The weeks leading up to the trade deadline can often be quiet and with so many teams this season being tight to the salary cap, this past week was no exception. Nevertheless, there was some notable news around the hockey world over the past seven days which is recapped in our key stories.
Cancer For Top Draft Prospect: Winger Ivan Miroshnichenko has been viewed as one of the top prospects heading into the upcoming draft. Unfortunately, he has a big fight to overcome before he can think about hockey again as it was revealed that the 18-year-old has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and could miss the entire 2022-23 campaign as a result. The good news is that it’s believed to be the most common form and is curable but even with that, it’s likely to affect his draft stock in July.
Extensions: There should be an uptick in contract extensions over the next couple of weeks and that started over the weekend. First, Arizona handed center Travis Boyd a two-year, $3.5MM…
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