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Rookie Issue 2025
In our 2025 Rookie Issue, our cover story focuses on Dustin Wolf, the Calgary keeper who’s “jumped” in to help the team in its surprising playoff push. We also profile other sensational NHL freshmen: Macklin Celebrini, Matvei Michkov and Logan Stankoven. In addition, we look at some of the top rookies from the PWHL, the AHL and the CHL, and we preview the NHL trade deadline, with breakdowns for all 32 clubs.
CENTRAL DIVISION TRADE DEADLINE PREVIEW
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS IT SAYS A LOT about the state of play in Chicago that the Blackhawks’ ability to sell is actually an improvement on last season’s situation. Back then, a confluence of events resulted in GM Kyle Davidson off-loading just one player for a solitary fifth-round pick before the 2024 deadline. This time around, Davidson will be open for business. But how attractive his assets are to contenders will be limited given this season’s iteration of the Hawks is no better, and perhaps somehow worse, than last year’s. Taylor Hall, Pat Maroon, Craig Smith and Alec Martinez will draw varying degrees of interest. RYAN DONATO is Chicago’s lone piece of trade fodder who’s increased his value this campaign. Versatile enough to play any position up front, Donato has flourished and is on…
INTERNATIONAL APPETIZER
WHEN THE PUCK DROPS on the 4 Nations Face-Off at Montreal’s Bell Centre on Feb. 12, with the top NHL talents from Canada and Sweden squaring off in the tournament’s opening game, it will mark the return of best-on-best men’s hockey – albeit with an asterisk. The footnote here is that the Olympics this is not. Truthfully, the four-team tournament is to the pinnacle of international hockey what a fast-food hamburger is to A5 Wagyu steak. But hey, while nothing hits the sweet spot quite like the finest cut in town, you’re not about to turn down two patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, all on a sesame-seed bun, when you’re starving. It is, however, impossible to ignore that the tournament has, for some, been defined as much by what it…
METRO DIVISION TRADE DEADLINE PREVIEW
CAROLINA HURRICANES AS HAS BEEN THE standard in recent years, the Hurricanes are a Stanley Cup contender with great analytics and possession numbers. It’s just a matter of getting over the hump. To do so, they need to plan for all possibilities. The offense has not been an issue, as Carolina’s goals per game is near the top of the NHL leaderboard. The penalty kill has also been a strength. But there are areas where they could marginally improve, and after faltering in the past few post-season runs, this is where the details matter. The most obvious target is an upgrade in net, as the injury woes have become too frequent for FREDERIK ANDERSEN. While Pyotr Kochetkov has established himself as the starter, the trend of one goalie getting all 16 wins…
FROM BLUE TO BLUE
MOMENTUM IS A HECKUVA thing. In the team’s round-robin opener of the 2025 WJC against Canada, Finland lost 4-0 and was outshot 41-31 for an inauspicious debut. But after that, the two teams diverged. Canada won just once more (against near-relegated Germany), while the Finns won their next five. They were also the only team to beat the U.S., winning 4-3 in overtime during the round-robin. For Buffalo Sabres first-rounder Konsta Helenius, that loss to Canada was a lesson. “Every game matters because it’s a tournament and only seven games total,” he said. “We had to play our best hockey every game.” And while the Americans got revenge on Finland in the gold-medal game with a 4-3 overtime victory of their own, this was yet another tournament in which the Finns proved…
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