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• Anania joins Americans
Allen, Texas – The Allen Americans, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators, announced the team has signed defenseman Andre Anania for the 2025-26 season. Anania joins the Americans after posting 11 points (4g-7a) in 51 games as … Continue reading → The post Anania joins Americans first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• ‘It Takes A Lot Out Of You’ — Brady Tkachuk Gets Extremely Blunt On Addressing Major Personal Flaw From Last Season
Brady Tkachuk admits last season’s physical toll but says he’s in peak shape, ready to lead the Ottawa Senators beyond simply making the playoffs....2025
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• Senators 2025-26 Player Preview: Linus Ullmark
With the 2025-26 season approaching quickly, it is time to start looking at what the Ottawa Senators have to work with. They finally made it back to the playoffs, but…...2025
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• The Hockey Show - Episode 676

The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back with a pile of stuff to discuss thanks to several teams and franchises jumping into the fashion world with new designs and branding. I have no idea who is green-lighting some of these rather terrible ideas when it comes to how teams want to look on the ice, but people smarter than me must know fashion a l...2025
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• Senators 2025-26 Player Preview: Tim Stutzle
After his first five seasons, Tim Stutzle has established himself not only as a great player for the Ottawa Senators, but he is also one of the premium young forwards…...2025
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• How Far Can Tim Stützle Carry the Senators?
Remember the 2020 NHL Entry Draft? The league went virtual for the first time, and the Ottawa Senators had not one, but three picks in the first round. At third…...2025

• Winnipeg Jets: End of Summer Ramblings
Well, it has been a full month since I put up a new article on Arctic Ice Hockey….so I best shake out of my summer relaxation mode and get back to writing about our Winnipeg Jets. Yet our favourite hockey club is not doing me any favours….with nary a whiff of interesting news coming from Kevin Cheveldayoff and the rest of the front office staff. While it is true that very little has...2025
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• NHL mock draft 2025: Updated projection on draft day with rumors flying

GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS / USA TODAY NETWORK Here’s our latest NHL mock draft. We’re barely done getting over the Stanley Cup Finals and the NHL Draft is already upon us, and it’s going to be wild. While the 2025 class doesn’t have a surefire star like Connor Bedard two years ago, it’s a deep class with boom or bust potential all over the first round which could lead to some wild thin...2025
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• Jets’ European & NCAA Prospects Review
In Arctic Ice Hockey’s final article about the Winnipeg Jets’ prospects under the age of 25, we explore the final four young men on our list to determine the likelihood they ever suit up for the NHL franchise that drafted them. While there are no 1st round selections in the group, the True North club did grab one of the players in each of the next four rounds. Lets go through them i...2025
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• Examining upcoming RFA decisions

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado needs to give Qualifying Offers to these players by the end of the month. An important set of decisions that must be made in preparation for the next season is upcoming. That is to determine which restricted free agents will receive Qualifying Offers for the Colorado Avalanche to retain their negotiating rights. As always there are some tough...2025
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• Senators Prospect Lassi Thomson Could Fill in for Nick Jensen
When Nick Jensen came limping out to the Ottawa Senators’ end-of-season media availability on May 5, it confirmed all the suspicions that he had been playing with a significant injury.…...2025
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• Could the Ottawa Senators be a landing spot for Rasmus Andersson?

Add the Ottawa Senators to the list of potential suitors for Rasmus Andersson. Normally, it’s Mackenzie Weegar that’s connected to the Senators, but not this time around. They will be looking for a right-handed defenceman after Nick Jensen underwent an undisclosed surgery after battling an injury through the second half of the season. While the … The post Could the Ottawa Senators be a landi...2025
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• Cross One Off The List

I spoke a little about the goal of the ECHL's recent expansions in the article written Friday about Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and I spoke about how there were only three NHL franchises without official ECHL affiliates at that time with the Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Ottawa Senators being those teams. The one-to-one ratio that the ECHL is hoping to eventually reach with NHL affil...2025
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• More Southern Expansion

The ECHL announced today that they have reached an agreement for their 31st franchise that will begin play in 2026-27. We've seen the ECHL expand rapidly in recent years with franchises in Iowa, Trois-Rivières, Savannah, Bloomington, Tahoe, and Greensboro all being added since 2021. It seems like there's at least one announcement about expansion annually with the ECHL, and today was that day as th...2025
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• Playoff Gm3 Recap: Jets @ Blues
My apologies for the delayed recap report…..Friday was a bit crazy for me and I couldn’t get around to putting the final touches on the article until this morning. Thanks for your patience. The Winnipeg Jets were up two games after winning both contests at the Canada Life Centre in Manitoba and now the series was switching to the St. Louis Blues’ home arena. The True Northers...2025
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• NHL Playoffs Round 1: The Other Series
The National Hockey League’s 2024-25 post-season began on Saturday with a pair of contests and will slowly build up with another three matches on Sunday. To give AIH members a place to discuss the non-Winnipeg Jets series, I figured I would briefly outline the other seven match ups in this article. Since most of the media keeps their focus mainly on the East Coast, I opted for a different...2025
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• Lifetime transaction: Senators fan gets life-size tattoo in exchange for favorite player's jersey

Ottawa Senators fan Mason Kohne made a blockbuster deal with Josh Norris: He'd get a life-size tattoo of Norris' head on his stomach in exchange for an autographed jersey....2022

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"Photo: @Capitals The Washington Capitals shut out the Ottawa Senators by a score of 1-0 in overtime at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday to improve to 30-10-5 (."

2024
"Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly has been suspended for five games for his cross-check to the head of Ottawa Senators‘ forward Ridly Greig."

2023
"Photo: MassLive Boston Bruins defenseman Dmitry Orlov, Ottawa Senators right wing Claude Giroux and Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending March 5, the league announced on Monday."

2022
"Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has died from an illness, the team said Monday night."

2021
"The NHL postponed the Ottawa Senators' next three games because of a COVID-19 outbreak, the first games this season that the league has had to postpone for COVID."

2020
"An Ottawa Senators player has tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced Tuesday night, marking the first confirmed positive test in the NHL."

2019
"This package would be very similar to what the Ottawa Senators got for Matt Duchene at the deadline last season."

2018
"The Ottawa Senators left wing has quite."

2017
"The Ottawa Senators looked as though they were on their way to a victory in Wednesday night’s Game 1 against."

2016
"OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Fredrik Claesson on a one-year, two-way contract."

2015
"Emotions boiled over in Tuesday’s 7-3 Boston Bruins win against the Ottawa Senators."

2014
"The picture above is from warm-ups prior to Monday night's Florida Panthers-Ottawa Senators matchup at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida."

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• Winnipeg Jets: End of Summer Ramblings
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• Allen Americans Affiliate With Ottawa/Belleville Senators - The Details

Here is the press release announcing the affiliation: https://allenamericans.com/news/2025/08/americans-announce-nhlahl-affiliation The long journey to acquire an affiliation for the Allen Americans has finally come to fruition with a one-year agreement with the Ottawa/Belleville Senators. Asking about the affiliation was the #1 question I have been asked about throughout the summe...2025
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• What Do You Mean By "Too Local"?

If you're aware of your hockey history, you likely have seen the logo on the left before. That was the original logo that the Ottawa Senators were using prior to them taking the ice in 1992 for the first time as an NHL team. What you may not know is that the logo on the left was abandoned nearly seventeen months before the Senators had stepped on the ice, and after a pile of merchandise with the P...2025
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• 3 Senators Prospects to Watch in 2025-26
Few could have projected the season Blake Montgomery put together in 2024-25. An undrafted high schooler at the 2023 Draft, he was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the fourth…...2025
• Hamonic signs 1-year, $1 million contract with Red Wings
Travis Hamonic signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. The 34-year-old defenseman had seven points (one goal, six assists) in 59 regular-season games for the Ottawa Senators last season. He had 92 blocked shots … Continue reading → The post Hamonic signs 1-year, $1 million contract with Red Wings first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• Brady Tkachuk’s Senators Make Huge Jump in Analyst’s List of NHL Teams Spending Money Wisely
According to Insider, Brady Tkachuk's Ottawa Senators have done a commendable job in terms of contract efficiency, ranking fifth among all teams....2025
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• Brady Tkachuk Makes Feelings Known on Constantly Being Linked With Move Away From Ottawa Senators
Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators set the record straight about his future as he addressed long-standing trade rumors....2025
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• Ottawa Senators Defense Depth Chart: 2025 Offseason
After free agency, the draft, and the majority of the offseason trades being done, the Ottawa Senators are looking strong on the back end and have a lot of options…...2025
• Revisiting the Ottawa Senators’ 2020 Draft Class
When looking back at the Ottawa Senators’ 2020 draft class, it’s easy to make the argument that it is one of the best in the franchise’s 33-year history. It features…...2025

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• Winnipeg Jets: End of Summer Ramblings
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• Hamonic signs 1-year, $1 million contract with Red Wings
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• Martin Nečas and the Long Game: A Case for a Contract Extension

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images If the Avalanche fix the Nečas problem, if there is one, they only stand to benefit from it. In professional sports, silence can be deafening—particularly when it surrounds a player rumored to be discontented. In early June, veteran insider Nick Kypreos reported that Martin Nečas was less than fully satisfied with his experience during his ini...2025
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• Parker Kelly extends in Colorado for four more years

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images Colorado gets one of their depth wingers locked up for half a decade! On the first day of free agency, the Colorado Avalanche had an overall quiet day but made a couple of moves, one of which was extending Parker Kelly for four years. Kelly has one more season left on his current contract with an AAV of $825K, before this extension officially kic...2025
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• Giroux signs 1-year contract to remain with Senators
Claude Giroux signed a one-year contract with the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. It has a base salary of $2 million with bonuses that could reach a maximum value of $4.75 million. The 37-year-old forward had 50 points (15 goals, 35 … Continue reading → The post Giroux signs 1-year contract to remain with Senators first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• Zetterlund signs 3-year, $12.825 million contract with Senators
Fabian Zetterlund signed a three-year, $12.825 million contract with the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. It has an average annual value of $4.275 million. The 25-year-old forward could have been a restricted free agent July 1. He had 41 points (19 … Continue reading → The post Zetterlund signs 3-year, $12.825 million contract with Senators first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• Examining upcoming RFA decisions
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• 3 Ways the Senators Can Improve in Free Agency
While the Ottawa Senators‘ first playoff appearance in seven years resulted in a first-round exit at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs, it’s safe to say the 2024-25 season…...2025
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• Winnipeg Jets: End of Summer Ramblings
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• Senators News & Rumours: Cozens’ Fresh Start, Depth Moves & Sanderson’s Push
The Ottawa Senators head into the 2025-26 season with something they haven’t had in years—momentum. Last spring, they finally ended an eight-year playoff drought, and while there’s still plenty of…...2025
• Senators’ Ullmark is Finding Footing At Right Time vs Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs fans are starting to sweat. A series that looked all but over a few days ago has seen the momentum shift in favour of the Ottawa Senators.…...2025
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• Playoff Gm3 Recap: Jets @ Blues
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• Recap #82: Blue Jackets close with a win, but work continues this summer
As the Nationwide Arena speakers blared “Johnny B. Goode” in honor of the late Johnny Gaudreau, the sellout crowd and the Columbus Blue Jackets players cheered for each other following a 6-1 win over the visiting New York Islanders. More on the game below, but first let’s look at where this organization stands now. Although this magical run didn’t end with a berth in the...2025
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• Every NHL Playoffs team ranked by their Stanley Cup chances

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Playoff hockey is the best time of the year, and here’s your full preview for the playoffs. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are upon us, and the close to the 2024-25 season figures to be brimming with emotion. Is this Alex Ovechkin’s last chance to win a cup? Canada has roared back with six of its eight teams in the playoffs. Is Dallas a hockey town now? It’s ...2025
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• TBC: When The Rangers Were Young

I'd hardly consider myself a historian, but I like a good story from generations that have passed. Hockey has a lot of those stories that one likely never hears as they are swallowed by the passage of time, but that's where I'm hopeful that more and more people involved with the game will put their thoughts and stories on paper between covers. Today's addition to Teebz's Book Club has a somewhat-d...2025
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• Recap #76: Offense is still AWOL
After a shutout loss in Toronto last night, the Columbus Blue Jackets stayed in Ontario and faced the Ottawa Senators on a less than 24 hour turnaround. To juice the offense, Yegor Chinakhov finally made his return to the lineup, and the top 6 was shuffled with Sean Monahan and Adam Fantilli trading lines. Alas, it wasn’t enough as the Blue Jackets once again failed to find the back of th...2025
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• Recap #72: Blue Jackets prank Predators with offensive explosion
We’re into the final month of the season, and the Blue Jackets were looking to avoid any April Fools shenanigans and bounce back with a win over the Nashville Predators. Here’s how it went down. First Period Your friendly neighborhood freelance writer was late getting home, and before I could even get the game on, it was 1-0. Zach Werenski helped dig the puck out of NashvilleR...2025
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• Friday Feels: Sammy Time

Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images The Feels is back with a lot of love for Sam Malinski Wow, been a while since we got a Friday Feels on the site, hasn’t it? That’s a direct quote from outgoing managing editor Evan Liu, subtly telling me he’s disappointed. And hey, I’m truly sorry I’ve been MIA on the writing front - but life is busy, and I give my all to the podcast. So please forgive. I have...2025
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• Kelly returns to Senators, signing one-year deal with his first NHL club
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Chris Kelly to a one-year contract worth US$900,000. Kelly returns to the team for which he began his career after playing his first 463 NHL games with the Senators. He registered 75 goals, 10......2016
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• Veteran D Carkner retires after 15 seasons
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Defenceman Matt Carkner has retired after a 15-year career. Carkner, 35, appeared in 237 NHL games with the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators and San Jose Sharks. He scored four goals, added 23 assists and compiled 556 pena......2016
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• Senators sign defenceman Fredrik Claesson on a one-year, two-way contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Fredrik Claesson on a one-year, two-way contract. The contract will carry an annual value of US$700,000 in the National Hockey League and of $100,000 in the American Hockey League. The 23......2016
• Sens forward Hoffman files for arbitration for second straight year
TORONTO - Ottawa Senators forward Mike Hoffman is one of 24 NHL players filing for salary arbitration. Hoffman, who led the Senators with 29 goals in 2015-16, is filing for arbitration for a second straight year. He was awarded a US$2-million......2016
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• Senators sign Kostka, Varone and Bailey to one-year, two-way contracts
OTTAWA - Defenceman Michael Kostka signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators on Friday. The contract will carry an annual value of $800,000 in the National Hockey League and $325,000 in the American Hockey League. Kostka......2016
• Senators deal forward Alex Chiasson to Flames for defenceman Patrick Sieloff
OTTAWA - Ottawa Senators have dealt forward Alex Chiasson to the Calgary Flames in exchange for defenceman Patrick Sieloff. Chiasson, 25, was acquired by Ottawa from the Stars on July 1, 2014 in the five-player trade that sent forward Jason S......2016
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• Ottawa Senators select centre Jonathan Dahlen with 42nd overall pick
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Size and skill were the order of the day as the Ottawa Senators closed out the NHL Draft with four selections on Saturday at First Niagara Center. Ottawa selected Jonathan Dahlen — the son of former NHL player Ulf Dahlen — wit......2016
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• Senators select centre Logan Brown with 11th overall pick of NHL draft
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Ottawa Senators selected centre Logan Brown with the 11th overall pick at the NHL draft on Friday. Brown scored 21 goals and 53 assists in 59 games in his second season with the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires. ......2016
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• ‘It Takes A Lot Out Of You’ — Brady Tkachuk Gets Extremely Blunt On Addressing Major Personal Flaw From Last Season
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• Senators 2025-26 Player Preview: Linus Ullmark
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• Senators 2025-26 Player Preview: Jake Sanderson
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• Winnipeg Jets: End of Summer Ramblings
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• Ottawa Senators Stanley Cup Checklist – 2025 Offseason Update
Now that the Ottawa Senators have made it back to the playoffs, the next step is to start truly competing for the Stanley Cup. Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic created a “Stanley…...2025
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• Allen Americans Affiliate With Ottawa/Belleville Senators - The Details
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• Comparing the Ottawa Senators to the Rest of the Atlantic Division
Last season was big for the Ottawa Senators. After seven tough years, the team finally made the playoffs and pushed the first-place Toronto Maple Leafs to Game 6 before bowing…...2025
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• What Do You Mean By "Too Local"?
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• Senators News & Rumours: Cozens’ Fresh Start, Depth Moves & Sanderson’s Push
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• 3 Teams in & 3 Teams Out of the NHL Playoffs in 2026
There are always a couple of new teams that find their way into the NHL playoffs each season. Last season was no different, as the New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators…...2025
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• Senators Insider Puts Final Nail in the Coffin of Brady Tkachuk Rumors
An insider dismissed trade speculation involving Brady Tkachuk, saying the team captain wants success with the Ottawa Senators....2025
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• Martin Nečas and the Long Game: A Case for a Contract Extension
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• Ottawa Senators’ 2025 Draft Class: Reaction & Analysis
After months of speculation, predicting, and targeting, the 2025 NHL Draft is finally over, and the Ottawa Senators have six new faces in their organization. This year’s draft class followed…...2025
• NHL mock draft 2025: Updated projection on draft day with rumors flying
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• Marner Part of Latest Senators Trade and Free Agency Rumors

The post Marner Part of Latest Senators Trade and Free Agency Rumors appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. Trade and free agency speculation has started swirling when it come to the Ottawa Senators. What's the latest? Why is Marner involved? The post Marner Part of Latest Senators Trade and Free Agency Rumors appeared first on NHL Trade Talk....2025
• Summer Concert Nights - Part One

With the warmer weather upon most of us in the Great White North, there will be a rise in the number of concerts that happen outdoors at various venues across Canada. I suspect that a number of you who stop by this blog will take in a performance or two when it comes to those summer concerts, so HBIC decided to save all its best performers in hockey jerseys for this occasion! Being that I'm not a ...2025
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs (5:00 p.m.)

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! Following a strong performance in an emotional overtime victory over Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche will embark on their final Eastern Conference road trip of the season, which will take them through Eastern Canada. The Avs will face the Maple Leafs in Toronto to star...2025
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• Preview: Avs look to keep rolling into Ontario as road trip begins against Maple Leafs

Photo by Andrew Lahodynskyj/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs enter this trip with a nine-game point streak. Following a strong performance in an emotional overtime victory over Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche will embark on their final Eastern Conference road trip of the season, which will take them through Eastern Canada. The Avs will face the Map...2025
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• 4 Nations Face-Off: Preview & Discussion Thread
With the majority of National Hockey League players preparing to enjoy a mid-season break, 92 of them will instead be heading to Montreal & Boston to take part in the NHL & NHLPA’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Teams representing four of the world’s hockey-craziest nations, the 7 game schedule will allow the top players from Canada, Finland, Sweden, & the United States to show off the...2025
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