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Vancouver fired head coach Adam Foote on May 19, 2026 after a 25-49-8 season. Manny Malhotra leads the candidate list. The Voice Mandate exp...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Jamie Benn fined $2,604 for cross-checking Hartman in Game 5. CBA Article 18 math, three-incident pattern in five games, and the 2023 Stone...
By Mike Johnson · 8 min read
The Vancouver Canucks GM search just narrowed to eight named candidates. Bill Scott is the frontrunner. Shane Doan is the wild card. Don Tay...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
Connor McDavid posted 138 points in the regular season. He has 4 in this playoff series. Now he's a Game 5 game-time decision after an ankle...
By Mike Johnson · 8 min read
Matvei Michkov, 21, posted 51 points in the regular season and zero through four playoff games. Rick Tocchet sat him for Game 5. We break do...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
Tuesday, May 5 decides the 2026 NHL Draft order. Vancouver carries a 25.5% pre-lottery ceiling and a guaranteed top-three floor; Chicago sit...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Friedman says Vancouver may pause the GM search until May 5. The math is brutal: 18.5% McKenna, guaranteed top-3, five candidates, three lis...
By Mike Johnson · 12 min read
Patrik Allvin fired after Canucks historic last-place finish. Jim Rutherford, who hired Allvin in 2021, now conducts the GM search himself -...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Tom Fitzgerald fired after a 29-point decline from 112 to 83 points. The Deadline Deficit — three years of trade deadline inaction — sealed...
By Mike Johnson · 11 min read
George Parros defended NHL Player Safety after Connor McDavid's public criticism. But the phone hearing format — not judgment — capped the G...
By Mike Johnson · 7 min read
Doug Armstrong resigns as Team Canada Olympic GM and exits Blues GM role July 1, 2026. Alex Steen inherits $70M+ in cap space as 12th GM in...
By Mike Johnson · 6 min read
The Canadiens made a surprising healthy scratch Saturday, sitting Brendan Gallagher for the first time in his 898-game NHL career as Cole Ca...
By Mike Johnson · 3 min read
Boston Bruins are 11-14-5 on the road, 0-3-4 in last 7. Clinging to WC2 by 1 point over Columbus with 11 of 18 games left away from TD Garde...
By Mike Johnson · 11 min read
Anze Kopitar needs one point to break Marcel Dionne's 45-year Kings scoring record. The captain's farewell season milestone could happen Sat...
By Mike Johnson · 8 min read
NHL games today March 14 feature a loaded 14-game Saturday slate. Avalanche visit Jets, Hurricanes face Lightning, Sabres host Leafs without...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will miss the rest of the 2025-26 season after suffering a Grade 3 MCL tear from a knee-on-knee...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
The 2026 NHL trade deadline saw Colorado build the deepest center group in hockey, Calgary stockpile 26 draft picks, and Ovechkin call Carls...
By Mike Johnson · 8 min read
Jason Robertson tied his career high with 4 points as Dallas Stars demolished the Edmonton Oilers 7-2, scoring 5 unanswered goals to open th...
By Mike Johnson · 7 min read
Dallas Stars push point streak to 14 games with a 7-2 demolition of Edmonton, now one game from tying the franchise record set by the 1998-9...
By Mike Johnson · 8 min read
The Buffalo Sabres are set to end their 14-year NHL playoff drought with a 99% postseason probability, riding a 28-5-2 run atop the Atlantic...
By Mike Johnson · 6 min read