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Meet The New Guy 2019
After perhaps the most chaotic off-season of all-time, we get you caught up and tell you what it all means with our Meet The New Guy Issue. We feature P.K. Subban, Robin Lehner, Joe Pavelski, Sergei Bobrovsky, Matt Duchene, Artemi Panarin and many more. Plus, NHL draft grades, breaking down the new NHL rules, the Rise and Fall of the CWHL, and July 1 winner and losers.
A HOCKEY CENTENARIAN
WILF BEAULIEU NEVER played in the big leagues, but he shares a unique connection with the NHL – they both had a memorable rookie year in 1918. When he was born in Winnipeg on Sept. 25, 1918, the NHL was coming off its first season of 1917-18. At 100, Beaulieu is the world’s oldest living former pro hockey player. Today, Beaulieu lives in a retirement home in Winnipeg, watches hockey religiously and is active in social activities with residents. He even shares stories about his playing days in the 1940s. A team photo of the 1940-41 Pacific Coast League’s Portland Buckaroos hangs proudly in his condo and is a daily reminder of his pro hockey career nearly 80 years ago. Growing up in the St. Boniface neighborhood of Winnipeg, Beaulieu played baseball…
AMERICAN ALL-STARS
MOST COMPETITIVE> ALEX TURCOTTE “He’s not going to let off the gas,” said defenseman Domenick Fensore. “If we keep looking up to him, we’ll all be pretty good.” “I just want to be the best – that’s my motivation,” Turcotte said. “I know I can annoy my teammates in practice sometimes, but I think they appreciate it, because it pushes them, too.” HARDEST DEFENSEMAN TO PRACTISE AGAINST> CAM YORK MOST IMPROVED> TREVOR ZEGRAS “He came in as an ultimately skilled player with every offensive quality you’d want,” said coach John Wroblewski. “He turned himself into a complete and, I believe, an underrated 200-foot player.” MOST PERSEVERANT> ALEX TURCOTTE “A lesser individual might have crumbled under that disappointment and stress,” Wroblewski said. “For Alex to hit the ice flying, then deal with a nagging (hip) injury until Christmas,…
The Countdown
FOR THE LONGEST-SERVING St. Louis Blues fans, it was a 52-year wait. The franchise joined the NHL as part of 1967-68 expansion and, after reaching the final in their first three years of existence, waited 49 years to return. Finally, the Blues have their first championship. Half a century of fans can die in peace now, and any sense of pressure on this franchise is long gone. St. Louis is easily the team furthest from the hot seat in 2019-20. Which teams face the greatest pressure this coming season? The top of the list blends (a) great teams squarely in their championship windows; (b) emerging young teams due for steps forward; and, (c) perennially disappointing teams with fed-up fan bases. The bottom of the list includes some recent champions and rebuilding…
SEARCHING FOR SILVER IN GOLD
MATT DUCHENE LIKES TO have a little elbow room. A decade into his NHL career and now on to his fourth team, the 28-year-old center has not lost touch with his upbringing in Haliburton, Ont., an area with hundreds of lakes and plenty of other outdoor recreation options. “It’s beautiful,” he said. “I’m used to having a lot of space. I love to fish. I love to be outside.” In that regard, his new home might not be the ideal location. Duchene joined the Nashville Predators when he signed a seven-year, $56-million ($8-million AAV) free-agent pact July 1. The deal capped a lengthy courtship between both sides that included multiple attempts by Nashville to trade for him over the previous three seasons and had Duchene talking about establishing roots with his family…