Canucks Lock Buium for $75 Million Before CBA Kills Eight-Year Deals
Canucks extended Zeev Buium for eight years and $75.04M before the CBA caps terms at seven, betting the post-Hughes core on a 20-year-old puck-mover.
Category: NHL
Hellebuyck Trade Request Confirms Winnipeg’s Broken Ceiling
Hellebuyck’s public trade request after three Vezinas forces the Jets to choose rebuild or denial while exposing the Canadian star exodus he just confirmed out loud.
Carney Turns Maple Leafs Drought Into National Punchline
An Oilers-fan PM used the Leafs’ 1967 Cup as a joke about ancient rail cars. The drought is no longer a meme. It is official Canadian rhetoric.
Weegar Calls Canada Exodus Unfortunate After Leaving Calgary Himself
MacKenzie Weegar labeled the NHL’s Canada exits unfortunate while explaining why Utah offered more than Calgary could hold in a rebuild.
Hellebuyck Will Burn a Season Before He Puts the Pads On in Winnipeg Again
Biron’s holdout warning, family harassment fallout, and a public trade demand leave the Jets one choice: move their three-time Vezina winner before camp turns into a cris
Makar’s $20.4 Million Deal Just Redrew the NHL Map
Makar’s record extension resets NHL defenseman pay and forces every contender to confront a new salary reality built around Colorado’s core.
Kane’s School-Project Texts Just Torched the Disgust Narrative
Evander Kane answered “strong disgust” claims with 2021 school-project texts and a thank-you. The locker-room narrative just got receipts it cannot ignore.
Devils Turned a Conditional First Into a 56-Point Winger
Sunny Mehta flipped a June conditional first and a second into Luke Evangelista’s career-high production on a $3M bridge. Nashville cleared space; New Jersey fixed its sc
Hischier Passed on Free Agency and Bet His Prime on New Jersey
Nico Hischier left free-agency leverage on the table for loyalty and a bounce-back plan. The column argues why that bet now defines his prime and New Jersey’s next five y
Lemieux’s Final Stake Sale Closes the 1999 Rescue Arc
Mario Lemieux’s minority exit ends 27 years of ownership and completes the bankruptcy-to-$1.7B arc he started by converting deferred salary into control.