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Meet The New Guys 2020
It's double the fun with our WJC Preview/Meet The New Guy Issue! Get all the info you need on the World Junior Championship while learning about the new faces in new places for the 2020-21 NHL season. In the WJC section, we have previews on each team, plus profiles on key players to watch. In Meet The New Guy, you'll find stories on Matt Murray, Alex Pietrangelo, Taylor Hall and many more. Published December 2020
Jersey HOUND
TRAKTOR CHELYABINSK | 2020-21 A RAFT OF KHL teams have new uniforms this season, but the most impressive redesign comes courtesy of Chelyabinsk. Traktor has long used a bear mascot as its crest, and this reimagining by Quberten Design gives the squad an incredibly unique and fresh bruin for their chest, and the stark black-and-white palette emphasizes the logo. The ‘Traktor’ nickname comes from the manufacturing factory in town, and the design was created to reflect that – with allusions to cogs and impressive striping on the arms and socks that warns of heavy machinery ahead. This jersey is a huge winner.…
ANTON LUNDELL
FLORIDA GM BILL ZITO’S first draft pick as an NHL GM was a very Finnish affair. Not only had Anton Lundell’s agent been Zito’s business partner for almost 20 years, his biggest supporter within the Panthers organization was Jari Kekalainen, brother of Columbus GM Jarmo, to whom Zito had been an assistant since 2013. Zito wanted a smart offensive center, and he got one in Lundell. “I make plays, I see the game well and I find my teammates with my passes,” Lundell said. “I’d say I’m a good two-way player and strong on the faceoff dot.” Born in Espoo, Lundell had been high on NHL draft lists since the 2018 world under-18 championship when Finland won gold and Lundell finished fifth in team scoring. In 2019, Lundell had four points in seven…
BETTING BIG ON BUFFALO
IT WAS THE THIRD day of free agency, and Taylor Hall, perhaps the most coveted player available, still hadn’t made a decision. Even after enduring two down seasons, the 2017-18 Hart Trophy winner had no shortage of suitors. So when word leaked out that Hall was set to talk to the hapless Buffalo Sabres, their chances of landing the ultra-talented left winger seemed scant. Why would Hall join a franchise in the midst of an embarrassing nine-year playoff drought with a reputation for dysfunction? But Hall, who stunned the hockey world by signing a one-year, $8-million deal with the Sabres Oct. 11, wanted to keep an open mind. He saw the COVID-19 pandemic was wreaking havoc on the market. The NHL had already frozen the salary cap at $81.5 million. The lucrative…
TAKING A KNEE, TAKING A STAND
IT’S JUST AFTER 7 o’clock on a November morning and Matt Dumba is out walking in Scottsdale, Ariz., with Winona-Rae, a rescue he picked up at Coco’s Heart Dog Rescue in Wisconsin just after the NHL shut down in March. He’s hoping she can get some exercise and do her business before he goes to work out with Tommy Powers, a former college hockey player who is now the conditioning consultant for the Arizona Coyotes and a guy who is doing wonders with him. What started as a one-week stint turned into a long-term rental through October, November and December. And when Dumba hits the ice, he receives a steady diet of Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews, who also train there in the off-season, which is enough to help anyone’s…
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