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NHLPA Fires Back At Gary Bettman Over Growing Trade Controversy

Ron Hainsey doesn't think the conversation should happen at all. The NHLPA's assistant executive director told The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun the union sees Gary Bettman's comments on no-trade clauses as the start of something bigger. "The beginning of this conversation about no-move and no-trade clauses, we do take as an attack on players' CBA-negotiated rights," Hainsey said. "And we will treat it as such." LeBrun's story came out Monday, four days after Bettman spoke on Sportsnet 590's FAN Ho...

Olli Määttä Has Been Reliable When the Wild Need Stability

The Minnesota Wild are off to a strong start, winning their first two games. Their suffocating defense headlined both games. The team has allowed two goals and, according to Money Puck, only one high-danger shot attempt to reach Jesper Wallstedt. Several factors have contributed to Minnesota's domin...

DeMar DeRozan’s Career Takes Stunning Turn After 17 Years in the NBA As Nuggets Reveal New Plan

Entering his 18th season in the NBA, newly minted Denver Nuggets addition DeMar DeRozan is embracing a dramatic shift in his professional journey. Following his offseason departure from the Sacramento Kings and subsequent arrival in Denver on a one-year, $3.9 million veteran minimum contract, DeRozan’s new role among Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon’s rotation has […] The post DeMar DeRozan’s Career Takes Stunning Turn After 17 Years in the NBA As Nuggets Reveal New Plan appeared first on Essen...

2026-27 Atlantic Division Preview: Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers are back! At least that seems to be the prevailing train of thought throughout the summer. They are also older, have two new netminders, and face a much tougher Atlantic Division. 2025-26 Record 40-38-4, 84 points (7th in Atlantic) 2025-26 Record Against Lightning 1-3-0 2025-26 Goals For 246 (18th) 2025-26 Goals Against 274 (28th) 2025-26 Power Play 19.5% (19th) 2025-26 Penalty Kill 81.0% (9th) 2026-27 Division Odds +155 2026-27 Stanley Cup Odds +650 Stats via NHL, od...

Latest Duke Chronicle Player Preview: Drew Scharnowski

Nick Arnold || Brock Davis || Maxime Meyer || Jacob Theodosiou || Sebastian Wilkins || Bryson Howard The latest Duke Chronicle Player Preview is of Belmont transfer Drew Scharnowski. At 6-10 and 240, Scharnowski probably is more powerful than anyone else on the team, with the possible exception of Pat Ngongba. Our money is on Scharnowski, though. In some of the preseason video, […]

Game Preview #3: Utah Mammoth @ New Jersey Devils

Last Devils Game On Saturday night the Devils lost to the New York Islanders in their first road game of the season. No, you weren’t accidentally watching a replay of a game from last season or the season before it. You were indeed watching a game from the 2026-2027 season. No one would blame you […]

Tuesday Morning Fly By: Another brutal loss

*Well, the Philadelphia Flyers once again lost a hockey game. And once again they lost one where they were heavily outplayed in just about every single category. The Tampa Bay Lightning hosted our Flyers to start this road trip and proceeded to beat them by a score of 4-1. The Flyers were a miserable watch but just in case you want to really dive deep into that terrible game, here are some takeaways: [BSH] *David Jiricek had highlight reel of brutal mistakes and the best one was when he w...

Brock Faber's Latest Injury Update Is Terrifying

That's Wild Brock Faber suffered a fractured skull during the Minnesota Wild's final preseason game and is out indefinitely. We haven't been given much more information than that, but on a recent KFAN hit, The Athletic's Michael Russo offered up some more details and they are a little bit terri...

Pens Points: Third Period Problems Persist

On Saturday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins surrendered three third period goals to squander a 5-1 lead, but they were ultimately able to recover and win in overtime. On Monday night against the Winnipeg Jets, the Penguins allowed another three goals in the final frame to once again give up a lead they began the period […]