NHL-NEWS: The franchise right wing of the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks has officially signed a 4-year, $35.3 million contract, following an unfulfield agreement. As reported by CBS, the franchise right wing formally announced the trade after……

VANCOUVER – Daniel Sprong’s road through the NHL has been a winding one.

VANCOUVER – Daniel Sprong’s road through the NHL has been a winding one.

After signing a one-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks, the 27-year-old scoring winger is looking to make his latest destination more than a pit stop.

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Who is Stan Bowman? Getting to know the new Edmonton Oilers GM

The Edmonton Oilers announced their new general manager on Wednesday, bringing in former Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman. Make that disgraced former Blackhawks GM.

While he comes with a solid resume filled with a history of winning big, it’s almost as big as the baggage he continues to carry from a sexual assault involving one of his prospective players and an employee that was horrendously mismanaged.

It’s a controversial hiring, to be sure, for the Oilers fan base. But what could it mean for a club that finds itself on the cusp of a championship heading into the 2024-25 NHL season?

WHO IS HE?

The son of Hall-of-Fame hockey coach Scotty Bowman, Stanley Bowman was named after Hockey’s Holy Grail itself, having been born one month after his father won the 1973 Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens. (That makes him 51 years old, for anyone keeping score.)

Unfortunately, his middle name is Glenn, and not Cup.