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Over the last few months, the Detroit Red Wings have been hard at work finalizing their game plan in preparation for the 2025 NHL Draft. And this weekend, Steve Yzerman, Kris Draper, and the organization’s scouting staff will have another chance to strengthen their prospect pipeline. Detroit enters the 2025 draft with nine picks: While…
Just as fans were ready to head to bed, the Utah Mammoth and Buffalo Sabres swung a trade. The Sabres traded John-Jason “J.J.” Peterka to the Mammoth in exchange for Michael Kesselring and Josh Doan. Hearing the JJ Peterka deal to Utah is for Michael Kesselring and Josh Doan. Three players, no picks. — Elliotte…
46 minutes ago News Duration 10:09 B.C.’s own Evander Kane was traded to his hometown NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks, on Tuesday, with the Edmonton Oilers getting a fourth-round draft pick in return. But Kane has a chequered past, having been accused of sexual assault and betting on NHL games. While Kane was never charged…
Welcome to The Hockey Writers’ Final 2025 Draft Rankings, a combination of the rankings from our top prospects writers. This year’s list is a compilation of Peter Baracchini’s Final Rankings (Top 128), Andrew Forbes’ Final Rankings (Top 128) and my own (Dayton Reimer’s) Final Rankings (Top 96). This list is an average of the top…
Could the Toronto Maple Leafs turn Mitch Marner’s likely departure into a string of big moves during the week of the NHL draft and free agency? With growing belief that Marner will leave, Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos and others are reporting the Leafs are exploring several potentially big moves. Among them are a sign-and-trade to recoup value in…
The New York Rangers just announced that they will be opting to keep their 2026 first-round pick, thus giving their divisional rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the 12th-overall pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. We will go over how the 12th-overall pick fell into Pittsburgh’s hands, the conditions, and what this means for both the…
The Montreal Canadiens are heading into the 2025 NHL Entry Draft weekend with several needs to be filled for the roster to improve with the knowledge that expectations for the 2025-26 season will be higher than they’ve ever had since the rebuild began only three years ago. Related: Montreal Canadiens’ Ivan Demidov Can Win the 2026…
The Vegas Golden Knights have signed forward Reilly Smith to a one-year contract extension worth $2 million. The deal includes a no-trade clause, according to NHL insider Chris Johnson. Smith Extends Second Stint in Sin City on Team-Friendly Deal The veteran left-shooting right winger will remain in Vegas after being traded there by the New…
The New Jersey Devils are still searching for consistent scoring. Since Jan. 1, they ranked 31st in even strength goals per 60 (GF/60). Related: Former Devil Claims Team Considered Drafting Makar Over Hischier in 2017 With limited cap room, the wrong move can set them back a ton. Without some heavy transformation, they likely won’t…
It’s officially 2025 NHL Draft week. The Tampa Bay Lightning will be sitting out the first day of action since they don’t have a first-round pick yet again. Day two will be busy as they try to make the most of their second-round, fourth-round, fifth-round, and four seventh-round picks. Rest assured, the Lightning fans out…
