{"id":564335,"date":"2026-05-01T16:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/564335\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:45:21","slug":"snapshots-stanley-jarry-bedard-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/564335\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshots: Stanley, Jarry, Bedard \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Logan Stanley<\/a>\u2018s status for game six tonight against the Boston Bruins is questionable as he manages an illness, reports The Athletic\u2019s Matthew Fairburn<\/a>. Stanley missed Sabres practice on Thursday but Ruff said he was feeling better then compared to how he felt on Wednesday. If he isn\u2019t able to dress in tonight\u2019s game, Michael Kesselring<\/a> would likely get the call.<\/p>\n

Kesselring, 26, would be making his playoff debut if he ends up dressing for the Sabres tonight. A key piece of the team\u2019s return in exchange for forward JJ Peterka<\/a>, Kesselring spent most of 2025-26 sidelined by injury. He played in just 34 games and his unavailability is part of what prompted Buffalo to acquire two defensemen at the trade deadline. He had a strong season the year prior in Utah, though, and there is hope he can rediscover that form with a stretch of good health. If Kesselring does play, his entrance into the lineup would mean the Sabres would be staffing their third pairing with two right-shot defensemen, the other being Conor Timmins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other notes from around the NHL:<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Oilers will be under a significant amount of pressure to upgrade their roster this summer after a disappointing first-round exit, and an area likely to receive considerable attention is their goaltending. Neither veteran Tristan Jarry<\/a> nor Connor Ingram<\/a> inspired much confidence, and The Athletic\u2019s Chris Johnston and Sean Gentille wrote that \u201cit wouldn\u2019t be surprising if Edmonton looked to move on\u201d from Jarry. The 31-year-old, who was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins early in 2025-26, has two years remaining on his deal at $5.375MM AAV. Finding a taker for Jarry could prove difficult at that cap hit, as he posted an .858 save percentage in 19 games in Edmonton. A buyout wouldn\u2019t yield significant cap savings.
\nChicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard<\/a> won\u2019t play for Team Canada at the upcoming IIHF Men\u2019s World Championships, reports Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet<\/a>. Bedard reportedly wanted to represent his home country at the tournament but was told the \u201cbest thing\u201d would be for him to focus on rehabbing his injury. Bedard missed time in December and January with a shoulder injury. The 2023 No. 1 overall pick, who turns 21 in July, scored 30 goals and 75 points in 69 games this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo Sabres defenseman Logan Stanley\u2018s status for game six tonight against the Boston Bruins is questionable as he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[229,96,508,146,5,2752,1367,4492,4,404,6769],"class_list":{"0":"post-564335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-buffalo-sabres","9":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","10":"tag-connor-bedard","11":"tag-edmonton-oilers","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-hockey-canada","14":"tag-iihf","15":"tag-logan-stanley","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-snapshots","18":"tag-tristan-jarry"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116500334086026594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}