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Feb 4th, 20:15NHL
Unnumbered Thoughts: Connor McDavid has taken his spot as NHL's premier power player
Sean Shapiro takes his weekly look around the NHL, with a heavy focus from the All-Star Festivities in Toronto.
Feb 2nd, 18:54NHLNHL to participate in 2026 and 2030 Winter Olympics
The NHL announced in a joint press conference with IIHF president Luc Tardif and NHLPA director Marty Walsh that the league will participate in the 2026 and 2030 Winter Olympics.
2023-11-04, 17:20NHLUnnumbered Thoughts: Aleksander Barkov is the soul of the Florida Panthers
Sean Shapiro brings you his collection of notes and observations from the week, starting with the importance of the Florida Panthers captain
2023-10-25, 22:312024 NHL DraftReport: NHL to move forward with decentralized draft
The NHL will be moving to a decentralized draft. J.D. Burke has more on this developing story.
2023-10-21, 18:10NHLUnnumbered Thoughts: Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, draft decentralization, Patrick Kane's waiting game
Sean Shapiro brings his weekly connection of notes, stories, and observations from around the hockey world.
2023-03-15, 14:50NHLNHL salary cap still expected to go up only $1 million next season
The NHL Draft Lottery will be on May 8.
2023-02-01, 22:30NHLTake Town: Labour notes
We're talking Gary Bettman's big day, a new executive director for the NHLPA, and the San Jose Sharks emerging in the driver's seat ahead of the trade deadline in this Take Town.
2022-12-14, 18:02NHLUnnumbered Thoughts: NHL has Mexico on the mind, Ryan Reynolds has Ottawa on his
In the latest unnumbered thoughts associate editor Sean Shapiro shares the collection of stories and nuggets he's learned over the past two weeks.
2022-12-01, 13:38NHLUnnumbered Thoughts: Giordano and Seattle's success, Dahlin and actually showing personality
In the first edition of Unnumbered Thoughts, associate editor Sean Shapiro goes around the NHL from A to L around the league.
2022-01-07, 20:59NHLEP Rinkside 3 Stars for Week 13 of the NHL season
Ryan Lambert has the standout performers and standout ideas from week 13 of the NHL season.
2021-12-10, 21:30NHLEP Rinkside 3 Stars for Week 9 of the NHL Season
The EP Rinkside 3 Stars returns this week with a look at an on-the-nose metaphor for the Philadelphia Flyers season, the Arizona Coyotes rent strike, and the king staying the king in Tampa Bay.
2021-11-01, 22:01NHLKey takeaways from Gary Bettman's Blackhawks press conference: A mess gets messier
Gary Bettman and Bill Daly addressed the Chicago Blackhawks' sexual abuse investigation. It was insensitive at best and embarrassing at worst.
2021-10-28, 20:04NHLTake Town: The elephant in the Chicago Blackhawks' room
Not exactly a banner week for the National Hockey League. All the headlines are ugly and things are almost certainly going to get worse before they get better. Ryan Lambert has takes from around the NHL, the Blackhawks included.
2021-09-22, 18:13NHLTake Town: Storylines from around the NHL
Training camps officially open this week and there is a lot of news that comes with that, but none of it — at this point — is really the kind of stuff that demands a huge amount of attention. So instead, it’s wiser to take a few brief looks at the pressing issues in the league right now.
2021-06-29, 11:00NHLGary Bettman thinks the officiating in the NHL is just fine, thank you very much
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly gave their annual state of the league press conference ahead of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. He touched on the Olympics, the officiating and the Chicago Blackhawks. It didn't go well.
2021-03-10, 21:58NHLBettman: NHL to be "flat cap or near flat cap for the immediate future"
Gary Bettman announced salary cap details on Wednesday afternoon during a conference call about the NHL's new television partnership.
