Cam Neely was born on June 6, 1965, in Vancouver, B.C.. After scoring 56 goals and 120 points in 72 games with the Portland Winter Hawks in the Western Hockey League, his hometown Vancouver Canucks selected him with the ninth overall pick at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Immediately following the draft, Neely debuted with
NHL Trade Analysis
The Calgary Flames may not be buyers heading into the trade deadline, but general manager (GM) Craig Conroy has maintained that he’s open to making moves that improve his team not only for this season, but years into the future. He proved on Thursday night that he’s willing to do just that. Related: Flames News
Apparently, NHL trades are allowed on Friday nights and Friday nights only. Jokes aside, the Vancouver Canucks had a busy Friday, first trading J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers, then acquiring defenseman Marcus Pettersson from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Here are the full details of the Pettersson deal: Trade details: To #Canucks: Marcus Pettersson, Drew
Jan. 30 is the anniversary of the Vancouver Canucks sending Bo Horvat to the New York Islanders in exchange for Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty, and a protected 2023 first-round draft pick. The Islanders extended Horvat to an eight-year contract in the days that followed, and the first-round selection was flipped a month later to the
The Ottawa Senators joined the NHL to start the 1992-93 season, and like all expansion teams, they participated in the NHL Entry Draft before their inaugural season. They landed the second overall selection in the 1992 Draft and selected Russian star, Alexei Yashin. Little did they know at the time, this selection would end up
The Buffalo Sabres have the longest ongoing playoff drought in the NHL at 13 years, and in their continued effort to end that, on July 5, they traded their top prospect Matt Savoie to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Ryan McLeod and Tyler Tullio. While the return may have been less than some have
On Jan. 23, 2021, the Columbus Blue Jackets sent Pierre-Luc Dubois and a third-round pick to the Winnipeg Jets for Patrick Laine and Jack Roslovic. This blockbuster saw two rising stars swap teams in a deal that shocked the NHL world. Each of the three players involved had requested trades, but the deal was still
In what was expected to be a boring Wednesday, the NHL has seen two massive trades in the goaltending market occur. The Los Angeles Kings have traded center Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Washington Capitals for goaltender Darcy Kuemper. The Hockey Writers’ Jesse Courville-Lynch believed this trade made sense, and the two teams agreed, providing a
June 29, 2022, will forever be a day that changed the landscape of the Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings franchises. The two teams engaged in a blockbuster trade that sent Kevin Fiala to Los Angeles for Brock Faber and the 19th overall selection in the 2022 Draft. Now nearly two years later, both teams
The trade deadline is supposed to be the point in the NHL season when buyers and sellers officially separate themselves. Teams are forced to make a call about whether to make a playoff push or shift their focus to accumulating assets and upping their draft lottery odds. Sign up for our NHL Prospects & Draft
The Vegas Golden Knights got into action on Wednesday, March 6th, when they acquired defenseman Noah Hanifin from the Calgary Flames. The first-round pick will be in either 2025 or 2026. Noah Hanifin to Vegas is official. VGK send CGY conditional 2025 1st and 3rd round picks, and D Daniil Miromanov. CGY retaining 50% on
It feels like just yesterday that the Buffalo Sabres traded Jack Eichel to the Vegas Golden Knights, but Jan. 13, 2024, marked the 800-day anniversary of the blockbuster deal that shook the hockey world to its core. Now three seasons removed from Eichel’s last full campaign in Buffalo, the Sabres are struggling to find offense.
As an Original Six team, the New York Rangers have been involved in a ton of trades, some of little significance, and some that have shaped or reshaped the entire organization. Perhaps the biggest trade the Rangers were involved in was on Oct. 4, 1991, when they acquired Mark Messier from the Edmonton Oilers. Messier