Excellent players changing teams between seasons is always fascinating to watch. But which players had the best year before that?

Excellent players changing teams between seasons is always fascinating to watch. But which players had the best year before that?

Where other rankings overreact, the NHL weekend rankings underreact. Good thing the start of the season is always so predictable.

Where other rankings overreact, the NHL weekend rankings underreact. Good thing the start of the season is always so predictable.

Half the fun of a new season is watching players, coaches and GMs prove what they've got. Here's who to watch this season.

Half the fun of a new season is watching players, coaches and GMs prove what they've got. Here's who to watch this season.

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

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

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.

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.