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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…
As the Vegas Golden Knights advance in the Stanley Cup Final, at the centre of their championship run is Canadian goaltender Carter Hart — whose journey has been highly successful on ice and deeply controversial off it. Through the first three rounds, his highlights include a 12-4 record with a 2.22 goals against average and…
The Montreal Canadiens are no longer waiting for prospects to arrive. After back-to-back playoff appearances and a 48-24-10 regular-season record this season, management has shifted from patience to competition. That shift matters for players on the outside looking in, because roster spots aren’t handed out as development opportunities anymore. They have to be earned. With…
Wiggo Sörensson 2025-26 Team: Boro/Vetlanda HC (Division 2) Date of Birth: April 15, 2008 Place of Birth: Vetlanda, SWE Ht: 5-foot-11 Wt: 181 pounds Shoots: L Position: C NHL Draft Eligibility: 2026 first-year eligible Rankings Vetlanda is a town of 13,000 people in Småland, part of Sweden’s rural south. It does not have a Swedish…
