Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Rangers vs Hurricanes, Hurricanes beat Rangers massively, Hurricanes win by one goal. Well, it happened again. A disappointing performance by someone not named Igor Shesterkin, which seems to be one of the themes of the season. It looked like Igor was going to steal the game, the defense […]
According to NHL insider Pierre LeBrun, “The Blue Jackets are completing a trade involving Igor Chinakov [Yegor Chinakhov]. Columbus gets draft picks back.” The news comes after months of uncertainty surrounding the hapless striker, who had requested a trade earlier this season. LeBrun later updated the report to note that Chinakhov is headed to the […]
The Edmonton Oilers took a risk by placing Noah Philp on waivers Sunday afternoon. It was a gamble that apparently backfired. The Carolina Hurricanes have made this claim Philp is waiving, meaning the Oilers can’t place the promising forward in the AHL and get no asset in return. Everyone else cleared waivers, but Friedman suggested […]
Hockey Canada has less than 48 hours to finalize their 2026 Winter Olympic roster ahead of the big reveal on Wednesday, December 31 at 11:30 PM EST. While there will likely be a few tough decisions discussed behind closed doors, most of the lineup should already be known – and fans may have just gotten […]
Late lineup changes around the NHL often raise eyebrows, but when it comes to recognizable names, speculation quickly increases. That was the case Monday evening Andreas Mangiapane was a late healthy scratch for the Edmonton Oil Companieswhile Sean Monahan was ruled out for the Columbus Blue Jackets under the vague designation of “maintenance.” Individually, each […]
** Update: Oilers color analyst Bob Stauffer tweeted just minutes prior to the Oilers game against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night: “Andrew Mangiapane is out of the picture. @EdmontonOilers tonight in Winnipeg. He is a healthy scratch.” When news broke on Monday that the Edmonton Oilers and forward Andrew Mangiapane were both open to […]
Few Toronto Maple Leafs players have ever been as divisive as Justin Holl. He was a solid enough defender with a right shot. When he played with Jake Muzzin, and both were in top form, they were a stable shutdown pair. But when Holl’s contract expired at the end of the 2022-23 season, he was […]
When Anthony Stolarz of the Toronto Maple Leafs went down in mid-November, the first word was reassuring. A few games. No concussion. Slightly upper body, but nothing alarming. The kind of updates that teams give all the time. Only here we are, eight weeks later, and he still hasn’t skated. Now he goes to a […]
About an hour after it was first learned that the Columbus Blue Jackets were trading Yegor Chinakhov, it was learned that he was being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and details of the trade emerged. The blue jackets confirmed that they did received a 2026 2nd RD pick, a 2027 3rd RD pick, and F […]
I came across one hypothetical trading this morning that puts Auston Matthews in Detroit, and I didn’t even have to read it twice to make sure I hadn’t missed something overnight. It’s the kind of idea that gets people excited, even if it doesn’t survive much scrutiny. But this trade is completely nonsensical. This is […]