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Ilya Protas expected to make Capitals’ Opening Night roster

The Washington Capitals appear to have their four centers penciled in to start the 2026-27 season, and Ilya Protas is one of them. Capitals general manager Chris Patrick spoke Sunday about how he views Protas’s role with the club as the 19-year-old forward heads into what could be his first full NHL season. Protas made

How flexibility and optionality informed John Chayka’s 1st NHL Draft as Leafs GM

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka is fond of speaking about flexibility and optionality, when outlining his vision for the team. These are more than corporate buzzwords for the Ivey graduate, and he clearly incorporated these concepts into his draft with the Maple Leafs, where the industry’s analysts provided the team with a consensus…

Bill Guerin Gives A Quinn Hughes Contract Extension Update

Sure, the 2026 NHL Draft just happened and the Minnesota Wild were able to grab some cool prospects that might be something in a few years. But what is the most pressing thing in this organization and to fans is keeping one of their star players around. Quinn Hughes is eligible to sign a contra...

What Did the Wild Add In Their Smallest Draft Class Ever?

The Minnesota Wild entered the 2026 NHL Draft with five picks and left Buffalo with three players selected. Per Michael Russo of The Athletic, it is the smallest draft class in franchise history, consisting of two forwards and a goaltender. The Wild went into the draft without a first or second...

Morning Skate: Development

Welcome to the last week in June, folks! The NHL Draft is in the rearview mirror, with several new faces in the fold for the Bruins (both via the draft and via trade). We’ve got all kinds of trade winds swirling across the NHL, plus the B’s begin Development Camp today. Here come the kids […]

Devils in the Details – 6/29/26: Draft Class Edition

Here are your links for today: Devils Links A recap of the 2026 draft class for the Devils: [Devils NHL] “Alexander Command, the 12th overall pick, highlights the Devils’ draft class, but Mehta selected a few other intriguing prospects in the later rounds. Let’s review the Devils’ 2026 draft class and which prospects you should […]

New York Jets Flight Connections 06/29/26

Good morning Gang Green Nation! Here are your links to your New York Jets this glorious Monday in June. Rich Cimini – Jets’ Demario Davis spends nearly $1M annually on body recovery Justin Melo – How many rushing yards will Jets RB Breece Hall have in 2026? Geoffrey A Knox – Jets again praised for […]

Oilers' Darnell Nurse Would Accept Trade To Atlantic Division Team

Darnell Nurse has added a new team to the short list of destinations he would accept a trade to, and it is a contender. David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period reported during the second day of the 2026 NHL Draft that the Boston Bruins have been added to Nurse's approved trade list. "More on Nurse: As we know, Pittsburgh, LA and Philly are in his trade list," Pagnotta posted on X. "You can add Boston to his list, as well." That makes Boston the fourth known team Nurse is willing to waive his n...

Prospects descend on Pittsburgh

Over the weekend, the Pittsburgh Penguins added six new prospects to the organization at the 2026 NHL Draft. Those prospects will not have to wait long to make an impression on the fans in Pittsburgh as they make their way to the city this week to take part in the Penguins annual development camp set […]

Grading Yevgeni Volokhin’s 2025-26 season

Yevgeni Volokhin should have emerged from the shadows with the season that he had, but again it seems he will be held out of the limelight next year as well, considering that all eyes in Montreal will be firmly on Alexander Zharovsky and latest first-round pick Gleb Pugachyov. However, the fact is that Volokhin’s season was outrageous, with 12 clean sheets in the VHL, three of them in the playoffs. He finished second in shutouts, first in save percentage, and third in goals-against average (be...

Monday Morning Fly By: The picks are in

*That’s another NHL Entry Draft in the books, and if nothing else, Danny Briere made sure people noticed what the Flyers were doing. The first move the Flyers made on Friday night was to trade back from 21 to 27 in order to pick up a couple more late round picks and to select, rather predictably, the largest 17 year old to ever live. [ BSH ] *Post first round, Briere explained what he was thinking when he did the thing everyone expected him to do. [ BSH ] *Here’s what the scouting co...

Vancouver Canucks Are 'Desperate' To Trade Elias Pettersson

The Vancouver Canucks want to move Elias Pettersson, and they want to do it soon. Per multiple league sources who spoke with Thomas Drance and The Athletic this week, Vancouver is eager to sell off several veteran players, with one source going as far as to characterize the club as desperate to move off the struggling, highly compensated center. That is a significant word to attach to a player carrying an $11.6 million cap hit through 2031-32. Drance reinforced the framing on his radio hit...

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