Phil Kessel is a Stanley Cup Champion. We know that much about the second-best Kessel but a lot happened to him before he raised Lord Stanley’s mug. Considering how many of these trade trees I’ve made ...

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Earlier this post-season I took a stab at shining a light on some of the complexities rooted in an NHL defenceman’s contributions at five-on-five. The focus was specifically on how being able to ...

Rankings: No. 2 by NHL’s Central Scouting, No. 3 ISS, No. 4 Red Line Report, No. 4 McKeen’s Hockey Analysis: Murray is the consensus top defenceman in the draft and should have a very long career. He ...

In Sportsnet magazine’s latest digital issue, The 25 Greatest NHL Games of All Time (it’s free!), five of our insiders recall the greatest hockey game they’ve ever witnessed. Here, Gare Joyce ...

Alexander Radulov turned down an opportunity to become the KHL’s highest-paid player in order to join the Montreal Canadiens for $5.75 million this season. The 30-year-old Russian sniper reportedly ...

Two years ago, the Vegas Golden Knights were just getting started as an NHL franchise. In June of 2017, then-GM George McPhee and Co. finished the expansion draft by selecting one player off every ...

Sometime this week, teams were informed of the breakdown for the Mike Richards settlement with the Los Angeles Kings. The total payout is $10.5 million through the 2031-32 season, not 2030-31 as I ...

Fresh off his dismissal from the Toronto Maple Leafs bench, ex-head coach Mike Babcock has come under fire as stories of his questionable treatment of certain players have begun to emerge. It was one ...

“I’m glad I got drafted first, because no one remembers no. 2.” Those infamous words made up one of the first soundbites from 1993’s first overall pick Alexandre Daigle — a name now synonymous with ...

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The NHL Draft is an inexact science. It’s easy for a team to take Sidney Crosby or Connor McDavid No. 1 overall, but there has been a long history of great players being drafted in the later rounds.