NHL.com Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl begin their eighth season as Edmonton Oilers teammates feeling as close as they've been to the end of their Stanley Cup chase,…

The Score The Tampa Bay Lightning suspended defenseman Ian Cole indefinitely Sunday after a woman said he sexually assaulted her when she was a minor and groomed her over…

The Score The Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Zach Aston-Reese to a one-year contract worth approximately $840,000, the team announced Sunday. Aston-Reese joined Toronto's camp on a professional tryout…

Pro Hockey Rumors According to NHL.com regional writer Tom Gulitti, Washington Capitals regular forwards Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson, and Carl Hagelin, alongside defenseman Alexander Alexeyev, will start the season…

Sportsnet The Calgary Flames and defenceman MacKenzie Weegar are closing in on an eight-year contract extension. The deal would hover around the $50 million mark. Weegar joined…

The Athletic Every year, at the very start of a season, I like to take the 10 most hopeless teams in the NHL and try to figure…

Daily Faceoff It’s that time of year again, the annual rite of passage in the NHL preseason, in which various publications rank the Top 50…

Bleacher Report Once upon a time, I thought I was doing NHL personnel everywhere a favor by asking them for one-to-three words to describe Hurricanes…

Daily Faceoff Fortune favors the bold, or so the saying goes. Even conservatively handicapping a sport as unpredictable as hockey – where seemingly every season,…

ESPN If there's one thing the NHL league office is obsessed with, it's competitive balance. Parity rules in hockey, and the league often emphasizes that…

Bleacher Report We're down to the final hours. The start of the NHL's 2022-23 schedule is just two days away, and the league's 32 teams…

Bleacher Report One of 2021-22's biggest breakout seasons belonged to Dallas Stars winger Jason Robertson. The 23-year-old from Arcadia, California, exploded for 41 goals and…

NHL.com The New York Islanders announced today that Mathew Barzal has agreed to terms on an eight-year contract.  Barzal, 25, recorded 59 points (15 goals, 44 assists)…

Sportsnet With just over one week remaining in Montreal Canadiens training camp, Juraj Slafkovsky finally asserted himself.  Against a Toronto Maple Leafs team that iced its top two lines, three of…

Bleacher Report Jakob Chychrun has been the subject of NHL trade rumors since last season. In September, the 24-year-old defenseman told reporters that he and Arizona Coyotes…

ESPN Sidney Crosby doesn't scare easily. But the future of the Pittsburgh Penguins had him unnerved. Center Evgeni Malkin and defenseman Kris Letang, Crosby's teammates on all three of his Stanley…

The Athletic NHL teams have already started placing players on waivers — a.k.a. the graveyard of players you were once very excited about — as…

Pro Hockey Rumors It’s not much of a secret that the Dallas Stars would be interested in moving Anton Khudobin. That desire isn’t for a lack…

NHL.com The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed goaltender Nolan Lalonde to a three-year entry level contract, club General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. Lalonde,…

Bleacher Report With NHL preseason play well underway, the 2022-23 regular season is fast approaching. It begins in Europe when the Nashville Predators and San…

The Hockey Writers Entering the NHL as a rookie in 2020-21 as a member of the Dallas Stars, Jason Robertson didn’t generate a lot of hype early…

The Score The Montreal Canadiens and goaltender Jake Allen have agreed to a two-year extension with an average annual value of $3.85 million, the team announced Saturday. Allen's new…

Daily Faceoff LAST SEASON The Jets plodded their way through a wholly unremarkable 2021-22 campaign that saw them finish sixth in the Central Division (and…

The Leafs Nation With training camps in full swing now, it’s unsurprising that hockey headlines are starting to come out of their lull. Reporters are…

The Score Calgary Flames blue-liner MacKenzie Weegar is looking to sign an extension before the regular season starts. Weegar's agent, Matthew Ebbs, said his client doesn't want in-season…

TSN The National Hockey League released a statement Wednesday, saying that it is continuing to monitor a family situation involving Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini….

Bleacher Report The phrase “hot take,” represents a few things these days. To me, it’s still best defined as something that could happen, but isn’t…

The Athletic There’s another prominent member of the Maple Leafs who can extend his contract next summer: William Nylander. It’s wild to think that nearly four years have…