The National Hockey League’s 2026-27 season is set to get underway on Tuesday with five games on the schedule. The defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes will face the Florida Panthers at 5 pm ET. Montreal & Toronto will do battle at 7 pm ET, while the Rangers and Bruins face off at 8 pm […]
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We’re officially one week away from the start of the National Hockey League’s 2026-27 season and there’s quite a lot to talk about from the offseason. Instead of a division-by-division breakdown, like I did last September, I’ve opted to do a two-part season preview for the 2026-27 campaign, first looking at the Eastern Conference today, […]
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We’re less than a month away from the start of the National Hockey League’s 2026-27 season. This will be the league’s sixth season with 32 teams after the arrival of the expansion Seattle Kraken back in 2021. 32 teams feels like the right amount for the league in terms of competitive balance and putting out […]
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The National Hockey League’s 2026-27 season is set to get underway in less than 50 days and while there’s been quite a bit to talk about on the trade and signing front this summer, we’ll save that for another article later this month. Today, we’re going to take a look at a new league-wide jersey […]
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The 2025-26 regular season and it’s time for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which is easily the greatest part of the hockey calendar. 16 teams are vying for hockey’s greatest prize and for the first time since 2023, a different club will hoist the Stanley Cup as the Florida Panthers missed out on an opportunity to […]
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Since entering the Ontario Hockey League as an expansion franchise in 1995, the Barrie Colts have had plenty of talented players walk through the doors of Sadlon Arena (formerly Barrie Molson Centre), among them being several from Europe through the Canadian Hockey League’s Import Draft. Many of the 41 players selected by the Barrie Colts […]
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We’re a little over a week away from the start of the men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina, Italy, which is set to feature National Hockey League players for the first time since 2014, when Canada downed Sweden 2-0 to take their second consecutive gold medal. There’s plenty of anticipation ahead […]
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We’re less than two months away from the start of the men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy and anticipation is building ahead of the NHL’s first trip to the Winter Games since 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Recently, there has been some concerns regarding the arena in Milan, which still isn’t […]
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(Image source: NHL Media) The National Hockey League’s 2025-26 season is officially underway and since June, we’ve seen a ton of teams release new uniforms, the most in a single campaign since the Reverse Retro 2.0 program during the 2022-23 campaign. In total, 19 jerseys have been unveiled in recent months, with four more on […]
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The National Hockey League’s 2025-26 season officially kicks off on Tuesday, with a trio of games including the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers opening up their Centennial campaigns against the Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins, respectively, while the nightcap features one of the team’s I’ll be talking about in my final division preview – […]
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We’re less than a week away from the start of the National Hockey League’s 2025-26 season and today, it’s time for the third of my four divisional previews – the Metropolitan Division. While the Washington Capitals had a solid offseason in 2024, no one could’ve predicted them to win the division last season and did […]
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In less than two weeks, the National Hockey League’s 2025-26 season will begin and after previewing the Atlantic Division last week, it’s time to shift our attention to the Central Division, which should be quite competitive once again this year. The Chicago Blackhawks are hoping to turn the corner in the third year of the Connor Bedard […]
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We’re one week away from the start of training camps around the National Hockey League, with the 2025-26 campaign set to get underway in 25 days, so it feels like the perfect time to begin by four-part Season Preview series starting off with the Atlantic Division. This offseason was quieter than normal, aside from a […]
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The National Hockey League’s offseason is officially in its second full month and there’s a lot to talk about. From signings and trades that have occurred since the Stanley Cup Final concluded, the Entry Draft, players that are still unsigned, potential PTO candidates, the NHL’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement and of course, last month’s 2025-26 […]
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Later this week, the eyes of millions of hockey fans will be on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California for the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, which will be decentralized this year and only the top 50 prospects have been invited, with executives, scouting staffs and coaches remaining in a central location in their team’s […]
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We’re just eight days away from the opening of the National Hockey League’s free agency period, which is slated for Noon ET on Tuesday, July 1st, with TSN and Sportsnet’s broadcasts a Canada Day tradition for many households from coast-to-coast. At the time of writing this, there are several big names that are set to […]
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We’re officially eight days away from the start of the 2025 IIHF World Championship, which will be held in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark from Friday, May 9th to Sunday, May 25th. After a somewhat disappointing tournament last year, with them not medalling for the first since 2018, Canada is looking to bounce back in […]
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We’re officially less than one year away from the 2026 Winter Olympics and the return of NHL players to the biggest multi-sport event in the globe, which will do wonders for growing the game not only in Italy, but elsewhere around the world. The 2026 Winter Olympics marks the sixth time that the National Hockey League […]
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The NHL’s trade deadline for the 2024-25 season is set for Friday, March 7th at 3 pm ET and it’s set to be quite a busy week leading up to then with some big names expected to be available. It’s been a while on my site since I’ve taken a look at potential trade candidates, but today […]
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Best-on-best international hockey returned with a bang at the 4 Nations Face-Off and for those who are a big fan of international competition, like myself, the next decade is going to be a treat to watch the game’s biggest stars represent their respective nations. Just before the 4 Nations Face-Off began, the NHL announced the return of […]
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The best players from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States are set to take to the ice in Montreal, Quebec and Boston, Massachusetts starting next Wednesday for the ‘4 Nations Face-Off’, first best-on-best international tournament in nearly nine years. Just over one year ago, the National Hockey League and the Players Association announced the […]
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The National Hockey League will continue unveiling their Quarter Century Teams on Sunday and it’ll be the Montreal Canadiens’ turn, with their best players over the last 25 years being given the spotlight. Since the dawn of the new millennium, the Montreal Canadiens have qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs on 13 occasions, which included […]
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The 2024-25 National Hockey League season is officially underway and today, I decided to take a look at who I think are the top-50 drafted prospects heading into the new campaign, along with ten honourable mentions. As I did last year, I won’t be ranking the prospects individually, instead, I’ll be putting them into different […]
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The Montreal Canadiens hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre over the weekend for a pair of games dubbed the ‘Prospect Showdown’. As expected, Habs fans packed the Bell Centre on both Saturday and Sunday, nearly selling out the arena for a prospects game – that shows how much Montreal loves their team. […]
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We are officially in the final week of the existence of the Arizona Coyotes as next Thursday, April 18th, National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to announced the sale of the team to Ryan Smith, owner of the NBA’s Utah Jazz, who will be relocating them to Salt Lake City. It’s been a […]
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