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Meet The New Guys 2024
In this edition of The Hockey News, we say goodbye and celebrate the lives of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau. Also in the issue, we look at the biggest names to change teams this summer, including Steven Stamkos, Jake Guentzel, Jake DeBrusk and more. In addition, we look back at the "forgotten" 1974 Summit Series on its 50th anniversary.
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WASHINGTON CAPITALS
FOR THE FIRST time since 2012, the Capitals have an extra pick, with eight selections to their credit. Washington has been good in the early rounds recently, hoping to cash in on wild cards such as Andrew Cristall and Ivan Miroshnichenko, while also looking good with their first pick last year with Ryan Leonard. They’ve taken kids from USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program in back-to-back drafts (Leonard and Ryan Chesley) after a long period without a pick from the NTDP. IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Surprisingly, the answer is offense. For years, the Caps never had a problem scoring, but attrition in the ranks has impacted that greatly. Undoubtedly, next year’s main mission will be getting Alex Ovechkin the all-time NHL goals record, but they’ll need some other threats to keep opposing defenses…
2025 PROJECTED TOP 10
1. JAMES HAGENS C, U.S. NTDP (USHL) Boston College commit destroyed the world under-18s, breaking Nikita Kucherov’s points record. Incredibly skilled, incredibly smart offensive weapon. 2. PORTER MARTONE RW, Mississauga (OHL) Another world under-18s star, Martone dominated for the Canadians, and his combination of skill, size and snarl makes him a tantalizing pro prospect. 3. MICHAEL MISA LW, Saginaw (OHL) One of the top scorers on one of the OHL’s top teams, Misa continues to grow his excellent offensive game, and he’s got the competitive streak needed for the NHL. 4. ANTON FRONDELL LW, Djurgarden Jr. (Swe.) Really put his stamp on the international scene with a tour-de-force performance at the Five Nations. Offensive wizard can act as the playmaker or the finisher. 5. LOGAN HENSLER D, U.S. NTDP (USHL) Hensler is a big, mobile defenseman who excels with the puck on his stick…
BOSTON BRUINS
WITHOUT A PICK in the first, second or third round, and with only three total selections at their disposal, the Bruins enter the draft in the role of observer as much as active participant. It’s also the third consecutive draft in which Boston doesn’t have a first-round choice, which puts more pressure on making every pick count. IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Though the B’s are solid up and down the lineup, the possible departures of pending UFAs Jake DeBrusk and James van Riemsdyk would leave the team searching for secondary scoring. Boston has to explore retaining the wingers or finding a way, be it through trade or free agency, to replace the 30 or so combined goals the pair can provide. Adding another legit top-six threat wouldn’t hurt, either. David Pastrnak could use…
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BEHIND THE MASK
THERE’S GOALIE MASK ART, and then there’s art that happens to be on a goalie mask. The latest lid belonging to Elvis Merzlikins, which was designed and painted by Jordon Bourgeault of JBo Airbrush, falls distinctly into the latter category. Branching off of the Columbus goaltender’s interest in La Catrina, who is synonymous with the celebration of the Day of the Dead, the mask features several skeletal visages with piercing red eyes, as well as intricately painted straw hats adorned with roses in the Blue Jackets’ red, white and blue. The same straw motif carries through into the pattern of the logos painted on either side of the mask, while Merzlikins’ No. 90 appears pressed on. The cage and back panel each keep with the theme, with the former featuring…
TOP 90 OF THE ‘90S: 51. MIKE RICHTER
G | NYR 1990s STATS: 240-200-60 | 2.85 GAA | .905 SP | 22 SO DON’T LET THE NEW dog fool you, Mike Richter has been plenty busy. On a Saturday afternoon in March, while attempting to talk about just how busy that busyness has been, it is, perhaps, Richter’s busiest in recent memory – hectic wholly and solely because of the family’s new red fox lab, a puppy so fresh he’s yet to even be named. Racing around the house and attempting to curtail the peeing and chewing on furniture has been a largely futile endeavor. Stop-ping things, Richter finds, came much easier in his first career. Dog caretaker isn’t his full-time occupation (even though, on days like this one, he kind of feels as though it is). Richter’s second career, rather, is…
SOUP’S ON IN TORONTO
A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, Jack ‘Soupy’ Campbell was serving up saves for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Now, there’s a new ‘Soupy’ in town, with PWHL Toronto. When Kristen Campbell’s opportunity to seize the net finally arrived, she delivered in a big way. The 26-year-old started 16 of Toronto’s first 17 games, anchoring a winning streak that reached double-digits over a two-month period. “The whole experience has just been more than I could ever have expected,” she said. “When I was in college, there was the CWHL, but it was always the Olympics that I saw as my future, and the national team. It’s pretty incredible now that everybody who plays hockey as a girl can grow up to play in the PWHL.” Hailing from Brandon, Man., Campbell started her hockey journey playing…
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