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Miami Herald
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
NHL Announces Cheveldayoff, Nill And Zito As GM Of The Year Finalists
The NHL announced the finalists for the Jim Gregory GM of the Year Award on Friday. The Winnipeg Jets' Kevin Cheveldayoff, Dallas Stars' Jim Nill and Florida Panthers' Bill Zito are the final three up for the award, which goes to the league's most outstanding GM. While most of the NHL's awards are voted on right after the regular season, the league's GMs and a panel of executives, print and broadcast media voted for the Jim Gregory Award after the second round of the playoffs. Two of these GMs are still in the playoffs, while the other led his squad to the Presidents' Trophy. In fact, Cheveldayoff's Jets not only finished atop the regular-season standings for the first time in franchise history, but they had their best regular season record as well, with a 56-22-4 record and 116 points. Cheveldayoff followed up on a fourth-place finish and first-round exit last year by promoting coach Scott Arniel to replace Rick Bowness as bench boss. Arniel is a Jack Adams finalist. The GM also acquired left winger Brandon Tanev and defenseman Luke Schenn at the NHL trade deadline. Schenn had 59 hits and one point in the playoffs, while Tanev had 44 hits. Nill's Stars eliminated the Jets in six games during the second round and are back in the Western Conference final for the third straight season. Nill also has a chance at winning the Jim Gregory Award for the third straight time as well after earning the honor in 2022-23 and 2023-24. Nill brought on Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci in February. Granlund has nine points in the playoffs so far, and Ceci has three. But the biggest move of the trade deadline brought Mikko Rantanen to the Stars from the Carolina Hurricanes, and Nill signed the superstar to an eight-year contract extension. Rantanen now leads the NHL in playoff scoring, with 20 points in 14 games. The Hurricanes, meanwhile, currently trail Nito's Panthers 2-0 in the Eastern Conference final. Zito and the Panthers won the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history last season. Although they lost Brandon Montour, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Anthony Stolarz in free agency, he brought in depth players Nate Schmidt, A.J. Greer, Tomas Nosek and Jesper Boqvist while later acquiring star defenseman Seth Jones and former Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand around the trade deadline. Zito is a finalist for the GM of the Year award for the third straight time and trails only Nill for most finalist berths since the award was introduced in 2009-10. Get thelatest news and trending stories by following The Hockey News on Google News and bysubscribing to The Hockey News newsletter here. And share your thoughts by commenting belowthe article on Copyright 2025 The Hockey News, Roustan Media Ltd.
Globe and Mail
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Globe and Mail
Jets' Kevin Cheveldayoff among three finalists for NHL GM of the year award
Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff is one of three finalists for the 2025 Jim Gregory Award. Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars and Bill Zito of the Florida Panthers are the other finalists announced Friday by the NHL for the award given annually to the league's top GM. Cheveldayoff, a runner-up for the award in 2018, built a team that won the Presidents' Trophy as the top regular-season team with a franchise-best 56-22-4 record. His first move of the off-season was hiring Scott Arneil as head coach. Arniel is a finalist for the Jack Adams award, given to the league's top coach. He acquired winger Brandon Tanev and defenceman Luke Schenn at the trade deadline to add to a core that included forwards Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers and captain Adam Lowry, defenceman Josh Morrissey and goaltender Connor Hellebuyck – all Cheveldayoff draft picks. The Jets advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs, where they were defeated in six games by Nill's Stars. Dallas (50-26-6, 106 points) finished fifth in the NHL's overall standings during the regular season, marking the first time the franchise posted a top-five finish in consecutive seasons since the Presidents' Trophy-winning teams in 1997-98 and 1998-99. Nill strengthened the roster for the playoffs with the acquisition of winger Mikko Rantanen from Carolina at the March 7 trade deadline. Nill is a finalist for a record fifth time, winning the award in 2023 and 2024. The Stars led the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 in the Western Conference final heading into Game 2 on Friday. Zito and the defending Stanley Cup-champion Panthers posted a 98-point regular season (47-31-4), good for third in the Atlantic Division, but showed their true quality in the playoffs by eliminating Tampa Bay and Toronto to advance to the Eastern Conference final for a third straight year. The Panthers currently lead the conference final 2-0 over the Hurricanes after dominating the opening two games in Raleigh, North Carolina. Zito is a finalist for the third straight season and fourth time overall, finishing third in voting in 2021, 2023 and 2024. The NHL's GM of the year award was renamed in 2019-20 in honour of Jim Gregory, the 2007 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee who served as Toronto Maple Leafs general manager and a league executive for four decades.
Winnipeg Free Press
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Everybody's scoring for Florida. Nobody's scoring for Carolina, and that sums up the East finals
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Everybody's scoring for Florida. Nobody's scoring for Carolina. In simplest terms, that might be the best way to describe the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals between the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes. The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers lead the series 2-0, lead 10-2 in goals, have nine players with multiple points in the matchup so far to Carolina's one, and have eight players with at least one goal. It has been a mismatch. And Carolina — a team that has now dropped 14 consecutive games in the conference finals round — knows Saturday night's Game 3 will be the biggest contest of its season. 'Sometimes it's easier to recover from a game like that because there's nothing good out of it,' Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said after Game 2, a 5-0 Florida romp on Thursday. 'If you're close, a play here or there makes a difference. There was nothing good on this game for us. So, we're going to have to learn from it. But everybody has to be better.' A lot better, or else. Entering Friday, there were 18 players left in the Stanley Cup playoffs who have logged at least 10 points in the 2025 postseason — and eight of them play for the Panthers. Edmonton has four, while Dallas and Carolina each have three. And the Panthers are getting production from every line, all over the lineup. Florida has 18 different players with one goal — the most in the NHL so far in these playoffs. 'The guys that are in and out of the lineup that haven't scored, they're getting chirped pretty hard,' Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Friday. 'The watch on everybody who hasn't scored is on.' That was tongue in cheek; the Panthers have made clear that they simply don't care who scores. Depth is a strength for Florida, and it may be tested again now given the uncertainty over Sam Reinhart's status. Florida may be without Reinhart — a 67-goal scorer last season, including playoffs, the last of those being the winner in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final — on Saturday, depending on what the doctors say about his knee injury. Reinhart was knocked out of Game 2 against Carolina when the Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho went knee-to-knee with him in the first period. Zito a finalist Florida general manager Bill Zito was announced Friday as one of three finalists for the Jim Gregory Award, presented to the top GM in the NHL. The other finalists: 2023 and 2024 winner Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars, and Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff. Zito is a finalist for the fourth time and third in a row, after finishing third in the voting in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Back at home Florida lost its last home game — Game 6 vs. Toronto in Round 2. The Panthers went 3-0 on the road trip that followed, winning a season-saving Game 7 at Toronto and then Games 1 and 2 at Carolina. Combined score of those games: Florida 16, Opponents 3. 'I think we're all a little bit at a loss,' Carolina forward Taylor Hall said. 'But this is the playoffs and we're playing against the best teams right now.' Bobrovsky watch Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 5-1 with a 1.01 goals-against average and .958 save percentage in his last six games. Other than the 40-year-old Marc-Andre Fleury's 24-minute appearance for Minnesota in Round 1, Bobrovsky — who turns 37 in about four months — is the oldest goalie to see time in this year's playoffs. There's another tie between the two. This run by Bobrovsky marks the first time any starting goalie has posted a GAA of 1.01 or less in a six-game span of a single postseason since Fleury in 2018, when he went 5-1-0 with a 1.00 GAA and save percentage of .967 in a stretch for Vegas. 'He's incredible every night,' Panthers forward Sam Bennett said. 'His composure in the net and his focus, game in, game out, he's always dialed in, he makes the big save when he needs to. And that gives our team so much life, so much momentum. Yeah, we love Bobby.' Carolina's offense The Hurricanes are an NHL-best 7-0 in the playoffs when scoring at least three goals, 0-5 when scoring two goals or less. That continues the trend from the regular season. The Hurricanes were 43-7-3 when scoring at least three goals, 5-27-2 when held to two or less. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. 2-0 trends When up 2-0 in a series, the Panthers have gone on to prevail every time — six chances, six series wins. Carolina is facing a 2-0 deficit for the 12th time in its history. The Hurricanes have wound up losing nine of the previous 11 series after dropping the first two games of a matchup. ___ AP NHL playoffs: and
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Everybody's scoring for Florida. Nobody's scoring for Carolina, and that sums up the East finals
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Everybody's scoring for Florida. Nobody's scoring for Carolina. In simplest terms, that might be the best way to describe the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals between the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes. The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers lead the series 2-0, lead 10-2 in goals, have nine players with multiple points in the matchup so far to Carolina's one, and have eight players with at least one goal. It has been a mismatch. And Carolina — a team that has now dropped 14 consecutive games in the conference finals round — knows Saturday night's Game 3 will be the biggest contest of its season. 'Sometimes it's easier to recover from a game like that because there's nothing good out of it," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said after Game 2, a 5-0 Florida romp on Thursday. 'If you're close, a play here or there makes a difference. There was nothing good on this game for us. So, we're going to have to learn from it. But everybody has to be better.' A lot better, or else. Entering Friday, there were 18 players left in the Stanley Cup playoffs who have logged at least 10 points in the 2025 postseason — and eight of them play for the Panthers. Edmonton has four, while Dallas and Carolina each have three. And the Panthers are getting production from every line, all over the lineup. Florida has 18 different players with one goal — the most in the NHL so far in these playoffs. 'The guys that are in and out of the lineup that haven't scored, they're getting chirped pretty hard,' Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Friday. 'The watch on everybody who hasn't scored is on.' That was tongue in cheek; the Panthers have made clear that they simply don't care who scores. Depth is a strength for Florida, and it may be tested again now given the uncertainty over Sam Reinhart's status. Florida may be without Reinhart — a 67-goal scorer last season, including playoffs, the last of those being the winner in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final — on Saturday, depending on what the doctors say about his knee injury. Reinhart was knocked out of Game 2 against Carolina when the Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho went knee-to-knee with him in the first period. Zito a finalist Florida general manager Bill Zito was announced Friday as one of three finalists for the Jim Gregory Award, presented to the top GM in the NHL. The other finalists: 2023 and 2024 winner Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars, and Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff. Zito is a finalist for the fourth time and third in a row, after finishing third in the voting in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Back at home Florida lost its last home game — Game 6 vs. Toronto in Round 2. The Panthers went 3-0 on the road trip that followed, winning a season-saving Game 7 at Toronto and then Games 1 and 2 at Carolina. Combined score of those games: Florida 16, Opponents 3. 'I think we're all a little bit at a loss,' Carolina forward Taylor Hall said. 'But this is the playoffs and we're playing against the best teams right now.' Bobrovsky watch Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 5-1 with a 1.01 goals-against average and .958 save percentage in his last six games. Other than the 40-year-old Marc-Andre Fleury's 24-minute appearance for Minnesota in Round 1, Bobrovsky — who turns 37 in about four months — is the oldest goalie to see time in this year's playoffs. There's another tie between the two. This run by Bobrovsky marks the first time any starting goalie has posted a GAA of 1.01 or less in a six-game span of a single postseason since Fleury in 2018, when he went 5-1-0 with a 1.00 GAA and save percentage of .967 in a stretch for Vegas. 'He's incredible every night,' Panthers forward Sam Bennett said. 'His composure in the net and his focus, game in, game out, he's always dialed in, he makes the big save when he needs to. And that gives our team so much life, so much momentum. Yeah, we love Bobby.' Carolina's offense The Hurricanes are an NHL-best 7-0 in the playoffs when scoring at least three goals, 0-5 when scoring two goals or less. That continues the trend from the regular season. The Hurricanes were 43-7-3 when scoring at least three goals, 5-27-2 when held to two or less. 2-0 trends When up 2-0 in a series, the Panthers have gone on to prevail every time — six chances, six series wins. Carolina is facing a 2-0 deficit for the 12th time in its history. The Hurricanes have wound up losing nine of the previous 11 series after dropping the first two games of a matchup. ___ AP NHL playoffs: and Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press
Fox Sports
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Everybody's scoring for Florida. Nobody's scoring for Carolina, and that sums up the East finals
Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Everybody's scoring for Florida. Nobody's scoring for Carolina. In simplest terms, that might be the best way to describe the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals between the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes. The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers lead the series 2-0, lead 10-2 in goals, have nine players with multiple points in the matchup so far to Carolina's one, and have eight players with at least one goal. It has been a mismatch. And Carolina — a team that has now dropped 14 consecutive games in the conference finals round — knows Saturday night's Game 3 will be the biggest contest of its season. 'Sometimes it's easier to recover from a game like that because there's nothing good out of it," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said after Game 2, a 5-0 Florida romp on Thursday. 'If you're close, a play here or there makes a difference. There was nothing good on this game for us. So, we're going to have to learn from it. But everybody has to be better.' A lot better, or else. Entering Friday, there were 18 players left in the Stanley Cup playoffs who have logged at least 10 points in the 2025 postseason — and eight of them play for the Panthers. Edmonton has four, while Dallas and Carolina each have three. And the Panthers are getting production from every line, all over the lineup. Florida has 18 different players with one goal — the most in the NHL so far in these playoffs. 'The guys that are in and out of the lineup that haven't scored, they're getting chirped pretty hard,' Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Friday. 'The watch on everybody who hasn't scored is on.' That was tongue in cheek; the Panthers have made clear that they simply don't care who scores. Depth is a strength for Florida, and it may be tested again now given the uncertainty over Sam Reinhart's status. Florida may be without Reinhart — a 67-goal scorer last season, including playoffs, the last of those being the winner in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final — on Saturday, depending on what the doctors say about his knee injury. Reinhart was knocked out of Game 2 against Carolina when the Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho went knee-to-knee with him in the first period. Zito a finalist Florida general manager Bill Zito was announced Friday as one of three finalists for the Jim Gregory Award, presented to the top GM in the NHL. The other finalists: 2023 and 2024 winner Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars, and Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff. Zito is a finalist for the fourth time and third in a row, after finishing third in the voting in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Back at home Florida lost its last home game — Game 6 vs. Toronto in Round 2. The Panthers went 3-0 on the road trip that followed, winning a season-saving Game 7 at Toronto and then Games 1 and 2 at Carolina. Combined score of those games: Florida 16, Opponents 3. 'I think we're all a little bit at a loss,' Carolina forward Taylor Hall said. 'But this is the playoffs and we're playing against the best teams right now.' Bobrovsky watch Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 5-1 with a 1.01 goals-against average and .958 save percentage in his last six games. Other than the 40-year-old Marc-Andre Fleury's 24-minute appearance for Minnesota in Round 1, Bobrovsky — who turns 37 in about four months — is the oldest goalie to see time in this year's playoffs. There's another tie between the two. This run by Bobrovsky marks the first time any starting goalie has posted a GAA of 1.01 or less in a six-game span of a single postseason since Fleury in 2018, when he went 5-1-0 with a 1.00 GAA and save percentage of .967 in a stretch for Vegas. 'He's incredible every night,' Panthers forward Sam Bennett said. 'His composure in the net and his focus, game in, game out, he's always dialed in, he makes the big save when he needs to. And that gives our team so much life, so much momentum. Yeah, we love Bobby.' Carolina's offense The Hurricanes are an NHL-best 7-0 in the playoffs when scoring at least three goals, 0-5 when scoring two goals or less. That continues the trend from the regular season. The Hurricanes were 43-7-3 when scoring at least three goals, 5-27-2 when held to two or less. 2-0 trends When up 2-0 in a series, the Panthers have gone on to prevail every time — six chances, six series wins. Carolina is facing a 2-0 deficit for the 12th time in its history. The Hurricanes have wound up losing nine of the previous 11 series after dropping the first two games of a matchup. ___ AP NHL playoffs: and recommended
