Recapping The 2025 NHL Entry Draft: What The Locals Accomplished

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by Matthew Blittner - June 29, 2025June 29, 20250

Have you ever heard how the month of March supposedly comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb? Well, it’s not just March that does that. While The NHL’s annual Entry Draft doesn’t always follow that rule, it did in 2025. Friday morning, hours before the first round

2025 NHL Draft: Day 2 Recap

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by Victor Nuno - June 29, 2025June 29, 20250

Day 2 of the 2025 NHL Draft opened up the floodgates—teams widened their focus and took upside gambles to find hidden talent and fill organizational needs. Here are the top takeaways and five Day 2 standouts worth deeper attention. Key Trends● Day 2 mirrored Round 1 in many ways: teams swung

2025 NHL Draft: Day 1 Recap

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by Victor Nuno - June 28, 2025June 28, 20250

While it's too early to crown winners and losers, Day 1 of the 2025 NHL Draft revealed cleartrends, surprise decisions, and excellent value picks that shaped the draft narrative. Itdelivered the expected star power up top—but quickly veered into surprising territory,showing how NHL front offices are thinking long-term and strategically. Top

2025 NHL Draft New Pressure Points

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by Russ_Cohen - June 26, 2025June 26, 20250

So, what will the San Jose Sharks do? Are they really going to go with Anton Frondell. I wouldn’t do it. I would take Michael Misa. Frondell is terrific but he will never have the offensive potential of Misa. We shall see. I think from picks 2-5, it can get mixed

Blittner’s Blue Line: Let The Offseason Chaos Begin

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by Matthew Blittner - June 23, 2025June 23, 20250

The Stanley Cup Final only just ended a week ago. The Draft is right around the corner, as is the onset of Free Agency. But if you thought that meant things would be quiet for a couple days, guess again. We’ve already seen five noteworthy trades go down, with more sure

Courtney Hansen Has Created Something Special

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by Russ_Cohen - June 19, 2025June 19, 20250

Courtney Hansen loves cars. She has a passion for them. That becomes evident after a two-minute conversation, and we spoke much longer than that. Her hit television show, Ride of Your Life with Courtney Hansen. “I grew up in an automotive family. My father, Jerry Hansen raised SCCA, which is sports

Florida Finished The Job

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by Russ_Cohen - June 18, 2025June 18, 20250

The Panthers locked down their defense. They had great goaltending, thanks to Sergei Bobrovsky. He was out there late in warmups, and that’s when I knew he wanted the work. I’d seen him do that in Philly and during his career. Eetu Luostarinen quietly goes about his business and now has

Florida Will Empty the Tank in Game Six

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by Russ_Cohen - June 17, 2025June 17, 20250

The Florida Panthers are on the cusp of repeating. That’s hard to do. They know how injured Matthew Tkachuk is. Paul Maurice can say he’s playing better, but for how long? I think the Panthers will put in a massive push in this game. I think they learned from last

Blittner’s Blue Line: Unveiling The Olympic Six

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by Matthew Blittner - June 16, 2025June 16, 20250

National Pride. Bragging Rights. Best-on-Best. That’s what the Olympics are all about. The 2026 Winter Games in Italy are less than eight months away and on Monday, June 16, 2025, the 12 countries who will be competing for glory in ice hockey each announced their first six players as part of

Bill Guerin Will Let the Goalies Battle it Out for the Olympics

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by Russ_Cohen - June 16, 2025June 16, 20250

The Olympics are drawing near. Team USA named their first six: Matthew Tkachuk, Brady Tkachuk, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Quinn Hughes, and Charlie McAvoy. No goaltending was named, and GM Bill Guerin talked about it. “It was just kind of the thing that we talked about, you know, before we