The NHL season might be new, but the Edmonton Oilers goaltending stays the same, and so has Mike Babcock's intensity. Jakub Dobeš continues his dominance over the Maple Leafs, Jeremy Swayman shuts...

Momentum is everything in the NHL — not just for racking up points, but for controlling the narrative as well.

Momentum is everything in the NHL — not just for racking up points, but for controlling the narrative as well.

A bit of targeted payback in the West? A Leon Draisaitl surprise? Fickle awards voting snubs? You heard it all here first, folks.

We're predicting the new NHL season by breaking the 32 teams into four divisions: The bottom feeders, mushy middle, contenders and unknowns.

We're predicting the new NHL season by breaking the 32 teams into four divisions: The bottom feeders, mushy middle, contenders and unknowns.

Sean McIndoe weighs on the records debate around the Winnipeg Jets and shows there's a pretty simple solution.

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It's our annual reminder that an NHL season is basically impossible to project.

It's time to answer the single most common (and almost certainly most outlandish) question we get from readers.

Connor Hellebuyck and Dylan Larkin might be making headlines, but they're far from the first NHL stars to agitate for a move.

Connor Hellebuyck and Dylan Larkin might be making headlines, but they're far from the first NHL stars to agitate for a move.

Some NHL teams had quiet offseasons. Others ... not so much. The Eastern Conference saw plenty of both ends of the spectrum.

Some NHL teams had quiet offseasons. Others ... not so much. The Eastern Conference saw plenty of both ends of the spectrum.

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What's the best six-player lineup of players who weren't drafted by their team? What about unrelated players with the same last name?

What's the best six-player lineup of players who weren't drafted by their team? What about unrelated players with the same last name?

Let’s find out how bad your favorite team has really had it when it comes to these punk kids.

Let’s find out how bad your favorite team has really had it when it comes to these punk kids.

Let’s find out how bad your favorite team has really had it when it comes to these punk kids.

Brady Tkachuk has taken his talents to South Beach, but are the Senators better off without their former captain or is this the beginning of a retool

As Connor McDavid can attest, it's not easy to win the Stanley Cup. But does that make for a real advantage in terms of player quality?

Plus: The puck-over-glass penalty is actually a good thing, and the Whalers' Ron Francis trade gets an unfairly bad rap.

Plus: The puck-over-glass penalty is actually a good thing, and the Whalers' Ron Francis trade gets an unfairly bad rap.

We found something weird while trying to find the best team in the cap era that was completely shut out of the Hart love.

Here are a half-dozen of the most notable GMs who failed in their second jobs, and the lessons we can learn.

Here are a half-dozen of the most notable GMs who failed in their second jobs, and the lessons we can learn.