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…
Injury Notes: Power, Molendyk, Walton
If there was any concern that the knee injury Buffalo Sabres defenseman Owen Power suffered late last season…
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…
Jets prospect timelines: When will top players in Winnipeg’s system make an NHL impact?
Winnipeg’s NHL roster is a President’s Trophy-winning, veteran-heavy group with playoff demons to slay. Its top prospects —…
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…
How can Jimmy Snuggerud impact the Blues’ scoring depth?
Matthew DeFranks | Post-Dispatch Note: This is the fourth of 10 installments of a pre-training camp series asking…
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…
Big Names Stay Patient as Extension Talks Loom
As the extension market heats up, several big-name forwards are staying patient while the landscape continues to reset,…
West Notes: Hintz, Toews, Kravtsov
Stars center Roope Hintz has fully recovered from the broken foot he sustained late in the playoffs, relays…
NHL front-office confidence rankings: How fans feel about every team in 2025
Every summer we ask the same question: How confident are you in your team’s front office? It’s a…