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The Vancouver Canucks made headlines on Friday morning. During the locker room cleanout day, president Jim Rutherford announced that Patrik Allvin had been relieved of his duties and that the team would be seeking a new general manager (GM). That would have been news on its own. Still, Rutherford took to the podium and addressed…
The sweep against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The win in the bubble against the Toronto Maple Leafs. In a quarter century of Columbus Blue Jackets hockey, that is it when it comes to postseason series wins for this franchise. The 2025-26 season was supposed to be different. Everyone in the Blue Jackets’ organization from ownership…
Yesterday in Hockey History: April 17 Tomorrow in Hockey History: April 19 April 18 is a very historical date as the greatest player in National Hockey League history laced up his skates for the final time. In addition to a legend saying goodbye, there was a whole slew of Stanley Cup Playoff firsts that happened on…
It’s been one of those stretches for the Toronto Maple Leafs where everything feels like it’s being evaluated at once — coaching, management ideas, roster direction, and even old legends being pulled back into the conversation. When a season doesn’t go the way the team expects, the ripple effects tend to touch everything from the…
On Wednesday, the New Jersey Devils held a locker cleanout, marking the end of the 2025-26 season. After failing to qualify for the playoffs, the organization will head back to the drawing board during the offseason. There are plenty of issues to address this summer, including scoring and goaltending inconsistencies. Now, they have to solidify…
On Feb. 13, 2026, Kevin Fiala sustained a lower leg injury while representing Team Switzerland during an Olympic game in Milan, Italy. The 6-foot Swiss native has been crucial in being a top scorer for the Los Angeles Kings and an important playmaker. He was ruled out for the remainder of the 2025-26 season and…
For as exciting as the Eastern Conference playoff race was this season, you can’t exactly say the same about the West. There are a couple of great teams in the West, but sometimes you just need to get hot at the right time. Which teams in the West are playing their best entering the playoffs…
In the high-stakes, “always-on” ecosystem of professional hockey, one of the assets a star athlete can possess may not be a faster, harder slap shot. It may be a group of friends who can handle the digital limelight for them — and a group of ordinary guys from Winnipeg may be the prototype of what’s…
The NHL regular season has officially come to a close, and the playoffs are about to start, which means the Minnesota Wild will face the Dallas Stars in the first-round for the second time in the past four seasons. There’s quite a rivalry between these two teams, and there’s definitely no love lost between them….
The NHL has been a tale of two stories when it comes to the playoff push this season. The Eastern Conference was a gauntlet, with 5-6 teams battling for the last couple of spots. The East was more competitive all season long, and that, in turn, made it more difficult for teams to clinch a…
