The 2024-25 season will begin in 65 days, yet several questions about the Toronto Maple Leafs remain unanswered. Among the most pressing is the status of Jani Hakanpää. Recently spotted at a Finnish golf charity event in a Dallas Stars jersey, there has been no official statement from the Maple Leafs about his signing. Additionally,
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The Edmonton Oilers were just two goals shy of winning the Stanley Cup Final this past season, and have somehow made their roster even better this offseason. They were able to do so by signing two top-six forwards in Viktor Arvidsson and Jeff Skinner, while also replacing defenceman Vincent Desharnais with Josh Brown. Related: Oilers’
The biggest moves of the 2024 offseason have passed and the 2024-25 season is close to two months away, meaning it is the perfect time to start predicting how each NHL team will perform. Every season comes with countless shocking results and breakout stars. This season is expected to be no different as the caliber
NHL teams revealed their regular season calendars in July. Every one of a club’s 82 dates is important. But beyond such platitudes, it is fair to highlight certain nights and special sequences. It might be because one’s preferred franchise plays a historical or regional rival, because it’s a playoff rematch from the previous season, or
Last season was a major disappointment for the Buffalo Sabres, who failed to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2011. Many players underwhelmed, and, as such, they’ll be tasked with bouncing back come the fall. The spotlight will be fixed on a few names, but perhaps none more than Dylan Cozens. Entering his
The Chicago Blackhawks will be headed into the 2024-25 season a much different team than they were last season. They elected not to re-sign numerous players whose contracts were up at the end of the 2023-24 campaign, while adding eight new faces via trade and free agency, including five forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender.
As the calendar gets closer to August, a new NHL season is quickly approaching. The Anaheim Ducks are hoping for better fortune, as a 27-50-5 record last season extended their franchise-long playoff drought to six years. The Ducks have had a fair amount of roster turmoil in recent seasons as a rebuilding team, but a
Jonathan Drouin has one of the most interesting career trajectories out there. The third-overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, Drouin was once thought to be in the same ballpark as Halifax Mooseheads teammate and first-overall pick Nathan MacKinnon. For a time, it looked like he may live up to the exceptional hype, but a
The New York Rangers will be entering 2024-25 once again looking to end a 31-year Stanley Cup drought and they should be considered one of the favorites to win it all next season. They have the elite talent, an elite goalie, and were just in the Eastern Conference Final for the second time in three
Heading into the 2024-25 campaign, Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak is just 52 goals shy of becoming the sixth player in franchise history to reach 400 goals. He ranks seventh behind all-time leading scorer Ray Bourque, who finished his Hall of Fame career with 395 lamplighters, which ranks first amongst defensemen to ever play in
It has been six straight seasons without playoff hockey for the Anaheim Ducks. The team ranks last in the league in points percentage (.421), goals per game (2.50), penalty kill percentage (76.5), and shots per game (28.1) during that span. It has been a struggle for the organization and the fanbase, but brighter days may
Now in the dog days of summer, the New Jersey Devils are counting down the days until the puck drops on 2024-25. The roster is 99% set, barring any shocking trades or retirements. New Jersey underwent a relatively large re-tool this offseason after a disappointing season. They said farewell to their coach, multiple goaltenders, and
The 2023-24 season was a big one for Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner. It marked his first year at the NHL level where, at the very least, everyone knew he would receive roughly half the starts. That was a big change from a year prior, where, despite winding up being the number-one option, he began
Trevor Zegras is one of the more polarizing players in the NHL. The 22-year-old Anaheim Ducks center has built quite a reputation since entering the league in 2021. His flashy style of play has led to a long highlight reel of incredible goals, deft puck movement, and jaw-dropping passes in just over 200 NHL games.
Welcome to the The Hockey Writers’ Countdown of the 10 most impactful New Jersey Devils of the 2024-25 season. This is not a countdown of the 10 best but rather a list of players slated to have the biggest impact. These 10 players offer unique contributions, are difficult to replace, and are essential to the
The 2023-24 NHL regular season is underway, and it sure figures to be exciting, with playoff races that could come down to the final week. Of course, some teams will be safer than others, some of whom will be legit Stanley Cup contenders. In a two-part miniseries, let’s look at three teams from each conference, with
Make no mistake — team success is the most important thing in sports, and as the Winnipeg Jets near the 2023-24 season, the focus is rightly on how they’re going to grow as a unit and what they’re going to try to do differently to get out of the mushy middle. Related: 3 Challenges Facing
The NHL regular season kicks off this coming week, with the first set of games on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Perhaps the most competitive division in the league is the Metropolitan. There were quite a few changes in the Metro this offseason, which we reviewed earlier this summer. For this article, let’s look at the strengths