Plus, he was a solid NHL veteran. In addition to Parise, Gordon was willing to add crafty center Jude Drouin who cut his puck teeth in the competitive Northern Ontario factories. Two days were ...

It was your own imagination that put the pieces together around 11:30 or so, long past bedtime, shortly after the Islanders somehow blew a 3-0 third-period lead: Jude Drouin winning the overtime ...

Unless Kent Hughes pulls the trigger on a trade, the Montreal Canadiens will get to speak twice in the first round of the NHL draft on June 27. Thanks to the trade in which they acquired Sean Monahan ...

Islanders fans, though ... Eddie was great at that and J.P., even Jude (Drouin, acquired by Bill Torrey from the North Stars two days after Parise), they had been on veteran teams and knew ...