Buffalo Sabres Win 2021 NHL Draft Lottery
For the final time for the foreseeable future, all non-playoff teams were eligible to win the first overall pick in the NHL Draft Lottery. Beginning in 2022, a team can only move up a maximum of ten...
View ArticlePoll: How Should The Seattle Kraken Approach The No. 2 Overall Pick?
The Seattle Kraken will be much more than just an idea with one undrafted junior player on their roster by the time the 2021 NHL Entry Draft rolls around. The club will have added at least 30 players...
View ArticleUSA Hockey Invites 44 Players To 2021 Summer Showcase
The World Junior Summer Showcase, an opportunity for players from around the world to show what they can do against similarly-aged international competition before World Junior Championship rosters are...
View ArticleSnapshots: Beniers, Ceci, Forrest, Killorn
Back in the spring, presumptive number one pick Owen Power raised some eyebrows when he suggested he was leaning towards staying at Michigan over turning pro. He may not be the only prominent...
View ArticleSeattle Kraken Take Matthew Beniers Second Overall
Fresh off of the NHL Expansion Draft just two days ago, the Seattle Kraken were back in action early in the NHL Draft on Friday night. The winners of the second overall pick in the draft lottery, the...
View Article2021 NHL Draft Selections By Team
Today concluded the 2021 NHL Draft, the first edition with 32 teams in the running. Some teams selected just three times (sorry, Toronto), while Don Waddell and the Carolina Hurricanes selected an...
View ArticleAdam Fantilli Commits To The University of Michigan
The Wolverines have done it again. The same school that saw four members of their 2021-22 roster selected in the top five of the 2021 NHL Draft has just secured another probable top-five pick. Forward...
View ArticleCollege Hockey Round-Up: 11/16/21
College hockey in the NCAA has been growing rapidly in recent years into one of the top developmental pathways for NHL talent in the world. Yet, it is still limited by the NCAA’s amateurism rules,...
View Article2022 WJC Participants By NHL Team
The 2022 World Junior Championships will get underway from Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta on Sunday. As is the norm and to be expected from the top U-20 competition in the world, the World Junior...
View ArticleNHL Announces Initial All-Star Rosters
According to a league release, the NHL has named the first eight selections to the four divisional All-Star teams for the 2023 NHL All-Star Game in Sunrise, Florida. The league names one player to...
View ArticleJanuary Calder Trophy Watch: Forwards
The middle of the season is a common time for awards check-ins in the NHL, and for good reason. Enough sample size is under our belts to cross off some early-season hot and cold streaks, and it’s given...
View ArticleInjury Notes: Beniers, Landeskog, IceHogs
The Seattle Kraken are in the midst of what is shaping up to be the best season in their (admittedly brief) franchise history. Powered by a balanced scoring attack and a well-rounded defense, the team...
View Article2023 Calder Trophy Finalists Announced
This week, the NHL is revealing the finalists for its end-of-season awards. On Wednesday, the Calder Trophy was front and center. The league revealed that the finalists for its top rookie are Oilers...
View ArticlePacific Notes: Couture, Burakovsky, Beniers, Dunn, Leason
The Sharks will remain without captain Logan Couture this week as he’s been ruled out for the remainder of their road trip, head coach David Quinn said (via San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng). Couture...
View ArticlePacific Notes: Kraken, Greer, Thrun
The Seattle Kraken have activated Matthew Beniers off of injured reserve. The former second-overall pick is expected to make his return to the Kraken lineup on Friday, after missing the team’s last...
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