The Ducks agreed to acquire Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba, who has 1½ years left on his contract, in a trade for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a future fourth-round pick. “It’s a rite of passage to get fired from MSG,” Trouba said Friday after the Ducks acquired the veteran defenseman in exchange for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a conditional fourth-round pick …
NEW YORK — The Carolina Hurricanes had the NHL’s second-best power play during the regular season. The Hurricanes went 0 for 5 again and gave up two more power-play goals in a 4-3 loss in two overtimes in Game 2 on Tuesday night to fall into an 0-2 series hole. On the other end, the Hurricanes had the league’s best …
TORONTO — Imagine the creativity, the processing speed, the hands and the sheer chutzpah it took to do what Anaheim’s Trevor Zegras did Tuesday night in Buffalo. He said that while plays like that might bring in new fans, “You’re losing fans, too.” He lamented that the game has gotten “too showman,” and should instead be “a hard game, an …
