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Matthew Tkachuk has been battling an injury since the Florida Panthers’ first Stanley Cup, but he is nearing a return after two surgeries in the offseason. After fighting through ailments for most of last season, Tkachuk knew he should take the time to get to 100% this season, and the Panthers’ star seems to be […]

It isn’t just Edmonton Oilers fans hoping their goaltending nightmare will soon end. Fans around the league are likely sick of hearing about potential trades and whether Edmonton will ever figure it out. It’s looking like the worst it has ever been for Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard, which seems to be forcing the Oilers’ […]

It’s rare to see a team roll with three goaltenders for an entire season, and it looks like the Buffalo Sabres might not try to change that trend in the 2025-26 season. With Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen out of the lineup with an injury in training camp, the Sabres claimed Colten Ellis on waivers from the St. […]

The career of Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has been an unfortunate one with respect to injuries. Whenever McAvoy seems to be playing his best and getting back into form, he is hit with another setback. The most recent one came in last Saturday night’s rivalry game against the Montreal Canadiens, when he was hit […]

The Chicago Blackhawks gave one of their young players, Lukas Reichel, a fresh start when they traded him to the Vancouver Canucks earlier this season. Reichel had fallen out of favor in Chicago, and it looked like he might be able to help a Canucks team that sometimes struggles on offense. However, after 13 games […]

It’s time for the Edmonton Oilers to exercise some demons when they face the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. The Panthers are the team that defeated them in back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals, and unfortunately for the Oilers, the goaltending struggles are still the talk of the town, which has been an ongoing problem ever since […]

The unfortunate reality of the NHL salary cap is that the Winnipeg Jets would have a difficult time fitting all their expiring contracts under the limit. Winnipeg had a window to win a championship with its entire core group. However, when Nikolaj Ehlers’ contract expired after last season, the Jets had to let him sign […]

It has been an interesting career for Brad Lambert with the Winnipeg Jets. He burst onto the scene with 55 points in 64 games in his rookie AHL season. However, Lambert has never been able to put it together at the NHL level. He also suffered through a 20-point decrease in his second AHL season, […]

It’s safe to say that no one had a Bill Simmons-Columbus Blue Jackets beef on their bingo cards for the 2025-26 NHL season. Simmons made some comments about the franchise on a recent podcast, which was a bit of a shock, considering he doesn’t have many hockey takes on his shows. Nevertheless, the polarizing podcast […]

The Utah Mammoth looked like they’d be one of the NHL’s most surprising teams at the beginning of the season. They were near the top of the Central Division standings, and their high-powered offense made them an exciting watch. However, after a recent four-game losing streak, the team is now on the outside looking in […]

Tensions are running high with the New York Rangers’ struggles this season, and superstar forward Artemi Panarin isn’t exempt from criticism from his head coach, Mike Sullivan. Panarin is one of the top offensive players in the league at his best, but he sometimes forgets about the defensive side of the game. It’s fine when […]

Craig Berube isn’t the type of coach that the Toronto Maple Leafs want to get upset, but he is reaching his boiling point due to the team’s recent struggles and subsequent losing streak. Toronto’s injuries are starting to pile up, and the team hasn’t been in good form for weeks. Auston Matthews hasn’t skated since […]

It might’ve seemed silly, but the brawl that ended the Detroit Red Wings’ win over the New York Rangers on Sunday night was a perfect representation of what makes hockey great. The Red Wings’ Mason Appleton shot the puck in the empty net a half-second after the final buzzer ended, which prompted Rangers’ goaltender Jonathan […]

Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini are attempting to lead the charge for the future of the NHL, but the Anaheim Ducks have their own candidate in Leo Carlsson. The 2023 second-overall pick had some growing pains over his first two seasons in the NHL, like Bedard, but both third-year forwards are exploding this season while […]

Drew Doughty’s most significant obstacle over the last few seasons has been staying clear of injury for the Los Angeles Kings. The legendary defenseman missed 63 games last season before returning in time for the 4 Nations Face-Off. However, while this foot injury will keep him out for a bit of time, it shouldn’t affect […]

Longtime executive Lou Lamoriello might have taken a step back from running the New York Islanders’ front office last summer, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t still having his voice heard around the building. While Mathieu Darche took over general manager duties once Lamoriello left, there might still be some influence by the 83-year-old legend, […]

Another one of the stacked 2026 NHL Free Agency class went off the board on Sunday afternoon as the Los Angeles Kings agreed to a contract extension with Adrian Kempe. The Swedish star’s representation and the Kings re-entered talks earlier this week, and they finally settled on an eight-year, $85 million deal, according to Elliotte […]

Despite making small steps towards contention this year, the Detroit Red Wings continue to show why they are still rebuilding. The young team has plenty of young talent surrounding captain Dylan Larkin, but for some reason, can’t piece it together. The 2025-26 season has been successful in some ways, but after a brutal blown lead […]

Team Canada’s hockey roster for the Olympics is one of the toughest lists to crack in all of sports. The NHL has been depriving the world of seeing the best-on-best hockey at the Olympics since 2018, but the world’s best will all converge in Italy in February for a battle for world supremacy. If last […]

The St. Louis Blues could have a lot of things happening between now and the trade deadline if they don’t turn things around. It has been a disappointing start for last year’s surprise playoff team, as the shine of new head coach Jim Montgomery slowly starts to wear off. While General Manager Doug Armstrong won’t […]

Shane Pinto is playing himself out of trade talks and into a massive contract extension with the Ottawa Senators, following his strong start to the 2025-26 season. His agent, Lewis Gross, would love to cash in now with the hot start fresh, and it looks like he will get his wish later this week, according […]

The recent influx of contract extensions in the NHL would’ve led everyone to believe that the Los Angeles Kings and Adrian Kempe would reach a deal in short order. There’s no reason why Kempe wouldn’t want to keep playing hockey in Los Angeles, and the other extensions served as a starting point for a potential […]

The Nashville Predators aren’t where they wanted to be in the second year of their all-in strategy. Steven Stamkos’ first year in Nashville was a flop, as he, Jonathan Marchessault, and Brady Skjei signed a couple of big contracts before the 2024-25 season, which ultimately led to them being one of the worst teams in […]

The Utah Mammoth are one of the hottest teams in the league to start the 2025-26 season, sitting in a tie for second in the Western Conference with the Winnipeg Jets. It has been a long time coming for the franchise, as the Arizona Coyotes-turned-Mammoth haven’t been in the playoffs since the 2019-20 season, when […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs won their game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. However, it ended on a somber note when defenseman Chris Tanev had to leave the ice on a stretcher after a collision with Matvei Michkov. It was a scary moment for the Leafs and Tanev, as he had just returned after […]

It’s hard to have a more heartbreaking finish to the season than what the Toronto Blue Jays just endured in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Jays miraculously took two of three games in Los Angeles, setting them up with two chances in Games 6 and 7 to win their first title […]

The Toronto Blue Jays hope that their Game 7 starter won’t have to prepare for a winner-take-all game on Saturday evening. In a perfect world for manager John Schneider, Kevin Gausman will take care of business on Friday night in Game 6. However, suppose Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets the job done for the Los Angeles Dodgers […]

The San Jose Sharks are one of the most exciting teams in the NHL, but their offensively talented youth movement hasn’t translated to many wins, which is why they still have one or two more years of selling at the trade deadline and pursuing top draft picks. The Sharks currently sit near the bottom of […]

Connor Bedard was only 4 years old when Jonathan Toews won his first Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks. While the hockey prodigy was likely closely watching games even when he was that young, he was likely more tuned in when Toews won his two other Stanley Cups in 2013 and 2015. Still, it’s a […]

The Calgary Flames are off to a slow start in the 2025-26 season, and trade rumors are heating up for some of their veteran players, namely Nazem Kadri and Rasmus Andersson. While Andersson’s rumors stem from his being in the last year of his deal, the Kadri rumors are somewhat surprising, considering he has four […]

Victor Olofsson didn’t just put himself in the Colorado Avalanche’s history books on Tuesday night. He put himself in a company that includes some of the most recognizable names in franchise lore, further proving that adding the veteran scorer to this roster was one of the more savvy moves of the past summer for the […]

The NHL has a long and storied history, with the league being around since 1917. We have never seen a faster or more entertaining brand of hockey than what is currently on the ice. However, that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some great players to play in the league over its 106-year history.  Today, we […]

Logan Cooley’s hot start to the 2025-26 season convinced the Utah Mammoth to give him the third-most lucrative contract extension coming out of a player’s entry-level deal in league history. Cooley reportedly turned down a $77 million contract extension earlier this year, but the $10 million annual salary was enough for the Mammoth to get […]

The Vancouver Canucks are a middling team thus far in the 2025-26 season, which is why they are trying to spark their roster by calling up prospect Tom Willander from the Abbotsford Canucks. Willander had an outside chance at making the team out of training camp, but the front office believed he needed some more […]

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider had seen enough from Shohei Ohtani on Monday night, intentionally walking the Dodgers’ lead-off man four times in the later innings and then pitching around him in the 17th with a four-pitch walk. It came after pitching to the Japanese superstar in his first four at-bats, with the slugger […]

It’ll be a special moment for Winnipeg Jets’ center Jonathan Toews returns to play against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night. The former Blackhawks captain led the franchise to three Stanley Cups before having to take years off with health issues, and it’ll now be a full-circle moment at the United Center. Toews’ return will […]

The Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers’ clubhouses won’t have too many players at 100% after their 18-inning thriller in Game 3 on Monday night. It looks like the game took a bigger toll on Toronto, as they lost on a Freddie Freeman walk-off home run, and also lost George Springer to an injury. […]

There was a serious incident during Monday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues when a Penguins fan fell from the upper concourse at PPG Paints Arena. The arena’s medical team tended to the adult male, and he would later be taken to the hospital for further evaluation, according to a press […]

Carter Verhaeghe had a memorable night against the Boston Bruins. Still, he took a moment post-game to recognize someone whose night meant a little more: Florida Panthers teammate Brad Marchand, who made a triumphant return to his former city. “It was just fun to watch. You just take a seat. He’s playing unreal out there. […]