{"id":930312,"date":"2026-10-12T14:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930312\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:02:09","slug":"nhl-player-poll-names-breakout-stars-in-action-during-frozen-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930312\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL player poll names breakout stars in action during Frozen Frenzy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the next, he was talking about the all-around game of forward Shane Pinto<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPinto can take a huge step,\u201d Sanderson said. \u201cHe works so hard. He’s so dedicated to his craft. He’s so competitive. You know, I think with the role that he plays on our team, he’s not really in those positions to put up 30, 40 goals, but his attention to detail on the defensive side of the game is just as important as that for our team to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it is not just Sanderson who is high on Cozens, who had 28 goals and 59 points in 82 games last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Dylan Cozens is an amazing player,\u201d Vegas Golden Knights forward Mitch Marner<\/a> said. \u201cI got to skate with him again this summer, and just seeing him 1-on-1, it\u2019s pretty fascinating how good he is and sneaky he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew Schaefer<\/a> won the Calder Trophy in 2026 with a season for the ages. The New York Islanders defenseman, then 18 years old, had 59 points (23 goals, 36 assists) in 82 games and played more than 24 minutes per game.<\/p>\n

He can do more, Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider<\/a> said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJust position-wise, I hope, obviously, Schaefer can continue what he’s done in the past season, really establish himself,\u201d Seider said. \u201cI’m curious to see what he’s going to do for the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like if you want to become an elite player, I think you\u2019ve got to follow up with an even better year and that’s what I’m excited about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schaefer and the Islanders host the Vancouver Canucks at UBS Arena (7:45 p.m. ET; MSGSN, SNP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the next, he was talking about the all-around game of forward Shane Pinto.\u00a0 \u201cPinto can take a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-930312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}