Where is every franchise in its current championship contention timeline? Welcome back to Stanley Cup Windows, an annual series in which I plot each team’s progress.

The NHL's free agency window opens up on Tuesday, July, 1, check out which teams bettors should circle for a wager before players begin to move.

While losing Roy hurts the Golden Knights' depth just a tad, adding Marner to their stacked forward core of Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Tomáš Hertl and Ivan Barbashev will more than make up for ...

Placing Eichel next to Marner—potentially with Mark Stone on the other side—could create one of the most dangerous top lines in the NHL next season.

Rantanen’s presence, along with that of players like Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz, Jake Oettinger, Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston — all drafted by Nill — have the Stars set up well for ...

On top of that, he would be a good fit for Vegas’ defensively-minded forward group, which already features strong two-way players such as Jack Eichel, Mark Stone and William Karlsson.

With a core that already includes elite talent on offense, adding Mitch Marner would give the Vegas Golden Knights a definitive edge over a loaded Western Conference.

After declining trade offers, the Blue Jackets used the first of two first-round picks on Penn State bound defenseman Jackson Smith.

Smith, 18, is listed at 6-feet-4, 198 pounds and draws comparisons to Dallas Stars star defenseman Miro Heiskanen. Smith said Heiskanen is one of the NHL defensemen he's watched closely to shape ...

They advanced to a third straight Western Conference Final despite being without forward Tyler Seguin (hip) and defenseman Miro Heiskanen (knee) for a large part of the season because of injury.

A new crop of NHL players will learn just where their careers are going to start as the 2025 NHL Draft gets started on Friday, June 27 and continues through Saturday, June 28.