Hockey headlines for June 17, 2022

Friday, June 17, 2022

Sources: Flyers agree to four-year, $16 million contract with John Tortorella to be team’s head coach (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Canadiens trade captain Shea Weber to Vegas for forward Evgenii Dadonov (Montreal Gazette)
Trotz talk heating up in Winnipeg (Winnipeg Free Press)
Bruce Cassidy gets his coaching fix with Golden Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rangers re-sign Sammy Blais to one-year deal in first offseason move (New York Post)
Arizona Coyotes' Tempe, ASU arena situation defended by Gary Bettman: 'Not unprecedented' (Arizona Republic)
Bill Haslam close to joining Nashville Predators ownership group (The Tennessean)
Is Avalanche Defenseman Cale Makar the Stephen Curry of Hockey? (New York Times)
Is John Tortorella a good fit for the Flyers? Well, that’s complicated (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Bruce Cassidy looking to prove himself in postseason with Vegas (Boston Herald)
Avalanche smart to be aggressive in shot selection, despite Tampa Bay’s high amount of blocked attempts (Denver Post)
Stopping Nathan MacKinnon might be harder than Lightning expected (Tampa Bay Times)
For third time in four rounds this postseason, Lightning down 1-0 in series … and not concerned (Denver Post)
Andrei Vasiliveskiy didn’t want to to skate too much as a youngster. But he’s embraced his workload as an adult (Toronto Sun)
Former Caps winger Andre Burakovsky ready to write his own story in Colorado (Washington Post)
Lightning players, fans stick to superstitions with Stanley Cup on the line (Tampa Bay Times)
Lightning’s secret weapon? Maybe it’s ‘Bathroom Becky’ (Tampa Bay Times)
Wings sign Euro goalie, still lack backup for Nedeljkovic (Detroit Free Press)
Griffins re-sign Kirill Tyutyayev, Red Wings’ 2019 late-round pick (MLive.com)
Sabres prospect Olivier Nadeau can cap 'incredible' season with Memorial Cup run (Buffalo News)
Devils, Sixers owner David Blitzer is on verge of buying a stake in another franchise (NJ.com)
White Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks discussing own TV network as NBC Sports Chicago deal winds down (Chicago Sun-Times)
Ex-Rangers player Sean Avery found guilty of bashing car with scooter (New York Post)