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It's been more than seven weeks, but Leon Draistaitl's quote from the Oilers' locker cleanout day continues to reverberate in Edmonton.

SEATTLE – The Kraken made their first trade of the summer Sunday, acquiring 23-year-old forward Mackie Samoskevich from the Florida Panthers. He’s set to reunite with college teammate Matty Beniers.

LAS VEGAS – The day before the Carolina Hurricanes reached the NHL’s summit, their coach reflected on the climb.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Back in October, Andrei Svechnikov looked like a player searching for himself.

RALEIGH, N.C. – In the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final, plenty of things clicked for the Carolina Hurricanes. Not on the list: strong play in the second period or high-end production from its leading scorers.

LAS VEGAS – Rod Brind’Amour was 35 when he captained the Carolina Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup championship.

LAS VEGAS – This time, the Carolina Hurricanes steered through the chaos – and it was their captain’s hand on the wheel.

LAS VEGAS – On Thursday night, Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb sat in a hospital room in Raleigh, North Carolina, bloodied and battered as doctors stitched his nose back together, wondering if his Stanley Cup Final was over.

The Edmonton Oilers are in consultation with the NHL Players’ Association to see if there are objections to potentially hiring Mike Babcock for their vacant head coaching job, according to league sources.

LAS VEGAS – Twenty minutes into Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, the game, the series and the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP all felt like toss-ups.

RALEIGH, N.C. – For more than 50 minutes on Thursday night, the Carolina Hurricanes looked like a team running out of time. Now, they’ve turned the Stanley Cup Final into a best-of-five, rallying from a two-goal deficit and beating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on an overtime goal by Seth Jarvis.

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Carolina Hurricanes waited 20 years for another trip to the Stanley Cup Final.

The Vegas Golden Knights were 2023 Stanley Cup champions so it stands to reason they have a lot of championship round experience.

RALEIGH, N.C. – When Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour praises his goaltender – and that’s happened plenty over the last seven weeks, because his goaltender has been remarkable – one particular compliment rises above the rest.

Forbes Kennedy, an undersized but rugged forward in the National Hockey League and on the 1960-61 Spokane Comets, died Monday. He was 90 years old.

They don’t ask how, they ask how many.

SEATTLE – “We failed,” Kraken captain Jordan Eberle, veteran defenseman Adam Larsson and coach Lane Lambert all said during exit interviews.

A lead-by-example guy for most of his career, veteran NHL defenseman Jared Spurgeon leaned into being more vocal after he was named the Minnesota Wild’s captain on Jan. 3, 2021.

SEATTLE – If you’re one of the least popular kids in school, you’re not going to win a student-body election with a nice speech. That fresh haircut probably won’t do much either — nor will that crisp new outfit.