NHL weekend rankings: 5 surprising early stories I’m not buying quite yet
You have to love the early weeks of an NHL season. One week ago, in our first rankings…
NHL Power Rankings: We’re back and we’re already wrong
Welcome back to another season of The Athletic’s NHL Power Rankings, brought to you by your two favorite…
Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks – Montreal
Three games in four nights on the road is a challenging start to an NHL season, especially when…
Jonathan Toews, out 2 seasons with long COVID, returns to NHL
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — The spotlight was on Jonathan Toews when the Winnipeg Jets skated onto the ice…
NHL 2025-26 season predictions: Stars as Stanley Cup champs? Connor McDavid as MVP?
By Sean Gentille, Jesse Granger, Shayna Goldman, James Mirtle, Mark Lazerus and The Athletic NHL Staff After two…
Minor Transactions: 10/4/25
With the preseason wrapping up today, some teams will be recalling players they’ve already cut to give them…
NHL free-agency report cards: Grading every team’s early offseason moves
Four days into NHL free agency, the list of impact players remaining on the market is … not…
Ranking the NHL’s top 40 free agents of 2026: Connor McDavid, Kirill Kaprizov and more
So, with Nikolaj Ehlers signing with the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, we’re close to being through all of…