The 2018 NHL Entry Draft is only three months away and at this point in the season, scouts are well aware of who is going to be available in the first round and which selection spot they’ll be available at. In this draft class, there are a lot of defensemen projected to go in the […]

When Joe Sakic became the general manager of the Colorado Avalanche in 2014-15, he was heading into a good situation. In the season prior to his arrival as GM, he served as the Vice President of Hockey Operations and helped the club climb to a third-place ranking in the overall standings. But, over the next […]

Last year, the Winnipeg Jets and the Boston Bruins weren’t the best teams in the league. The Jets didn’t even make the playoffs and the Bruins were eliminated in the first round. Now they rank third and fourth overall and both teams are looking like competitive playoff contenders. So what’s changed for them and how […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs started the 2017-18 season strong, winning seven of their first nine games. Then in November, they went on to win 10 out of 15 games, including a six-game winning streak. That’s the longest winning streak head coach Mike Babcock’s had with the Leafs to date and it’s this kind of ‘winning […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning are taking on the league one team at a time and at this rate, they should have no problem winning the Stanley Cup — or at least being Stanley Cup contenders. Last year at this time, the Lightning had won five of nine games with a cumulative 27 goals scored. This year, […]

The NHL’s newest expansion team, the Las Vegas Golden Knights are doing exceptionally well this season. Never before has an expansion team hit the pave running this fast. The Knights look like a real western conference team; a team that’s increasingly described as defensively sound. As of last night, they’re ranked first with the fewest goals […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking like a pretty decent team right now, especially compared to the way they looked a couple seasons ago. It was only in 2015-16 when they finished dead last in the overall standings, with a mere 69 points. But, since the arrival of Head Coach Mike Babcock, General Manager Lou […]

Fans of the Los Angeles Kings have a lot to be happy about right now because they’re starting to win games like they used to. For Dean Lombardi, the Kings’ previous general manager, if getting fired wasn’t bad enough, getting fired and having the team win without him must feel even worse. After finishing the […]

Some teams in the NHL have already played as many as six games so far this season and although it’s still pretty early, we’re seeing a lot of changes from coast to coast. The New Jersey Devils are probably seeing the biggest and most impressive changes, as they’ve won four of their first five games. […]

Last night, the New Jersey Devils played their last preseason game, beating the Washington Capitals again, 4-1. Last week, they beat them by the same score during their first preseason game. The Devils haven’t been doing too bad during the preseason, winning five out of seven and losing one in overtime. With a total of […]

Ever since the NHL’s salary cap was invoked, the league and its 31 teams have been working on strategies to become more salary cap efficient via hunting for marginal value. As the manner in which teams are using their resources continues to evolve in today’s parity era, so too are the functions of scouting departments, […]

Saturday marked the final day of the week-long 2017 World Junior Summer Showcase (WJSS), where top players under the age of 20 from the four biggest hockey nations; the U.S., Canada, Finland, and Sweden, auditioned for a spot on their national team for the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship happening in […]

The 2017 NHL Combine kicked off today and from now unto Friday, 106 top NHL prospects will endure one-on-one interviews with numerous prospective draft teams. On Thursday, they’ll do medical testing and on Saturday, their fitness tests begin. For these guys, their performance throughout the 2016-17 season will play a hefty role when it comes […]

Even if the Colorado Avalanche had the most top-tier players in the league, it still wouldn’t turn them into a winning franchise. Just look at the Edmonton Oilers in 2015-16 for instance. Even when they had 12 first-round picks on their roster, they still couldn’t stop themselves from ranking second-to-last overall. Those who have the […]

The Dallas Stars found themselves in the 24th overall ranking in the NHL’s final standings this year, with only 79 points in total. It came as a surprise to fans, who wondered how this could happen after finishing the previous regular season in second place. With 109 points in 2015-16, they even made it to the second round of playoffs […]

Over the last few years, the National Hockey League has undergone a lot of stylistic changes and a lot of them have to do with speed and puck possession. Today’s game is faster than ever and it’s ripple effects have been felt throughout every league leading up to the NHL. For defensemen, we’ve witnessed a […]

As the Philadelphia Flyers head into year four of their rebuild, Ron Hextall, the team’s general manager has a lot to be happy about. With five, first-round picks coming through the pipeline and the upcoming No. 2 selection in the 2017 Draft, fans too have placed high expectations on the 2017-18 season. Hextall’s background in […]

The New Jersey Devils are in a bit of a tough spot since ending the 2016-17 season in the last place for most goals in the league. In fact, it wasn’t that long ago when fans thought they might have been tanking in an effort to improve their odds of getting the first pick in […]

For every team contending in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, Game 4 was the only game to see no overtime from any team. Although no games had gone into the fourth period during these two days, this year’s postseason has seen an abundance of overtime already. By the time Game 5 was over last year, only […]