The Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup in 2023 after missing the playoffs in the 2021-22 season. Otherwise, it’s a rarity for a team to miss the playoffs one season and hoist Lord Stanley’s Mug the next. The only other time in the past decade a team won it all after missing the playoffs
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Welcome to the Daily Hockey Trivia for Sept. 10, 2024. This is a daily series that will test and challenge your knowledge of the modern and historical aspects of NHL hockey. Each day will have three multiple-choice questions with an answer key at the bottom of the page. Daily Hockey Trivia (The Hockey Writers) Each
Late last week, we looked at five NHL teams who could regress this coming season. Today, we’ll look at five teams who struggled a season ago and have bounce-back potential in 2024-25. Let’s get right to it. Seattle Kraken 2023-24 season: 34-35-13, 81 points, 6th in Pacific The Seattle Kraken took a significant step back
A lot of fans are optimistic heading into the 2024-25 season and particularly, expect some skaters to overachieve. For a few players, the goal is to score goals, and lots of them. The 30-goal mark seems like the unofficial barrier to declare someone an elite scorer and one many skaters can surprise us and reach
Who scored 30 goals last season? The first skaters that come to mind are Auston Matthews (69 goals), Connor McDavid (32), Nathan MacKinnon (51), and Nikita Kucherov (44). Some also had breakout seasons that are hard to forget, notably Zach Hyman and Sam Reinhart, who both surpassed the 50-goal mark. Related: Projecting the NHL’s Top
Atlantic Division roundup? Check. Metropolitan Division roundup? Check. Now, let’s move on to the Western Conference, starting with the Central Division, which looks more balanced than it did a season ago. Which teams improved the most this offseason? And which ones may have gotten a little worse? Let’s take a look. Dallas Stars 2023-24 season:
The St. Louis Blues will enter the 2024-25 season under new full-time head coach Drew Bannister and a few changes to the roster. The Central Division isn’t the best in the NHL, but it’s probably not going to be the worst either. The Blues will likely end up somewhere in the middle. Let’s look at
Joe Smith and Michael Russo of The Athletic: Sources have said that the Minnesota Wild showed some interest in Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine dating back to the draft in June. Since teams are now eligible to talk to Laine, it’s expected that the Wild will be one of those teams. The Wild don’t
The Columbus Blue Jackets have been trying to reach an agreement to trade forward Patrik Laine for what feels like forever, and it seems there may be a new team interested in acquiring his services. According to a recent article posted by TSN, the Minnesota Wild have an interest in Laine, and general manager (GM)
The biggest moves of the 2024 offseason have passed and the 2024-25 season is close to two months away, meaning it is the perfect time to start predicting how each NHL team will perform. Every season comes with countless shocking results and breakout stars. This season is expected to be no different as the caliber
The Minnesota Wild secured some of their defensive future yesterday afternoon when they announced the contract extension of Minnesota native Brock Faber. It’s an eight-year deal worth $68 million and an average annual value of about $8.5 million. This signing shouldn’t surprise anyone who watched him this past season, especially when he was runner-up to
The Minnesota Wild report cards have restarted and reached the forwards, with Connor Dewar being the most recent; now it’s time for his nickname buddy, Brandon Duhaime’s turn. Like Dewar, he was also dealt at this past trade deadline, but he went to a division rival in the Colorado Avalanche, which was followed by a
It’s impossible to build a Stanley Cup champion without a great general manager (GM) to lead the front office. They are the architects, the ones with a plan and a vision for how the team should draft well, develop and make superb free agency and trade deadline additions, and everything in between. Related: Red Wings
All successful NHL teams are built through a general manager’s (GM) vision. A blueprint has to be made and executed through trades, signings, drafting, and elsewhere. There is no definitive way to build a Stanley Cup contender, and no blueprint can be completed twice. While GMs typically have longer leashes than head coaches, they still
New York Islanders 2018 first-round pick and former top prospect Oliver Wahlstrom has had a rough start to his NHL career. He joined the Islanders full-time in 2020, underwent a coaching change a few seasons later, then tore his ACL once he got in a groove. While it has been clear for a while he
With the 122nd pick of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, the Minnesota Wild have selected Aron Kiviharju from HIFK of Liiga About Aron Kiviharju Aron Kiviharju essentially played no hockey during his draft year aside from the U18 World Championship where he had three assists in five games. Seen as one of the best defensive
NHL Now: David Pagnotta on NHL Now when asked about the goalie market after Jacob Markstrom and Darcy Kuemper were traded this week. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Bill Pidto: “So Kuemper’s a King. Markstrom’s a Devil. How about the rest of the goalie trade market? Linus UIlmark may be on the move soon, from the Bruins.
The Los Angeles Kings have been heavily rumored to be in the market for a goaltender recently. At the 2024 Trade Deadline, there were reports of Linus Ullmark and Jacob Markstrom trades being in the works, and recently Darcy Kuemper speculation has ramped up. Now with the offseason underway, it may be a good time