Sidney Crosby 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...

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...

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

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

Head coach Mike Sullivan was quoted on April 18 as saying he didn't want to leave the Pittsburgh Penguins before his contract expired in 2027. What a difference 10 days makes.

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

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

So far, so good in the Four Nations. But the drama is just beginning.

As the 4 Nations Face Off kicked off on Wednesday evening, the man of the hour, once again, was Sidney Crosby. Cam Robinson has more.

Lots of people are mad at Connor Bedard lately. Can't say I all-the-way get it.

The 4 Nations Face-Off will take centre stage for the next two weeks. Cam Robinson brings all the heat with some bold predictions.

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

Two coaches fired in five days because their GMs expected way too much from subpar rosters.

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

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

Love when teams get creative.

We knew the trade was coming, but we didn't think it'd be a win for both teams.

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 presumptive No. 1 pick in this week's draft tore college hockey apart this season. EP Rinkside spoke with coaches who took him on, and the one who coached him, to see what made him so hard to handle.

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

Are the Penguins good enough to make the playoffs? Maybe. Are they playing well enough to make the playoffs? Definitely not. So, now what?

The Dallas Stars top offensive threat won't hit 100 points this season. But in the long run, that might be the best thing for Dallas this season.

The Pittsburgh Penguins were supposed to work on their legacy this season. Instead, an aging core is outside of the playoff picture. JFresh looks at the offseason and whether it was the right approach or not.

The Penguins keep acting like they're two tweaks away from figuring it out but I don't think they are.

Some coaches feel like they're in a bit of trouble right now.

Sean Shapiro brings his weekly connection of notes, stories, and observations from around the hockey world.

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

Sean Shapiro looks at the NHL, the injury in Tampa, and much more in his weekly column.

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 for the Metro Division in 2023-24 that he'll be following.

JFresh looks at the best and worst scenarios for cap space.

The Penguins will be better, but what does that actually mean for them?

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

These are my takes and I have said them.

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.

You know what you're getting when you go to the Winter Classic. But is it worth going?

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

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

JFresh identifies the biggest factor for each NHL team in the upcoming 2022-23 season.

Hard not to enjoy how things are going in the NHL these days. Is this league actually fun, or is that just the playoffs? Ryan Lambert has his takes as the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs begins.

Dimitri Filipovic takes a look at how the Hurricanes beat the Bruins, and how the Rangers made their comeback against the Penguins in round one.

The Pittsburgh Penguins run as a perennial contender may be nearing an end, with Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell, among others, staring down free agency and only so much money to go around.

Elite Prospects analytics columnist JFresh previews the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins Eastern Conference quarterfinals playoff series.

Sidney Crosby is guaranteed to finish the season at a point-per-game rate for the 17th time in his career. EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert thinks that's pretty good, plus more from around the NHL in this week's Take Town.

EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert looks at the 3 stars from the hockey world in the 20th week of the NHL season.

It's the three stars of the week and they're all good!

There were changes afoot for plenty of teams in the last week, plus an exciting new entry into the Calder race and a major milestone for a major player.

The last year required a certain kind of patience when it came to fantasy hockey. Cam Robinson investigates a handful of players who have bucked the early-season narrative and have found renewed success. Is it a lasting spell or just an aberration?

Earlier this week, Elite Prospects Dir. of Film Scouting Cam Robinson gave you his predictions for the entire 2022 World Juniors. He's following that up with scorching hot predictions so bold they needed an article of their own.

The NHL will not allow player participation in the upcoming 2022 Olympic Games and will use the time period initially slated for the Olympic break to try and make up some of the 50 games delayed due to COVID-19.

Not exactly a banner week for the National Hockey League. All the headlines are ugly and things are almost certainly going to get worse before they get better. Ryan Lambert has takes from around the NHL, the Blackhawks included.

The Florida Panthers are scratching and clawing their way to the top of the Power Feelings, which ranks the league according to Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert's feelings about their chances of winning a cup. And you can't tell him he's wrong because these are his feelings and feelings can't be wrong.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are managing to weather the storm early without Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, or Bryan Rust, but other teams aren't doing quite as well early. That, and more, in this week's What we Learned.

Fantasy draft season is officially upon us. With regular-season games kicking off on Tuesday, there are precious few moments remaining to nab the players that will launch your team to...

As we enter into another NHL season, we must remember that there is more at stake than simply Stanley Cup aspirations for the 32 clubs. There is fantasy hockey glory...

As the finalists for each of the major individual awards that we care about get announced over the next couple of weeks, we'll be sorting through where the voters got it right and where they went wrong. This time we'll take a look at the Hart Trophy nominations.

With round one matchups starting to get wrapped up, we're going to be taking a closer look at how the teams that won their series did so. This time, we're going to look at the importance of goaltending, and how the Jets and Islanders rode it to victory.

The Florida Panthers have a $10-million problem in goal, and it's costing them big time on the ice against the Tampa Bay Lightning in their playoff series. Ryan Lambert examines that and more in this week's What we Learned.

The Jeff Carter trade seemed a bit rich off the hop, but it's paying off massively for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ryan Lambert covers that and more in another What we Learned.

Here we are. The final 'week' of the regular season is upon us. For many, you watched your league draw to a close with that hiccup of a Bolts-Red Wing...