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Yearbook 2024-25
We've taken all the elements from our summer annuals to create a supersized, one-stop-shop, 228-page magazine that gives you all you need to know for the 2024-25 NHL season. In Yearbook + Fantasy Guide, you'll find team previews, predictions and features. We have four pages of analysis on each of the 32 NHL teams, plus our yearly Top 50 NHLers list and features on Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Cale Makar, Victor Hedman, Mark Scheifele and more. For the fantasy hockey players, you get projections for 850-plus skaters and goalies, full organizational rosters, our Points-O-Meter for each team, depth charts, Future Watch and our skater and goalie checklists.
ROOKIE REPORT
THE NHL’S 2024-25 rookie class will be a mature one. We expect some fun things from Macklin Celebrini, but the No. 1 pick is the only lock from the 2024 draft class to go straight to The Show. A defenseman such as Artyom Levshunov or Sam Dickinson could break the mold, but it’s more likely we see them in 2025-26. Most of the 10 players on these pages have already seen some NHL action but not enough to squash their Calder Trophy eligibility. To that end, we’ve omitted impressive youngsters such as Simon Edvinsson (Detroit), Brandt Clarke (Los Angeles) and David Jiricek (Columbus), as they’ll officially enter 2024-25 as NHL sophomores, based on the Calder’s games-played rule. There will be some great opportunities for the promising freshmen players on this list, many…
IT’S IN THE STARS
BELIEVE IT OR not, we’re approaching the 25th anniversary of the New Jersey Devils winning the Stanley Cup over the Dallas Stars. In 2025, the staff of The Hockey News predicts that Dallas will get belated revenge of sorts by seizing the championship over those same Devils. Coming off a 2024 Cup final that had enough twists and turns to give Florida-Edmonton instant-classic status, the bar has been set high for drama. And the road to the final will be difficult for both teams. Most obviously, we must acknowledge that New Jersey didn’t even make the playoffs last season. But there were some pretty big caveats to explain that. Linchpin defenseman Dougie Hamilton missed almost the entire campaign due to injury, burgeoning superstar Jack Hughes was sidelined for 20 games, and the…
2024-25 NHL SCHEDULE
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS There were still many players who had yet to sign NHL contracts by our press time in early August. Here are the most prominent ones…
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
BY BRIAN HEDGER PREDICTION | 8TH IN METRO AFTER YET ANOTHER SUMMER of change, the Blue Jackets head into a new season with the most likely outcome being a fifth straight year without a playoff berth. There were seismic shifts in Columbus, beginning with the hiring of former Carolina GM Don Waddell to replace both president of hockey ops John Davidson and GM Jarmo Kekalainen. Waddell fired coach Pascal Vincent, traded Alexandre Texier, bought out Adam Boqvist and left Jake Bean without a qualifying offer. He also juggled a raft of free agents and hired a new coach in Dean Evason, who faces a big cleanup. And Waddell still must deal with Patrik Laine’s trade request made while he was still in the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program. The team also added UFAs Sean…
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