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The Jets have signed D Dustin Byfuglien to a five-year, $38 million contract extension....

NHL.tv Updates Service (To An Unusable Pile Of Shit), Threatens Users Who Try To Circumvent Blackouts

We’ve been getting tips all week from frustrated NHL.tv customers who installed NHL.tv’s new upgrade this week, only to see the entire service dissolve into an malfunctioning mess of blackouts. At pretty much any time when games are on, the @NHLTVSupport account’s mentions are full of hordes of comp...

NHL players who look like Tilda Swinton....

The NHL Is Afraid Of Dennis Wideman's Defense

Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman received a 20-game suspension for checking an official, but the controversy isn’t nearly over yet. The players’ union released a strong statement defending Wideman, and he will appeal: perhaps his first of two. It was one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen on the...

Dennis Wideman Suspended 20 Games For Checking Linesman

Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman made his case at his disciplinary hearing yesterday, and the NHL did not buy it. Director of hockey operations Colin Campbell handed down a 20-game suspension for hitting linesman Don Henderson from behind on Jan. 27....

The Maple Leafs Have A New Logo

When the present is grim and the future dim, there’s not much choice but to sell the past. That’s exactly what the Maple Leafs are going with their new logo, unveiled last night: in multiple ways it hearkens back to the glory days when the team, you know, won stuff....

Hilary Duff And Mike Comrie Divorce

It’s officially over for that slightly confusing hockey player-celebrity marriage that wasn’t Mike Fisher’s and Carrie Underwood’s—Mike Comrie and Hilary Duff have finalized their divorce, according to TMZ. What hope is there for the rest of us lovelorn saps in this crazy world?...

Connor McDavid Absolutely Pantses Blue Jackets Defense, Scores Beautiful Goal

It would have been understandable if Connor McDavid was rusty tonight, seeing as he hasn’t played a game of hockey in three months after breaking his collarbone. Instead he scored this stunner by dangling past Justin Falk and Jack Johnson, and then deking goalie Joonas Korpisalo out of his damn skat...

Report: Dennis Wideman Will Tell NHL He Was "Woozy" When He Checked Linesman

Dennis Wideman’s disciplinary hearing begins at 2:30 today, and I’m genuinely curious what sort of suspension the NHL will hand down. The video shows what happened—Wideman cross-checking a linesman, landing him in the hospital overnight for observation—but it doesn’t show why. And there doesn’t seem...

John Scott Reveals How The NHL Tried To Get Him Out Of The All-Star Game

Montreal Canadiens enforcer John Scott will be playing in the NHL All-Star Game this weekend, after a fiasco wherein the Coyotes abruptly traded him in an almost-meaningless three-team deal, perceived by most to be an attempt to get him out of the Western Conference after being elected captain in a ...

Dennis Wideman Cross-Checks Linesman From Behind

The second period of the Predators’ 2-1 win over the Flames featured a strange and scary moment, as Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman absolutely leveled linesman Don Henderson on his way back to the bench. The hit sure looks intentional, but Wideman had just been checked hard into the boards, and loo...

Ducks' Shawn Horcoff Suspended 20 Games For Using PEDs [Update]

The NHL announced today that Anaheim Ducks center Shawn Horcoff will be suspended for 20 games without pay for violating the league’s performance enhancing substances policy....

Asked To Score Goal So Girl Can Get Puppy, Cam Atkinson Scores Three

One day after a Senators fan asked Bobby Ryan to score a goal for puppy-related reasons, a Blue Jackets fan asked winger Cam Atkinson to score on her birthday so she could get a dog. She chose the right player....

Bobby Ryan Scores, Earns Two Kids A New Puppy

Senators winger Bobby Ryan helped some kids totally own their dad last night. ...

The Washington Capitals Shouldn't Play Tonight [Update]

The snow in Washington D.C. is expected to start falling around noon. A blizzard warning formally goes into effect at 3 p.m. The region could get two feet or more. The storm “has life and death implications,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said. “People should hunker down, shelter in place and stay off the roa...

Matt Hendricks Stops Slapshot With His Dick And Balls

This here’s Matt Hendricks and he’s making that there face because he took a hockey puck to the Johnson while defending against a Howitzer of a slap shot. ...

Can You Identify The "Celebrities" Who Will Be Coaching The NHL All-Star Game?

The NHL added a little wrinkle to its (very cool!) new All-Star Game structure. The four 3-on-3 squads representing each division will be coached by an actual NHL coach (Gerard Gallant, Lindy Ruff, Darryl Sutter, and Barry Trotz) as well as, uh, well, hmm, one of ... these guys above here?...

The Lightning Called Jonathan Drouin's Bluff

On Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Lightning indefinitely suspended winger Jonathan Drouin, the third overall pick in the 2013 draft, after he skipped out on an AHL game. It’s just the latest drama in a long-simmering conflict that involves Drouin, coach Jon Cooper, and Drouin’s agent, Allan Walsh....

Flush After You Use The Toilet

Sports Illustrated has a fun piece about the various systems of informal fines NHL teams have, where players are forced to pay up for doing things like falling down during warmups, eating in the hot tub, or throwing utensils during dinner. It’s something to pass the time during the long NHL season, ...

Former NHLer Brian McGrattan Knocked Out During AHL Fight, Leaves Ice On Stretcher

San Diego Gulls winger Brian McGrattan was felled by a right hand from San Antonio Rampage defenseman Daniel Maggio Tuesday night, and immediately hit the ice out cold. He was stretchered off the ice, though the Gulls later announced that he was conscious and alert:...