2026 Olympic Games Men’s Hockey Power Rankings Eugene Helfrick | February 9, 2026 For the first time since 2014, the NHL has returned to the Winter Olympic Games! While it was a long road to the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, it…
Ranking NHL Teams By Defensemen Spencer Lazary | February 7, 2026 The defense and what is required from the position, changed dramatically in recent seasons. It wasn’t long ago that for a team to have a great unit, the skaters needed…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 17 Eugene Helfrick | February 3, 2026 With the calendar turning to February in the 2025-26 NHL season, Olympic fever is in the air. While there will be games of consequence played in the coming days, it…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 16 Eugene Helfrick | January 27, 2026 What felt like minutes after Week 15 of THW’s Power Rankings went live, the next big trade chip came off the board, as Kiefer Sherwood was acquired by the San…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 15 Eugene Helfrick | January 20, 2026 15 weeks into the 2025-26 NHL season, we have our first admission of defeat. After entering the season looking to rebound from a disastrous 2024-25, the New York Rangers instead…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 14 Eugene Helfrick | January 13, 2026 January is a month of extremes in the NHL. By this point in the calendar, the league is fully in the doldrums of the season, where even the most dedicated…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 13 Eugene Helfrick | January 6, 2026 While it has lost some status in recent years, the NHL Winter Classic is always one of my favorite events on the calendar, with the 2026 edition taking place on…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 12 Eugene Helfrick | December 29, 2025 With the 2025 holiday break taking place this week, I hope that everyone was able to enjoy their holidays, whether you’re on the ice or off it. Due to the…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 11 Eugene Helfrick | December 23, 2025 The end of December is always a bit of a weird time on the NHL calendar. With the roster freeze in place from December 20th through December 28th, there is…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 10 Eugene Helfrick | December 16, 2025 There are times when I have to really think about what to discuss in the NHL Power Rankings, and there are times when the universe gifts me a freebie. With…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 9 Eugene Helfrick | December 9, 2025 Nine weeks into the 2025-26 NHL Season, I can confidently say that this is the noisiest the NHL has been for how little is happening off the ice. Every day,…
NHL 2025-26 Power Rankings: Week 8 Eugene Helfrick | December 2, 2025 With American Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror (Happy belated Thanksgiving to all our American readers), we’ve hit an unofficial checkpoint in the 2025-26 NHL season. Traditionally, roughly 75 percent of…