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Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella went ballistic after hearing the comments made by his recently departed defenseman, Jack Johnson, and Penguins GM Jim Rutherford at Johnson’s introductory news conference in Pittsburgh. “I’ve been looking to be in a winning culture,” said Johnson, who inked a five-year, $16.25 million deal with the Penguins on Sunday. Johnson […]

Slava Voynov’s controversial path back to the NHL is being paved. The former Kings defenseman’s petition to have his record dismissed was granted Sunday, as the LA Times first reported, after Voynov pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of corporal injury to a spouse. Voynov, 28, was arrested at his Redonado Beach, Calif., home in October […]

Now Lou Lamoriello might have the hardest task of his legendary career as a NHL executive. No longer is it just about making personnel decisions, but Lamoriello is suddenly strapped with the job of trying to accelerate the Islanders through the stages of grief. First, there was probably at least a mild bit of shock […]

It must be the new exchange rate at the Canadian border. John Tavares to Toronto, Leo Komarov and Matt Martin to Long Island. The Islanders, who (in)famously lost their captain to the Maple Leafs via free agency on Sunday, reacquired popular hitman Martin from that same team on Wednesday in exchange for minor league goaltender […]

The similarities are striking. Both were seventh-round draft picks. Both measured in shy of 5-foot-10. And as much as defensemen have tried to chase them down the ice, those defensemen were often left seeing only the “Ronning” on the back of both their jerseys. Cliff Ronning made a career of it for 17 seasons in […]

It has not been the easiest week for Lou Lamoriello and the Islanders, but they are doing what they can to move forward and not let the loss of John Tavares crush them. Certainly, that’s easier said than done when the franchise player decided to bolt for his hometown Maple Leafs when free agency opened […]

The next step in negotiations for the Rangers and their large group of restricted free agents took place Thursday, when forwards Kevin Hayes, Jimmy Vesey and Ryan Spooner, along with defenseman Brady Skjei, filed for salary arbitration before the 5 p.m. deadline. It’s unlikely any of them will get to an actual arbitration hearing, but […]

The Rangers are interested third parties in the Erik Karlsson affair, willing to aid and abet a deal between the Senators and Lightning if Tampa Bay can provide a sweetener more significant than the guarantee of a late first-round draft choice. That has been the extent of general manager Jeff Gorton’s participation in the soapbox […]

Vitali Kravtsov’s development will continue for one more season in Russia after the likelihood arose that a conflict over the final year of his KHL contract would keep the Blueshirts’ 2018 ninth-overall draft selection off the ice for an extended period, The Post has learned. Sources report that the KHL was prepared to file a […]

John Tavares hears your pity but wants nothing to do with it. The former Islanders captain addressed the Long Island faithful for the first time since snubbing them in free agency for the Maple Leafs, laying out the reasons behind his momentous decision in a Players’ Tribune piece Wednesday. Tavares, who left millions on the […]