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Mason Shaw's Return To the Wild Is A Full-Circle Moment

On April 1, 2023, Mason Shaw suffered the fourth ACL tear of his career 59 games into what had become his first full NHL season. It was another devastating setback for a player whose path to the NHL had already been sidetracked by the same injury. "I felt like I took a bullet to the knee," Shaw...

Hurricanes Schedule Odds, Ends, and Quirks

Hey, I tried to warn you. With the release of the 2026-27 NHL schedule, there were a lot of quirks and oddities that popped up. None bigger than the start time of the first game of the season: Why ESPN feels the need to have a triple header or a 5 PM game is honestly […]

Trade Deadline Outlook: Texas Rangers

If the 2026 season ended at the All-Star break, the Rangers would have won the AL West for the first time in a decade. They have the AL’s fifth-best record, and they’re only 1.5 games back of the White Sox and Guardians. Getting ahead of Chicago and Cleveland would put Texas on pace for not […]

NHL Expansion Draft Rules and Regulations

*This was originally published in May 2017 With NHL expansion to Seattle having recently occurred, the discussion around hockey will eventually turn to the deadlines for protected lists and possible players…

Series: Florida Panthers Offseason Recap

In this series, Heavy Sports is looking at what every NHL team has done over the offseason. Next up is the Florida Panthers. Florida had a tough season this past year in their quest to defend their 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup championships as they missed out on postseason contention. The team were riddled with […] The post Series: Florida Panthers Offseason Recap appeared first on HEAVY .

Western Conference Contender Linked to Free Agent Patrik Laine

The NHL off-season started off in absolute chaos, but after all of the trades and the initial burst of free agency, things have gotten very, very quiet over the past few weeks, with no blockbuster moves to speak of since the early days of 2026 free agency.However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t still some intriguing […] The post Western Conference Contender Linked to Free Agent Patrik Laine appeared first on HEAVY .

The Daily: Could Larkin Change His Mind?; Do You Want Him To?

The post The Daily: Could Larkin Change His Mind?; Do You Want Him To? appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now . The truth is that we can’t possibility guess what’s going to happen with Dylan Larkin because the person who will […] The post The Daily: Could Larkin Change His Mind?; Do You Want Him To? appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now .

Tampa Bay Lightning announce their 2026-27 NHL schedule

Yesterday, one of the slowest days in professional sports, was a little box of sunshine for hockey fans as the NHL released the 2026-27 season. It’s that wonderful time of year where every fanbase thinks their team’s schedule is the most unfair and yet more proof that the league hates them. For the first time since the 1993-94 season, the Lightning will play 84 regular season games with 42 happening in the friendly confines of the Benchmark International Arena (that is still the name right?). ...