The Wild is still working to get Kirill Kaprizov to join the team after signing the prized prospect to a two-year contract on Monday, but the team already has a personalized No. 97 jersey to present to him when he arrives.

"I think it looks pretty good," General Manager Bill Guerin said. "Can't wait to give this to you in person, Kirill."

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Training camp began Monday for the 24 teams participating in the NHL's expanded playoffs, the third of four planned phases of the Return to Play plan, and the league announced 30 positive tests results for COVID-19 emerged from the 600 players who had reported and underwent 4,934 tests during Phase 2.

Phase 2 included players reporting to their...Read more

The Florida Panthers' expanded roster for an unusual training camp leading into the 2020 postseason is giving one of the organization's top prospects a chance at a breakthrough.

Owen Tippett, the No. 8 overall selection in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, headlines the list of additions to the Panthers' expanded 30-man roster for the return-to-play ...Read more

Penguins CEO and president David Morehouse walked through an eerily silent parking lot outside PPG Paints Arena a few weeks back when, from a distance, he saw the familiar face of an usher.

"How have you been?" Morehouse asked.

"I just miss all the people," the usher replied.

Don't we all. The turnstiles at PPG Paints Arena have stood still ...Read more

Fans won't be in the stands.

Games will be in one of two centralized locations instead of alternating between NHL teams' home rinks.

And some competitors, like the Wild, will have to pass an entrance exam just to stick around.

But the prize at the end of this unprecedented playoff pursuit, the Stanley Cup, hasn't changed.

"I don't think it'...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The NHL and the NHL Players' Association on Friday ratified the terms of their Return to Play plan and also approved a Memorandum of Understanding to extend their collective bargaining agreement though the 2025-26 season, decisions that pave the way for training camps to open next week and for the season to resume on Aug. 1 under ...Read more

The executive board of the NHL Players' Association on Wednesday approved a proposed new collective bargaining agreement with the NHL and referred the tentative agreement to its full membership for a vote, with approval expected to be announced on Friday.

The deal, which would extend labor peace through the 2025-26 season and allow players to ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Toronto and Edmonton will reportedly be named NHL hub cities if the season resumes later this summer, a return that's still a work in progress, although talks seem to be escalating toward a resolution.

The players union and the league have been working on protocols for training camp, a 24-team tournament to award the Stanley Cup ...Read more

CHICAGO -- With a plus-130 line at several sports books, the Chicago Blackhawks aren't the worst bet to advance past the NHL play-in round. That would be the Montreal Canadiens, a fellow 12th seed, at plus-170.

If the league's return-to-play plan goes on without a hitch -- namely, a surge in coronavirus cases among players or a hub city -- the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Oskar Lindblom rang the bell of hope signifying his last chemotherapy treatment at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center and then hugged his girlfriend, Alma Lindqvist.

In a calendar year that has seen so much misery, it was a beautiful site.

"I'm just happy that I'm alive," Lindblom said, "and that I caught it early."

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CHICAGO -- The NHL reportedly has chosen Edmonton and Toronto as the hub cities to host the playoffs -- and the league will let teams play on home ice -- a combination that creates a distinct disadvantage for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Sportsnet, TSN and CBC Sports all reported Wednesday that the two Canadian cities will be announced as NHL hubs. ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The NHL has yet to announce the two hub cities that will host the playoffs this summer, but Chicago is reportedly a finalist.

Toronto, Las Vegas and Edmonton are the other candidates still in the running from a list of 10 candidates, according to TSN's Bob McKenzie.

If Chicago is selected as a hub city, the McCormick Place ...Read more

Perhaps, according to one member of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee, it shouldn't have taken Doug Wilson or Kevin Lowe two decades or more to be bestowed the sport's highest individual honor.

Brian Burke, a longtime executive in the NHL and a Hall of Fame committee member since 2012, told Sportsnet radio in Calgary on Thursday that ...Read more

Classy winger Jarome Iginla leads the six-member Hockey Hall of Fame class that was announced Wednesday. The induction ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 16 in Toronto, but that's subject to change because of the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on the NHL schedule and events.

Also elected in the players' category were ...Read more