The Metropolitan Division isn’t quite what the Atlantic is, but it has caught up a bit this offseason, especially at the top of the division. Let’s look around the Metro, what changes teams have made, and how the standings could play out. New York Rangers Additions: Pavel Dorofeyev, Marcus Pettersson, Sean Durzi, Joonas Korpisalo Subtractions:…
The Pittsburgh Penguins should enter training camp with Evgeni Malkin, Tommy Novak and Egor Chinakhov established as their second line. The trio spent 222:55 together at five-on-five last season and controlled 51.8% of expected goals, 52.8% of scoring chances and 52.1% of high-danger chances. Pittsburgh also held a plus-five goal differential during those minutes, giving…
The possibility of a Ville Koivunen buyout makes the Pittsburgh Penguins’ surprising eight-year investment considerably less dangerous than its $32 million value suggests. Pittsburgh signed Ville Koivunen to an eight-year contract carrying a $4 million annual cap hit through the 2033-34 season. The commitment immediately looked risky because Koivunen has recorded only two goals and…
Finally, we have a real taste of football. The first preseason game of the 2026 season took place on Thursday, with the Carolina Panthers taking down the Arizona Cardinals in the Hall of Fame Game. Cardinals rookie quarterback Carson Beck was the storyline from Thursday’s game, impressing in his unofficial NFL debut. While we finally…
For years, the NFL backfield felt like a high-risk, low-reward market. The running back devaluation era has officially reached its breaking point. Powered by historic, market-shattering extensions for Atlanta Falcons star Bijan Robinson and Detroit Lions star Jahmyr Gibbs, the NFL backfield is officially back in the big-money business. Gibbs became the NFL’s highest-paid running…
The New York Giants concluded the 2025 season with a 4-13 record and lost their head coach along the way, but a second-year Jaxson Dart could turn things around for the Giants this season. Dart was drafted No. 25 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft and was named the starting quarterback in Week 4 against…
The Arizona Cardinals were already a team to watch under first-year head coach Mike LaFleur, but a sudden quarterback competition might be on the horizon. Rookie quarterback Carson Beck finally made his preseason debut on Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame game. He put together a strong debut,…
The defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks are being featured on the HBO series “Hard Knocks” for the first time in franchise history, and it didn’t take long for someone to stir the pot. Last Friday, Seahawks linebacker Derick Hall put offensive lineman Bryce Cabeldue into a chokehold and body-slammed him during a fight in…
Geno Smith is seeing things a bit differently with the New York Jets this time around. No, it’s not quite rose-colored glasses. But the veteran quarterback is wearing red contact lenses during training camp this summer in his return to the team that drafted him in 2013. Fashionable? Maybe. Functional? Definitely. “It’s something that we’ve…
Getting the No. 1 seed is every team’s first step towards winning the Super Bowl. Since 2013, six of the 13 Super Bowl winners have been the top seed in their respective conference. So with that, let’s check out the No. 1 seed odds for both the AFC and NFC at DraftKings Sportsbook as of…
