Josh Wegman

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Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet had a stern message for center Elias Pettersson ahead of a crucial summer. Tocchet said the team's cornerstone forward needs to arrive to training camp in better shape. "I think he'll tell you this: His preparation has to get better," Tocchet told reporters Friday. "There's no secret. If you want to be a great player, you have to prepare. Almost an obsessive type of preparation. I think he got behind the eight ball early.

6 days ago | thescore.com | Josh Wegman

The Dallas Stars will begin their playoff run without Jason Robertson. The Stars' leading goal-scorer is week-to-week with a lower-body injury suffered in Wednesday's regular-season finale, head coach Pete DeBoer announced Friday, per Lia Assimakopoulos of the Dallas News. Robertson paced the Stars with 35 goals during the regular season and finished second on the team with 80 points. Mikael Granlund and Evgenii Dadonov flanked Roope Hintz - Robertson's usual center - during Friday's practice.

6 days ago | thescore.com | Josh Wegman

Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is arguably the best two weeks on the sports calendar. The increase in intensity and physicality from regular-season hockey to postseason hockey is unlike anything else. There's hatred, upsets, sudden-death overtime - everything sports fans could ask for. The only negative - and it's a nice problem to have - is that it can be tough to keep track of all the action with four games on some nights.

6 days ago | thescore.com | Josh Wegman

Montreal Canadiens defenseman David Savard confirmed Friday that he'll hang up his skates following the 2025 postseason, according to TVA Sports' Renaud Lavoie. The 34-year-old is in the last year of his contract. Savard began his career with the Blue Jackets, establishing himself as a physical, shutdown defenseman during a 10-year run in Columbus. He was traded to Tampa Bay ahead of the 2021 deadline and helped the Lightning win their second of back-to-back Stanley Cups.

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Florida Panthers forward Jesse Puljujarvi has been suspended two games for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mitchell Chaffee, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced Thursday. The head was the main point of contact, and it was avoidable, the league said. The suspension is the first of Puljujarvi's eight-year NHL career. He's played five games with the Panthers this season after the Pittsburgh Penguins released him in February.