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Best NHL Players to Make the Switch Between Defense & Forward

Jacob Billington | September 27, 2025

Forward, defense and goaltending. Those are the three positions in hockey. Forwards and defense are split into left and right sides, while the forwards have a center to play all…

Categories Archives, Hockey History

7 Fun Facts About Dustin Byfuglien

Brooke LoFurno | July 28, 2025

At 40 years old, Dustin Byfuglien was an NHL defenseman for well over a decade. He has played for the Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, and the Atlanta Thrashers (who became…

Categories Archives, Blackhawks History, Chicago Blackhawks, Hockey History, Jets History, Player Profiles, Winnipeg Jets

Today in Hockey History: May 23

Matthew Zator | May 23, 2025

This has been a memorable date for many National Hockey League franchises over the years. We saw everything from overtime wins, return trips to the Stanley Cup Final, and even…

Categories Archives, Blackhawks History, Column, Hockey History, Hurricanes History, Oilers History, Penguins History

Jets Still Feeling Consequences of Byfuglien’s Sudden Retirement

C.R. Davies | February 3, 2022

Dustin Byfuglien was a defensive menace who could change the entire game the second he set foot on the ice. A monster defender standing 6-foot-5, and weighing 260-pounds, he played…

Categories Winnipeg Jets

Top 5 Jets Players of the 2010s

Connor Hrabchak | January 18, 2022

It took the Winnipeg Jets a couple of years to become a playoff contender after they inherited the Atlanta Thrashers franchise in 2011. Since then, they’ve earned a 399-304-80 regular-season…

Categories Editor's Choice, Hockey History, Jets History

Jets’ 5 Greatest U.S.-Born Players

THW Archives | January 20, 2021

The NHL awarded its first Vezina Trophy, honoring the league’s top regular-season goalie, in 1926-27. Since then, only six U.S.-born netminders have earned the award. As you know, Connor Hellebuyck…

Categories Jets History

Winnipeg Jets 2.0: Best Players of the Past Decade

Isaiah Wagner | December 24, 2020

Since the Winnipeg Jets’ relocation from Atlanta in 2011, they have seen many great players flow through the organization. With the game moving towards a speed and skill contest and…

Categories Top 10 Lists, Winnipeg Jets

Winnipeg Jets 2.0 — Reliving Their ‘Firsts’

Kellen Taniguchi | November 6, 2020

With NHL action on pause, now is a good time to reflect back on some of the Winnipeg Jets 2.0 “firsts.” The Jets have been lighting up the goal lamp,…

Categories Jets History

NHL Rumors: Blues, Wild, Stars, Rangers, Canucks, More

Jim Parsons | October 31, 2020

In today’s NHL rumor rundown, the St. Louis Blues still need to get a contract done for Vince Dunn. Is that coming anytime soon? The New York Rangers have two…

Categories Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers, NHL Rumors, St Louis Blues

Blackhawks News & Rumors: 2021 Draft Class, Kayumov & Byfuglien

Greg Boysen | September 28, 2020

The Chicago Blackhawks scouting staff finally gets to take center stage in a few days as the NHL Entry Draft is nearly upon us. While they are preparing to add…

Categories Chicago Blackhawks, Column, NHL News, Rumors, Winnipeg Jets

Jets Can Still Flourish with a Flat Cap

Declan Schroeder | July 10, 2020

Any chance of the NHL salary cap increasing substantially for the 2020-21 season is dead. The COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the league to pause the 2019-20 season in March, has…

Categories Winnipeg Jets

Maple Leafs’ 4 Free Agent Defence Targets

Peter Baracchini | July 3, 2020

At this point, the Stanley Cup would have been awarded, we’d know where Alexis Lafreniere has ended up, and we’d be at the start of the free-agent frenzy period. Unfortunately, the…

Categories Free Agents, Toronto Maple Leafs
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