labeled too small; four seasons later he trails only Milwaukee’s Egor Afanasyev in goals-per-shot among AHL regulars and owns an NHL goal against the defending Stanley Cup finalists, nudging Hurricanes management to fast-track his contract. Second-Best Shooting Rate Among AHL Regulars Through 46 games the Chicago Wo...

Sarah Davis in Ice hockey 2026-04-24 11:45

Flames Trade MacKenzie Weegar to Utah Mammoth for 3 Second-Round Picks

Flames Trade Weegar to Utah for 3 Second-Rounders, Maatta, Castagna The Calgary Flames traded 31-year-old defenseman MacKenzie Weegar to the Utah Mammoth late Wednesday, receiving three 2026 second-round draft picks, veteran defender Olli Maatta, and Cornell sophomore Jonathan Castagna. The swap comes two weeks after Calgary dealt Rasmus Andersson for future assets, cementing the club’s pivot toward a full rebuild. Flames Swap Weegar for Three 20...

Michael Miller in Ice hockey 2026-04-24 11:27

Dallas Stars Claim NHL Power Rankings Lead After 10-Game Win Streak

Dallas Stars Overtake Colorado Avalanche in THN Power Index After .500 Slide The Dallas Stars have seized the No. 1 slot in The Hockey News weekly power index, bumping the Colorado Avalanche after the latter played .500 hockey since New Year’s Day. Dallas Stars Claim Top Spot A franchise-record ten-game winning streak erased the ten-point cushion Colorado held on Jan. 1. Dallas sits at 38-14-9, six points behind the Avalanche in the Central Divis...

David Brown in Ice hockey 2026-04-22 11:19

NHL Trade Freeze 2026: Top Prospects Shopped With One Week Until Deadline

Prospects on the Block One Week Before 2026 NHL Trade Freeze One week before the March 6 trade freeze, general managers are dangling recent first-round picks instead of draft choices to land the final pieces for a Stanley Cup run or an accelerated rebuild. Atlantic Clubs Offer 2021–23 First-Rounders for Help Now Montreal, Detroit and Tampa Bay each sit inside the Eastern Conference playoff cut line, flipping their usual seller script.Canadiens GM...

Michael Jones in Ice hockey 2026-04-21 18:32

Sharks Re-Sign Kiefer Sherwood to Five-Year Deal After Trade from Canucks

San Jose Sharks Re-Sign Kiefer Sherwood Through 2031 The Sharks on Wednesday locked up bruising winger Kiefer Sherwood for five more seasons, betting his rare mix of muscle and secondary scoring can nudge a playoff push while the NHL’s fifth-youngest roster logs its first postseason minutes. Five-Year, $28.75 Million Deal Struck Before Trade Deadline General manager Mike Grier erased deadline suspense by announcing the $5.75 million annual pact h...

David Williams in Ice hockey 2026-04-17 18:06

Canada 10-2 Win Clinches Top Seed in 2026 Olympic Hockey Knockout

Canada secures Olympic men’s hockey top seed with 10-2 rout, earns quarter-final bye Nine skaters dent the twine in 10-goal surge Head coach André Tourigny rolled every line, and the ledger looked like attendance sheet: nine Canadians scored, only 19-year-old winger Ethan Greig twice. Spreading the wealth forced the out-gunned opponent to guard every sweater, a depth plan Hockey Canada revived after the 2022 Worlds. Veteran centre Jordan Weal, 38...

Maya Stanley in Ice hockey 2026-04-17 11:27

Maple Leafs 2022 Playoff Odds Sink to 0.4% After Florida Losses

Matthews Returns with Olympic Gold, Leafs’ Playoff Hopes All but Gone After Florida Blowouts Back-to-Back Losses Expose Defensive Breakdowns Toronto surrendered nine goals in two nights, letting in the first shot 37 seconds into the opener at Sunrise and finishing the set with a 72 percent penalty-kill rate. Bottom-six forwards produced only 12 even-strength shots, repeating the systemic leaks that dogged the club before the Olympic break. Head c...

Sarah Miller in Ice hockey 2026-04-11 18:58

26 Feb CHL & NCAA Hockey Prospect Rankings: Barrie Colts, Michigan State, Moncton Wildcats Lead

Barrie Colts ride 10-game win streak into final March stretch, Michigan State grabs Big Ten lead, Moncton Wildcats torch QMJHL boards in February’s Prospect Power Rankings. Barrie Colts’ 10-Game Win Streak Powers OHL Climb The Colts have not trailed once in the third period for 240 straight minutes, a snapshot of the control that shoved them from fourth to second in the OHL Eastern Conference. Centre Cole Beaudoin, property of Utah’s NHL club, ha...

John Miller in Ice hockey 2026-04-09 18:06

2026 Olympic Hockey Prelims: Format Flaws, Goalie Load, and Qualifier Impact

Preliminary play at the Milano-Cortina Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament ended on 25 February, locking eight teams into quarter-final spots and renewing complaints that the three-group format warps knockout seeding. Lopsided Pools Skew Standings Organizers again split the 12-team field into pools of four, seeding them by the November 2025 IIHF world ranking. Group A ended up with three top-ten nations; Group C held only one. Because quarter-fin...

Christopher Pearson in Ice hockey 2026-04-08 11:01

Utah Mammoth Acquire MacKenzie Weegar from Flames in Multi-Piece Trade

Utah Mammoth acquires defenseman MacKenzie Weegar from Calgary Flames in pre-deadline blockbuster Utah Mammoth landed veteran right-shot defender MacKenzie Weegar from Calgary late Wednesday, surrendering three 2026 second-round picks, defenseman Olli Maatta and Cornell forward prospect Jonathan Castagna to close the marquee pre-deadline deal. Weegar Waives No-Trade for Long-Term Utah Fit The 32-year-old blueline workhorse agreed to waive his no-...

John Brown in Ice hockey 2026-04-03 11:53

Women's Olympic Hockey 2026: Dominant Team's 31-1 Run Sparks Competitive Balance Debate

Women’s hockey superpower rolls into 2026 Olympic final with 31-1 goal edge 31-1 Goal Surge Reveals Olympic Imbalance The tournament favourite will skate for gold after five straight shut-outs and only one puck eluding its goalies in 16 regulation periods. The streak extends a pattern set in 1998: the same two nations have contested every Olympic final since Nagano, leaving everyone else to chase bronze. Bookmakers gave the remaining teams a comb...

Violet Walker in Ice hockey 2026-04-03 18:14

Vancouver Canucks Trade Myers, Eye Rebuild as Deadline Approaches

Canucks Trade Myers, Signal Full Rebuild The Vancouver Canucks enter March 2026 on a 1-7-2 slide, 10 points adrift of every other NHL club, and have flipped veteran defender Tyler Myers to Dallas for draft picks—moves that make it clear the front office is targeting lottery odds, not playoff berths. Deal Ships Myers to Stars for 2027, 2029 Picks Wednesday’s swap sends the 36-year-old blueliner to Dallas for a 2027 second-round pick and a 2029 fou...

John Jones in Ice hockey 2026-04-01 18:14

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