New Jersey Devils defenseman P.K. Subban and Olympic gold medal-winning skier Lindsey Vonn are engaged.

The couple, who started dating in June 2018, broke the news in an interview with Alexandra Macon of Vogue.

"I got the ring and said, 'You know what, I'm just going to do it (at) home,'" Subban said. "Everything kind of came together on that day. Everyone says the stars aligned - well, it was actually a full moon. I was worried because I knew she would want to be dressed up and not in her pajamas, and it just so happened she had a business meeting, so she was fully dressed up."

Vonn said they aren't in a rush to walk down the aisle and are focused on settling in for the upcoming NHL season - Subban's first with the Devils following a summer trade from the Nashville Predators.

"We're in such a busy time right now. We're trying to move to New Jersey," she explained. "I just want to enjoy the moment and the engagement. We're not in a big hurry to get married. It kind of depends on his playing schedule, and when we have time to sit down and go through it. I don't want to stress him out because he has a big season coming."

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Washington Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov has been suspended by the IIHF for four years after testing positive for cocaine at the 2019 World Championship.

"The prohibited substance was found in a doping control which occurred on 26 May 2019 at the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship," the IIHF stated in its release.

Kuznetsov did not require the analysis of his B-sample - a secondary procedure to verify the accuracy of the initial test - and was provisionally suspended June 13, 2019, the IIHF said. His suspension will conclude June 12, 2023. If the NHL goes to the Olympics in 2022, he will not be eligible to participate.

A video surfaced on May 27 showing Kuznetsov sitting at a table next to two lines of white powder.

Following the release of the video, Kuznetsov claimed he had "never used drugs" and said the footage was taken after the Capitals' Stanley Cup victory in 2018.

The NHL issued a statement on the matter in May, saying, "while we certainly do not condone or endorse some of the decisions he made on the night in question, Mr. Kuznetsov's account of the events that transpired aligns with other information we have been able to gather, and we have found no basis to question his representations with respect to what did - and what did not - occur. We consider the matter formally closed."

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly addressed Kusnetsov's suspension Friday morning, noting, "cocaine isn't considered a performance-enhancing drug and is therefore not a prohibited substance under the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program."

Kuznetsov also issued a statement Friday, taking ownership of the situation and accepting the IIHF's four-year ban:

The 27-year-old center helped lead Russia to a bronze-medal finish at the 2019 worlds after the Carolina Hurricanes bounced his Capitals in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Kuznetsov was phenomenal during the Capitals' postseason run in the spring of 2018, leading all players with 32 playoff points en route to Washington's first championship. He followed that up with a 72-point campaign in 2018-19.

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Ottawa Senators head coach D.J. Smith says the club won't name a captain for the 2019-20 season.

"No we're not," Smith told Sportsnet's Wayne Scanlan. "The captain will emerge in time. I think the biggest thing is that we will allow the older guys to mentor these younger guys and blunt the blow until we turn the corner here. After a tough night, I don't want the young guys having to answer all the questions. The veterans and myself are going to answer to it."

The Senators were without a captain last season after the team traded Erik Karlsson to the San Jose Sharks. He donned the "C" for Ottawa from 2013 to 2018, and was the ninth captain in franchise history.

After Karlsson was dealt, Ottawa unloaded a slew of other veterans who were playing on expiring contracts and could have assumed the role of captain, including Mark Stone, Matt Duchene, and Ryan Dzingel.

While the timeline to name a captain is unclear, the Sens possess a good core of young players who could take on a leadership role, with Thomas Chabot, Brady Tkachuk, and Colin White all worthy options.

Ottawa finished last in the NHL in 2018-19, posting a 29-47-6 record.

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Bill Guerin is ready to get down to business as the new general manager of the Minnesota Wild.

The 48-year-old was officially introduced as Minnesota's fourth GM in franchise history Thursday and conceded he's going to be a busy man with training camp opening in less than a month.

"We have a lot of work to do, but there's a ton of potential and I'm extremely excited to get to work," Guerin said, according to NHL.com's Jessi Pierce. "There's everything here to win. Everything. I've seen it as a player, I've seen it in management as far as what it takes to build a winner. ... Everything is in place.

"This is a good team. My job is to make it better, and we are going to build."

Minnesota finished last in the Central Division in 2018-19. It marked the first time the club has missed the playoffs in six seasons and resulted in the firing of former GM Paul Fenton after only one year at the helm.

Guerin didn't lay out a full-staged plan on how he'll revitalize the Wild but did say he'll rely heavily on analytics - something Fenton admitted to not being fully on board with after he was hired in 2018.

"I'm all-in with it. ... It's another way to look at what's going on," Guerin said, according to Michael Rand of the Star Tribune. "The more information you can have, the better. We were extremely big on it in Pittsburgh."

Guerin was hired by the Penguins as their player development coach in 2011 and was promoted to assistant GM in 2014. He won two Stanley Cups while with Pittsburgh's front office and also won two rings as a player during his 18-year career.

Minnesota's 2019-20 roster is almost entirely in shape, save for restricted free agent Kevin Fiala. Guerin has $7.9 million in available cap space to get a deal done, according to Cap Friendly.

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The Calgary Flames have invited free-agent defenseman Andrew MacDonald to training camp on a professional tryout agreement, the team announced Thursday.

MacDonald, 32, signed a six-year, $30-million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers ahead of the 2014-15 season, but the Flyers bought him out in June with one year remaining on the deal.

Flames general manager Brad Treliving recently expressed interest in acquiring another defenseman after 20-year-old rearguard Juuso Valimaki tore his ACL during an August training session.

MacDonald recorded nine assists and averaged 16:24 of ice time over 47 contests with the Flyers last season. The veteran blue-liner has tallied 28 goals and 161 points in 586 career contests.

The Flames have $7.76 million in projected cap space with restricted free-agent forwards Matthew Tkachuk and Andrew Mangiapane in need of new contracts, according to CapFriendly.

Calgary bought out the final season of defenseman Michael Stone's contract earlier in August.

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Brock Boeser's agent, Ben Hankinson, is seeking a four-year contract with an average annual value of $7 million for his client, reports The Province's Ben Kuzma.

The Vancouver Canucks forward is one of several high-profile restricted free agents who remain unsigned as NHL training camps draw near.

Aside from Sebastian Aho, who inked a five-year, $42.27-million deal with Carolina after the Hurricanes matched an offer sheet from the Montreal Canadiens, San Jose Sharks forward Timo Meier is arguably the most significant RFA to come off the market so far. Meier signed a four-year, $24-million contract July 1 and, along with unsigned Winnipeg Jets restricted free agent Kyle Connor, has been used as a comparable in negotiations between Boeser's camp and the Canucks.

"Those are some of the names we've used," general manager Jim Benning said of Meier and Connor. "They (Boeser's camp) have been reasonable and we're continuing to talk to get to some common ground. I'm hopeful to get something done before camp, but we're not there yet."

While Meier's $6-million AAV would be reasonable for the Canucks, Benning has no intention of handing out a similarly structured contract. The base salary in the final year of Meier's contract is $10 million, setting him up for a $10-million qualifying offer as a restricted free agent when it expires. Boeser would also be an RFA after a four-year deal.

"That scares me a bit," Benning said.

Vancouver prefers a salary structure more closely resembling that of Bo Horvat's contract, Kuzma adds. The Canucks pivot signed a six-year pact with an average annual value of $5.5 million shortly before training camp opened in 2017. Horvat's deal does not include any signing bonuses and he'll earn a base salary of just $4.45 million in the final year of the contract.

"We're looking at all of our options and are talking what long and short deals look like," Benning said.

Boeser, 22, scored 26 goals and added 30 assists in 69 games for the Canucks last season. Meier had 30 goals and 36 assists in 78 games, while Connor potted 34 tallies and 32 helpers in 82 contests.

The Canucks have just over $5 million in projected cap space with 24 players signed, according to CapFriendly. They could create additional cap space by placing Antoine Roussel on long-term injured reserve and optioning players to the minors.

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