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LOS ANGELES – The 2025 NHL Draft has finally completed. Didn’t that feel like an eternity? Between the two days, teams spent nine hours making their selections remotely in the NHL’s first – and hopefully last – decentralized draft.

Ottawa Senators News / Silver Seven / June 28

Ottawa Senators Select Blake Vanek 93rd Overall

It's no secret the Sens are short on right-wingers in their prospect pool, and they worked to address this need, first by making a deal with the Washington Capitals to acquire the 93rd-overall pick in exchange for the 96th-overall pick and a 7th-round pick in 2027.

Buffalo Sabres News / Buffalo Hockey Beat / April 11

Thomas Vanek possessed special ability similar to Sabres star Tage Thompson’s

BUFFALO – Twice earlier this week, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff was asked if winger Tage Thompson’s dynamic ability to shoot the puck and finish reminded him of anyone.

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The 'NHL Norris Trophy winners' quiz

Bobby Orr won the last of his eight Norris Trophies during the 1974-75 season. Can you name every defenseman who won the trophy since then?

The 'Team Canada 2025 Four Nations Face-Off roster' quiz

The 'Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup-winning teams' quiz

The 'NHL 1,200-points Club' quiz

Buffalo Sabres News / The Hockey Writers / July 18, 2024

Sabres What-Ifs: Connolly, Vanek & The Hit

As fun as it is to ask “what if” about your favorite sports teams, it’s very important to remember that hindsight is always 20/20. It’s very easy to look back on a past scenario with genius intellect because we know things now that weren’t evident then.

NHL News / Yardbarker

Who is the winningest coach for every NHL franchise?

NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.

NHL News / Yardbarker / February 20, 2017

As NHL trade deadline nears, seven teams who could be dealing

The NHL trade deadline is nearing, and this typically festive time of the season appears a bit more quiet and tame than usual. These couple of weeks ahead of the deadline are usually bubbling to the brim with rumors, until everything explodes on D-Day in a sea of fake Twitter accounts and out-of-left-field type deals.

Ranking the alternate uniforms of the 2016-17 NHL season

QUIZ: Name every NHL player to win the Vezina Trophy