The Maple Leafs are not willing to lose games due to a lack of depth, which in the end costs more than marginally saving on the salary cap.
A reliable top-six forward would solve three things almost immediately.
The New York Rangers started the 2025-26 season poorly, as the opening night at Madison Square Garden ended with a 3-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In Montreal, he could benefit from an environment that maximizes its young offensive players.
How many of the Maurice Richard trophy winners since the award was first given out in 1998-99 can you name in five minutes?
Can you name every winner of the Hart Trophy, which honors the most valuable player in the NHL, since 1983?
Every NHL player faces some degree of pressure. Even Aleksander Barkov, who has captained the Florida Panthers to back-to-back titles. However, some players certainly face more pressure than most, and of course inherently some players are facing the most pressure.
There's no team facing more pressure to win during the 2025-26 season than the Detroit Red Wings.
The Golden Knights are expected to sign star center Jack Eichel to an eight-year, $108M contract extension.
After a 13-season NHL career, veteran winger Cam Atkinson is hanging up his skates.
He's been essential to the rise of the Jets in recent years and has even established himself as one of the NHL's top scorers.
The Oilers have continued a busy stretch of taking care of internal business.
It has to make Penguins management and their coaching staff extremely excited.
At first glance, and if you were only looking at the final score, it might be easy to look at the Chicago Blackhawks' 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night as a somewhat promising start to their 2025-26 season.
Coach Craig Berube is betting on a team more dependent on collective performance over individual flashes.
The deal will carry an $825K salary in Year 1, and a $850K salary in Year 2.
A former first-round pick is expected to make his NHL debut with the Oilers.
It has been speculated that the Penguins could approach Sidney Crosby about waiving his full no-movement clause, which would benefit both him and the team.
Connor McDavid, the NHL's premiere player and former pending 2026 unrestricted free agent, has signed a two-year extension with the Edmonton Oilers.
Craig Berube made a surprising decision by leaving prospect Easton Cowan off the Toronto Maple Leafs' opening roster in favor of two recent waiver claims.
Zach Hyman isn’t expected to be ready to return to the Edmonton Oilers until the end of October. Still, there’s potentially good news that could see him return earlier than expected.
The season is about to start, but the Toronto Maple Leafs are still being linked to available players, in this case, via waivers.
The Toronto Maple Leafs were linked for months by fans and media to the dream of signing McDavid, who instead has signed an extension with the Edmonton Oilers.
Like the Edmonton Oilers, the Dallas Stars have made several somewhat unexpected roster moves to make their opening night roster cap compliant.
McDavid's recent contract extension appears to be quite the team-friendly deal — at least on the surface.
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