Connor McDavid News & Stories

Cam and Ryan react to the official Olympic rosters for the U.S. and Canada.

Cam Robinson and Ryan Lambert try to figure out who the United States and Canada will take to the Olympics.

In Part 4 of our Olympic Stock Watch series, Cam Robinson and Ryan Lambert discuss how the first six weeks of the NHL season has shifted expectations for the United States and Canada.

It says something about just how astounding Connor McDavid’s first ten seasons in the NHL have been that a 122-point pace regular season followed by a run to the Cup...

Kirill Kaprizov turned down the biggest contract in NHL history for unclear reasons. So what does that mean for his team?

Connor McDavid isn't just happily re-signing with the Edmonton Oilers right now. The big question is why.

The Oilers still have the two best forwards on earth. But this summer, they targeted a different type of depth forward.

Hockey Canada recently announced the roster of NHL players it would invite to its late-August Olympic orientation camp.That’s where the reigning Four Nations gold medal winners will start mapping out...

Scoring in the NHL could drop below 6 goals a game this season. That's not good for business.

This summer, the Oilers have to answer one enormous question, a couple big ones, and a few small ones. But man, that enormous one is among the most important any team has ever faced.

The best player in the world has been notably absent from the last few games of the Stanley Cup Final.

There isn't a strong favorite for Conn Smythe right now, meaning it's anyone's ballgame.

Leon Draisaitl in seven games of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final: 0-3—3 Leon Draisaitl in one game of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final: 2-0—2 UH OH!

JFresh previews the 2025 Stanley Cup Final.

NHL commentators are turning into Reverse Grover Norquists... they hate these no-income-tax states!!!!

JFresh previews the Western Conference Final between the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers.

Same old problems. Maybe time to try a new solution? (The previous solution was "not doing anything.")

Holland's first press conference as Kings GM revealed a lot about what he thinks his job is.

You'll never guess what went wrong in Game 3. ... Oh, you guessed very easily? Hmm. Seems like that's its own problem.

JFresh previews the second-round playoff series between the Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers.

We sure are getting a lot of interesting info, and lots of good hockey already, from the teams in this postseason.

JFresh previews the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series between the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers.

Canada got star players to play good old fashioned hockey en route to a 5-3 win that was almost never in doubt.

The NHL shouldn't get to take credit for how well best-on-best hockey is working, since it's the one that's been denying us best-on-best hockey for more than a decade.

The eldest player at the event also leads it in scoring. How Sidney Crosby continues to be masterful. Cam Robinson has the details

To the tune of that "Flashdance" song: Power Feelings.

The Predators, Rangers, and Wild have are looking at big inflection points in the near future.

Who's the new blue blood?

JFresh ranks the 20 best centres going into the 2024-25 NHL season.

The 2024-25 Elite Prospects Fantasy Draft Guide has arrived! Arm yourself with the best possible information to dominate your pools this year.

Goal-scoring is on the rise, so how many 40-goal scorers can we expect to see in the 2024-25 NHL season?

Utah undoubtedly improved its roster this summer, but did next to nothing up front.

The NHL Awards were given out tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Edmonton Oilers made things interesting in the Stanley Cup FInal, but ultimately fell short.

It doesn't get any better than this if you're a neutral fan. If you happen to cheer for the Edmonton Oilers or Florida Panthers though...

Sergei Bobrovski has been the central, but silent figure throughout the 2024 Stanley Cup Final.

Even if you're a Florida fan you should be admitting it's pretty impressive.

The Oilers captain now has 42 points in the playoffs and his team is halfway to a historic comeback.

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl alone have the ability to do the funniest thing possible.

The Panthers lost their captain to injury in the third period, but still have a 2-0 series lead in the Stanley Cup Final.

The Edmonton Oilers had an undeniably great game, but it didn't matter so who cares?

The Panthers goalie was the difference and Florida has a 1-0 lead in the Stanley Cup final after a 3-0 victory.

JFresh brings you his preview of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers.

The tale of the tape for the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers Western Conference Final series in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The most notable play of last night's NHL playoff action happened after the game had technically ended.

The tale of tape for the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers second-round series in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

With Game 6 looming in Toronto, the loser is going to face a storm of controversy on Friday morning.

Dir. of Film Scouting Cam Robinson is on the scene in Finland for the U18 World Championships to witness firsthand Gavin McKenna's quest to make history as the most productive draft-minus-two skater to ever skate at the event.

Sean Shapiro brings you his observations from the NHL playoffs including the Carolina Hurricanes relentless pursuit of taking chunks out of opponents.

The tale of the tape for the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings first-round series in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Sure, it may seem easy to simply select the best players in a playoff pool, but Michael Clifford is here to helo direct you so you're left holding the title instead of the bag come June.

Sean Shapiro takes a look around the NHL with the No. 1 teams in both the East and the West jockeying for top position.

Sean Shapiro looks at how the Dallas Stars trade for the Chris Tanev might impact both his new team and the rest of the league.

The Rinkside 3 Stars features a look at whatever it is Craig Conroy is doing in Calgary, Elias Pettersson drama, the NHL scoring race, and being a trades sicko.

Coach of the Year? Your guess is as good as mine.

The Rinkside 3 Stars are highlighted by trash talk, ill omens with the Fanatics deal, and Connor McDavid reasserting himself on the scoring leaderboard.

Sean Shapiro takes his weekly look around the NHL, with a heavy focus from the All-Star Festivities in Toronto.

It's been a minute since I did a big ranking in here so this is me doing that for the Skills Competition events.

Lots going on this week, huh?

Sean Shapiro take his weekly swing around the league, starting with how things are being built in Anaheim.

The NHL is finally starting to break out of its shell and let its personalities flourish. This is the story of how three teams are leading the charge.

EP Rinkside analytics columnist JFresh looks at all the new data that's been made available to the public with the launch of NHL Edge

With a quarter of the season in the books, Cam Robinson is exploring whether some cold starts are simply prolonged rough patches or something more sinister.

The perception now is that everything in Edmonton runs through Connor McDavid. Probably not a good thing.

I mean you know what I'm gonna talk about. It's the EP Rinkside 3 Stars, and we're looking at the Oilers loss in San Jose, the Tampa Bay Lightning waiting out Andrei Vasilevskiy, and the MVP race.

If you like a fan of a team that plays in the Pacific Division, you gotta be either loving or hating the season.

Sean Shapiro goes through the NHL in his weekly column, looking at Logan Thompson's return to the crease, gambling in hockey, player- and puck-tracking data, and more!

What a week, huh? Ryan Lambert recaps it all in the EP Rinkside 3 Stars, looking at the two beleaguered Albertan teams, Jack Hughes going off, and the whole Shane Pinto thing.

You may think this is a standard power rankings, but you would be wrong. This is the Power Feelings, and feelings can't be wrong.

Another matchup on the horizon can only mean one thing… another week of Mining the Waiver Wire! If you know fantasy hockey, you know that all the hard work you...

Who needs bold predictions? Sean Shapiro brings you the boring ones that will actually happen this season.

Sean Shapiro takes a look around the league in his latest edition of Unnumbered Thoughts.

Sure, Connor McDavid made getting to 150-plus points look easy, but 170? Can it be done? That and more in What We Learned.

JFresh continues his look at the NHL's top players by looking at the centres.

Sean Shapiro looks at storylines he's tracking for the upcoming season in the Pacific Division.

On the Toronto Maple Leafs superstar, Tevye, and LeBron James.

McDavid and Draisaitl alone are enough to win you a round or two. But what does Edmonton have beyond that?

There wasn't much suspense at the 2023 NHL Awards, and maybe that's for the best.

How many times can this team double down on coming up short?

Not a lot of great news in the NHL this week. Not even a lot of great hockey.

The Next Great Superstar series continues this week and we’re heading west. This time Cam Robinson examines the case of Evan Bouchard.

We've finally got McDavid vs. Eichel in the playoffs. JFresh is here to break it down.

Cam Robinson gives out his awards for the fantasy hockey season.

JFresh previews the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings first-round series in the 2023 NHL Playoffs.

Ryan Lambert ranks the 16 teams in the 2023 NHL Playoffs according to how cool he thinks it would be if they won.

In the second part of a conversation with Corey Sznajder, JFresh discusses how the data should be used when breaking down a game.

I have some takes and I'd like you to hear them.

JFresh goes in-depth with hockey's most prolific stat tracker about analytics, skillsets, playoff hockey, and more in part one of a two-part series.

It's time for another trip to Take Town. This week, we're looking at the NHL's manufactured parity, the MVP race, Andrei Svechnikov's injury, and an annual word of caution about NCAA free agents.

Our first post-deadline week in the NHL had a lot of fireworks.

Cam Robinson brings you some quick hits on how the recent trade deadline activity impacts the fantasy hockey landscape and looks at other developing stories.

Cam Robinson takes a deeper look at the Fantasy Hockey world in his Friday rundown.

Associate editor Sean Shapiro takes a look around the NHL with his bi-weekly collection of notes and musings.

Associate editor Sean Shapiro looks at the All-Star Skills event and how it connected to now former teammates and also disconnected with everyone else.

Dimitri Filipovic picks out five Western Conference nuggets heading into the All-Star break.

There are way more legit MVP candidates than usual, even if the winner feels decided already.