Atlantic Division

Player Profile: Mark Kastelic

Mark Kastelic was born on March 11, 1999, in Phoenix, Arizona. Kastelic comes from a hockey family, as his father, Ed, played 210 career NHL games for the Washington Capitals and Hartford Whalers. His grandfather, Pat Stapleton, and his uncle, Mike Stapleton, each played in the NHL as well. Mark played two seasons for the […]

Brad Marchand: The Star of the Bruins TikTok

Breaking the Ice: How Social Media is Transforming the NHL’s Image from Boring to Bold

So gone are the days of cardboard cut-out players and out-of-touch athletes. Social media has reminded us that these are real people too and they can do a TikTok dance just as poorly as the rest of us.

Player Profile: Max Jones

Max Jones was born on February 17, 1998, in Rochester, Michigan. Jones comes from a hockey family as his father, Brad, played for three NHL teams (Winnipeg, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia). Max’s brother, Mitch, plays in the Federal Prospects Hockey League, and his cousin, Harrison Caines, is a forward at Nipissing University. Max played on […]

Breaking: Detroit Red Wings and Joe Veleno Avoid Arbitration

The Detroit Red Wings have agreed to contract terms with center Joe Veleno. The contract carries a salary cap hit of two years and $2.275 million, according to PuckPedia. This is one of the contracts that needed to be fit under the Red Wings’ salary cap as the team continues to negotiate with forward Lucas […]

Seattle Kraken celebrate win at Climate Pledge Arena

Seattle Kraken Offseason Recap

The Seattle Kraken have made quite a few moves during this years off-season. They started out with re-signing four players that were set to be free agents on June 30th, followed by picking up defenseman Brandon Montour and forward Chandler Stephenson on the first day of free-agency, and then finished out that afternoon with signing […]

One Boston Bruins Prospect Lands in the Top 100

Scott Wheeler of The Athletic has compiled a list of the Top 100 NHL prospects heading into the 2024-25 season, and the Boston Bruins are represented by one of their young organizational talents at number 88. Talented forward Fabian Lysell, a 2021 first-round draft pick, is still considered Boston’s best prospect after a season with […]

Prospect Profile: Casper Nassen

Casper Nassen was born on April 11, 2004, in Norrtalje, Sweden. Nassen’s older brother, Linus, played two seasons as a defenseman in the Western Hockey League for Medicine Hat and is currently with Jukurit of the Finnish Liiga. Casper played during the 2019-20 season for SDE HC U16 in Sweden and scored 19 goals with […]

Detroit Red Wings Prospect Pool: Strong System Ranking a Sign of Things to Come

The Detroit Red Wings drafted forward Michael Brandsegg-Nygård with the fifteenth overall pick in the first round of the 2024 NHL entry draft. The Oslo, Norway native has signed his entry-level contract with the Red Wings. MBN is the best wing prospect currently in the Red Wings’ prospect pool. I recently wrote that Brandsegg-Nygård was […]

Prospect Profile: Kristian Kostadinski

Kristian Kostadinski was born on March 20, 2005, in Goteborg, Sweden. Kostadinski played for Frolunda HC U16 team during the 2018-19 season and split time between divisions 1 and 2. In eleven games, the defenseman totaled one goal and four assists. The next season, in 25 games, Kostadinski scored 10 goals with 18 assists. During […]

Coaching Profile: Jim Montgomery

Jim Montgomery was born on June 30, 1969, in Montreal, Quebec. Montgomery was a forward who played four seasons at the University of Maine-Orono from 1989-1993. In that time, Montgomery appeared in 170 games and scored 103 goals with 178 assists. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound center played 122 career NHL games with five teams and registered […]