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7:00 AM ET NHL Insiders With two weeks of the 2021 NHL season in the books, some early trends have started to take shape. Some are expected, others are quite shocking. Here’s a 12-pack of takes based on the January action — from potential trades, to the first coach fired, to who we like as

6:27 PM ET Associated Press The Calgary Flames are temporarily relocating their American Hockey League affiliate from California to north of the border due to cross-border travel restrictions as a result of COVID-19. The team announced Thursday that the Stockton Heat will play this season in Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome. That will give the Flames easier

7:00 AM ET After Charlie McAvoy finished his sophomore finals at Boston University in 2017, he decided to become a professional hockey player. The teenager signed an amateur tryout agreement and drove to Providence, Rhode Island. “The Bruins were looking to do a model that Zach Werenski did a year before,” McAvoy says. “Which is

9:30 AM ET Jim Rutherford resigned as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager just seven games into a 56-game season. It was stunning, unanticipated and, given the circumstances, unheard of in the National Hockey League, especially given the work Rutherford did to retool this team. His motivations are a mystery. His future is as unpredictable as it

6:37 PM ET Associated Press The San Jose Sharks finally know when they are returning home. The team said Wednesday that it will return to the Shark Tank in San Jose for home games against the Anaheim Ducks on Feb. 13 and 15 and play the remainder of the home schedule there without fans. The

5:20 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Jack Kopacka and a 2022 seventh-round draft pick from the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday for defenseman Christian Jaros. Kopacka was acquired by the Sharks from the Anahaim Ducks earlier Wednesday in exchange for defenseman Trevor Carrick. In 2019-20, the 22-year-old from

7:00 AM ET With two weeks of games in the book in the 2021 NHL season, some teams are pulling away from the pack, while others need to jump-start their season fast; such is the unforgiving nature of a condensed season. We’re also getting a sense of which players are going to make a impact

7:23 PM ET Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon was behind the bench for Tuesday’s game against the St. Louis Blues while the Vegas coaching staff is self-isolating “out of an abundance of caution,” according to the team. According to sources, there was at least one positive COVID-19 test on the coaching staff, and because

7:00 AM ET It’s impossible not to see Torey Krug as Alex Pietrangelo‘s replacement with the St. Louis Blues. He took Pietrangelo’s spot in the team’s defense corps when he signed as a free agent. Krug’s contract was funded with the money that had been earmarked for Pietrangelo, if he and the Blues could have

7:15 AM ET Despite a 3-3 start, the Colorado Avalanche are one of the favorites to win the Stanley Cup this season. But how did they get here? How did a team that finished dead last in the NHL in 2016-17 become the toast of the league in four years? And how did they do

9:31 PM ET The NHL has suspended former Arizona Coyotes general manager John Chayka through Dec. 31, 2021, a source confirmed to ESPN. Commissioner Gary Bettman made the ruling Monday and circulated a memo to all teams that stated Chayka engaged in “conduct detrimental to the league and game.” Bettman’s ruling also said Chayka “breached

6:39 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The NHL has placed Chicago Blackhawks forward Alex DeBrincat and defenseman Adam Boqvist on the league’s COVID-19 protocol list. The NHL announced the decision on Monday. The move means DeBrincat and Boqvist won’t be able to play, practice or travel with the team until they are cleared. Chicago

7:00 AM ET Dylan Larkin has a hard time sugar-coating it — last season sucked for him and the Detroit Red Wings. It’s tough to finish with a minus-122 goal differential and 23 fewer points than any other team. Larkin called it “embarrassing” to be on the first Red Wings team to finish dead last

Jan 22, 2021 Fantasy hockey leagues that score by points, as is now the default here at ESPN.com, don’t have to wait to start drilling down on value trends. With rotisserie, it takes a decent sample size before we can start to find baselines for replacement value and start to assign individual player value. With

3:39 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — George Armstrong, who captained the Toronto Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cups in the 1960s, has died. He was 90. His death was announced Sunday by the Maple Leafs, who said he died of heart complications, citing his family. The Toronto Maple Leafs mourn the passing of George

4:38 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn didn’t practice Saturday, a day after his right leg buckled awkwardly during a collision in the season opener. Coach Rick Bowness provided no update after practice on Benn’s condition or his status for Sunday’s game, when the Stars play Nashville again. The

1:48 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email We’ve got our first blockbuster trade of the 2021 NHL season, as the Columbus Blue Jackets have sent disgruntled center Pierre-Luc Dubois along with a 2022 third-round pick to the Winnipeg Jets, in

11:25 AM ET The Blue Jackets and Jets have completed a blockbuster trade to swap disgruntled stars as winger Patrik Laine is headed to Columbus while center Pierre-Luc Dubois has landed in Winnipeg. Forward Jack Roslovic, a Columbus native, is also headed to the Blue Jackets as part of the deal. Columbus is sending Winnipeg