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🏒 2025-26 NHL Team Elo Power Rankings & Goals Above Replacement Player Ratings 📉
Power ratings and forecasts for every NHL team and player this season.
 • Neil Paine
My 🔥Burning Questions🔥 for the Stretch Run of the 2025-26 NHL Season
After an extra-long Olympic pause, here’s what matters most in the final push toward the '26 playoffs.
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Team USA Finally Got Its Golden Breakthrough Against Canada
Jack Hughes' overtime winner Sunday punctuated a decades-long climb from North American hockey's "little brother" to a full-fledged equal.
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Will the NHL Pick Up Where It Left Off After the Olympics?
After tonight, the league won't play again for another 20 days. Let's look at what happened after previous long leaguewide pauses.
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The Maple Leafs Can’t Escape the Bubble
That goes for both the playoff race — where Toronto's odds have hovered around 50-50 for months — and a franchise stuck between pushing forward and…
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Beyond the Streak: What — and Whom — is Standing Between the Sabres and the End of Their Drought?
A 10-game heater made Buffalo relevant again. But ending a 14-year playoff drought will depend on what happens from here.
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The Chiefs Are Doing the Weirdest "Relocation" in Pro Sports History
Is it a short commute of a stadium-switch or a full-blown franchise move? Yes.
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The Colorado Avalanche's Star Power Is Unmatched — Maybe Ever
With Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Martin Nečas all on historic trajectories, Colorado has assembled a top-end trio the salary-cap era was supposed…
 • Neil Paine
Are the Panthers and Oilers Out of Gas?
Early in the 2025-26 season, both sides of the perennial Stanley Cup matchup are far from getting back there again.
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The Penguins Weren't Supposed to Be Good Again
Old and bad teams like this almost never rebound. In fact, the modern NHL has seen only one other case like Pittsburgh's unexpected revival — and the…
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Connor Bedard's Generational Moment Has Arrived
At 20 years old, Bedard is reaching a new level of play — and starting to mirror the career arcs of hockey's inner-circle greats.
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These Up-and-Coming NHL Teams Are Finally Breaking the Ice
Led by the Devils, Mammoth and Canadiens, a group of early-season risers are pushing back against the league’s entrenched hierarchy.
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