Of the many truths around the NHL, it's objectively true that we love to rank our favorite things. Players, free agents, ...

The story describes the team name origins of 32 current professional hockey teams since the early 20th century. Leagues include the current NHL and, where appropriate, the historic NHA and the WHA, ...

The Nashville Predators, New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins are in different stages of the cycle, but after down ...

The Montreal Canadiens were among the first teams to join the NHL. Learn more about the history of your favorite NHL teams now.

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As the season begins, we reveal which teams will make the Stanley Cup Final, the playoffs and the draft lottery.

With the 2025-26 NHL season nearly here, it's time to make some bold predictions about what will and will not happen on the way to handing out the Stanley Cup. That established, here are bold ...

Welcome to the third iteration of The Athletic’s annual defense ranking tiers. There’s a surprising shortage of truly ...

Between Eichel, Karlsson, Hertl and Sissons, Vegas has arguably the NHL’s best center depth. Stone is still an elite player ...

The 2025-26 NHL season is finally here (LET'S GO!) and for some players, they’ll be entering the year with the honored symbol of leadership on their jersey: A “C” for captain.

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With opening night approaching on Oct. 7, we take big swings on what will transpire for each team this season.