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Three defensemen. Three franchises that have never won this award. One trophy that's about to make history. The NHL announced Cale Makar, Rasmus Dahlin, and Zach Werenski as the 2025-26 Norris Trophy finalists, and here's what nobody's talking about enough: if either Dahlin or

The Selke Trophy ballot dropped and something's very wrong. Aleksander Barkov, the two-time reigning winner, isn't on it. Not a finalist. Not even nominated. His streak ends at two, and honestly, that might be the most interesting thing about this whole race. No player has ever

Gavin McKenna. Whitehorse, Yukon. 51 points in 35 games at Penn State. Big Ten scoring champion. Hobey Baker finalist. And tonight, the entire hockey world holds its breath to see if Vancouver finally catches a break. The 2026 NHL Draft Lottery goes live at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

The NHL Draft Lottery goes down Tuesday and Vancouver's got the most ping-pong balls on the board. That's not breaking news if you've been watching — the Canucks went 25-49-8, finished 14 points worse than the next-worst team, and earned dead last by a comfortable

Carolina hasn't trailed for a single second in these playoffs. Five games, five leads from the opening faceoff. The Hurricanes are running teams right out of the building and nobody seems to have an answer. Logan Stankoven has scored in five straight postseason games. Five. He dropped four

The Buffalo Sabres are moving on. Not just to the second round — to something this franchise hasn't touched since Ryan Miller was in goal, since Daniel Briere was dropping jaws, since Zach Benson was still in diapers. Buffaloclinched their first playoff series win since May 6, 2007, disposing