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It might feel a little disconnected to talk about a team that has been the best in the NHL all season “facing adversity” but that has been the case for the Colorado Avalanche of late. Prior to the start of a three-game winning streak, the Avalanche were a very pedestrian 15-11-3, way off from their…
As the NCAA season winds down, NHL teams shift their attention toward one of the more intriguing talent pools available outside of the draft: college free agents. For the Montreal Canadiens, this market has historically provided low-risk, high-reward opportunities to bolster organizational depth. With a strong development system in place and opportunities both in Montreal…
In the 2025 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, the Washington Capitals made five selections from a talented class of junior hockey players. They had one first-round pick and four picks in the subsequent rounds. They selected forwards Lynden Lakovic, Milton Gastrin, Maxim Schafer, and Jackson Crowder and defenseman Aron Dahlqvist. Let’s check in on…
It took overtime but the Colorado Avalanche topped the Washington Capitals for their second straight win. That might not be all that big of a deal when looking at the season as a whole, but it had to feel particularly good for an Avalanche team that has been slumping of late. The Avalanche wasted little…
The New Jersey Devils headed into American Airlines Center to face the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night in what essentially felt like a preseason match heading in. With the playoffs already out of the picture, they were only playing for moral victories and positive vibes. Don’t mistake that with the games being entirely unimportant, though….
There’s been no doubt that the 2025-26 season has been a disaster for the New Jersey Devils; in a season where they were supposed to see a leap forward, they instead took a huge step backwards. With that being said, the Eastern Conference has been unprecedentedly competitive. There’s a possibility that even the second wild…
The Ottawa Senators announced on Mar. 24 that they have recalled defensemen Carter Yakemchuk and Jorian Donovan, who will both make their NHL debuts against the Detroit Red Wings. The Senators are picking from deep within their depth chart as they have five defensemen currently injured. Both Yakemchuk and Donovan are in different parts of…
For Trevor Connelly, the opportunity has always been there – the next step was simply walking through it. “We’ll bring him to the door and open it,” his father, Scott Connelly, said. “But he’s the one that has to go through it himself.” Connelly is in the middle of a breakout season and stretch, recording…
New Jersey Devils’ defenseman Dougie Hamilton is about to reach an impressive career milestone: Tonight against the Dallas Stars, he will skate in his 900th-career NHL games. The team acquired Hamilton in 2021 when they signed the veteran to a seven-year, $63 million contract. Since then, he’s provided solid defense in addition to high point…
Welcome to the first of a two-part series examining the most important games of the 2025-26 San Jose Sharks season. We’ll take a look at the wins and losses that marked the defining moments of the season, both positively and negatively, and will shape the campaign’s outcome. Today, we focus on the wins that not…
