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Meet The New Guys 2023

Meet The New Guys 2023

Find out who landed where and what it means in our Meet The New Guys Issue. Inside, you'll see features on Connor Bedard, Erik Karlsson, P-L Dubois and many, many more. Plus, we look at the impact of the new Professional Women's Hockey League, and we remember Rodion Amirov, Rocky Wirtz and Brian O'Neill.

Arizona Coyotes

NO RUSH TO JUDGMENT

THE 2023 NHL draft in Nashville started with a tremor – when the Anaheim Ducks took big Swedish center Leo Carlsson second overall instead of big Canadian center Adam Fantilli – and then got rocked by an earthquake and an aftershock thanks to the Arizona Coyotes grabbing Yaroslavl teammates Dmitriy Simashev and Daniil But with the sixth and 12th overall picks, respectively. Going into the draft, one of the biggest questions was what would happen with Russian players. While there have been concerns about the “Russian factor” in recent years due to KHL contracts and the icy relationship between that league and the NHL, the issue came to the forefront last year when Russia invaded Ukraine. In the 2022 draft, the first Russian taken was defenseman Pavel Mintyukov (Anaheim, 10th overall),…

Opinion

IT’S OUR TURN TO PLAY

ON JUNE 28, I found out through Instagram that Tennessee State University, a small, historically Black institution in Nashville, would soon be adding an ice hockey program to its athletic department for the 2024-25 season. Traditionally, Historically Black Colleges and Universities have favored sports with stronger footholds in America, such as basketball, track and field, baseball and, of course, American football. In fact, in the entire history of Black colleges – which have been around for more than 150 years in the United States – no predominantly African American university has ever embarked on the mission of icing a hockey team. Prior to Tennessee State’s announcement, there had always been one question lingering in my mind, particularly in light of the fact that I have followed this sport for 26 years.…

Buzz

SPLASHING CASH-O-METER

Free agency is a prime time to perform roster surgery, and as any plastic surgeon would surely tell you, even the worst facelift is going to cost a bit of money. So, which NHL GM spent the most in an attempt to give his club a makeover?

NHL

FOR LOVEAND BARBECUE

ASK MOST PEOPLE WHAT comes to mind when they think about Carolina, and the first thing they’ll probably say is “barbecue.” Ask Dmitry Orlov the same thing, and you’ll get a very different answer. “Their defense,” Orlov said. “They’re always hard to play against. They have the best defense in the league.” Well, if that’s the case, the NHL’s best blueline just got a whole lot better this summer. On July 1, just weeks before turning 32, Orlov signed a two-year, $15.5-million deal with the Hurricanes. The move kicked off a busy off-season for Carolina, who also signed agitating left winger Michael Bunting, brought back D-man Tony DeAngelo for a second stint with the team and then re-signed Sebastian Aho to an eight-year extension that will begin in 2024-25. “When you’re looking at…