Former New York Islanders star Alexei Yashin (notes) spent last season with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL, the club Evgeni Nabokov joined this summer. It is also the club that Ilya Kovalchuk (notes) ...

While there is an undercurrent of semi-decent deals, the New York Islanders still seem like a franchise that’s capable of just about anything. GM Garth Snow seemingly began the “lifetime contract” ...

There have been many bad contracts given to underachieving hockey players over the years, but in terms of the sheer volume of cash involved, no NHL contract has been more problematic than the one the ...

If you followed the Ottawa Senators in the mid-to-late 1990s, you didn’t just know the name Alexei Yashin—you felt his presence. He was the team’s first real star, the player who gave fans hope that ...

According to a report by TSN's Darren Dreger, the Toronto Maple Leafs – the Ottawa Senators' biggest rivals – are expected to name Auston Matthews as their new team captain on Wednesday. That means ...

The Islanders will buy out the remaining four years on captain Alexei Yashin’s 10-year contract in the first step of an off-season overhaul they hope will include resigning Jason Blake and Ryan Smyth.

Lalime enters training camp as the clear-cut choice to be the starting goaltender in Ottawa this season. But is Lalime good enough to be a starting netminder? Lalime played in fewer than half of ...