Auston Matthews 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...

This time we're tackling Team USA.

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

They knew he was leaving, but he gave them a little parting gift.

These guys gotta go!

Hoo boy! What a mess!

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 Round 2 series between Florida and Toronto.

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

JFresh previews the Battle of Ontario, which this time is a first-round matchup in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Who are the 10 best 200-foot forwards in the NHL so far this season?

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

It's been a really weird start to the season.

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

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

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

Stop me if you've heard this before: The Maple Leafs suffered a humiliating loss in the playoffs and didn't seem to have any answers for how to fix what went wrong.

The tale of the tape for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins first-round series in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

What goes into a vote for the NHL awards? Read on to find out.

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

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

It's all about goals this week in the EP Rinkside 3 Stars. That, and a phone game ad analogy for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

There are already a few coaches who feel like they're two losses away from being fired.

Sean Shapiro opens up the ledger for the 2023-24 season with the first Unnumbered Thoughts of the season.

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

Associate Editor Sean Shapiro lays out some of the things he'll be tracking when watching the Atlantic Division this season.

Ryan Lambert looks at the Toronto Maple Leafs decision to extend head coach Sheldon Keefe, and more, in this week's What We Learned.

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

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Auston Matthews to a four-year contract that will make him the highest-paid player in the NHL.

Exploring the uncertainties surrounding Clayton Keller's fantasy hockey future as rumors circulate about the Arizona Coyotes' arena situation and its potential impact on the star player's career trajectory.

Is it gonna be a Hockey Man hire?

The second-round matchup we were told couldn't happen has arrived. JFresh is here to preview it.

I gotta say: Take a chill pill.

JFresh previews the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning's first-round series in the 2023 NHL Playoffs.

Let's look at some little niceys.

A look at the players that drew the most page views across the globe on Elite Prospects.

Some teams find themselves in surprising spots, but will it last?

JFresh continues his rankings series analyzing the top 20 centres in the NHL entering the 2022-23 season.

Dimitri Filipovic takes a look at how the Flames eventually beat the Stars, and how the Lightning outlasted the Maple Leafs in round one.

The Toronto Maple Leafs may be staring down a major cap crunch and a series of difficult roster decisions, but the core should be enough to keep this ship afloat.

Dimitri Filipovic takes a look at this year's three finalists for the Hart Trophy, the tremendous seasons they had respectively, and whether the voters got it right.

Dimitri Filipovic and Ryan Lambert help get you ready for the four first round matchups out East, by highlighting one specific trend to watch for each team heading into the postseason.

Elite Prospects analytics columnist JFresh previews the Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs Eastern Conference quarterfinals playoff series.

The Golden Knights have been eliminated from the playoffs and few outside the greater Las Vegas area is sad about it. EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert on the rise and fall of the Golden Knights this season.

It's (almost) all about the West in this week's top thee NHL storylines from EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert.

EP Rinkside analytics expert JFresh profiles the players in a wide-open Hart Trophy race, looking at the cases for and against each player.

Dimitri Filipovic answers your mailbag questions about the most fun teams to watch, bad coaching, and the young Devils.

There have only been two 60-goal seasons in the salary cap era and Auston Matthews seems poised to obliterate that mark. EP Rinkside's Ryan Lambert crunches the WAR numbers to determine where he stands among the greats.

Martin St. Louis has turned around Cole Caufield's game, defencemen breaking the century mark and Auston Matthews' incredible scoring feats. Ryan Lambert has his 3 stars for the week that was in the NHL.

Did you see all the guys reach their little milestones this week? Pretty cool. EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert has those milestones, a feel-good hometown story and improbable records in this week's 3 Stars.