Nashville Predators Extend Win Streak with 3-2 Victory Over San Jose Sharks Table of Contents Nashville Predators Extend Win Streak with 3-2 Victory Over San Jose Sharks First Period: A defensive Battle Second Period: Power play Dominance Third Period: Sharks’ Comeback Attempt and Predators’ Resilience Key Takeaways and Postgame Notes looking Ahead Predators’ Power Play: … Read more
The most common assets used at the trade deadline are draft picks, with the first-round pick often being cited as the gold standard of trade assets. But what do those first-round selections end up becoming? I thought I would look at the 22 first-round picks traded from 2020 through 2023 and who was ultimately picked … Read more
Who are the best and toughest front offices to deal with in the NHL? Which owners are known for giving players what they need? What does the league need to do to improve? Asking players these questions can yield some pretty good results, but there are limits to that approach. Players have relatively limited exposure … Read more
Just days remain for any NHL team sitting on the fence to determine which direction it’ll go before the March 7 trade deadline. There are currently 10 teams on the wrong side of the playoff cut-line that are within six points of the final wild-card spot in their respective conferences, which adds an air of … Read more
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Earlier today, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that captain Brady Tkachuk would likely sit out of the Ottawa Senators’ first game back from the 4 Nations Face-Off due to a minor injury. Tkachuk’s recovery timeline is only considered day-to-day but his absence from tonight’s game was later confirmed when the Senators shared their lineups. Any of … Read more
By Chris Johnston, Arpon Basu, Fluto Shinzawa and Michael Russo The 4 Nations Face-Off is in the books, with Canada capping a wildly successful event in dramatic fashion Thursday night on Connor McDavid’s overtime dagger to win 3-2 over the United States in the final. The Canadian championship completes hockey’s first foray into international best-on-best … Read more
By Sean Gentille, Shayna Goldman, James Mirtle, Mark Lazerus and The Athletic NHL Staff The 4 Nations Face-Off, regardless of what happens in Thursday’s championship game, has already been an unfettered success for the NHL. Still, every great fireworks show deserves a grand finale, and that’s what we’re expecting when the United States and Canada … Read more
In the latest installment of our New York Rangers mailbag, we delve into potential roster changes and strategic moves by General manager Chris Drury. This follows a previous discussion on potential trades involving key players like Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider, and Artemi Panarin, as well as updates on Ryan Lindgren and the impact of the … Read more
Welcome to my February ranking of the top 64 prospects eligible for the 2025 NHL Draft. This top 64 (plus a growing list of 54 honorable mentions) follows my way-too-early top 28, my preseason top 32 and my preliminary top 64, and will be followed by a March top 64, a post-U18 worlds ranking (released in … Read more