With the 4 Nations Face-Off break upon us, the trade deadline looms large and is less than a month away. Where does each team stand, and what moves should they be looking to make?
FORT LAUDERDALE — It may not be the party the Florida Panthers were hoping for, but the end result will be the same: The 2024 Stanley Cup champions will get their rings today.
Kyle Okposo recently announced his retirement, hanging up the skates after 17 seasons. The former New York Islander ended his career on a high note and fans couldn’t have asked for a better send-off for him.
Also: Scott Mayfield says he’s back to 100%. The Islanders began the on-ice part of training camp yesterday with some very hard skates, just as Patrick Roy forecast at the end of last season and just as players anticipated.
Veteran forward Kyle Okposo capped his career in style by helping the Florida Panthers win the Stanley Cup in June. Three months later, Okposo announced his retirement from the NHL on Thursday after 17 seasons.
Stanley Cup champion Kyle Okposo has officially announced his retirement from the NHL following a 17-year career. Okposo states in an open letter, “30 years of playing hockey was incredible.
Kyle Okposo has announced his retirement following a 17-season NHL career. The 36-year-old was drafted seventh overall by the New York Islanders in the 2006 NHL Draft and played in 1,051 career regular-season NHL games.
Before Kyle Okposo captained the Buffalo Sabres and won a Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers, he made a name for himself on Long Island. The New York Islanders selected the St.
Back again for part three of the best New York Islanders by jersey number series. The last part featured the current teams best player. It also included some key members from the dynasty-era teams in the 80s and current-era teams from the 2010s.
Until joining the Florida Panthers, Kyle Okposo had not been part of the Stanley Cup playoffs in eight years. It sounds like that weighed on him quite a bit.
On Friday, Okposo was supposed to get his personal day with the cup — as all players on the winning team get — until something unexpected happened to ruin it.
After 17 years in the NHL, Kyle Okposo is finally a Stanley Cup Champion with the Florida Panthers. And it almost didn’t happen. The 36-year-old pondered retirement following the end of the seven year contract he signed with the Buffalo Sabres last summer.
TAMPA — Kyle Okposo reintroduced himself to playoff hockey by bringing the thunder with the Florida Panthers. In his first playoff game since 2016, Okposo
Florida Panthers forward Kyle Okposo will play in the postseason for the first time in eight years on Thursday when he takes the ice for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series versus the host Tampa Bay Lightning.
After eight years with the Buffalo Sabres, it was a hard conversation for Kyle Okposo when he and GM Kevyn Adams agreed it was time for him to move on to a contender.
The Florida Panthers are the top team in the NHL. They currently sit above the entire league with a record of 43-17-4 with 90 points. Additionally, they’ve won eight of their last ten games.
Now former Buffalo Sabres captain Kyle Okposo has been traded. Today’s deal sends Okposo to the Florida Panthers in return for a conditional draft pick and Calle Sjalin.
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a splash when they acquired Ilya Lyubsuhkin from the Anaheim Ducks in a three-team trade on Feb. 29, which allowed them to bring him in at 75% retention.
Kyle Okposo, who is playing his eighth season for the Buffalo Sabres, admitted his time with the team may be running out. After a 5-2 loss to the Winnipeg