{"id":238,"date":"2025-07-11T01:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/238\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T01:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:59:12","slug":"sorokin-blue-jackets-hunter-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/238\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorokin, Blue Jackets, Hunter, Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout the past few days, there have been several unconfirmed rumors that New York Islanders\u2019 netminder Ilya Sorokin<\/a> could be in play, particularly for the Edmonton Oilers. Those rumors were squashed earlier today when Sorokin\u2019s agent, Dan Milstein, bluntly said<\/a> that Sorokin hasn\u2019t been involved in trade discussions and wouldn\u2019t waive his no-movement clause.<\/p>\n

Such is the way for this time of the NHL calendar when ideas for good fits sometimes become unsubstantiated rumors. There\u2019s little argument against Sorokin being an objective improvement in the crease for most teams in the NHL, but it doesn\u2019t appear that he\u2019ll be moved this summer.<\/p>\n

Still, he may be a goaltender to keep on the radar. He\u2019s been one of the game\u2019s best goalies over the last four years, managing a 112-83-33 record in 227 starts with a .916 SV% and 2.62 GAA, including 19 shutouts. Sorokin will have a full no-movement clause through the 2027-28 season before transitioning to a 16-team no-trade list ahead of the 2028-29 campaign.<\/p>\n

More snapshots:<\/p>\n

An impressive development camp may have led to a pair of entry-level contracts for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Although the team hasn\u2019t confirmed the news, Mark Scheif of The Hockey Writers reported<\/a> earlier that the Blue Jackets are working on an entry-level contract with defenseman Will Bishop<\/a> and forward Nicholas Sima<\/a>. Columbus drafted neither player, as they were invited to the team\u2019s development camp from the OHL.
\nTeam Canada\u2019s World Junior team is expected to have a new look at the top of their coaching staff. According to TSN\u2019s Darren Dreger<\/a>, Hockey Canada will announce Dale Hunter<\/a> as the head coach of Team Canada\u2019s U20 team. The successful, longtime head coach of the OHL\u2019s London Knights will replace Dave Cameron<\/a> as the team\u2019s head coach in Canada\u2019s attempt to return to the gold medal game for the first time since 2023.
\nAfter Marco Sturm<\/a> departed to become the new head coach<\/a> of the Boston Bruins, the AHL\u2019s Ontario Reign began seeking a new bench boss. According to a new report from Anthony Collazo of The Mayor\u2019s Manor<\/a>, the Reign are expected to name Andrew Lord<\/a> as the team\u2019s new head coach. If he\u2019s eventually named Ontario\u2019s new head coach, it would be Lord\u2019s first coaching role in the AHL after serving as the head coach of the ECHL\u2019s Greenville Swamp Rabbits for four years and the QMJHL\u2019s Halifax Mooseheads\u2019 head coach last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Throughout the past few days, there have been several unconfirmed rumors that New York Islanders\u2019 netminder Ilya Sorokin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[391,386,392,387,388,389,393,394,385,395,99,390],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ahl","tag-andrew-lord","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-dale-hunter","tag-hockey-canada","tag-ilya-sorokin","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-nhl","tag-snapshots","tag-sports","tag-team-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}