The 2025-26 NHL season was remarkable for Nikolaj Ehlers. Between playing in the World Championships, signing with the Carolina Hurricanes, participating in the Winter Olympics, and winning the Stanley Cup, it was a whirlwind for “Fly”.
The 2025 class of free agents was among the worst in recent memory. It wasn't going to be that way, but almost everyone was off the market before July 1st, either re-signing with their original teams or requesting and facilitating a trade.
It’s been over a year since the Carolina Hurricanes brought in Nikolaj Ehlers and K’Andre Miller to help them get over the hump, eventually winning the Stanley Cup.
The NHL free agency signing period officially begins on Wednesday, and it is not an overly impressive group of players hitting the unrestricted market.
How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"
On the latest episode of the 32 Thoughts podcast, Elliotte Friedman said it’s time to grind in on what’s happening out there in trades. Now that the Stanley Cup Final ended, focus shifted to the draft, free agency, and trades.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
Of all the signings, trades, and roster moves made by NHL teams last offseason, it’s now safe to say that none worked out better than the signing of Nikolaj Ehlers by the Carolina Hurricanes, for all parties involved.
After so many deep playoff runs that just fell short, and after so many postseason disappointments, the Carolina Hurricanes are once again Stanley Cup champions.
How many of the players to dish out at least three assists in a Stanley Cup Final game in the Modern Era (since 1943-44) can you name in seven minutes?
Like every other game in the series, Game 4 in Vegas on Tuesday night was a barn-burner. The Hurricanes won 5-3, evening the series at 2-2.
One year after leaving the Winnipeg Jets, Nikolaj Ehlers is competing for the Stanley Cup. That fact alone does not prove Winnipeg made a mistake. Players leave organizations all the time.
Shellshock wouldn’t be the right word. It’s not as if the Carolina Hurricanes were blown out of their own barn 6-0 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are back, which means that for the next two months, we’ll get non-stop action as we witness 16 teams get whittled down to the one that will be crowned as the 2026 Stanley Cup champions.
Nikolaj Ehlers scored his second goal of the game at 3:29 of overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win against the visiting Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Final on Saturday evening in Raleigh, N.C.
Facing pressure to avoid falling into an 0-2 series hole, the Carolina Hurricanes evened the NHL's Eastern Conference Final with a 3-2 overtime win over the Montreal Canadiens.
The NHL's Eastern Conference Finals continued on Saturday night with the Carolina Hurricanes picking up a 3-2 overtime win against the Montreal Canadiens.
Thanks to Jackson Blake's overtime goal on Saturday evening, the Carolina Hurricanes advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Carolina Hurricanes have played five games this postseason, and they have won all of them fairly decisively. Not only are they still perfect after Saturday's 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1 of their second-round series, but they have also yet to trail for a single minute in any of their games.
The Carolina Hurricanes announced Saturday afternoon that forward Nikolaj Ehlers will miss Game 4 against the Ottawa Senators due to a lower-body injury.
As the Hurricanes look to finish off their opening-round series in Ottawa today, they’re doing so without one of their better wingers. Prior to today’s game, the team announced (Twitter link) that winger Nikolaj Ehlers was not in the lineup due to a lower-body injury. The team did not indicate how long he may be out for.
Heading into the 2025-26 season, Carolina Hurricanes forward Nikolaj Ehlers was seen as someone who could bring his dynamic skillset to Rod Brind’Amour’s team after 10 seasons in Winnipeg.
The Carolina Hurricanes exorcised some demons on Friday night, demolishing the back-to-back defending champion Florida Panthers 9-1.
The Winnipeg Jets are now in their post-Nikolaj Ehlers era as the dynamic Danish forward signed a six-year deal worth $8.5 million per year with the Carolina Hurricanes on July 3.
The Carolina Hurricanes continued their strong offseason on Thursday by signing free agent forward Nikolaj Ehlers to a six-year, $51 million contract.
One of the lesser talked about free agents this summer, particularly on the higher end of the market, is Nikolaj Ehlers. The Danish winger has spent all ten seasons of his career with the Winnipeg Jets, but all signs seem to point to him going to market.
The Blackhawks must add savvy and experienced talent to start looking competent again.
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