The 4 Nations Face-Off captains and leadership groups for Canada, Finland, Sweden and the U.S. must guide their teams to a win with little margin for error.
Auston Matthews will head the United States’ leadership group at the 4 Nations Face-Off. USA Hockey announced on Thursday afternoon that the Maple Leafs captain will be its captain for the event in Montreal and Boston,
Sidney Crosby will captain Team Canada against Auston Matthews' Team USA in hockey's first best-on-best tournament since 2016. Crosby and Matthews were
Patrik Laine scored on that power play, the second of Montreal’s three goals in the first.
Finland, Sweden, the United States, and Canada will reveal their captains for the 4 Nations Face-Off in February on Thursday.
The trade "stunned" execs around the league, but the Canes and Avs had been in talks since June. And now? "What else is Colorado up to?"
As Bissonnette explained on Tuesday, the Maple Leafs should pursue the signing of new Carolina Hurricanes forward Mikko Rantanen if he gets to free agency and Toronto lets Mitch Marner walk.
Hurricanes general manager Eric Tulsky has released a statement regarding Friday's stunning Mikko Rantanen trade.
With Friday's blockbuster trade sending Mikko Rantanen to Carolina, it makes the Toronto Maple Leafs' lives a lot harder figuring out what's next. It's been a wild 24 hours for the NHL, as Colorado traded superstar Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes after a wild three team deal involving Chicago as well.
Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews, centre, tries to tip the puck in front of Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson, right, as Jake Middleton, left, defends during the second period in Toronto on Jan. 29. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press
The trade is a stunning midseason swap of point-per-game players in their primes, an anomaly in the NHL trade market in the salary-cap era.
The blockbuster trade that sent Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes has sparked discussions about Mitch Marner's future with the Toronto Maple Leafs.