By the time Jason Zucker, a year removed from a 27-goal season, went from Arizona to Nashville for just a sixth-round draft pick about two hours before Friday’s NHL trade deadline, it became clear that it was a buyer’s market. And while there weren’t too many big names at the top of the board — … Read more
By Shayna Goldman, Eric Stephens and Lukas Weese The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired forward Anthony Duclair and a 2025 seventh-round draft pick from the San Jose Sharks for defenseman Jack Thompson and a 2024 third-round pick, the teams announced Thursday. Duclair was ranked No. 10 on The Athletic’s latest trade board. Two years removed … Read more
Tampa Bay Lightning get: Forward Anthony Duclair, seventh-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft San Jose Sharks get: Defenseman Jack Thompson, third-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft Corey Pronman: Anthony Duclair is an excellent skater with very good offensive skills. He makes a lot of plays and can do so at a quick tempo. … Read more
We’re two weeks from the trade deadline, the most important day on the regular-season calendar for Stanley Cup contenders, or teams that would like to become contenders. It’s the one time of year when the floodgates open, and players who’d never be available under other circumstances suddenly shake free, often costing nothing but future assets. … Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Victor Hedman snapped a tie 11:53 into the third period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Thursday night. Brayden Point had a power-play goal and two assists for Tampa Bay, which had dropped three straight. Mikhail Sergachev scored in the second and assisted on Brandon Hagel’s empty-netter. … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jonas Johansson made 32 saves, Brayden Point had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Tuesday night. Alex Barré-Boulet and Nicholas Paul had the other Tampa Bay goals. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 20 shots for the Hurricanes, who have lost three in a … Read more
Welcome to The Athletic’s 2023-24 edition of the NHL Pipeline Rankings, where we look at the future of the NHL, team by team. Every team will have a full ranking of the best young players in its organization, with a projection of what is expected of each player. Then those core groups are ranked from 1 to 32, … Read more