As NHL's free agent period looms, here are the top-20 unrestricted free agents headed to market that you should keep an eye out for. 1. F Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs. Age: 28.

NHL Central Scouting ranked him No. 2 among European skaters. 14. Blue Jackets – LW Carter Bear, Everett (WHL). 6-0, 179. Bear had 40 goals and 42 assists in 56 WHL games before suffering a ...

The NHL and its players association are in talks to potentially adopt an 84-game regular season, ESPN's Greg Wyshynski and Kevin Weekes report.The schedule tweak is part of the ongoing collective ...

The NHL regular season will be increased from 82 to 84 games starting with the 2026-27 season. To accommodate this increase, training camp will be shortened from 21 days to 13 — 18 for rookies ...

LOS ANGELES --The NHL and NHL Players' Association continue to work toward a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, but they're not yet ready to begin the formal ratification process, NHL ...

His five-on-five points-per-60 rate ranked seventh worst among all NHL forwards who played at least 750 minutes in 2024-25. Besides that, the Wild did invest their dollars pretty efficiently.

After years of chasing the Stanley Cup with win-now trades, the Colorado Avalanche's collection of prospects is shallow, and the 2025 NHL draft might not offer much help.

The second day of the 2025 NHL draft is Saturday in Los Angeles. Here's how to watch via TV or live stream. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 Club World Cup ⚽️🥇 ...

Well, it probably has to do with his hand in multiple NHL lockouts over the years. Bettman played a major role in the 2004-05 NHL lockout that cancelled all games that season, which fans did not ...

The NHL currently plays an 82-game regular season, so it will shorten the preseason to four games for each team when the 84-game schedule is introduced in 2026-27.