Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams What Evgeni Malkin’s early struggles suggest about his days as an elite playerIt was another subpar game for Evgeni Malkin on Saturday against the Islanders.He earned a power-play assist on the Penguins’ opening goal, his first power-play assist of the season, but again found...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams What Evgeni Malkin’s early struggles suggest about his days as an elite playerIt was another subpar game for Evgeni Malkin on Saturday against the Islanders.He earned a power-play assist on the Penguins’ opening goal, his first power-play assist of the season, but again found...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Luszczyszyn: Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have put themselves in a new tierIt’s the answer to a classic SAT-style word analogy: Connor McDavid is to Sidney Crosby as Leon Draisaitl is to Evgeni Malkin.Each of these dominant-down-the-middle one-two punches features one...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Luszczyszyn: Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have put themselves in a new tierIt’s the answer to a classic SAT-style word analogy: Connor McDavid is to Sidney Crosby as Leon Draisaitl is to Evgeni Malkin.Each of these dominant-down-the-middle one-two punches features one...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Top 100 NHL players: The Athletic’s Player Tiers — from Connor McDavid to Jamie BennAn email was sent out to 20 or so people in the NHL. The request to this group of coaches, executives and analysts was a little more complex than usual. For starters, it included a color-coded...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Top 100 NHL players: The Athletic’s Player Tiers — from Connor McDavid to Jamie BennAn email was sent out to 20 or so people in the NHL. The request to this group of coaches, executives and analysts was a little more complex than usual. For starters, it included a color-coded...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Tampa Bay Lightning 2020-21 season previewThe Lightning finally did it. After years and years of being the proverbial favorites, and another few months of waiting for last season to resume, they won the Stanley Cup. That it took as long as it did for a team that...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Tampa Bay Lightning 2020-21 season previewThe Lightning finally did it. After years and years of being the proverbial favorites, and another few months of waiting for last season to resume, they won the Stanley Cup. That it took as long as it did for a team that...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams By the numbers: The NHL’s 10 best contracts, 2020 editionThere’s a point in each offseason where most hockey fans will peruse CapFriendly and say “it’s just not fair.” That statement can go both ways, it could mean an amazing contract on a rival team or a...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams By the numbers: The NHL’s 10 best contracts, 2020 editionThere’s a point in each offseason where most hockey fans will peruse CapFriendly and say “it’s just not fair.” That statement can go both ways, it could mean an amazing contract on a rival team or a...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsWhy I left Draisaitl, Carlson and Couturier off my NHL awards ballotOn Sept. 10, Sean Couturier was awarded the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward. On Monday night before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, Leon Draisaitl won the Hart Trophy as league...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsWhy I left Draisaitl, Carlson and Couturier off my NHL awards ballotOn Sept. 10, Sean Couturier was awarded the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward. On Monday night before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, Leon Draisaitl won the Hart Trophy as league...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsSlap shots, wristers and deflections: Who are the best finishers in hockey?Scoring goals is hard work. In hockey, you miss 91 percent of the shots you take and even the best of the best only convert on one-in-five of their chances. It’s why the league’s most...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsSlap shots, wristers and deflections: Who are the best finishers in hockey?Scoring goals is hard work. In hockey, you miss 91 percent of the shots you take and even the best of the best only convert on one-in-five of their chances. It’s why the league’s most...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsThe Next Ones: Can Alex Nylander be the next Kyle Turris?No two hockey players are the same, but some are more similar than others. They may not look or play the same way on the ice, but the end result is close enough to wonder what it means for a player’s career...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsThe Next Ones: Can Alex Nylander be the next Kyle Turris?No two hockey players are the same, but some are more similar than others. They may not look or play the same way on the ice, but the end result is close enough to wonder what it means for a player’s career...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsThe Next Ones: Can Pierre-Luc Dubois be the next Aleksander Barkov?No two hockey players are the same, but some are more similar than others. They may not look or play the same way on the ice, but the end result is close enough to wonder what it means for a...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsThe Next Ones: Can Pierre-Luc Dubois be the next Aleksander Barkov?No two hockey players are the same, but some are more similar than others. They may not look or play the same way on the ice, but the end result is close enough to wonder what it means for a...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsThe Next Ones: Can Nico Hischier be the next Nathan MacKinnon?No two hockey players are the same but some are more similar than others. They may not look or play the same way on the ice but the end result is close enough to wonder what it means for a player’s...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured TeamsThe Next Ones: Can Nico Hischier be the next Nathan MacKinnon?No two hockey players are the same but some are more similar than others. They may not look or play the same way on the ice but the end result is close enough to wonder what it means for a player’s...WW…