Tim Booth | Associated Press Seattle — Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday the NHL schedule will include a break for the 2022 Winter Olympics even though there is no commitment the league’s players will go to Beijing in February. “I don’t believe there will be an update on the Olympics by the time we release the schedule,” Bettman
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The Seattle Kraken announced their thirty Expansion Draft selections on Wednesday night, including the pick of Dennis Cholowski from the Detroit Red Wings. Cholowski was Detroit’s first-round pick in the 2016 Entry Draft but had a hard time sticking in the Red Wings’ lineup. I didn’t want for the Wings to lose Cholowski, but at
Tim Booth | Associated Press Seattle — The Kraken expansion draft lacked drama after all 30 picks leaked out hours before they were revealed, but it had plenty of Seattle to introduce the NHL’s 32nd franchise. One pick was announced by an octopus from the Seattle Aquarium. Another came written on a fish thrown in the city’s legendary
Welcome back to our Seattle Expansion Draft Series. It’s over. The players all leaked hours before the draft started. And I can’t watch it live, even though I pay for ESPN+, so this is very on brand for the NHL. Because I can’t watch it, I’m going to write this as a recap of what
General manager Ron Francis and the Seattle Kraken select defenseman Dennis Cholowski from the Detroit Red Wings in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. The Seattle Kraken have selected defenseman Dennis Cholowski in the 2021 #NHLExpansionDraft. https://t.co/GC73HdmPAE About Cholowski Drafted 20th overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, Cholowski was touted as a smooth-skating, offensive defenseman
Detroit — It took most of Wednesday to find out, but the hockey world finally learned who the Red Wings lost in the NHL Expansion Draft. The fledgling Seattle Kraken picked defenseman Dennis Cholowski, a Vancouver native who returns to play in the Pacific Northwest. The move was announced on the ESPN2 national broadcast of the expansion draft, which
Dennis Cholowski’s potential as an NHL player won’t come with the Detroit Red Wings, as the Seattle Kraken chose the young defenseman in the expansion draft. Drafted at No. 20 in 2016, Cholowski was billed as a gifted skater with an excellent shot and a knack for passing. But for all the chances and all the
PHILADELPHIA, PA – NOVEMBER 29: Dennis Cholowski #21 of the Detroit Red Wings looks on after the game against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on November 29, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Flyers defeated the Red Wings 6-1. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) Expansion Draft Preview: Which Red Wings Player will Seattle
UPDATE: 8:15 – The Dennis Cholowski pick is official. The broadcast show used Licorice the octopus to reveal the pick and I personally think it was cool. – J.J. After a day of keeping a tight lid on things, Steve Yzerman’s effort to keep the Seattle Kraken’s pick from the Detroit Red Wings under wraps
By Tim Booth | Associated Press Seattle — The first roster for the Seattle Kraken won’t include Carey Price. The Montreal Canadiens goaltender was not selected by the Kraken in the NHL expansion draft, according to a person with direct knowledge of the decision. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team
That Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman runs a tight ship was in high evidence Wednesday. Around noon, names started popping up on Twitter of who the Seattle Kraken had selected from the lists of players submitted Saturday by 30 teams (2017 expansion team Vegas Golden Knights was exempt). By around 1:30, there was
Welcome back to our Seattle Expansion Draft Series. If you haven’t read the first article that lays out the rules of the expansion draft, that would be a good starting point, as I’ll only give the very basic rules in each of these follow up articles. Previous articles focusing on Detroit in this series were
The Detroit Red Wings are one of 31 other teams tonight that will have a player taken from their roster. Just which player that will end up being is the only question remaining when the Seattle Kraken are set to draft their team tonight at 8pm EST on ESPN 2. Could Steve Yzerman possibly make
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Welcome back to our Seattle Expansion Draft Series. If you haven’t read the first article that lays out the rules of the expansion draft, that would be a good starting point, as I’ll only give the very basic rules in each of these follow up articles. Previous articles focusing on Detroit in this series were
McTavish rises, Sens go goalie in Button’s final mock draft – TSN According to Craig Button, the Wings take Eklund 6th and Samu Tuomaala 23rd Athletic therapists get funding for study of Toradol, painkillers – TSN Good news athletic therapists will be better educated about Toradol & painkillers.But it’s telling at the same time that
In deciding which Detroit Red Wings player to pluck from the expansion draft, the Seattle Kraken must weigh present value against future potential. The NHL’s newest team pieces their roster together Wednesday night. The Kraken must choose at least 14 forwards, nine defensemen and three goaltenders from the lists of available players submitted by 30 teams. The
The Detroit Red Wings roster choices just got more interesting. Even with a roster freeze still in effect, pertinent news to Detroit’s roster situation broke last night: Another goalie hitting the market. Hearing that Jonathan Bernier will be available on July 28 after making the decision to see what’s out there for him. He was
The last two seasons, Jonathan Bernier has played a major role in keeping Detroit in most games that he played. Renaud Lavoie is reporting that Bernier will test the open market when free agency begins on July 28. Another goalie hitting the market. Hearing that Jonathan Bernier will be available on July 28 after making
Detroit — The roster the Red Wings have today isn’t going to look the same by Wednesday evening. The Wings and 29 other NHL teams (Vegas is exempt) are each going to lose one player, as the Seattle Kraken stockpile their first roster in the NHL Expansion Draft. The Wings released their protected list Saturday, players