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Best of the Best 2019-20

Best of the Best 2019-20

The Hockey News' Best Of The Best Issue is available now. In our cover story, we break down the very best of the hockey world in 25 categories, from best slapshot to best trash talker. Also in the issue: features on Nikita Kucherov and Torey Krug, plus the best-kept secret for each of the 31 NHL teams, a how-to guide on skating like a superstar and an oral history of the film Mystery, Alaska, 20 years after its release.

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TRAVERSING TRAVERSE CITY

THE MINNESOTA WILD WERE once again one of eight NHL teams to participate in the Traverse City prospects tournament in Michigan this September, and it did not go well. The Wild kids were the only squad to go winless, and the eighth-place game against Chicago wasn’t even close. But there were some extenuating circumstances. To begin with, top center Alexander Khovanov missed the tourney after having surgery to remove a tumor on his leg. Defenseman Filip Johansson stayed back in Sweden, where the season starts earlier. And Matthew Boldy and new Boston College bud Jack McBain couldn’t play because the tournament features signed NHL prospects – so competing against them would be an NCAA no-no. The glass half-full perspective: Minnesota got to see what some of its other picks could do.…

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IF A PICTURE COULD TALK

ONE OF THE FIRST things you notice in this photo from 1927 is the youthful look of excitement on the face of Howie Morenz, seated in the snow in the middle. He either just shared a laugh with Herb Gardiner, looking down on him from his left, or he got a nudge in the back from the foot of Pit Lepine, standing above him with a devilish look to Morenz’ right. Maybe Morenz and George Hainsworth shared a joke about how they’ll soon be walking away from this photo shoot with wet bums. They’re lying in the snow with the same gap-lipped smile, suggesting they were laughing or talking a second earlier. Whatever it was, Morenz looks great. A happy kid. Just 24. Hanging out with his Montreal teammates. That’s such a…

A Thousand Words

Make That A Combo

Canucks legends Henrik and Daniel Sedin shared everything during their NHL careers, from the spotlight to a line to the scoring title in consecutive years. So it’s only natural to pass the popcorn before Vancouver’s home opener.

Best Of The Best

Best IN FRONT OF THE NET (OFFENSE)

ANDERS LEE | NY ISLANDERS THE ISLANDERS CAPTAIN already has a 40-goal season under his belt, and while New York thrived as a defensive squad last year, Lee still caused havoc in front of the enemy crease. “He is absolutely the toughest to defend against in front,” said one NHL coach. At 6-foot-3 and 231 pounds, Lee has the frame of a football player, and that’s because he used to be one: a star quarterback with Edina high school in Minnesota, to be precise. Now he uses his big body and deft hands to tally goals in the NHL, and the Islanders are glad he chose the ice over the gridiron. Also getting consideration was a new veteran member of the New Jersey Devils. “I don’t know many guys who can…