#NHL Entry Draft

The NHL just wrapped up the 2023 Winter Classic and is now looking ahead towards the 2023 NHL All-Star game in South Florida. That means we are officially in the second half of the season, and we are getting ever so close to the 2023 NHL Draft. The consensus number 1 overall pick to go in this year's draft is Connor Bedard and he has already made…

It's no surprise that after an abysmal first half, the Chicago Blackhawks are in the running for the highest odds to land the number 1 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. What if they actually land it? If the Blackhawks land the top pick in the draft, the list of'What ifs' and'Who to draft?' is longer than a hot summer day in the sweltering…

One Minnesota Wild blueliner has been a part of basically every trade rumor for the last few years now, but now might be the time where those rumors are realistic and teams are inquiring about the player. For real. According to TSN's Darren Dreger, both the Edmonton Oilers and Ottawa Senators have reached out to the Wild and GM Bill Guerin about…

Move over, Connor McDavid. There is a newer, younger and hotter Connor on everyone's radar: Connor Bedard. The consensus first-overall pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft just increased the hype with a record-setting performance at the World Juniors. And he has not slowed down. Thus, a handful of NHL teams are shamelessly tanking in hopes of winning…

The Montreal Canadiens returned to the Bell Centre following a very difficult stretch of road games, hosting the New York Rangers in an attempt to build some much-needed confidence. Long story short, despite a decent start, the Canadiens failed to register their 16th win of the year, losing 4-1 to the Rangers in a very one-sided affaire. The good…

Day four of the World Junior Championship is here! Group B is shaking up to be interesting. Finland sits in second, behind only Switzerland, but ahead of Team USA (fourth). Today, they will be taking on Latvia, who is looking to snag their first win of the tournament. Latvia is the underdog coming in. They lost to the USA in their first match, then…

Oliver Kapanen (Finland) and Adam Engstrom (Sweden) are off to a hot start in the 2023 World Junior Championship that's taking place in Halifax and Moncton. Kapanen was named the player of the game in Finland's second matchup, whereas Engstrom started the tournament by earning two assists. Montreal Canadiens prospect Justin Barron could provide the…

The transactions have come thick and fast recently for the Colorado Avalanche, with players coming in as free agents and others departing. Yet as the team tries to regain the Stanley Cup, it needs to look for depth, experience, and long-term prospects in its roster. Below is a look at three of the team's signings that could help: Brad Hunt will…

It's that time of year again! The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship (WJC) is nearly upon us. If it feels like it hasn't been that long since the last installment of this tournament, that's because the 2022 event was completed this past August after the original tournament was canceled last December. The 2023 WJC begins next Monday in host cities…

The Boston Bruins (27-12-6) look to complete a three-game mid-April sweep of the Buffalo Sabres (12-28-7) Friday at KeyBank Center. Puck drop will be at 7 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Bruins-Sabres odds and lines, with NHL picks and predictions. The Bruins won the first two games of this mid-week set by a combined score of 7-1, including a 5-1…

For the Montreal Canadiens, the light at the end of the tunnel's taken the form of the first-overall pick. However, there's a lot of track left on the road back to respectability after a last-place 2021-22. No shortcuts means heading into another tunnel for 2022-23, and that probably means tanking the season. Are all aboard? Now, it only "probably"…

Alex Ovechkin has broken two NHL records in a single month, overtaking ice hockey greats Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe. Ovechkin surpassed Gretzky's record for most NHL Road Goals as he scored two goals in the Washington Capitals 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on November 30. This gave him a total of 403 goals on the road. After the game,…

Vancouver-native Morgan Rielly was chosen by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. At the end of the 2012-13 season, he made his professional debut with the American Hockey League's (AHL) Toronto Marlies. He didn't stay there long. Rielly made the Maple Leafs roster out of the team's 2013-14…

Buffalo Sabres (11-13-1) at Columbus Blue Jackets (8-14-2) TV: TNT Radio: WGR 550 SB Nation Blue Jackets Blog: The Cannon Columbus Blue Jackets Record: 8-14-2 Last Game: 4-1 loss vs Pittsburgh Penguins Division Ranking: 8th in Metropolitan Division PP: 14.3% (32nd) PK: 77.9% (18th) 1. Die By The Penalty Kill We're really going to keep banging this…

BC-born Connor Bedard and the Regina Pats just completed a whirlwind tour of his home province. The best prospect to ever(?) come out of the WHL rampaged from Victoria to Prince George, selling out some barns that hadn't been sold out in a decade. All this, en route to the 17-year-old becoming the slam-dunk first overall selection in the 2023 NHL…

In the second of eight meetings between the two teams this season, the Cleveland Monsters, AHL affiliate of the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, drop the puck vs. the Rochester Americans, AHL affiliate of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres, on Thursday with full coverage, live from Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, underway at 7:00 pm on FOX Sports 1350 "The Gambler",…

The 2021/22 NHL regular season has been completed and we head to round two of the Stanley Cup playoffs. General managers of teams out of the playoffs have begun their offseason with the NHL Entry Draft and free agency right around the corner. This is also the time when fans get their predictions ready to determine what their teams will do this…

MONTREAL - Here's what's ahead on day two for the Vancouver Canucks at the NHL Entry Draft. Fans can watch from 8 a.m. on Sportsnet. The Canucks didn't have a pick in the second round, but did have picks in rounds 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. They had said they'd like to add a second rounder but weren't optimistic and in the end, they were right. They made…

Here we go, it's Stanley Cup Final time. We have two teams ready to kick things off this week after two final teams were sent to the golf course. Out of the Western Conference, the Colorado Avalanche look to win their first Stanley Cup title since the 2000-01 season. From the Eastern Conference, the Tampa Bay Lightning search for their third title…

The Ottawa Senators are currently 4-8-0, have lost six straight games, and are on the verge of losing their season before it even gets started. On Wednesday, Nov. 9, they placed Nikita Zaitsev on waivers. He has two years remaining on his contract, which is valued at $4.5 million per season. The 31-year-old has played seven games this season and…

In the first of eight meetings between the two teams this season, the Cleveland Monsters, AHL affiliate of the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, drop the puck vs. the Grand Rapids Griffins, AHL affiliate of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, on Wednesday with full coverage, live from Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, underway at 7:00 pm on FOX Sports 1350 "The…

The St. Louis Blues look to continue their miraculous 2018-19 season turnaround in Game 1 of their 2019 Stanley Cup Playoff Western Conference Quarterfinal against the Winnipeg Jets Wednesday night at 8 p.m. Eastern from Bell MTS Place. We finished the regular season at 22-15 in NHL picks and look to keep rolling through these playoffs. Odds…

The Pittsburgh Penguins are back for another run, and with their core back in tow and motivated for a "Last Dance", they'll be a force in the Metropolitan Division. Find out why the Pens are part of our best bets for the 2022-23 NHL season. Ahhhh, we did it, folks. Hockey is officially back! It feels so good to be talking about the NHL again after…

Both the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets got the 2022-23 NHL regular season off to a losing start. Columbus fell 4-1 on the road to the Carolina Hurricanes. Also on the road, Tampa Bay was dropped 3-1 by the New York Rangers. The Lightning are also favored to spoil the Blue Jackets' home opener. Tampa Bay is set as a -178 road…

The NHL season officially started last week, with twogames in Europe, but the North American schedule starts Tuesday. Here are five futures bets to make before the NHL season really gets underway. Finding long-term value in the futures market starts with finding potential upside. Grabbing favorites at short odds might be the right play insome…

Hockey season is here and the Flyers are ready to begin the 2022-23 season. Most experts have the Flyers near the bottom of the Metropolitan Division, and for that matter, the entire league. For our season preview, let's take a look at five things to get excited about this season, five Flyers predictions and five home games to watch. 5 things to…

The Montreal Canadiens should look forward to seeing what Justin Barron has in store for the 2022-23 season. The young defender is still finding his way in the NHL game after being a first-round draft choice from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche. Last season, Barron was acquired along with a 2024 second-round draft pick in…

A new direction and replenished farm system make the San Jose Sharks one of the more curious teams heading into the 2022-23 season. With so many question marks from top to bottom, just about any prediction would be a bold one for Team Teal. While there's plenty of reason for optimism, there's even more room for skepticism. Instead of dipping our…

Montreal Canadiens forward Sean Monahan's in the news again, having been healthy enough to play in the preseason. For the Habs' purposes, i.e., rebuilding, the hope is he stays that way, not just healthy… but in the news as even a relatively productive member of the forward group. If so, the Canadiens stand to gain quite a haul at the next trade…

Detroit Red Wings center Joe Veleno is well aware that he's working from behind the eight ball. He's playing catchup during the NHL preseason. A groin strain early in training camp left Veleno sitting on the sideline, enabling others ample opportunity to make an impression on new coach Derek Lalonde. "I've kind of had an open canvas, fresh start…

The Nashville Predators exceeded expectations in 2021-22 thanks mainly to the herculean efforts of defenseman Roman Josi and goaltender Juuse Saros. The team will have a more difficult time replicating last season, though the NHL odds are still bullish on its overall success. Saros is expected to be fully recovered from the ankle injury that kept…

The Winnipeg Jets look to bounce back this season following a turmoil-filled 2021-22. Last season's mess culminated in Paul Maurice stepping down as coach and Blake Wheeler losing his captaincy. Now, veteran coach Rick Bowness looks to right the ship while most of Winnipeg's core stays intact. The NHL odds are bearish on the Jets as they have them…

The Pacific Division is probably the weakest it's been in quite some time. Outside of the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers, there's reason to believe that any of the remaining five teams in the division could vie for that third playoff spot or the wild card position - well, except for the San Jose Sharks, who are presently in no man's land…

After looking like a traditional expansion team in the 2021-22 season, the Seattle Kraken enters the new NHL season with significantly lower expectations. Sharps bet online on the Kraken's outright odds last season to deflating effects. Seattle finished with 60 points, which was the worst in the Pacific Division and second-worst in the Western…

Let's talk about Cole Schwindt. "Who?" you might ask. On July 22, Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving traded star winger Matthew Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers. Tkachuk had told the Flames that he was not interested in signing an extension, and fellow star Johnny Gaudreau had already departed for the Columbus Blue Jackets in free agency.…

During the offseason, General Manager Bill Armstrong decided that the Arizona Coyotes were not good enough and needed to be rebuilt. He then proceeded to blow up the team completely. Only nine players on the opening night roster were with the organization last season, and one of them, Victor Söderström, played for the AHL last season, not the…

Monday Mailbag: Bo Horvat's next contract, skipping a rebuild, and predicting Danila Klimovich's point totals for next season It's the first Monday Mailbag in a new J.T. Miller extension world. The Vancouver Canucks locked up their star forward to a team record 56 million dollar contract over the next seven years. The Miller deal signals movement…

The Philadelphia Flyers are expected to be bottom feeders in the NHL this season and are all in on tank nation to try and get the best odds to draft Connor Bedard #1 overall at the 2023 NHL draft. If Sanheim is made available the Vancouver Canucks will be one team that will have interest. Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman were on their 32 Thoughts…

Hockey is a popular sport in many parts of the world. However, its popularity is more widespread within the United States. The NHL, the peak hockey league in the country, is one of the best sports leagues in the world. As some fans follow the games on TV and engage in NHL betting, so do others troop into NHL arenas to see the matches live. These…

It's clear that Chris Drury and the New York Rangers got a pretty good return for Nils Lundkvist, a player who wasn't destined to play for them anytime in the near future. They sent the young Swedish defenseman to the Dallas Stars for a 2023 first-round pick as well as a 2025 fourth-round pick. The smart money had the Rangers getting a…

The 2023 NHL Entry Draft is a long way from September, but there's a long road ahead to get to that point. While the Montreal Canadiens fell to the lottery picks in 2021-22, some fans hope they can do so again in 2022-23 to re-group and add another top piece. Not to mention, the consensus top pick in next year's draft is already known. Hockey…

Episode 2 of the "Beyond the Board" docuseries follows defenseman Tony DeAngelo from the Flyers Training Center in Voorhees to the familiar confines of the Hollydell Rink in his native Sewell, NJ, and back again. The presentation of the episode shows DeAngelo as his friends within the sport and the kids he's coached at Hollydell for the last four…

The Montreal Canadiens are getting ready for another season of Habs hockey. One of the players hoping to come back and have a strong season is Cole Caufield. The former first-round pick from the 2019 NHL Entry Draft is heading into year three with the Canadiens. He made his debut with the Montreal Canadiens during the 2020-21 season, logging just…

The 2022-23 NHL season is around the corner, and the New York Islanders are shaping up to have a big year in a competitive Metropolitan Division. The Islanders took a step back last year as they missed playoffs, resulting in Barry Trotz being fired after four seasons, and after a quiet offseason, there is a lot of uncertainty about how well the…

Edmonton Oilers prospect stronger and quicker heading into upcoming season after summer of preparation In the old days, taking a month or so off and just cruising into Western Hockey League training camp would be a normal occasion for the vast majority of players. Camp was for getting into shape for the season, right? So why bother with the extra…

On June 15, 2015, the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 to win their third Stanley Cup Championship in six years. Since then, the teams have had two very different levels of success. After two first-round losses in the next two seasons, the Blackhawks have not even come close to making the playoffs. The exception was the…