Patrick Roy’s First Full Season With The Islanders Will Be Tenure-Defining
Patrick Roy enters a pivotal season with the New York Islanders. It looks like he’ll be the head coach for a while unless there’s a sudden collapse (which with the…
Category Archives: 2024-25 NHL Season Preview
4 Reasons the Buffalo Sabres Can Make the Playoffs
Everyone, not just fans of the franchise, knows the pressure the Buffalo Sabres are under entering the 2024-25 season. The team has made its share of solid moves and puzzling…
Counting Down the 10 Most Impactful Devils for 2024-25 – No. 7 – Ondrej Palat
Welcome to the The Hockey Writers’ Countdown of the 10 most impactful New Jersey Devils of the 2024-25 season. This is not a countdown of the 10 best but rather a list…
4 Wild Players That Need to Step Up in 2024-25
After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2018-19’ last season, the Minnesota Wild have a number of things to fix going into 2024-25. Their special teams, goaltending, offense,…
Meet the New Blackhawks: Laurent Brossoit
When the Chicago Blackhawks made their free agent frenzy signings on July 1, goaltending was the one position that unsurprisingly got a big upgrade. General manager Kyle Davidson said at…
Devils Must Reverse Trend of Mixing Up Lines in 2024-25
The list of issues that caused the demise of the 2023-24 New Jersey Devils is rather extensive. Lackluster goaltending, shoddy defense, injuries…that’s just the start. But one element certainly didn’t…
Lightning Captain & Alternate Captain Candidates for 2024-25
With the departure of Steven Stamkos, the Tampa Bay Lightning will have to name a new captain for the first time in over a decade. For reference, the last time…
Flyers’ 2025 Restricted Free Agent Contract Predictions
It might be just a tad bit early to look ahead to the 2025 offseason, but there are some big restricted free agent (RFA) contracts for the Philadelphia Flyers coming…
3 Bruins Who Could Have Career Years in 2024-25
The 2024-25 season is just a few short months away with rookie camp starting on Sept. 11 and training camp set to open for the Boston Bruins a week later…
Lightning: Victor Hedman Expectations for 2024-25
The second overall selection of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft belonged to the Tampa Bay Lightning. This pick ended up being franchise-altering, as they selected star defenseman Victor Hedman. Fast…