Ottawa's Shane Pinto may no longer be a long shot to win rookie of the year

There are three games on the NHL slate tonight and trade season is in full swing. We've pinpointed one player prop per game tonight, including Shane Pinto to be effective in a southern California clash with the Ducks. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports After a profitable 2-1 day yesterday, I'm back, filling in for Neil and bringing my best NHL player…

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Despite a betting-related suspension that is costing Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto 41 games of the campaign, the 23-year-old will spend at least another season in Canada's capital. The Senators signed Pinto to a one-year contract worth an AAV of $775000 on Friday, the team announced. The former second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft has…

The Toronto Maple Leafs (17-8-6), second in the NHL standings for the Atlantic Division, host the Ottawa Senators (12-17-0), eighth in the Atlantic, in one of 14 NHL games on a busy NHL schedule Wednesday night. Toronto last beat Ottawa 4-3 on December 7 and has won three of the last four games against the Senators. They're 9-5-2 at home and Ottawa…

The Toronto Maple Leafs (12-6-4) and Ottawa Senators (10-10-0) meet on Thursday at Canadian Tire Center in an important Atlantic Division game on the NHL schedule. Both teams have failed to live up to lofty expectations entering the season and are looking to generate some momentum. The Maple Leafs are fourth in the NHL standings for the Atlantic…

Glenn Healy still remembers longtime NHL director of security Frank Torpey walking into a locker room in the 1980s to warn players about the pitfalls of illegal sports wagering. Back then, a warning like that conjured images of shady bookies asking for injury information and taking cash. Now, gambling is legal across the U.S. and Canada and with…

So this was back in January 1946 when Maple Leafs defenseman Babe Pratt, who'd played the bulk of his career with the Rangers, was banned for life by league president Red Dutton for betting on NHL games. The lifetime ban, however, was commuted to a five-game sentence when the very same Dutton argued for leniency in an appeal to the Board of…

Ottawa Senators center Shane Pinto has been suspended 41 games for violating the National Hockey League's (NHL) sports wagering rules, the league announced on Thursday. The league said no evidence was found Pinto bet on NHL games. The 22-year-old Pinto accepted the punishment. "I want to apologize to the National Hockey League, the Ottawa Senators,…

Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto has been suspended 41 games by the NHL for "activities relating to sports wagering," the league announced Thursday. The NHL said in a statement it found no evidence Pinto made any bets on its games. The league added it "considers this matter closed, absent the emergence of new information." The first modern-day…

Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto has been suspended by the NHL for 41 games for activities related to sports wagering, the league announced Thursday. It's the league's first gambling-related suspension in the era of online betting. The 22-year-old had been skating on his own in Ottawa earlier this month while awaiting a new contract. He has…

The Ottawa Senators began their preseason on a high note, but still have one major issue remaining. One of the team's key young players, center Shane Pinto, still does not have a contract for next season and the Senators simply do not have the cap space at the current moment to pay for Pinto's next deal. Pinto, 22, is coming off of a strong rookie…

The Ottawa Senators travel to meet the Boston Bruins on Monday afternoon at TD Garden in Boston for a matinee game on President's Day. Don't have an account? Create Account The Senators picked up a 7-2 victory over the skidding St. Louis Blues last time out, as the offense continues to click. The Bruins are also doing big things on offense,…

Can you believe it's already the middle of December and we're into Week 10 of the Fantasy Hockey season? Me either! Welcome back to our fantasy hockey waiver wire, teams to stream, schedule, and best pickups article for this week! After a more-balanced schedule last week, the NHL reverts to its usual slate this week with double-digit games on…

On the surface, the question of whether Alex DeBrincat is struggling might seem a bit silly; one of the Ottawa Senators' biggest off-season acquisitions is, after all, on pace for 66 points. A 70 point pace, almost exactly his career average, would be just one more than his current 20 in 25 games. He's tied for 84th among all forwards in scoring…

From Alexander Ovechkin breaking records to the Boston Bruins steamrolling the competition, last week's NHL action had something for everyone. Now that the first week of November is in the books, a new slate of games is upon us, bringing more hockey-related betting opportunities. Once again, we have your NHL weekly betting needs covered. Continue…

With four goals and seven points in nine games, Seattle Kraken rookie Matty Beniers remains the favourite (+350) to win the Calder Trophy. But leading scorer Calen Addison of the Minnesota Wild has entered the conversation (+900) after picking up a rookie-leading seven assists in seven games. The player I'd be putting money on, however, is Ottawa's…

Another week means another slate of hockey games for the 2022-23 NHL season. Each team has played a handful of games, meaning their identities have begun taking shape. Furthermore, bettors have started getting a better idea of the more prominent betting trends. The week of Oct. 24 brings even more betting opportunities and excitement to the NHL…

Shane Pinto could do something only one other player has done in Ottawa Senators history. The forward is among the early favorites to win the Calder Trophy given to the NHL rookie of the year. But he's not concerned about that. "I don't care about [the Calder Trophy]. I really only care about winning," Pinto told NHL.com recently. "I know it sounds…

There's so much hype surrounding the 2023-24 NHL rookie class, and for good reason. But we can't forget about the 2022-23 edition, which saw Seattle's Matty Beniers take home the Calder Trophy. It featured an excellent battle that saw a variety of players earn consideration to become top-three finalists, but Beniers was by far the most consistent…

With a handful of television cameras pointed directly at him, Michael Andlauer stepped up to a podium on Tuesday morning to deliver his first public words in Ottawa. And the incoming owner of the Ottawa Senators opened with a crucial disclaimer, while addressing players, staff and participants at the club's annual season-opening golf tournament. "I…

The NHL announced Thursday that it has suspended Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto for 41 games - half a season - for "activities related to sports wagering." Pinto, 22, is the first NHL player to be suspended for sports wagering since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law prohibiting state-sponsored sports betting in 2018. Before him,…

To mark the halfway point of the 2022-23 regular season, NHL.com is running its third installment of the Trophy Tracker series. Today, we look at the race for the Calder Trophy, given annually to the best rookie in the NHL as selected in a poll by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Matty Beniers has been rewarded for a stellar start to…