Rick Bowness, Andrew Brunette and Rick Tocchet are finalists for this year's Jack Adams Award, the NHL announced on Friday.
The distinction is given annually to the coach who is "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."
Rick Bowness, Andrew Brunette and Rick Tocchet are finalists for this year's Jack Adams Award, the NHL announced on Friday.
The distinction is given annually to the coach who is "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."
The Pittsburgh Penguins fired assistant coach Todd Reirden on Friday, just over two weeks after the organization missed out on the playoffs for a second straight season.
Reirden was in charge of Pittsburgh's power play.
Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said Thursday he feels "really good" that he will reach a new contract with the team, mirroring optimism from president and general manager Don Waddell a day earlier.
Brind'Amour - considered by many the face of the franchise with his long-running ties here that include being the captain of the 2006 Stanley Cup winner - is in the final year of a deal reached in 2021. His status has become a talking point around the league with multiple jobs open as Carolina prepares to face the New York Rangers in the second round of the NHL playoffs.
"Yeah, I had a great conversation yesterday with Don, and then again this morning," Brind'Amour said. "I feel really good that we'll figure it out quickly. Yeah, I'm not concerned."
Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has been ruled out for Game 6 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Bruins on Thursday.
Toronto trails the Bruins 3-2 in their best-of-seven and face elimination from the postseason with another loss.
Matthews missed the third period of Game 4 and all of Game 5 with what the Leafs have deemed a "lingering" illness.
Quinn Hughes, Roman Josi and Cale Makar are finalists for this year's Norris Trophy, the NHL announced Wednesday.
The Norris is awarded annually to the "defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position."
The Carolina Hurricanes have avoided a major injury concern for defenseman Tony DeAngelo while veteran blueliner Brett Pesce is nearing a return from a lower-body injury suffered in the second game of the playoffs.
Team president and general manager Don Waddell said Wednesday that Pesce has shed a walking boot, is doing work to return and should play at some point in the second-round series against the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers.
"If everything goes as expected, he shall play games this round," Waddell said in a Zoom call with reporters. "Maybe not right off the start, but will play games in this round."
Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois said that he's "very hopeful" the team can re-sign captain Steven Stamkos, as the Lightning star approaches unrestricted free agency this offseason.
"Obviously Steven Stamkos needs a contract, and we want him part of that group," BriseBois said, two days after the Lightning were eliminated by the Florida Panthers in five games.
T.J. Oshie lingered on the ice long after many of his Washington Capitals teammates departed for the locker room following the loss that eliminated them from the playoffs.
His family was at all four games, including in New York, just in case. They could be the final ones he plays in the NHL.
Oshie, 37, isn't calling it a career just yet, but the winger acknowledged Tuesday he and doctors must find a solution to his chronic back problems before committing to return for a 17th season.
"I'd love to play next year, but I will need to come back with somewhat of a guarantee that my back won't be -- it's hard putting everyone through the situation," Oshie said. "I'd like to find just an answer and a fix to the problem before I make another run at it."
Winnipeg forward Vladislav Namestnikov and defenseman Brenden Dillon are recovering from injuries and won't be available for Game 5 against Colorado on Tuesday night as the Jets try to avoid playoff elimination.
Connor Bedard, Brock Faber and Luke Hughes are this year's finalists for the Calder Trophy, the NHL announced Tuesday.
The Calder Trophy is awarded to "the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition" and is determined through voting by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.