DALLAS -- The Detroit Red Wings will be the busiest team at the 2018 NHL Draft, with a League-high 11 picks.

They have the No. 6 and No. 30 selections in the first round, which will be held at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVAS). Rounds 2-7 are Saturday (11 a.m. ET; NHLN, SN, TVAS).

NEW YORK -- Barry Trotz was hired as coach of the New York Islanders on Thursday.

DALLAS -- Todd Reirden could be the Washington Capitals coach by next week.

Reirden, a Washington assistant, will interview for the job vacated by Barry Trotz with general manager Brian MacLellan, who said it's Reirden's job to lose with no other candidates scheduled.

Barry Trotz and the Washington Capitals disagreed over his value, which led to his resignation earlier this week, the coach said Thursday after being hired by the New York Islanders.

DALLAS -- What do you think now, John Tavares?

NEW YORK - The NHL's 2018-19 regular season will commence Wednesday, Oct. 3, with a four-game slate, highlighted by the Washington Capitals raising their first Stanley Cup championship banner before facing the Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena. The 1,271-game regular-season schedule - 82 games per team - will conclude Saturday, April 6, 2019.

The other three games on the first night of the 2018-19 season include the Montreal Canadiens visiting the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena; the Vancouver Canucks hosting the Calgary Flames at Rogers Arena; and the San Jose Sharks playing host to the Anaheim Ducks at SAP Center.

DALLAS -- Ilya Kovalchuk will get a contact offer from the Boston Bruins, general manager Don Sweeney said Thursday.

The NHL released its 1,271-game 2018-19 regular-season schedule Thursday, one day after revealing each of the 31 teams' home openers.

With the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN) and rounds 2-7 on Saturday (10 a.m. ET; NHLN, SN), followed by the free agency signing period beginning July 1, there are already plenty of games to look forward to.

LAS VEGAS -- Taylor Hall didn't think of himself as a Hart Trophy candidate until the fans at Prudential Center started chanting "MVP" in his direction in the second half of the season.

"I just kept trying to play and I thought if we made the [Stanley Cup Playoffs], maybe I'd get nominated, but it wasn't really a big focal point to me," the New Jersey Devils left wing said.

DALLAS -- The Montreal Canadiens have the No. 3 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on Friday, and general manager Marc Bergevin said he isn't sure what they'll do with it.

Welcome to the 2018-19 NHL Trade Tracker, the official list of completed deals since June 14, 2017. This is your one-stop shop for news, analysis and reaction from around the League as teams position themselves for the present and beyond.

DALLAS -- The Edmonton Oilers are willing to trade the No. 10 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft if it means landing a proven NHL defenseman in return, general manager Peter Chiarelli said Thursday.

Valeri Nichushkin will be offered a two-year contract by the Dallas Stars, The Athletic reported Thursday.

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas -- Tyler Seguin was having flashbacks as he skated alongside six of the top prospects for the 2018 NHL Draft at a youth hockey clinic at Dr Pepper StarCenter Farmers Branch on Thursday.

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas -- Rasmus Dahlin said he's been thinking about the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft a lot more in recent weeks and looks forward to what is sure to be a memorable night at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

DALLAS -- Corey Crawford is expected to be ready for the 2018-19 NHL regular season, Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman said.

LAS VEGAS -- The 2018 NHL Awards Presented by Hulu was supposed to be about the game's biggest stars. But the award winners willingly took a back seat to the surviving members of the Humboldt Broncos from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League on Wednesday.

DALLAS -- Mike Hoffman being traded was necessary in order for the Ottawa Senators to move forward, general manager Pierre Dorion said Thursday.

LAS VEGAS -- Victor Hedman was nervous making his acceptance speech after the Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman won the Norris Trophy at the 2018 NHL Awards Presented by Hulu at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas on Wednesday.

"It's the first time I've done something like this," Hedman said.

Hedman said his nerves caused him to forget to thank his coaches and supporters back in his hometown of Ornskoldsvik, Sweden and the Modo hockey program there. But it was clear what winning the Norris Trophy for the first time, and becoming the first Lightning defenseman to win it, meant to him.

Alex Ovechkin partied in a fountain again, but this time he had company.

LAS VEGAS -- It was the epilogue to the fairy tale of the 2017-18 Vegas Golden Knights.

LAS VEGAS -- Pekka Rinne's miniature Vezina Trophy will be going back home to Kempele, Finland, and the Nashville Predators goalie figures that his father, the custodian of the Rinne memorabilia collection, will soon be cleaning up his old bedroom to give it a place of honor.

Rinne was named winner of the Vezina at the 2018 NHL Awards presented by Hulu at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas on Wednesday. It was the 35-year-old's first win after having finished second in 2010-11 and 2014-15 and third in 2011-12.

Welcome to the 2018 NHL Awards presented by Hulu. Thirteen awards were handed out at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, including the Hart Trophy for NHL MVP, Vezina Trophy for the top goaltender, and Norris Trophy, for the top defenseman.

LAS VEGAS -- On a night filled with emotion, Brian Boyle appeared that he would lose the battle to keep his in check at the 2018 NHL Awards Presented by Hulu at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas on Wednesday.

The New Jersey Devils forward stuttered and stammered, often pausing to regain control of himself while trying to power through his acceptance speech after winning the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for his perseverance and dedication to hockey.

He stood alone on stage, facing a packed house of his peers, retired players and fans. As he spoke, he either looked down at the trophy in his hands or to where his wife, Lauren Bedford, sat in the crowd on their wedding anniversary.

Mathew Barzal of the New York Islanders won the Calder Trophy as the NHL rookie of the year at the 2018 NHL Awards Presented by Hulu at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old center led NHL rookies with 85 points (22 goals, 63 assists), 20 more than the next closest player (Clayton Keller, Arizona Coyotes) and finished tied for 13th in the League in scoring. He was the seventh rookie in NHL history with at least 20 goals and 60 assists in one season and the first since Sidney Crosby with the Pittsburgh Penguins, who had 102 points (39 goals, 63 assists) in 2005-06.

LAS VEGAS -- The NHL salary cap for the 2018-19 season will be $79.5 million, the League and the NHL Players' Association said Thursday.

LAS VEGAS -- The process to bring an NHL expansion team to Seattle remains ongoing without any setbacks to date but with no timetable for it to be completed, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said following the Board of Governors meeting here Wednesday.

Johnny Gaudreau didn't hesitate when offered a chance to join the ownership group with Dubuque, the team he played for in the United States Hockey League.

The Calgary Flames forward joined with Buffalo Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons, NHL Network analyst Dan Bylsma and Florida Panthers alternate governor Peter Luukko in purchasing a stake in the USHL team Thursday.

DALLAS -- The Buffalo Sabres are expected to confirm what NHL scouts and prognosticators have projected the past two years when they select defenseman Rasmus Dahlin with the No. 1 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on Friday.

Dahlin (6-foot-3, 185 pounds), No. 1 on NHL Central Scouting's final list of International skaters, has been on the radar of NHL scouts the past three years and projected as the top pick of this draft for the past two.