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The Toronto Maple Leafs’ power play is horrifyingly bad. Though it’s just one of many reasons why Sheldon Keefe’s team is facing elimination on...
Last October, I again forecasted a Vancouver Canucks playoff berth — something I had done in the prior two seasons, getting unceremoniously...
Do the Los Angeles Kings have the weaponry to slow down the Edmonton Oilers and pull off a first-round upset? It’s a question increasingly on my...
As your resident American hockey writer here at TSN, I’m minimally qualified to discuss which southern markets may make sense for expansion and...
It’s hard to remember a National Hockey League season, at least in recent history, that featured a more fascinating Hart Trophy race than the one...
There has been a decisive uptick in discussion about National Hockey League expansion in recent weeks. And we aren’t merely talking affiliate...
The Vancouver Canucks were aggressive in their January pursuit of forward Elias Lindholm, sending a major package — headlined by winger Andrei...
If you love end-of-season hockey and compelling playoff races, a free tip for the final weeks of the season: ignore the Eastern Conference and set...
We are about three weeks from the start of the 2023-24 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and it looks like Canada will send four teams to the postseason. Those...
Is this postseason the best opportunity for a Toronto Maple Leafs breakthrough, or are we a few weeks away from yet another earlier-than-expected...
Another trade deadline has passed, once again defined by general manager Kelly McCrimmon and the ultra-aggressive Vegas Golden Knights. While there...
Just 55 goals shy of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record, it seems it won’t be long before Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin will be...
Welcome to trade deadline week! While much of this year’s focus has been spent on possible defensive upgrades for playoff contenders, I want to...
One of the early signs that a team is preparing to launch itself out of the depths of a deep rebuild comes when a young core at the top of the lineup...
Watching a frenetic Tuesday night affair between the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers, I was left with one takeaway: re-drafting the NHL class of...
Just a few seasons ago, the Anaheim Ducks selected centre Trevor Zegras with the ninth pick of the 2019 draft. The early returns were significant:...
Finding quality defenders has been the bane of existence for NHL general managers going back decades, and the modernization of the position has only...
Lost amidst a furious two-month, season-saving run by the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference has been an incredible resurgence from the...
With the NHL trade deadline approaching, front offices are again on the hunt for potential goaltending acquisitions. And who can blame them? We know...
Here is an interesting question to consider: Which division in the National Hockey League is the best? Some years that answer is quite obvious;...
If you are waiting for a Vancouver Canucks collapse, I have bad news for you. It’s probably not coming. A team that carries advantage play in most...
Alexander Ovechkin is no longer defying the aging curve, which forces us to rethink the 38-year-old Russian sniper’s chase of the NHL’s...
Yes, the Edmonton Oilers are scorching hot and deserve their roses. Since the Oilers made a coaching change in mid-November, they look every bit the...
If the Calgary Flames were looking for a serious trade partner to step up, they may have found one this weekend. The New Jersey Devils entered...
To say the Edmonton Oilers have turned their season around would be a dramatic understatement. After a disconcerting start to the regular season, one...
Steve Staios. Jacques Martin. Dave Poulin. Daniel Alfredsson. Those are just some of the new faces – or in some cases, returning faces – tasked...
Do the NHL’s two best defensive pairings both reside in Canada? It’s a thought I considered watching the venerable Josh Morrissey wheel around the...
Auston Matthews is on fire. After a relatively slow start, Toronto’s superstar forward has taken control of the NHL goal-scoring lead – he’s...
Decoupling goaltending performance from head coaching performance may be one of the most difficult exercises any NHL front office has to manage...
Eyebrows were raised when the Edmonton Oilers signed Zach Hyman to a seven-year, $38-million contract in the summer of 2021. It wasn’t so much...
If you were voting for a Vezina Trophy winner two months into the regular season, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko would draw considerable...
Hello, Los Angeles? It’s been a while since the Kings were sawing off opponents in the Western Conference, harkening back to the Darryl Sutter...
“You are what your record says you are.” Spend a moment in sports circles, and you likely have heard this famous quote from Hall of Fame...
William Nylander was already figuring to be one of the NHL’s most attractive free agents next off-season, with the forward’s six-year deal with...
Every forward in the National Hockey League goes through scoring slumps; some players slump multiple times over the course of a regular season. What...
Here is how quickly things can turn in the National Hockey League: A few months ago, Edmonton Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft had...
A little help, please? That would be the plea I’d make if I were Auston Matthews, or any of the Leafs’ so-called Core Four forwards for that...
Earlier in the week, I asked hockey fans what they believed was the biggest surprise over the first month of the NHL regular season. Not...
Does the National Hockey League have its own version of the core four? No, not the Toronto version. I’m talking about four divisional leaders —...
Is the glass half empty or half full in Edmonton right now? The half-full assessment of things for the Oilers organization is an obvious one. We are...
Auston Matthews, supernova. The pride of San Ramon, Calif., is off to another blistering start in his eighth season with the Maple Leafs. For as much...
The start of the National Hockey League regular season is upon us, and in most markets – the operative word being most – there is genuine hope for...
There is a short list of players in Canadian markets who, for any number of reasons, are under heightened pressure to produce in the approaching...
If year three was the breakout season for Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle, year four may be the time we start considering him a superstar. If we...
Chicago Blackhawks’ forward Connor Bedard put on an absolute show at the Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase on Saturday. The former first-overall pick...
Is there a trade market for Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers? That’s not a question I figured to be exploring in September with the season...