2025 NHL Draft ranking: Matthew Schaefer, Michael Misa lead Scott Wheeler’s final top 100 list

Welcome to my 2025 NHL Draft board! This final top 100 ranking, presented and packaged within our sortable user interface, follows my way-too-early top 28, my preseason top 32, my preliminary top 64, my February top 64, my March top 64 and my May top 64. My year-end ranking is made up of 66 forwards (36 … Read more

Lightning Sign Yanni Gourde To Six-Year Contract

The Tampa Bay Lightning have committed to their core, signing center Yanni Gourde to a lofty six-year, $13.98MM contract extension. The deal will carry Gourde through his age-39 season and carries an annual average value (AAV) of $2.33MM. Gourde will take a substantial pay cut for the benefit of term on his new deal. He … Read more

Mitch Marner NHL free agency sweepstakes: Ranking all 32 potential landing spots

The calendar has flipped to June, which means we’re into NHL free agency talk in a big way for the next four weeks. And in a shallow year for UFAs, Mitch Marner is going to be the big fish that most of the league pursues on July 1. By my count, as many as 15 … Read more

Metropolitan Notes: Penguins Coaching, Roest, Kuokkanen

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ coaching search continues to headline news out of the Metropolitan Division, as the squad seeks out their first change at head coach in the last decade. Their final rounds of interviews have led to two candidates emerging above the rest – Washington Capitals assistant coach Mitch Love, and former Ottawa Senators head … Read more

Blackhawks Hire Jeff Blashill, Michael Peca

11:12 a.m.: Chicago had made Blashill’s hiring official. They’re also bringing in Rangers assistant Michael Peca to serve in the same role on Blashill’s staff, Arthur Staple of The Athletic reports. Peca, 51, had been working under Peter Laviolette in New York for the past two years. He’s also worked as a development coach for the Capitals and an assistant … Read more

NHL Mock Draft 2025: Frondell to Chicago, Martone to Utah? Pronman projects Round 1

With the draft lottery done, we have a template of the selection order ready for the 2025 NHL Draft. Unless Radim Mrtka breaks things up in the top 5-7, we expect a run on forwards early in the draft, especially with so many good centers available. The order in which these forwards go is the … Read more

Panthers’ Aaron Ekblad To Have Player Safety Hearing

6:32 p.m.: Ekblad will miss Game 5 and Game 6 of Florida’s series against the Lightning or Game 5 against Tampa and Game 1 against their Round Two opponent. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced they have suspended Ekblad for two games for elbowing. 10:43 a.m.: Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad is facing another suspension after … Read more

Florida State University Shuts Down After Campus Shooting

Florida State University Grapples with Tragedy: Shooting, Two dead Table of Contents Florida State University Grapples with Tragedy: Shooting, Two dead florida state University Grapples with Tragedy: Shooting leaves Two Dead, Events Canceled The Incident Athletic Events and University Operations Suspended Did You Know? Community Response and Statements Pro Tip: Mental Health Resources Orlando Magic … Read more

Ex-Lightning Captain Reveals That He Was Traded to the Leafs Only for the Deal to be Voided

“That deal was done. I got a call… I was in my pre-game nap, and they called me. ‘It’s done, you’re going to Toronto’. It was in the works for a couple of weeks… Half an hour later they call me back and go ‘no go’. I guess the President heard about it, fired Rick … Read more

Weekend NHL rankings: A top 16, oddly specific playoff predictions and Gold Plan standings

Welcome to the last Weekend Rankings of the 2024-25 season. Longtime readers know what that means: You’re getting a top 16 instead of a top five, with every playoff team ranked. We’ll also check in on what the Gold Plan standings would look like in the bottom five, and we’ll even make a few oddly … Read more