Will the NHL ever return to Quebec City? Dying expansion buzz reflects ‘sad reality’
QUEBEC CITY — Early Monday morning, Ottawa Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot made the 45-minute drive from Quebec City…
Max Pacioretty Reportedly Retires
One of the NHL’s better goal-scorers from the 2010s has reportedly hung up his skates. According to Nick…
If Connor McDavid hits the market, what should each NHL team’s pitch to get him be?
The puck has yet to drop on the 2025-26 NHL regular season and July 1 is more than…
NHL waiver tracker: Best players on the wire throughout 2025-26 preseason
As NHL teams trim their rosters before the regular season, The Athletic’s Corey Pronman and Harman Dayal will provide analysis of…
Canadiens notebook: Demidov’s perfectionism, Slafkovský means business, roster battles
MONTREAL — We are entering the first preseason games of Montreal Canadiens training camp this week, with four…
Is the NHL entering its chaos era: Trading for Crosby? Bidding for McDavid?
It’s been an action-packed first half of September for the NHL, but most of the biggest stories have…
NHL rookie camp roundup: The biggest standouts from tournaments across the league
NHL rookie tournaments marked the start of the league’s 2025-26 calendar over the weekend. The Athletic’s team of…
How a Canadiens loss said so much about how Montreal will win for years to come
MONTREAL — The silence said a lot. Laval Rocket head coach Pascal Vincent has been coaching hockey at…
If Sidney Crosby seeks a trade, the Canadiens can offer exactly what he wants
Everything you are about to read should be prefaced with the fact nothing appears imminent, and that is…
NHL Player Tiers 2025-26: Connor McDavid is the undisputed best, Sidney Crosby is ageless
By Sean Gentille, Shayna Goldman and Dom Luszczyszyn This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation…
2022 NHL re-draft: Juraj Slafkovský, Logan Cooley, Shane Wright lead the class
The 2022 NHL Draft is the third class we will review this week in our series looking back…
Ranking the NHL’s top 20 Calder Trophy candidates for the 2025-26 season
For an eighth straight season, welcome back to The Athletic’s annual look at the NHL’s incoming rookie class.…