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This may be the year that the Toronto Maple Leafs are not looking up at any of their Atlantic Division competitors. The Maple Leafs have been a playoff participant for the last 7 seasons, and they are clearly one of the most offensively talented teams in the league. As they prepare for the 2023-24 season, […]

The Boston Bruins put together one of the greatest regular seasons in NHL history during the 2022-23 season, only for it to shockingly end with a first-round exit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Perhaps the two men themselves knew it at the time, but the Bruins and their fans had to face a tough reality […]

At 26-years-old, Connor McDavid is already entering the conversation as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. He has been the best player in the National Hockey League for multiple years, and continues to get better after a ludicrous 64-goal, 153-point campaign in 2022-23. But, according to the Edmonton Oilers captain, there’s one […]

Mark Stone was probably not expecting to get absolutely hammered in his first taste of game action since winning the Stanley Cup with the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. But that’s exactly what happened after the superstar was on the wrong side of a gigantic hit from Los Angeles Kings forward […]

The Connor Bedard Show has officially begun in the National Hockey League. The most hyped prospect since Connor McDavid was exceptional in his preseason debut for the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, registering two assists as the Hawks beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in overtime. The 18-year-old finished the night by making a great […]

Now the Boston Bruins find out how the other half lives. After last year’s record-setting season, Brad Marchand takes over as captain and leads the new-look Bruins into battle in the NHL’s Atlantic Division. This team is quite a bit different from the one that had a record 135 points last season and ran away […]

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy reportedly underwent successful back surgery and is expected to make a complete recovery and miss about two months, according to the team’s announcement. With the NHL season around the corner, Andrei Vasilevskiy will be missing some time to start the regular season. Luckily, it does not seem to be […]

Connor Bedard will play his first preseason game with the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, ushering in a new era in the Windy City. Gone are the perennial superstars and three-time Stanley Cup champions Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. No longer are the Hawks a constant threat to come out of the Western Conference come […]

Let’s start this bold predictions piece with a bold prediction: the 2023-24 Edmonton Oilers are the best team in the Western Conference without a recent Stanley Cup. To put it more simply: the Oilers are one of the premier squads in the West, along with the Colorado Avalanche (2022 SC champions) and Vegas Golden Knights […]

If you talk to any Ottawa fan about the goal for the Senators 2023-24 season, you’ll probably hear the same thing over and over: make the playoffs. The Senators haven’t qualified for the dance since advancing to the Eastern Conference Final in 2017, and fans across Canada’s national capital are itching for April hockey in […]

After missing over half of the 2022-23 season due to hip surgery, Washington Capitals star forward Nicklas Backstrom made a massive revelation from training camp on Wednesday. “I’m 100 percent,” the Stanley Cup champion confirmed to the Associated Press this week. “I’ve done everything I can this summer. I worked really hard and really excited […]

The Calgary Flames have lost their 2019 first-round pick before the puck drops on the 2023-24 season, after Jakob Pelletier suffered a shoulder injury in the team’s preseason tilt against the Seattle Kraken on Monday night. Pelletier was injured in the home half of a split-squad exhibition game at the Saddledome in Calgary, after he […]

It’s been a long few seasons for Ottawa Senators forward Josh Norris, who played just eight games in 2022-23 after suffering a shoulder injury that necessitated surgery and ended the 24-year-olds campaign. But after an offseason of recovery and rehab, the young star took a step in the right direction at training camp on Wednesday. […]

Last season, the Columbus Blue Jackets ran a bit of an experiment after losing center Sean Kuraly to injury. At the request of star sniper Patrik Laine, Columbus allowed the natural winger to play down the middle for two games. It seemed to work as the Finnish forward recorded four assists in two games. However, […]

The St. Louis Blues nearly traded veteran defenseman Torey Krug to the Philadelphia Flyers. It was a deal that would’ve shaken up the roster a bit, with defenseman Travis Sanheim and center Kevin Hayes due to come back the other way. In the end, Krug vetoed the trade through the use of his no-trade clause. […]

The Edmonton Oilers have the two best players in the world in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. However, that could soon change. Draisaitl hits the open market in 2025, and McDavid will follow suit in 2026. As a result, the pressure for the Oilers to win the Stanley Cup sooner rather than later is nearing […]

The Chicago Blackhawks will begin their slate of preseason games on Thursday night against the St. Louis Blues. This game will give us the first glimpse of this Chicago squad without Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. And it’ll give us our first glimpse of the player tabbed with replacing them, Connor Bedard. Bedard has been […]

The Calgary Flames announced that they have agreed to a two-year extension with veteran center Mikael Backlund, and they have also named him the 21st captain in the team’s history. Flames general manager Craig Conroy spoke about the move in the Flames’ announcement. “Mikael Backlund is our captain. He has been our captain for some […]

Veteran NHL winger Patrick Kane released a video of him working out through his agency CAA as he continues to rehab from a hip resurfacing procedure that he had done on June 1. Patrick Kane is a free agent after a long stint with the Chicago Blackhawks and getting traded to the New York Rangers […]

The Nashville Predators didn’t make the postseason in 2022-2023, marking the first time in eight years. The team threw the towel at the trade deadline, trading away Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter, Mattias Ekholm, and Tanner Jeannot. It seemed they were on the way to a rebuild, but the team went 13-9-2 to close the season […]

EA Sports revealed the top twenty rated players in NHL 24 earlier this week. Included with the ratings is additional stats, helping us determine the best players in each position so far. Of course, player ratings will change throughout the season. Nevertheless, let’s look at the best players in the game before NHL 24’s launch. […]

The Calgary Flames have turned themselves back into a playoff contender over the past few years, and a guy who has played a big role in their turnaround is assistant general manager Chris Snow. Snow, who was formerly a sportswriter for the Boston Globe, joined the Flames front office in 2011 before working his way […]

The St. Louis Blues missed the playoffs for only the second time since the 2010-11 season. After a decade of being a contender in the Western Conference, the Blues may need to go through a retool to get back. They parted ways with some integral members of the 2018-19 Stanley Cup-winning team. Captain Ryan O’Reilly […]

The Washington Capitals will be without a key blue liner for the beginning of the 2023-24 NHL season. Defenceman Joel Edmundson had surgery on his hand injury and will miss the next 4-6 weeks, via Capitals PR: “Capitals defenseman Joel Edmundson underwent a procedure on Tuesday to stabilize his fractured hand. Based on the nature […]

The Dallas Stars took the eventual Stanley Cup champions to six games in the Western Conference Finals last season. The team finished second to the Colorado Avalanche in the Central Division before beating the  Minnesota Wild in the first round to go to the Western semifinals. The Seattle Kraken did them a favor by ousting […]

The Winnipeg Jets had a good run from 2017 to 2021, being a constant threat to make the playoffs. The team had a good core with Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine, Jacob Trouba, and Connor Hellebuyck. Laine and Trouba have since gone on to different organizations, and Scheifele and Hellebuyck may not be far behind them. […]

The Philadelphia Flyers have been one of the more interesting teams over the last 13 years in terms of playoff success. After making an incredible run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2010, the Flyers lost two tough second-round battles the following two seasons. From the 2012-13 campaign until the end of 2020, Philly rotated […]

The Montreal Canadiens weren’t planning to compete for the Stanley Cup in 2022-2023, but their young squad hoped to see some improvement. Instead, the team finished last in their division with a 31-45-6 record, which was fifth-worst in the league. Heading into the season, inexperience among their skaters and subpar goaltending had experts projecting that […]

The best player on the Anaheim Ducks roster remains without a contract after the team and star forward Trevor Zegras were unable to get an extension hammered out ahead of training camp. Zegras remains away from the team as he awaits a new deal; the restricted free agent joins defensemen Jamie Drysdale as the only […]

Calgary Flames winger Jakob Pelletier received some sarcastic comments from former coach Darryl Sutter after his NHL debut last season, with Sutter asking the media what Pelletier’s number is, which was No. 49 at the time. Here are Sutter's comments on Pelletier's debut tonight. Not sure why he has to be so sarcastic and negative […]

The fact that Evgeny Kuznetsov remains a Washington Capital with training camp underway is somewhat surprising considering the Russian was on the trade block this summer and officially requested a move. It was always going to be difficult to deal the 31-year-old, as he’s making over $7 million AAV for the next two years and […]

The Calgary Flames entered the 2022-23 season with high hopes despite the departures of Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk. They had acquired a top-scoring forward in Jonathan Huberdeau and some help to their defensive unit in MacKenzie Weegar. They signed reigning Stanley Cup champion Nazem Kadri to a contract to bolster their center depth, and […]

After nearly two years away from game action, Philadelphia Flyers forward Sean Couturier was back on the ice with his teammates in the squad’s first preseason contest on Monday night. The 30-year-old underwent back surgery twice since 2021, and hasn’t played a regular-season game since December of that year. “I’ve been waiting for this moment […]

The Dallas Stars made a very shrewd splash in NHL Free Agency. Dallas signed forward Matt Duchene to a one-year contract after the veteran was bought out by the Nashville Predators. The move has brought excitement for an already entertaining Stars offense. But the move brings more than just excitement, as Jason Robertson explained recently. […]

The Anaheim Ducks finished dead last in the NHL in 2022-23. It was a rather unfortunate turn of events, especially since the team has one of the most promising cores in the league. Many had hoped to see the Ducks take a step forward, even if they remained outside of the playoffs. In the end, […]

The New York Islanders didn’t have the best time last year. While they did make the Stanley Cup Playoffs, New York faced some adversity getting there. And in the playoffs, the Islanders could not overcome their first-round opponent. They lost to the Carolina Hurricanes, ending their season prematurely. For the most part, the Islanders are […]

The Seattle Kraken made quite the leap last season from their inaugural NHL campaign. Seattle made the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2022-23, going up against the Colorado Avalanche. And not only did the Kraken beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Avs, they nearly made the Western Conference Finals. Seattle has quite the foundation in place […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets promoted Pascal Vincent to head coach following the resignation of Mike Babcock. As a result, the team had an opening on its coaching staff heading into the 2023-24 NHL season. On Monday, the Blue Jackets filled that opening in a big way. Columbus announced the hiring of Hockey Hall of Famer […]

Connor McDavid wowed the NHL world last season with his 153-point campaign, the highest point total the league has seen from a single player since 1996. Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby doesn’t think the Edmonton Oilers superstar will stop there. Crosby said he could see McDavid notching 170 points this season, something that hasn’t been […]