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Predicting Canada’s 2026 Winter Olympics Roster by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

Predicting Canada’s 2026 Winter Olympics Roster

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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National Hockey League’s 2025-26 Season: New Uniforms by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

National Hockey League’s 2025-26 Season: New Uniforms

(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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2025-26 NHL Season Preview: Pacific Division by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

2025-26 NHL Season Preview: Pacific Division

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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2025-26 NHL Season Preview: Metropolitan Division by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

2025-26 NHL Season Preview: Metropolitan Division

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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2025-26 NHL Season Preview: Central Division by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

2025-26 NHL Season Preview: Central Division

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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2025-26 NHL Season Preview: Atlantic Division by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

2025-26 NHL Season Preview: Atlantic Division

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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My Thoughts On The NHL’s 2025 Offseason So Far by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

My Thoughts On The NHL’s 2025 Offseason So Far

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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2025 National Hockey League Entry Draft Rankings by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

2025 National Hockey League Entry Draft Rankings

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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2025 NHL Free Agency Primer by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

2025 NHL Free Agency Primer

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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2026 Winter Olympics: Roster Predictions by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

2026 Winter Olympics: Roster Predictions

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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2024-25 NHL Trade Deadline Primer by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

2024-25 NHL Trade Deadline Primer

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 Returns to Consistent Schedule by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

Best-on-Best International Hockey Returns to Consistent Schedule

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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4 Nations Face-Off Preview by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

4 Nations Face-Off Preview

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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Top-50 NHL-drafted prospects by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

Top-50 NHL-drafted prospects

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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3 Canadiens who stood out to me at 2024 Prospect Showdown by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

3 Canadiens who stood out to me at 2024 Prospect Showdown

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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My thoughts on the Arizona Coyotes situation by Cooper Godin, Sports Writer & Journalist in Barrie, Ontario

My thoughts on the Arizona Coyotes situation

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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