Erik Karlsson News & Stories

Cam Robinson looks at 10 NHL players who could shift the landscape this season if they hit the trade block.

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

The salary cap will rise sharply in the next few years, but who is that good for?

Sean Shapiro and Cam Robinson combine to look at who will be in and who will be out at the best-on-best competition in February.

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

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

They say the teardown is supposed to be the easy part. Supposed to be. Apparently not in San Jose though.

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

Gothenburg's rise to one of Sweden's top hockey cities is as unlikely as it is fascinating. This is the story of how they got there.

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.

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

Sean Shapiro brings you his collection of notes and observations from the week, starting with the importance of the Florida Panthers captain

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

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

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

Sean Shapiro looks at storylines for the Metro Division in 2023-24 that he'll be following.

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

JFresh looks at what the Pittsburgh Penguins can expect from newly acquired Norris Trophy-winning defenceman Erik Karlsson.

With the Erik Karlsson deal in a holding pattern, the Sharks have to make something happen.

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

JFresh previews the top names on the trade market.

This week, hockey has simply been very cool.

As the offseason looms Cam Robinson looks at potential movement and how it will shape the fantasy hockey landscape.

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

They were good this season, but will they be good again?

The Sharks are officially the first team eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Dimitri Filipovic puts together pitches for five trades he'd like to see between now and Friday's deadline.

JFresh breaks down 37 trade targets ahead of the 2023 Trade Deadline

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

We're talking Gary Bettman's big day, a new executive director for the NHLPA, and the San Jose Sharks emerging in the driver's seat ahead of the trade deadline in this Take Town.

J.D. Burke summoned a roundtable to vote on the NHL awards at the halfway point in the 2022-23 NHL season.

What a nice week in the NHL. I love it!!!!

Erik Karlsson is the Norris front-runner right now. But how shocked should we be by this turnaround?

Plus Top power-play merry-go-round, Shane Wright's usage, Connor Bedard making history & More

Yeah, I picked three defensemen this week. No one can stop me from doing that.

The EP Rinkside 3 Stars are back, highlighted by John Tavares playing the saviour, the potential for Ryan Reynolds to own the Ottawa Senators, and Erik Karlsson's back... maybe?

Elite Prospects fantasy hockey expert Cam Robinson offers up one thought on each Western Conference team for the 2022-23 fantasy hockey season.

Ryan Lambert asks in this week's What We Learned just what exactly are the San Jose Sharks doing with massive upheaval in their coaching and executive ranks and no clear answers mere days before the draft.

The World Juniors Coaches Q&A Series returns for the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, kicking off with this one-on-one by Julie Robenhymer with Swedish head coach Tomas Montén.

The Kings, Sharks, and Ducks were expected to drag down the Pacific, but they've looked great to start the season. JFresh analyzes the sustainability of their early success.

JFresh investigates how the 2021 season got away from some bad teams in the West and what happened in the North.

Canada's Brandt Clarke stood out at the 2021 IIHF Under-18 World Championship. Abbey Mastracco reports from Texas on how Clarke may have raised his stock for the 2021 NHL Draft.

The Ottawa Senators prospect pool, long lauded for its depth and lamented for its lack of credible top-of-the-lineup talent, now has more than enough of both to set the foundation...

The game is changing, and Ottawa Senators prospect Erik Brännström is one gust in the hurricane of young offensive defencemen altering the NHL’s landscape. In a sport where power play...

The San Jose Sharks are destined for a lottery finish, but they don’t have a number for Bill Daly to call — their first-round pick is in the Ottawa Senators...

Brother combinations aren’t rare in the NHL. We’ve seen plenty of them. Quinn and Jack Hughes are a recent example. Then there’s the Staals, Sedins, etc. before them. In 2017,...

The Ottawa Senators gutted their team this season, trading away Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone, Matt Duchene, and Ryan Dzingel. While the returns are underwhelming overall, there’s no doubt that the...

Potential. Like a mining corporation on the lookout for the next great vein of minerals or an oil company scrambling to find another untapped oil well, NHL organizations crave potential....