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NHL season preview: Power Rankings, X factors, predictions
More Teams. More Games. With NHL opening night on the horizon, take a look back at some of the best moments from last season. (0:58) After a wild offseason that included multiple superstars joining or leaving the Calgary Flames, opening night of the 2022-23 NHL season is fast approaching. ESPN will be your home for […]
Continue readingDucks, defenseman Jamie Drysdale reach 3-year, $6.9M deal
The Ducks announced the deal Thursday before their penultimate preseason game against Arizona. Drysdale is signed through the 2025-26 season. Drysdale was the sixth overall pick in the 2020 draft, and the puck-moving defenseman appeared to be a budding star while scoring 32 points in 81 games for the Ducks as a 19-year-old in the […]
Continue readingHow Terry, Forsberg, other NHL stars will level up in 2023-24
That opening puck drop doesn’t come without months of preparation, though, and we’re not just talking in the gym. Getting game-day ready goes beyond just the weight a player can handle on the squat rack — to how they manage the load of inevitable expectation on their shoulders. “I think the hardest part of pro […]
Continue readingNHL superstar poll: Must-see players, rule changes and more
ESPN’s Kristen Shilton and Greg Wyshynski caught up with dozens of star players at the NHL Player Media Tour near Las Vegas last week and asked all the pertinent questions: What team or player are they most excited to watch? Which current or former teammate will one day make a great coach or GM? What’s […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey preview: How to draft your centers
I’m not saying there is a good argument to be made; my stance is clear from previous positional previews that the best fantasy world is an all “F” forward fantasy world. But I get it when it comes to centers. They are the position from which an offense is built. They are the foundation for […]
Continue reading2023-24 Fantasy hockey top 300 player rankings
No surprises at the top, where a pair of star teammates in Edmonton lead fantasy forwards once again. Keep reading to see where postseason standouts in Matthew Tkachuk and Jake Oettinger sit, as well as much-hyped draft pick Connor Bedard. 1. Connor McDavid, C, Edm (C1) 2. Leon Draisaitl, C, Edm (C2) 3. Elias Pettersson, […]
Continue reading2023 NHL draft fantasy expectations: Bedard, Carlsson, more
As an old-timey traffic reporter might advise, pack your patience with this crew. In what’s forming into an increasingly popular trend in player development, the overwhelming majority of these prospects are expected to spend at least one year, if not more, maturing elsewhere. Perhaps all but one, even. Nevertheless, it’s always wise to look ahead, […]
Continue readingDucks take Carlsson over Fantilli with No. 2 pick of NHL draft
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Anaheim Ducks made it known they were going to take a center with the second pick of Thursday night’s NHL draft, but they kept whom they were going to select a secret. Many considered University of Michigan freshman Adam Fantilli the favorite, but the Ducks instead opted to take Orebro HK […]
Continue reading2023 NHL draft live updates: 7 round, 32 team pick tracker
Welcome to the 2023 NHL draft. From the first round all the way to pick No. 224, this page will be your home for tracking every selection, including notes on team fit for the 32 players taken in the first round from Ryan S. Clark, Kristen Shilton and Greg Wyshynski. ESPN will broadcast the first […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: Way-Too-Early edition for 2023-24
And now, their title defense begins. As we await the 2023 NHL draft, along with free agency and trade season, it’s time for the Way-Too-Early edition of the 2023-24 NHL Power Rankings, voted on by the extended ESPN hockey family. Along with the ranking, we present the big things we’re watching this summer for each […]
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