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As the Ottawa Senators look to plunge deeper into the playoffs over the next number of seasons, they have the luxury of having most of their core group of players locked into team-friendly and lengthy deals. For Drake Batherson, he signed what turned out to be one of the best contracts in the league, making…
The Detroit Red Wings fanbase is in absolute shock today as Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that Dylan Larkin, Detroit’s captain and longest tenured player, has requested a trade from the team. This instantly changes what the Red Wings plans are for the rest of this offseason as well as for the next few seasons, and…
With the Edmonton Oilers hoping to become a more competitive team next season after a disastrous end to their 2025-26 campaign, one thing seemed to be certain, at the end of the season the team needed to move Darnell Nurse. In a recent article from Mark Spector, he revealed that the Oilers and Darnell Nurse…
There might be some clarity on the direction the Vancouver Canucks will take with the third overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. CHEK News’ Rick Dhaliwal recently reported that the Canucks are having dinner meetings with four prospects at the draft combine in Buffalo this week. While only these four have been confirmed, that…
2025-26 Team: Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)Date of Birth: December 30, 2007Place of Birth: Needham, MassachusettsHeight: 6-foot-1, Weight: 190 poundsShoots: RightPosition: RWNHL Draft Eligibility: First Year Eligible Rankings Rian Chudzinski is the type of player that NHL teams covet when the playoffs roll around. He has decent size, skates well, and will hit anything that moves. Chudzinski…
The Minnesota Wild have their first NHL award winner of the season, and that is Marcus Foligno, who was the recipient of the 2025-26 King Clancy Memorial Trophy, the NHL announced Thursday morning, June 4. This award goes to the player who is one, a leader on and off the ice. Foligno definitely fits that…
The Chicago Blackhawks signaled they were going scorched-earth rebuild hours before last year’s NHL Draft on July 7, 2022. They dealt fan favorite Alex DeBrincat to the Ottawa Senators, landing 2022’s seventh (Kevin Korchinski) and 39th (Paul Ludwinski) overall picks in return, along with a 2023 fourth-rounder. Because of DeBrincat’s age and the fact he…
Every summer, NHL general managers gather in a collective exercise of structural self-sabotage known as unrestricted free agency (UFA). July 1 presents a seductive landscape: proven NHL commodities available for nothing more than the currency of a wealthy owner. There are no assets surrendered, no prospects traded, and no draft choices forfeited. It feels like…
The Minnesota Wild have entered the third week of their offseason, the same week that the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights will start their battle for the Stanley Cup. As that battle gets underway, Wild report cards will continue as well. Their goaltenders have been given their grades already, and the latest report…
The Buffalo Sabres are coming off a fantastic season where they won the Atlantic Division and were just one goal away from reaching the Eastern Conference Final. Now that the focus is on the offseason, they do still have a need on the roster, and that is another gamebreaker outside of Rasmus Dahlin, specifically within…
