The Leafs signed Jake Gardiner to a five-year extension worth $20.25 million, which is a fair value for a defenseman of his ability even though a two-year bridge deal would have been less risky. Read more »

With Nashville being a small market team, the franchise has financially strict parameters. David Poile has always done his best to work around that, often resorting to short-term solutions to try to keep the team in the playoff hunt. Read more »

While it may seem impossible for the Blackhawks to put talent around their two young superstars, it is unlikely that they will have any issues due to the rising salary cap and other talented players on long term deals already under contract. Read more »

Weeks after stepping in as general manager of the Canucks, Jim Benning has already had a huge impact on the club. It is now very obvious that the Canucks have committed to a a semi-rebuild, adding new prospects, draft picks and also making signings to keep the club in the playoff hunt for the 14-15 season. Read more »

Paul Stastny, Thomas Vanek, Marian Gaborik and Jarome Iginla are some of the biggest names in free agency. Read more »

Considering the Kings had five players who could have been awarded the Conn Smyth, it’s safe to say that their star power and depth were the key reason to their success. Read more »

The Kings had a far more difficult path to the Finals, coming back from 3-0 against the Sharks and beating the rival Ducks before taking down the defending champs in the Blackhawks. Read more »

The Bruins appear to be the consensus pick by many to win the Stanley Cup, though the Rangers may be that one dark-horse team to win it all. Read more »

The Ducks, Blues, Blackhawks, Penguins and Avalanche move into our Top-Five NHL Teams at the Sochi Olympics break. Read more »

The Bruins, Blackhawks, Penguins, Kings and Rangers are in the top-five of our preseason NHL Power Rankings. Read more »

Usually, I applaud teams for signing young core players for multiple years, allowing a successful team (in this case, a Stanley Cup winning team) to maintain chemistry and consistency, but there is a lockout ongoing. Read more »

The 1999 draft was the one that GM Brian Burke has built his entire career around, acquiring both of the Sedins for the Canucks. Read more »

The Oilers should be elated about locking up an important piece of their puzzle in Taylor Hall, but the one worry is health. Read more »

Power forwards Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers were recently rewarded for career years with a new six-year contract each. Read more »

The positive momentum has yet to stop for the Carolina Hurricanes this offseason. After trading for and extending Jordan Staal, signing Alexander Semin to a no-risk one-year contract, GM Jim Rutherford announced the team had come to terms with former Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner on a long-term deal. Read more »

Pavel Datsyuk was drafted 171st overall in 1998, but would go first if we redo the draft, even ahead of Vincent Lecavalier. Read more »

The Blue Jackets chose quantity over quality in their long anticipated trade of Rick Nash. Read more »

The Minnesota Wild came out as big winners in free agency by Zach Parise and Ryan Suter Read more »

Breaking down the big contracts signed by Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Quick, Ondrej Pavelec, Cory Schneider, Dennis Wideman, Jarret Stoll and more. Read more »

The Jordan Staal trade by the Penguins to the Hurricanes went down as the biggest move of an eventful weekend. Read more »