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With the 2026-27 NHL season beginning next month, now is the time to make some bold predictions for the season to come. The New York Rangers are going to be one of the more interesting teams to follow this season as they look to get back into the playoffs after missing for the past two….
Sometimes the most interesting training camp battles are not really battles at all. They’re decisions. A young player shows he’s ready, but the organization has to decide whether “ready” means ready for the NHL or simply ready for the next step. In short, how much development does a talented player need before he’s ready to…
Every NHL season is a new opportunity for every player, especially the young guns or the ones in their mid-20s trying to break through. Here are the five players who are geared to have a breakout 2026-27 season. Fraser Minten, Boston Bruins The Toronto Maple Leafs dealt Fraser Minten to the Boston Bruins in the…
The Pittsburgh Penguins no longer have one of the NHL’s emptiest prospect systems. Whether they have found the talent required to build their next championship core is a different question. The Hockey News’ latest 2026-27 organizational evaluation praised Pittsburgh’s depth at right wing, where Liam Ruck, Bill Zonnon, and Rutger McGroarty give the organization several…
Carter Sanderson entered the World Junior Summer Showcase as one of the less-prominent forwards competing for the United States. He left the opening game as one of the most noticeable players at the event. The Pittsburgh Penguins prospect recorded a hat trick and earned U.S. Player of the Game honors during USA Blue’s 6-1 victory…
The Pittsburgh Penguins still have productive wingers, but the NHL Network’s latest ranking suggests they do not have an elite one. NHL Network released its top 20 wingers entering the 2026-27 season, and no Penguins made the list. That left Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell outside the league’s highest tier despite both remaining effective around…
The Detroit Red Wings are one of the most decorated franchises in National Hockey League history. Throughout the years, a vast collection of top-tier talent has donned the Winged Wheel, which has led to the creation of some legendary line combinations. While each decade of Red Wings’ hockey has produced worthy candidates, I’ve tried to…
The Vancouver Canucks finished the 2025-26 campaign with the NHL’s worst record. They didn’t score enough goals, and then lost a bunch of the players who helped them score the goals they did get. That’s not the easiest way to improve an offence. The obvious question is: where are those goals supposed to come from now?…
Every NHL team needs players who provide good value for money or outplay their salaries, and the Winnipeg Jets are no exception. General manager Kevin Cheveldayoff has locked up quite few players to relatively team-friendly deals and has no albatross contracts (at least compared to some other clubs) hindering him. Here, we’ll dive into the…
Heading into the upcoming 2026-27 season, Carolina Hurricanes’ netminder Pyotr Kochetkov is in an interesting place. After missing most of the 2025-26 season, he enters the final year of his four-year, $8 million deal, which pays him $2 million annually. He finished last season with a 6-2-0 record with a 2.33 goals-against average (GAA), a .899 save percentage…
