#WSH@BUF

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#22 JACK QUINN

📍 WSH@BUF // 06.01.2025

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NHL CAPTAINS TRIVIA !

OLDEST: Alex Ovechkin - WSH (39), drafted 2004 YOUNGEST: Rasmus Dahlin - BUF (24), drafted 2018 AVG. AGE: 31.5 AVG. DRAFT: 2010.7

LONGEST TENURED: Sidney Crosby - PIT (6354 days, named captain 31st May, 2007) SHORTEST TENURED: Jordan Eberle - SEA (14 days, named captain 8th October, 2024) AVG. TENURE: 1527 days

HIGHEST DRAFT POSITION: Rasmus Dahlin - BUF, Nico Hischier - NDJ, Auston Matthews - TOR, Connor McDavid - EDM, Sidney Crosby - PIT, Alex Ovechkin - WSH (1st overall) LOWEST DRAFT POSITION: Mark Stone - VGK (178th overall) AVG. DRAFT POSITION: 33rd

TALLEST: Victor Hedman - TBL (6'5) SHORTEST: Brad Marchand - BOS, Jared Spurgeon - MIN (5'9) AVG. HEIGHT: 6'1

HEAVIEST: Victor Hedman - TBL (245 lb) LIGHTEST: Jared Spurgeon - MIN (166 lb) AVG. WEIGHT: 205 lb

MOST THICK: Alex Ovechkin - WSH (3.17 lb/in) LEAST THICK: Nico Hischier - NJD (2.40 lb/in) AVG. THICKNESS: 2.79 lb/in

MOST GAMES PLAYED: Alex Ovechkin - WSH (1430) LEAST GAMES PLAYED: Quinn Hughes - VAN (370) AVG. GAMES PLAYED: 829

MOST POINTS: Sidney Crosby - PIT (1602) LEAST POINTS: Radko Gudas - ANA (182) AVG. POINTS: 624

MOST POINTS PER GAME: Connor McDavid - EDM (1.518) LEAST POINTS PER GAME: Radko Gudas - ANA (0.242) AVG. POINTS PER GAME: 0.750

Notes: Sean Couturier - PHI was named captain on Valentine's Day, 2024. Quinn Hughes was named captain on the 22nd anniversary of 9/11. Sidney Crosby is the only remaining player to have been named captain in the 2000s.

Source

[korshrimpski]

you have heard of the stanley cup playoffs but what about the

Connor* Playoffs

*(spelling varies)

ID and an explanation below the cut:

Title: (O’) Con(n)or Playoffs [2024-2025]

Connor Land (left/in red)

Bracket 1: Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) vs Logan O’Connor (COL)

Bracket 2: Kyle Connor (WPG) vs Connor Zary

Bracket 3: Connor McDavid (EDM) vs Connor Murphy (CHI)

Bracket 4: Connor Bedard (Chi) vs Conor Garland (VAN)

Connor Country (right/in blue)

Bracket 1: Connor McMichael (WSH) vs Connor Carrick (EDM)

Bracket 2: Connor Brown (EDM) vs Connor Clifton (BUF)

Bracket 3: Drew O’Connor (VAN) vs Connor Dewar (PIT)

Bracket 4: Conor Timmins (PIT) vs Conor Geekie (TBL)

Explanation:

so, I tried to keep it Eastern Conference vs Western Conference. But it sadly wasn’t an equal 8/8 split because the east only has 5 Connor’s compared to the west who has 11. So the guys who have played in the Eastern Conference before where moved from the West to east

Conor Geekie: Geekie is currently down in the AHL from Tampa but he played 49 games this season for Tampa so he gets put in the playoffs (and also I love conor and wanted to include him)

Connor Carrick: I just needed another connor that wasn’t goalie, Connor Ingram. Connor Ingram is currently not playing hockey due to mental health issues and I didn’t feel comfortable playing him so Connor Carrick gets the spot. (And even if Ingy was included he would be a commentator he is so funny)

Bracket set up: so I tried to follow the nhl playoff brackets but the divisions weren’t even close to equal so I just put random people in random places that’s why it seems so unfair for some players (*cough* connor land *cough*)

The conference titles. Connor Land and Connor Country exist mainly because i just needed a name because I could call it easy or west because it was a blend of east and west players. So you all get connor land and connor country, sorry

[hauntedppgpaints]

Week of 2025 trade deadline recap:

Keeping track of all the trades going on the week of the trade deadline here. Bolded is a player for player trade.

march 1: Jones (CHI) & '26 fourth round -> FLA for Knight & conditional '26 first round

march 1: Nyquist (NSH) -> MIN for '26 second round

march 1: Lindgren, Vesey, prospect (NYR) -> COL for de Haan, Parssinen, '25 second and fourth round

march 4: Frederic, Jones, prospect (BOS) -> EDM for Wanner, '25 second round, '26 fourth round (part of three way deal with NJD, who received prospect Lachance)

March 5: Vitek Vanecek (SJS) -> FLA for Patrick Giles

March 5: Bjorkstrand, Gourde, Aucoin (SEA) & '26 fifth round -> TBL for Eyssimont, '25 second round, conditional '26 first round, conditional '27 first round

March 5: Desharnais (PIT) -> SJS for '28 fifth round

March 5: Bunting, '26 fourth round (PIT) -> NSH for L. Schenn and Novak

March 6: Sturm & '27 seventh round (SJS) -> FLA fo '26 fourth round

March 6: Dumoulin (ANA) -> NJD for Traff & '25 second round

March 6: Driedger (FLA) -> WIN for Kahkonen

March 6: Reilly Smith (NYR) -> VGK for Brisson & '25 third round

March 6: Soucy (VAN) -> NYR for '25 third round

March 6: Brazeau (BOS) -> MIN for Khusnutdinov & Lauko & '26 sixth round

March 6: Nelson & Dufour (NYI) -> COL for Ritchie, Kylington, '26 or '27 first round & '28 third round

March 7: Kylington (NYI) -> ANA for future considerations

March 7: Walman (SJS) -> EDM for Berglund & '26 first round

March 7: Beauvillier (PIT) -> WSH for '25 second round

March 7: Cozens, Gilbert, '26 second round (BUF) -> OTT for Norris & Bernard-Docker

March 7: Kuzmenko, '25 seventh round (PHI) -> LAK for '27 third round

March 7: Luke Schenn (PIT) -> WPG for '26 second round & '27 fourth round

March 7: Mrazek & Smith (CHI) -> DET for Veleno

March 7: Kunin (SJS) -> CBJ for '25 fourth round

March 7: Brandon Tanev (SEA) -> WPG for '27 second round

March 7: Laughton, '25 fourth round, '27 sixth round (PHI) -> TOR for Grebenkin, '27 first round

March 7: Cholowski (NYI) -> NJD for Beckman

March 7: Coyle, '25 fifth round (BOS) -> COL for Mittelstadt, Zellers, '25 second round

March 7: Johnson (PHI) -> COL for Givani Smith

March 7: Aube-Kubel (BUF) -> NYR for Brannstrom|

March 7: Raty, Soderstrom, Weber's contract (UTA) -> CHI for '26 fifth round

March 7: Rantanen (CAR) -> DAL for Stankoven, '26 conditional first and 3rd, '27 third round, '28 conditional first round

March 7: Glass, Gruden (PIT) -> NJD for Stillman, Graham, '27 third round

March 7: Jankowski (NSH) -> CAR for '26 fifth round

March 7: Sprong (SEA) -> NJD for '26 seventh round

March 7: Jokiharju (BUF) -> BOS for '26 fourth round

March 7: Zetterlund, Robins, '25 fourth round (SJS) -> OTT for Ostapchuk, Gregor, '25 second round

March 7: Timmins, Dewar (TOR) -> PIT for '25 fifth round

March 7: McLaughlin (BOS) -> NJD for Misyul

March 7: Marchand (BOS) -> FLA for '27 conditional second round

March 7: Carlo (BOS) -> TOR for Minten, '25 fourth round, '26 conditional first round

March 7: Reese Johnson (MIN) -> TOR for future considerations

[fangirlonfilm]

“mom said i’m only allowed to go if my siblings can tag along”: are the New Jersey Devils’ and the Vancouver Canucks scoreboards connected by the force of brotherly love?

it goes without saying that this is for FUN, i don’t know how to properly handle data but i tried my best and that’s enough for now and for me. english is not my first language so mistakes are due to be seen, you are welcome to correct me or ask me anything if doubts are presented. 

hi. so first things first, let me introduce myself. i’m cassie, 23, a hardcore fangirl for 10+ years now and new to the hockey world (got into it late october). i’m a devils fan first and foremost, but i do occasionally watch some canucks and habs games (and that’s on me being in love with cole caufield and quinn hughes, because even though i love the game (#LGD), i also loOoOove the players <3). 

i actually wrote three huge paragraphs explaining how i had this idea but i sound bsc so long story short let’s just say that it’s something that i’ve been noticing since late november: 

whenever the devils and the canucks have games on the same day (or night, whatever you call it), they end up having the same outcome (as in W or L) more often than not. fast forward to mid january/2025, this analysis idea came to me in a dream. or, more specifically, that one moment before you go to bed where you start making up fake scenarios in your head but they get progressively worse and unhinged cause you’re tired af and on the brink of hallucinating. so here i am trying to find out if there’s a ‘bro code’ type of trend behind the nhl.

out of their 26 shared game days, eighteen ended with the same result for both teams. they also won and lost an equal number of games: 9 each. coincidence? maybe. entertaining? absolutely. not safe to say that there’s a 69-ish% chance that they’re connected by the force of family in some way.

out of those games:

five were away for both of them - AA;

five were home for both of them - HH;

four were away (njd) and home (van) - AH;

four were home (njd) and away (van) - HA.

pretty consistent i’d say.

on the AA games we had:

oct. 17: NJD x OTT (3-1) & VAN x FLA (3-1)

nov. 23: NJD x WSH (3-2) & VAN x OTT (4-3)

nov. 29: NJD x DET (5-4) & VAN x BUF (4-3 OTW)

dec. 12: NJD x CBJ (4-2 L) & VAN x VGK (3-1 L)

dec. 31: NJD x ANA (3-2 L) & VAN x CGY (3-1 L)

but when it starts to sound like “this our place, we make the rules”, it looks a little like this (HH):

dec. 6: NJD x SEA (3-2) & VAN x CBJ (5-2)

dec. 8: NJD x COL (4-0 L) & VAN x TBL (4-2 L)

dec. 10: NJD x TOR (2-1 OTL) & VAN x STL (4-3 OTL)

dec. 12: NJD x LAK (3-1) & VAN x FLA (4-0)

dec. 23: NJD x NYR (5-0) & VAN x SJS (4-3)

and when your siblings get to travel around the US and Canada, but you’re stuck in Vancouver (AH):

oct. 15: NJD x CAR (4-2) & VAN x TBL (4-1)

nov. 12: NJD x FLA (4-1) & VAN x CGY (3-1)

dec. 28: NJD x CAR (5-2 L) & VAN x SEA (5-4 OTL)

jan. 16: NJD x TOR (4-3 OTL) & VAN x LAK (5-1 L)

but the world moves on and now you’re the one on a plane (HA):

nov. 7:  NJD x MTL (5-3) & VAN x LAK (4-2)

nov. 27:  NJD x STL (3-0 L) & VAN x PIT (5-4 L)

jan. 11: NJD x TBL (3-2 OTW) & VAN x TOR (3-0)

jan. 14:  NJD x FLA (2-1 SO/L) & VAN x WPG (6-1 L)

that being said, when they are both away, their final results are pretty similar. in almost all of the games listed they had the same results or goal difference.

in HH, both teams scored 17 goals each throughout 5 games (3.4 GPG) in december only. happy hanukkah and merry christmas, i guess! also they lost in OT (dec. 10) to teams that are in the same conference as them, irrelevant, but i do feel the need to point it out. if you wanna know my opinion, jack ‘we are addicted to screen time’ hughes might probably be texting the bros gc “how do we feel about a double L tonight for our family?”. they might as well share one brain cell between the three of them

in AH the stats are the same, 17 goals each. when one of them had a OTL and other an L, the former team’s final scoreboard had a 2+ goals difference. and i just realized that dec 28 was a terrible day for both teams (for njd, it was that game where timo got a major penalty against necas and when van blew the 4-1 lead they had till literally the 5 min before the final whistle). YOLO i guess

literally have nothing to analyse on the NJ!home x VAN!away games besides the fact that they need to get their things together and play like professional athletes once again (opsies)

that all being said, you can’t tell me that those three aren’t a little bit sus. they aren’t triplets, but there might be some telepathic, sixth sense type of thing going on. #connected4lyfe #swag.

are there any other teams in the league that have been going through this or something similar in this season? i get too busy and overwhelmed keeping tabs on the devils (and occasionally van and habs) that i don’t really notice all the other 29 teams. or maybe i’m going insane. if so, let me know cause i’d love to dive into it, who knows what other strange parallels we might uncover till mid april?.

again, this literally means nothing, but i, personally, think it's lowkey funny (like giggling and kicking my feet as I write this) that both teams mirror each other’s results. and that's on hughes your daddy !!

xo,

[sergeifyodorov]

codys 32 asg picks

get ready 2 clown on me when they drop tonight and i am incredibly wrong

BOS - jeremy swayman. could be pasta but there's no fucking GOALTENDERS in the atlantic so they might pick sway and "have the people vote" pasta in later

FLA - sasha barkov

TOR - auston matthews

TBL - nikita kucherov

DET - alex debrincat

MTL - nick suzuki

BUF - rasmus dahlin

OTT - brady tkachuk

NYR - artemi panarin

CAR - sebastian aho

NYI - noah dobson

PHI - travis konecny

NJD - jack hughes

WSH - dylan strome

PIT - sidney crosby

CBJ - adam fantilli

COL - nathan mackinnon

WPG - connor hellebuyck

DAL - miro heiskanen (because i am delusional but i am free)

NSH - filip forsberg

ARI - clayton keller

STL - let's be honest who is even on this team. robert thomas

MIN - let's be honest who is even on this team and not injured. marc-andre fleury

CHI - connor bedard

VAN - quinn hughes

VGK - jack eichel

LAK - anze kopitar

EDM - connor mcdavid

SEA - vince dunn

CGY - it certainly won't be jonathan huberdeau! (nazem kadri)

ANA - sigh. zegras. it would be dostal or gibson if the nhl weren't cowards but that ship has well sailed.

SJS - tomas hertl

[eightfourone]

In my head I like to think of all the nhl teams as a big extended family or whatever

like the original six are all siblings

then the expansion six five

then three sets of twins: VAN-BUF, CGY-NYI, NJD-WSH

then the WHA siblings: EDM, CAR, COL, ARI

then the 90s teams: SJS, OTT-TBL, ANA-FLA, NSH, WPG, CBJ-MIN

and then VGK and SEA with vegas as like the successful older sibling to seattle the baby

[reavenedges-lies]

NHL Draft Round 2:

33. ANA- Nico Myatovic LW

34. CBJ- Gavin Brindley C (@andreburakozy)

35. CHI- Adam Gajan G

36. SJS- Kasper Halttunen RW

37. TBL- Ethan Gauthier RW

38. ARI- Michael Hrabal G

39. BUF- Anoton Wahlberg C

40. WSH- Andrew Cristall LW

41. DET- Trey Augustine G

42. DET- Andrew Gibson D

43. NSH- Felix Nilsson C

44. CHI- Roman Kantserov RW

45. BUF- Maxim Strbak D

46. NSH- Kalan Lind LW

47. DET- Brady Cleveland D

48. CGY- Etienne Morin D

49. NYI- Danny Nelson C

50. SEA- Carson Rehkopf LW

51. PHI- Carson Bjarnason G

52. SEA- Oscar Fisker-Molgaard C

53. MIN- Rasmus Kumpulainen C

54. LAK- Jakub Dvorak D

55. CHI- Martin Misiak RW

56. EDM- Beau Akey D

57. SEA- Lucas Dragicevic D

58. NJD- Lenni Hameenaho RW

59. ANA- Carey Terrance C

60. ANA- Damian Clara G

61. DAL- Tristan Bertucci D

62. CAR- Felix Unger-Sorum RW

63. FLA- Gracyn Sawchyn C

64. MIN- Riley Heidt C

[boxscorehockey]

2024-25 Transaction Register

April 12 Winged Wheel sign Jackson Blake F CAR and waives Anthony Mantha F CAL.

April 12 Winged Wheel sign Jet Greaves G CBJ and waive Pheonix Copley G LAK.

March 26 New York signs Luke Haymes F TOR and releases Stefan Noesen F NJ.

March 12 New York signs Samuel Jonsson G EDM and waives Isaac Poulter G NJ.

March 10 Quebec acquires Martin Necas F COL, Steven Stamkos F NSH, Mikael Granlund F DAL, and John Carlson D WSH from New York in exchange for Mikko Rantanen F DAL, Shane Pinto F OTT, Bradly Nadeau F CAR and Kevin Korchinski D CHC.

March 9 Seattle signs Rudy Guimond G DET and releases James Reimer G BUF.

March 9 Winged Wheel acquires Petr Mrazek G DET from the Seattle Squid in exchange for Ville Husso G ANA.

March 8 Quebec acquires William Dufour F COL from Seattle in exchange for 1 Quebec waiver pick from 24-25.

March 6 Winged Wheel acquire Josh Norris F OTT, Dmitri Buchelnikov F DET, Jesse Kiiskinen F DET from New York in exchange for Sam Bennett F FLA, Samuel Honzek F CAL, and two Winged Wheel 2025 waiver picks.

March 6 New York signs Kieron Walton F WPG and waives Pius Suter F VAN.

March 6 New York signs Luca Cagnoni D SJ and waives Juuso Valimaki D UTH.

February 28 Seattle Squid sign Josh Doan F UTH and release Andrew Mangiapane F WSH.

February 28 Squid acquire Filip Chytil F VAN and One New York Steam waiver pick in exchange for Isaac Howard F TB, Pius Suter F VAN, and Juuso Valimaki D UTH.

February 8 Squid sign Ilya Protas C WSH and releases Lawson Crouse F UTH.

February 5 New York signs Dmitri Buchelnikov F DET and waives Gleb Trikozov F CAR.

February 5 New York signs Colton Parayko D STL and waives Thomas Bordeleau F SJ.

February 1 Squid sign Fabian Lysell F BOS and waives Nils Lundqvist D DAL.

January 24 New York signs Isaac Poulter G NJ and releases Brandon Bussi G BOS.

January 22 New York signs Hampton Slukynsky G LAK and waives Joshua Roy F MTL.

January 19 Seattle signs Alex Laferriere F LAK and waives Max Domi F TOR.

January 19 Quebec acquires Mark Stone F VEG, Kevin Lankinen G VAN, Mike Matheson D MTL, and Ivan Ivan C COL from Seattle in exchange for Philip Grubauer G SEA and 3 Quebec 2025 waiver picks.

January 18 Seattle acquires Kaapo Kakko F SEA and Jaxson Stauber G UTH from New York in exchange for the New York Steam 3rd 2025 (previously acquired).

January 16 New York signs Roman Kantserov F CHC and waives Alex Lafrerriere F LAK

January 4 New York signs Emil Pieniniemi D PIT and waives Scott Perunovich D STL.

January 4 New York signs Eriks Mateiko LW WSH and waives Maxime Masse F ANA.

December 28 New York signs Jakub Dobes G MTL and releases Semyon Varlamov G NYI (LTIR).

December 26 Winged Wheel sign Vladimir Nikitin G OTT and waive Andrei Buyalski F KHL.

December 26 Winged Wheel sign Austin Burnevik F ANA and waive Ty Dellandrea F SJ.

December 26 Winged Wheel sign Linus Eriksson F FLA and waive Otto Koiuvula F Free Agent.

December 26 Winged Wheel sign Luca Pinelli F CBJ and waive Joe Veleno F DET.

December 26 Winged Wheel sign Herman Traff F NJ and waive Jared McIsaac D KHL.

December 26 Winged Wheel sign Beau Akey D EDM and waive Justin Schultz D RETIRED.

December 20 Squid signs Arvid Soderblom G CHC and waives Josh Doan F ARZ.

December 11 New York signs Jesse Kiiskinen F DET and waives Fabian Lysell F BOS.

December 11 Quebec signs Scott Wedgewood G COL and waives Carter Hart G F/A.

December 7 Buffalo signs Trent Miner G COL and waives Jack Campbell G DET.

December 7 Buffalo signs Artur Akhtyamov G TOR and waives Lukas Rousek F BUF.

December 7 Squid signs Caden Price D SEA and waives Tristan Bertucci D DAL.

December 7 Squid sign Pius Suter F VAN and waives Tommy Novak F NSH.

December 1 Squid sign Ivan Ivan C COL and waive Oliver Ekman Larsson D TOR.

December 1 New York signs Jaxson Stauber G UTH and waives Clay Stevenson G WSH.

November 30 Squid sign Emil Andrae D PHI and waive Paul Cotter C NJ.

November 23 Squid sign Drew Helleson D ANA and waives Vladislav Gavrikov D LAK.

November 23 Squid sign Elias Salomonsson D WPG and waives Adam Boqvist D FLA.

November 23 Squid sign Carl Lindbom G VEG and waives Jett Greaves G CBJ.

November 22 New York signs Mikael Granlund F SJ and waives Jeff Skinner F EDM.

November 15 New York signs Ivan Barbashev W VEG and waives Linus Eriksson F FLA.

November 15 New York signs Stefan Noesen C NJ and waives Aatos Koivu C MTL.

November 8 Squid sign Aliaksei Protas F WSH and waives Charlie Strammel F MIN.

October 28 Squid acquire James Reimer G ANA from Buffalo in exchange for Mackenzie Blackwood G SJ.

October 19 Squid sign Mark Stone F VEG and waives Nicolas Roy F VEG.

October 18 New York signs Alex Laferriere F LAK and releases John Mustard F CHC.

October 18 Squid sign Marcus Gidlof G NYI and waive Kaapo Kahkonen G COL.

October 17 Squid sign Bobby McMann C TOR and waive Tye Kartye F SEA.

October 17 Squid sign Jusso Valimaki D UTH and waive Timothy Liljegren D TOR.

October 16 Squid sign Adam Boqvist D FLA and waive Ville Heinola D WPG (LTIR).

October 16 Squid sign Oliver Ekman-Larsson D TOR and waive Kaedan Korczak D VEG.

October 16 Squid sign Georgi Merkulov F BOS and waive Arthur Kaliyev F LAK.

October 16 Squid sign Paul Cotter F NJ and waive Ryan Greene F CHC.

October 12 Winged Wheel acquire Sergei Bobrovsky G FLA from the New York Steam in exchange for the 2025 Wheel 2nd rder and Frank Nazar C/RW CHC.

Sept 15 Seattle acquires Berkly Catton F SEA from New York in exchange for Cayden Lindstrom F CBJ.

Sept 7 Quebec acquires Nikolai Kovalenko F COL and a bag of Wegmans Organic Buttery popcorn in exchange for Berkly Catton C SEA.

Sept 7 Seattle acquires the Seattle 2024 3rd (pick 11) and the New York 2025 3rd from New York in exchange for the Winged Wheel 2nd 2024 (pick #7).

August 31 Winged Wheel acquire Kirill Kaprizov F MIN and the New York Steam 12th 2024 (pick 60) in exchange for the Winged Wheel 1st 2024 (pick 2 overall) and John Gibson G ANA.

August 25 Seattle acquires Mike Matheson D MTL and the New York 6th (pick 30) in exchange for the Seattle 6th (pick 26).

August 17 Seattle acquires Joel Hofer G STL from the New York Steam in exchange for the Seattle 4th 2024 (pick #16)

July 14 Winged Wheel acquire Vladimir Tarasenko RW DET from New York in exchange for Rutger McGroarty F WPG.

July 2 Seattle acquires Jakob Chycrun D WSH from New York in exchange for the Seattle 2024 3rd (pick #11).

June 19 Quebec acquires Jacob Markstrom G NJ from the New York Steam in exchange for William Smith C SJ.

[qicktrick]

#22 JACK QUINN, unassisted

📍 BUF@WSH // 30.03.2025

[Video I.D. #6 Jakob Chychrun (Washington Capitals Forward) goes to take a shot, but is stripped of the puck by #22 Jack Quinn (Buffalo Sabres Forward). Quinn skates on a breakaway, accelerating towards the goal, and scores. He celebrates with teammates on the ice (important note is the way he smiles, soft and happy, at #77 JJ Peterka).

The video cuts to Chychrun going back to the Capitals bench.

Quinn skates past the Sabres bench, fist-bumping his teammates.

His goal is replayed in slow motion from a different angle.

Finally, Quinn is shown sitting back on the Sabres bench, breathing heavily. /End I.D.]

[artrcrry]

Gr8chasemobile outside CapOne ft. Ovi counter, dejected Gretsky, and goat. (BUF @ WSH 03/30/25)

[kworldsportsnews]

NFL’s Highest-Paid Players: Record-Breaking Contracts Across Positions

As NFL salaries continue to rise, the league’s top players are securing massive deals that redefine market value. With teams prioritizing elite talent, multi-million dollar contracts are becoming the standard, especially at key positions. This breakdown highlights the highest-paid players by position in 2025, focusing on their three-year average annual salary (APY) and total guaranteed money. Let’s see who’s leading the financial scoreboard.

Quarterbacks: The Financial Powerhouses

Quarterbacks remain the most valuable players on the field, and their contracts reflect that. Teams are investing heavily in their franchise leaders.

Top Three-Year APY:

Dak Prescott (DAL) – $61.6 million (Signed 2024, ends 2028)

Joe Burrow (CIN) – $61.3 million

Jordan Love (GB) – $58.3 million

Trevor Lawrence (JAX) – $56.9 million

Jared Goff (DET) – $55.4 million

Josh Allen (BUF) – $55 million

Most Guaranteed Money:

Josh Allen (BUF) – $250 million (Signed 2025, ends 2031)

Deshaun Watson (CLE) – $230 million

Dak Prescott (DAL) – $229 million

Joe Burrow (CIN) – $219 million

Patrick Mahomes (KC) – $208.1 million

Trevor Lawrence (JAX) – $200 million

Running Backs: Battling for Big Paydays

Running backs often struggle to land long-term deals, but some have managed to secure lucrative contracts.

Top Three-Year APY:

Saquon Barkley – $20.6 million (Signed 2025, ends 2028)

Christian McCaffrey (SF) – $19 million

Jonathan Taylor (IND) – $14 million

Alvin Kamara (NO) – $12.2 million

Most Guaranteed Money:

Saquon Barkley – $36 million

Jonathan Taylor (IND) – $26.5 million

Christian McCaffrey (SF) – $24 million

Alvin Kamara (NO) – $34.3 million

Wide Receivers: Dominating the Market

As passing offenses continue to thrive, wide receivers are seeing their value skyrocket.

Top Three-Year APY:

Ja’Marr Chase – $40 million (Signed 2025, ends 2030)

Justin Jefferson (MIN) – $35 million

CeeDee Lamb (DAL) – $34 million

A.J. Brown (PHI) – $32 million

Brandon Aiyuk (SF) – $30 million

Tee Higgins (CIN) – $28.75 million

Most Guaranteed Money:

Ja’Marr Chase – $112 million

Justin Jefferson (MIN) – $110 million

CeeDee Lamb (DAL) – $100 million

A.J. Brown (PHI) – $84 million

DJ Moore (CHI) – $81.5 million

Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET) – $77 million

Defensive Superstars: Earning Their Worth

Defensive players are proving their importance, securing some of the league’s biggest contracts.

Edge Rushers - Top Three-Year APY:

Maxx Crosby (LV) – $35.5 million (Signed 2025, ends 2029)

Nick Bosa (SF) – $34.7 million

Josh Hines-Allen (JAX) – $31 million

T.J. Watt (PIT) – $30.5 million

Brian Burns (NYG) – $30 million

Myles Garrett (CLE) – $26.7 million

Most Guaranteed Money:

Nick Bosa – $119.9 million

Myles Garrett – $100 million

Maxx Crosby – $91.5 million

Josh Hines-Allen – $88 million

Brian Burns – $87.5 million

Cornerbacks - Top Three-Year APY:

Derek Stingley Jr. (HOU) – $30 million (Signed 2025, ends 2029)

Jaycee Horn (CAR) – $25 million

Jalen Ramsey (MIA) – $24.1 million

Pat Surtain II (DEN) – $24 million

Jaire Alexander (GB) – $21.8 million

Most Guaranteed Money:

Jaycee Horn – $100 million

Derek Stingley Jr. – $89 million

Pat Surtain II – $73.9 million

Denzel Ward – $71.25 million

Marshon Lattimore – $68.3 million

Special Teams: Cashing in Quietly

Even kickers and punters are making millions, securing stability in their roles.

Highest-Paid Kickers (Three-Year APY):

Harrison Butker – $6.5 million (Signed 2024, ends 2028)

Justin Tucker (BAL) – $6.2 million

Jake Elliott (PHI) – $6 million

Highest-Paid Punters (Guaranteed Money):

Michael Dickson (SEA) – $8.5 million

Jack Fox (DET) – $7.5 million

Tress Way (WSH) – $6.4 million

Top Long Snapper Salary:

Luke Rhodes – $1.67 million (Signed 2023, ends 2027)

The Future of NFL Contracts

NFL salaries continue to climb, with top players setting new financial benchmarks. While quarterbacks remain the highest-paid, positions like wide receiver and pass rusher are also commanding record-breaking contracts. As the league’s revenue grows, expect even larger deals in the coming seasons.

Source: Highest Paid NFL Players

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Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin acting like old marrieds on the broadcast, as usual WSH@BUF 6-JAN-2025

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RANGERS ENTER AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH ECHL’S BLOOMINGTON BISON

By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has entered an affiliation agreement with the ECHL’s Bloomington Bison. The Bison will function as a development affiliate for the Rangers and their primary developmental affiliate, the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. “Entering an affiliation agreement with the ECHL’s newest team in the Bloomington Bison is an exciting opportunity for the New York Rangers,” said Rangers Assistant General Manager and Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin. “We take pride in building our team with competitive players from our minor league affiliates. Bloomington, as well as the continued partnership of the Hartford Wolf Pack, will provide us with even more resources to succeed in developing our prospects.” The Bison will play home games at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington, IL. The club’s inaugural season will be in 2024-25. Phillip Barski will serve as the head coach of the team. The native of Richmond Hill, ON, spent the last two seasons on the coaching staff of the OHL’s Barrie Colts. He served as an Assistant Coach during the 2022-23 season, then spent the 2023-24 campaign as the Associate Coach. Before joining the Colts, Barski spent two seasons as an Assistant Coach with the ECHL’s Greenville Swamp Rabbits. “This affiliation with such a celebrated franchise as the New York Rangers brings a new level of excitement and prestige to Bloomington,” said City Manager Jeff Jurgens. “We look forward to the positive impact this partnership will have on the city and the electrifying hockey it will bring to Grossinger Motors Arena.” While the Bison will play their first season in the ECHL starting in October, the city has a long hockey history. The Bloomington Prairie Thunder of the UHL/IHL (2006-2010) and CHL (2010-11) were the first professional teams to play out of the Central Illinois city. The Bloomington Blaze of the CHL (2011-2013) then took the spotlight before moving to the SPHL as the Bloomington Thunder (2013-14). The city has also been the home to junior hockey. The USHL’s Bloomington franchise was known as the Thunder from its inception in 2014 through the 2016-17 season. They were rebranded as the Central Illinois Flying Aces for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. Notable Bloomington hockey alumni include forwards Mitchell Chaffee (USHL Thunder, TBL), Tyler Madden (USHL Flying Aces, LAK), and Walker Duehr (USHL Thunder, CGY), defensemen Wyatt Kalynuk (USHL Thunder, STL), Michael Callahan (USHL Flying Aces, BOS), Jeremy Davies (USHL Thunder, BUF), Brogan Rafferty (USHL Thunder, DET), Vince Pedrie (USHL Thunder), and Ryan Siedem (USHL Flying Aces, HFD), and goaltender Mitch Gibson (USHL Flying Aces, WSH). Kalynuk (2022-23), Pedrie (2016-17 – 2018-19), and Siedem (2023-24) all suited up for the Wolf Pack during their professional careers. Siedem is under contract with the club for the 2024-25 season. About Oak View Group (OVG): Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in live experience venue development, management, premium hospitality services, and 360-degree solutions for a collection of world-class owned venues, and a client roster of arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions. Founded by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff in 2015, OVG is the leading developer of major new venues, either open or under development across four continents. Visit OakViewGroup.com, and follow OVG on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X. ABOUT THE HARTFORD WOLF PACK: The Hartford Wolf Pack has been a premier franchise in the American Hockey League since its inception in 1997. The Wolf Pack is the top player-development affiliate of the NHL's New York Rangers and plays at the XL Center. The Wolf Pack has been home to some of the Rangers' newest faces, including Igor Shesterkin, Filip Chytil, and Ryan Lindgren. Follow the Wolf Pack on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOWLINGS Read the full article

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Poll Results

Poll 1: SJS > TBL Poll 2: TOR > STL Poll 3: WPG < MIN Poll 4: LAK < WSH Poll 5: COL > DET Poll 6: EDM < DAL Poll 7: CBJ < VAN Poll 8: FLA > VGK Poll 9: PIT > CHI Poll 10: BUF < NYI Poll 11: NYR < OTT Poll 12: NJD > CGY Poll 13: MTL < CAR Poll 14: PHI > BOS Poll 15: SEA > ARI Poll 16: ANA > NSH Poll 17: TOR > SJS Poll 18: STL < SJS Poll 19: STL < TBL Poll 20: WSH < MIN Poll 21: WSH < WPG Poll 22: DAL < COL Poll 23: DAL > DET Poll 24: EDM > DET Poll 25: FLA < VAN Poll 26: FLA > CBJ Poll 27: VGK < CBJ Poll 28: NYI < PIT Poll 29: NYI > CHI Poll 30: BUF > CHI Poll 31: NJD > OTT Poll 32: CGY < OTT Poll 33: CGY < NYR Poll 34: PHI < CAR Poll 35: PHI > MTL Poll 36: BOS < MTL Poll 37: ANA < SEA Poll 38: ANA < ARI Poll 39: MIN > TOR Poll 40: WPG < TOR Poll 41: WPG < SJS Poll 42: WPG > TBL Poll 43: WSH > TBL Poll 44: LAK < TBL Poll 45: LAK < STL Poll 46: VAN > COL Poll 47: FLA > COL Poll 48: CBJ < COL

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favorite current player from every team?

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BOS - pasta (love hate relationship) (only bruin i can fully embrace when leafs arent playing them tbh)

BUF - i have few strong feelings towards most sabres but i think ras dahlin. because he sucks <3

DET - moris.... alex lyon close second tbh

FLA - sergei bobrovsky. see boston

MTL - slaykovsky (or arber maybe?)

OTT - claude.

TBL - this is a difficult one but my beautiful eyebrowless mother steven stamkos probably numero uno

TOR - auston (virgo)

CAR - seth jarvis, who is great because unlike the deep jock bro attitude that permeates seemingly every other hockey boy, or even the slight self-importance of the various and sundry catholic school types, he possesses the good-natured self-deprecation instincts of a right proper Normal Bitchass Gen Z

CBJ - i am a patrik laine shooter forever and always

NJD - nico. he's hot

NYR - igor because that man is both an elite goaltender AND a man with some of the most beautiful eyes on the planet. sympathies to my fellow only child of divorce artemi panarin also

NYI - barzy...?

PHI - if i didn't say teekay id be rounded up in the streets and shot. good thing it's teekay though

WSH - class of 15 instincts say dylan first overall pick disease and my dick say ovi

ARI - SOOOO hard to choose because i need firmly for alex kerfoot to know that i want him to come back to leafland but also clayton keller is out there... clay. picking clay

CHI - bedsy obviously. eyebrow twins <3

COL - good stick lehky the universe may be committed to making ppl forget about you constantly by making you get injured all the time. but EYE have not forgotten

DAL - wyatt johnston my english classmate <- before you ask. no i have never actually met this man it's a joke about him being my age and torontonian

MIN - flower

NSH - difficult choice... ror and evangelista both delights but juuse saros... juuse saros my beloved

STL - vladik tarasenko. he's still a blue in my HEART ok actual real answer is brayden schenn but i wish the blues tanked for and successfully got celebrini or bedard or something because like. their current Narrative Relevance is being "jordan binnington's team" and that's not a fate any hockey team deserves

WPG - i think we should ask hockey players who the most underrated player in the league is again but we should tell them beforehand if they pick sasha barkov they get pepper sprayed. anyway if im a hockey player in that situation im answering nik ehlers

ANA - that adorable child with the stutter leo carlson

CGY - naz

EDM - connie

LAK - kopi

SJS - it USED to be duke but now we can't have nice things (loving happy family etc) so purely because of various sharks and sharks-adjacent mutuals i have, im taking a hard turn into creaturehood and picking ekky

SEA - who is on this team

VAN - quinnifer always forever no doubt about it

VGK - the spiritual and transgender bond i share with jack eichel cannot be broken