Metropolitan Division roundtable: Each team’s reason for optimism and concern — and a prediction
By Peter Baugh, Sean Gentille, Shayna Goldman, Kevin Kurz, Vince Mercogliano, Aaron Portzline and Josh Yohe The Carolina…
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…
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…
2023 NHL re-draft: Connor Bedard, Leo Carlsson, Adam Fantilli lead the class
The second class we will look at this week in our series reordering recent NHL drafts is the…
Devils Sign Kevin Rooney, Luke Glendening, Two Others To PTOs
The New Jersey Devils have signed four veterans to professional try-out contracts. The list includes former Devil forward…
Joe Pavelski, Zach Parise, Scott Gomez headline USA Hockey’s 2025 Hall of Fame class
USA Hockey announced its 2025 Hall of Fame class Wednesday, including longtime NHL veterans Joe Pavelski, Zach Parise…
Ranking the best NHL players and prospects under 23: Celebrini, Bedard top the list
Welcome to this year’s edition of the under-23 NHL player rankings. After ranking every organization’s best young players in the NHL…
Flames’ Rasmus Andersson ‘getting traded … it’s obvious’: NHL player tour notes
MILAN — Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund, one of the rare NHL players who says he’d only want…
New Jersey Devils rank No. 12 in NHL Pipeline Rankings for 2025
New Jersey has attempted to turn the corner as an organization and become a consistently competitive NHL team.…
NHL Pipeline Rankings 2025: Breakdown of all 32 teams from Corey Pronman
Welcome to The Athletic’s 2025-26 edition of the NHL Pipeline Rankings, where we look at the future of the…
Metropolitan Notes: Fehervary, Bratt, Penguins
After missing all of the playoffs following knee surgery, the hope was that Capitals defenseman Martin Fehervary would…