OPINION
- ADAM PROTEAU: Predicting The NHL's 2025-26 Stanley Cup Champion (The Hockey News)
- ADAM PROTEAU: The NHL's Opening Week Is Packed Of Exciting Storylines (The Hockey News)
- AVRY-LEWIS MacDOUGALL: Oilers' Connor McDavid Explains Why He Left Money On The Table (The Hockey News)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Tick Tock: A New Doomsday Clock Has McDavid And Matthews Heading To Free Agency In 2028 (The Hockey News)
- LYLE RICHARDSON: NHL Rumor Roundup: Latest On Lukas Reichel, Jack Roslovic And Yegor Chinakhov (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Make no mistake, McDavid deal means Oilers are on the clock (Sportsnet)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Why Canucks' Derek Forbort is a 'classic example of a warrior' (Sportsnet)
- ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: 32 Thoughts: McDavid giving Oilers every chance to win Stanley Cup (Sportsnet)
- GENTRY ESTES: As Preds' new season arrives, it feels like a last stand (The Tennessean)
- LYNN WORTHY: Blues wise to set last season's magical run aside, focus on fast start this year (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Have the Carolina Hurricanes learned enough from the Panthers to dethrone them? (Raleigh News & Observer)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: Patrick Kane looking to make U.S. hockey history in 19th season (Buffalo News)
- MAC ENGEL Dallas Stars eyeing new Plano arena as part of ‘sports flight’ to the suburbs (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- TIM BENZ: From 'big picture' to little details, new Penguins coach Dan Muse shows promise in Game 1 (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- KEVIN SHERRINGTON: As Stars eye move from downtown, Dallas is guilty of same old story (Dallas Morning News)
- THOM LOVERRO: Last year or not, it’s Ovechkin. Count your blessings, fans (Washington Times)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Maple Leafs’ DNA was altered this off-season. Will the end result be different? (Toronto Star)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Who’s going to score for the Bruins? That’s left unanswered on eve of season, but brass believes in Boston’s grit. (Boston Globe)
- PAUL ZEISE: Penguins should be entertaining, but here’s hoping they also lose a lot (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- JIM ALEXANDER: Luc Robitaille assesses the state of the Kings (Los Angeles Daily News)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: How Connor McDavid became hockey’s LeBron James (Toronto Star)
- MOLLIE WALKER: Rangers can't afford to let opening loss become something bigger (New York Post)
- DAVE HYDE: A ‘goose-bumps’ Panthers night as banner goes up, new season starts with win (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- STU COWAN: Canadiens have talent to be a 100-point team this season (Montreal Gazette)