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New York Rangers’ Best Value Draft Picks of the Past 25 Years

Nicholas Seitz | November 27, 2025

The New York Rangers’ draft history over the last 25 years is littered with draft busts, value picks, and everything in between. It is often more stimulating to read the…

Categories Archives, Hockey History, New York Rangers, NHL Entry Draft, Rangers History

Revisiting the Los Angeles Kings’ Trade for Kevin Fiala

Michael Ostrower | November 27, 2025

June 29, 2022, will forever be a day that changed the landscape of the Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings franchises. The two teams engaged in a blockbuster trade that…

Categories Archives, Hockey History, Kings Transactions, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, NHL Trade Analysis, Wild Transactions

Who Were the Best Full Right Goalies in NHL History?

THW Archives | November 27, 2025

“Silly sider” is a term we hear ascribed to right-shooting, right-catching, and often left-handed goalies. Like left-handed baseball pitchers, full right goalies supposedly play at an advantage over left-shooting skaters.…

Categories Archives, Hockey History, NHL Goaltending

7 Best Active NHL Players to Never Be Captain

William Bourget | November 26, 2025

In hockey, leadership extends far beyond the letter stitched onto a jersey. While the captain holds an official title, the reality is that many teams rely on a group of…

Categories Archives, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Edmonton Oilers, Hockey History, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning

10 NHL Players with the Most Stanley Cups

Ryan Gagne | November 26, 2025

According to numbers obtained from NHL Records, there have been 1,090 players to win the Stanley Cup, with 467 players (42%) winning it more than once. Interestingly, the further we…

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Today in Hockey History: Nov. 26

Matthew Zator | November 26, 2025

Yesterday in Hockey History: Nov. 25 Tomorrow in Hockey History: Nov. 27 If it weren’t for one of the events on Nov. 26, there wouldn’t even be a National Hockey…

Categories Archives, Bruins History, Canadiens History, Commentary, Hockey History, Oilers History, Red Wings History

Revisiting Maple Leafs’ Trade of Phil Kessel to the Penguins

The Old Prof | November 25, 2025

Phil Kessel was traded from the Boston Bruins to the Toronto Maple Leafs on September 18, 2009, for two first-round and a second-round draft pick. At the time, Kessel was…

Categories Archives, Hockey History, Maple Leafs Transactions, NHL Trade Analysis, Penguins Transactions, Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs

Top 5 Goaltenders of the 1970s

THW Archives | November 25, 2025

Ranking all-time greats, no matter the sport, is a near-impossible task. Almost every era is drastically different from the next and the game of hockey is no different. With that…

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Revisiting the Canadiens’ Jaroslav Halak-Carey Price Decision

William Bourget | November 25, 2025

On July 18, 2025, longtime NHL goaltender Jaroslav Halak officially announced his retirement from professional hockey. With that announcement, a notable chapter in Montreal Canadiens history reopens, one that stirred…

Categories Archives, Canadiens Goaltending, Canadiens History, Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens

Today in Hockey History: Nov. 25

Matthew Zator | November 25, 2025

Yesterday in Hockey History: Nov. 24 Tomorrow in Hockey History: Nov. 26 Nov. 25 has been one heck of an eventful date in National Hockey League history. Two of the…

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The Pump My Tires Quote That Ignited the Canucks’ 2011 Stanley Cup Final Collapse

The Old Prof | November 24, 2025

If you were watching the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, you remember it wasn’t just a battle on the ice — it was a war of words, ego, and goaltending philosophy.…

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State of the World the Last Time the Maple Leafs Won a Playoff Round

Spencer Lazary | November 24, 2025

*This article was published ahead of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs when the Toronto Maple Leafs advanced past the Tampa Bay Lightning for their first series win since 2004. Before…

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