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

Blittner’s Blue Line: The NHL’s Mount Rushmore

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by Matthew Blittner - June 10, 2025June 10, 20250

Time to embrace debate. Over the last couple of weeks, hockey writers and fans alike have been very active on social media. And why shouldn’t they be? The Stanley Cup Playoffs have been in full swing since mid-April, with The Stanley Cup Final now three games old and the Florida Panthers

The College Hockey Landscape is Changing

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by Russ_Cohen - June 9, 2025June 9, 20250

The NHL Combine was wild, given the changes coming to college hockey. Now that players can get shared NIL revenue from schools. Up to 20.5 million during the upcoming academic year. Now some top CHL players will be headed to college campuses this fall. Defenseman Jackson Smith hasn’t committed yet,

Combine Report – Who the Flyers Spoke With and a Few Others

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by Russ Cohen - June 7, 2025July 17, 20250

I spoke with a lot of players and will have more profiles up on nhldraftbuzz.com. I already have a bunch there, and you can expect more leading up to the 2025 NHL Draft. Of the 90 players here, I was able to draw a few conclusions. If you were a big

NHL Combine News and Notes

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by Russ_Cohen - June 6, 2025June 6, 20250

The 2025 NHL Combine interviews are a player’s final exam. Teams talk to players all throughout the year, and there’s a good reason for that. They are trying to gain some insight into what makes them tick. I do that as well, and that’s why I interview as many players

The Easton Cowan Conundrum

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by Russ Cohen - June 3, 2025June 3, 20250

Easton Cowan’s junior career is over. He’s 20, and this past September, he was hoping to make the jump to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He had a mature take. He told us where his game was at. “Yeah, I think I could play anywhere in the lineup. I feel like

NHL Awards Show to Celebrate League’s Top Players and Reveal Winners of Select Awards

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by Russ_Cohen - June 3, 2025June 3, 20250

NEW YORK (June 3, 2025) – The best players and coaches from the 2024-25 season will be celebrated in the 2025 NHL Awards, a one-hour special that will premiere on June 12, at 6 p.m. ET on TNT in the U.S. and Sportsnet in Canada, before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. Produced by

Blittner’s Blue Line: A Cup Rematch For The Ages

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by Matthew Blittner - June 3, 2025June 3, 20250

They say the sequel is never as good as the original. Well, whoever coined that phrase clearly didn’t have the 2024-25 NHL Stanley Cup Final in mind. For just the 11th time since The NHL took full control of The Stanley Cup, there is a rematch in consecutive years. And

Blittner’s Blue Line: FINALLY, Team USA Wins Gold And The Islanders Get Their Man

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by Matthew Blittner - May 27, 2025May 27, 20250

“USA! USA! USA!” How apropos that on Memorial Day Weekend, Team USA ended its 92-year drought to win Gold at the IIHF Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship. Tage Thompson of the Buffalo Sabres, scored the overtime “Golden Goal” to give The USA its first championship at the event since 1933. And