The Toronto Maple Leafs have finally ended the suspense, and after a long, exhaustive search, have landed on former assistant coach Jim Hiller as their new head coach. Jim Hiller has been named the 41st Head Coach in franchise history! — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) June 17, 2026 It's a surprising hiring, considering Hiller hadn't been named among the short list of finalists according to all of the media reports. Joe Pavelski , Patrick Roy, Dallas Eakins, Jay Woodcroft (depen...
The Carolina Hurricanes have won the Stanley Cup. It was their first Cup win in 20 seasons, and now they will look to make it back-to-back in 2026-27. As the team looks to accomplish that feat, the Hurricanes will be making some changes to the roster. One of those moves that is likely to be […]
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The Charlotte Hornets are looking to add size this offseason, and they've reportedly identified a veteran trade target.
The Canadiens have heightened expectations to near-insurmountable levels. How they go about reaching them should define their 2026 offseason.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are reportedly close to hiring Jim Hiller as their new head coach, the team confirmed Wednesday. Hiller was previously an assistant coach on Mike Babcock’s staff with the Maple Leafs between 2015 and 2019, so he’s already familiar with Auston Matthews and William Nylander. He was previously an assistant coach with…
The season that was for the Buffalo Sabres was a tremendous success by just about all reasonable standards, especially given the dark cloud that hung over the franchise at this time last year as the holders of the NHL’s longest active playoff drought. In fact, the Sabres hadn’t qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs since […]
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Don Waddell is no stranger to long days and nights. That is commonplace in the month of June when he and his staff spend the month getting ready for the…
There are a lot of opinions swirling about New Jersey Devils prospect defenseman Anton Silayev. At the ripe age of […]
Hiller served as head coach for the Kings between 2023-24 and 2025-26, leading the club to two playoff appearances.
This has already been one of the most entertaining summers in recent history for the Edmonton Oilers, and it seems to only be getting more interesting. After relieving Kris Knoblauch…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been looking for a new head coach since firing Craig Berube on May 13. There had been rumors about who the team was interested in, including Joe Pavelski and Bruce Cassidy, who were mentioned in connection with the Maple Leafs’ job. Now, new GM John Chayka and the Leafs have […]
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The big day has arrived. The Windsor Spitfires released their 2026-27 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) regular season schedule on Tuesday afternoon, and there’s something for everyone. A month-and-a-half after being…
Jim Hiller returns to the Toronto Maple Leafs as Craig Berube's replacement after previously being an assistant coach for them from 2015-16 to 2018-19.
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With the 2026 NHL Entry Draft less than a week away, we’ve all heard just about everything we ever will about all of the top prospects in the class. You’ve…
Jim Hiller has been tasked with trying to help the Toronto Maple Leafs bounce back from the most disappointing season of the Auston Matthews era.
So not an out of the box choice after all.
Just 48 hours after the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup on Sunday night, the first milestone of the offseason has arrived: the NHL’s buyout window. PuckPedia describes buyouts as “a mechanism that allows a team to end a player’s contract early by paying a portion of the remaining value over a period that is…
They have a lot of open spots to fill.
Philadelphia Flyers GM Daniel Briere was candid in his assessment of the trade he made with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. The Leafs traded goaltender Joseph Woll and defenceman Simon Benoit to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenceman Emil Andrae, goaltender Samuel Ersson, and a third-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. It…
Think the Rangers don't need another winger? Think again. Ivar Stenberg might be the best player in the entire draft.
The Edmonton Oilers may have been eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but they continued to be one of the most talked about teams all the…
The New York Knicks benefited from more than just acquiring former Dallas Mavericks talent during their championship run. While Dallas is often criticized for allowing Jalen Brunson to leave in free agency in 2022, the Mavericks also moved on from longtime performance and medical specialist Casey Smith, a decision that may have indirectly helped New […]
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NBA fans are convinced Carmelo Anthony didn't like seeing Jeremy Lin succeed with the Knicks.
It’s extremely cliche at point, but it makes sense to sort of slot each prospect for the upcoming NHL Draft into little archetypes and how team and public scouts view the player and what his potential could be. Little tiny buckets — whether it’s a big, slow defenseman, the surprisingly mobile big defenseman, the tiny offensive winger, the dog-on-a-bone winger who is also small, the super defensive European center that is projectable — that you can just try and plop down each player into and wh...