Articles for author: EdgeHockey Staff

September 9, 2025

Adam Henrique Zach Hyman Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers and the ‘Pink Pony Club’ – Now We Know the Origin Story

Every Stanley Cup run has a soundtrack. It’s usually born from the thunder of a post-whistle scrum, the roar of the home crowd, or the high-octane crunch of a heavy metal riff. For the 2025 Edmonton Oilers, it was something else entirely. It was the synth-pop shimmer of Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club,” a song that became the city’s unifying anthem before souring into a painful reminder of what might have been. Now, thanks to former Oiler Connor Brown, the full story of the song’s rise and fall is finally out, and it’s a lesson in chemistry, superstition, and the

September 8, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks’ Ticking Time Bomb: The Quinn Hughes Contract

He’s the captain. He’s a Norris Trophy winner. He is, for all intents and purposes, the engine that drives the Vancouver Canucks. Quinn Hughes is everything a modern franchise could want in a number one defenceman: an elite skater, a power-play savant, and a leader who just put together one of the most dominant seasons from a blueliner in recent memory. And yet, an undercurrent of anxiety is beginning to ripple through the fanbase on the West Coast. While Hughes still has two full seasons remaining on his very team-friendly $7.85 million AAV contract, the conversation about his future is

September 8, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Waiting Game: Mapping Out the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2025-26 Trade Landscape

The dust has settled on another NHL offseason, and while the major fireworks of free agency and the draft are behind us, the work in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ front office is far from over. General Manager Brad Treliving has been active, reshaping the bottom half of the roster and addressing immediate needs. But make no mistake, the team you see at training camp is not the finished product. For a club with perennial Stanley Cup aspirations, this is merely Act One. Sources around the league confirm that Treliving has been diligently working the phones, laying the groundwork for future

September 8, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Edmonton Oilers

The Razor’s Edge: Inside Connor McDavid’s Calculated Contract Standoff

In the world of professional hockey, some negotiations are simple arithmetic. A player produces X, the market dictates Y, and a deal is struck. Then there is the stratosphere inhabited by Connor McDavid, where the math becomes something closer to quantum physics, involving variables of legacy, loyalty, and the relentless pursuit of a championship that has remained agonizingly out of reach. As the Edmonton Oilers captain enters the final year of his eight-year, $100 million contract, the silence from his camp isn’t a sign of indecision; it’s the sound of meticulous calculation. This isn’t a negotiation; it’s a referendum on

September 6, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Winnipeg Jets

Pressure Mounts in Winnipeg as the Jets’ 2025-26 Training Camp Approaches

The shine has worn off the Presidents’ Trophy. While the 2024-25 season’s 116-point campaign was a historic regular-season achievement for the Winnipeg Jets, it was ultimately overshadowed by a premature second-round playoff exit at the hands of the Dallas Stars. In the NHL, regular-season banners are nice, but they’re not the goal. As the Jets prepare to open their 2025-26 training camp, the overriding theme isn’t celebration; it’s expectation. The pressure is on. Also on the EDGE – Winnipeg Jets Are Primed for a Deep Dive into the Postseason This season serves as a referendum on the current Jets core.

September 6, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Calgary Flames

Flames Training Camp: Can Youth and a Star Goalie Navigate a Season of Uncertainty?

As training camps open across the league, no team embodies the intersection of promise and peril quite like the Calgary Flames. The mandate from GM Craig Conroy’s office is unequivocal: the future is now. The organization is aggressively pivoting towards a younger, more dynamic core, creating a landscape ripe with opportunity for some and immense pressure for others. The 2025-26 season for the Flames isn’t just about wins and losses; it’s about defining an identity. Will the team’s burgeoning superstar goaltender be enough to propel them into the playoff picture? Can a heralded rookie class make an immediate impact? And

September 6, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Boston Bruins

A Disastrous Bruins Season and a Gold Medal Performance…Is Jeremy Swayman Ready?

The weight of an eight-year, $66 million contract can be a heavy one. For a goaltender, that weight is magnified tenfold. Every soft goal, every ill-timed rebound, every night the red light flashes too often is scrutinized through the prism of that massive dollar figure. In the 2024-25 season, that weight threatened to crush Jeremy Swayman. Now, as the crisp autumn air signals the dawn of a new campaign, the question echoing from TD Garden to the sports bars of New England is a simple but profound one: can Boston’s franchise netminder bounce back? Also on the EDGE – Boston

September 5, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Winnipeg Jets

Can Connor Hellebuyck and the Jets’ Goaltending Depth Conquer the Postseason?

There are few certainties in the National Hockey League, but as training camps for the 2025-26 season approach, one thing is abundantly clear: the Winnipeg Jets possess the most formidable goaltending depth chart in professional hockey. The organization boasts the reigning Hart and Vezina Trophy winner, a highly capable NHL backup, and a pipeline with potential NHL backup options still developing. And yet, this undeniable strength is shadowed by a paradox. The team’s cornerstone, Connor Hellebuyck, is coming off one of the most decorated individual regular seasons in modern history, a year that also saw his team capture the Presidents’

September 5, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

NHL News

Closing Loopholes and Changing the Game: A Deep Dive into the NHL’s New CBA Era

The dust has barely settled on another thrilling Stanley Cup Final, but the most significant changes to the National Hockey League landscape aren’t happening on the ice—they’re being finalized in the boardroom. While a new four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement isn’t set to fully kick in until the 2026-27 season, the league and the NHLPA have agreed to fast-track several crucial changes. Starting this upcoming 2025-26 season, the strategic playbook used by general managers to build a champion is about to be fundamentally rewritten. For years, fans, media, and front-office executives have debated the merits and fairness of certain rules that,

September 4, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Ottawa Senators

Six Storylines That Will Define the Ottawa Senators’ 2025-26 Training Camp

The air is getting crisper, the skates are being sharpened, and for the Ottawa Senators, the stakes have never been higher. As the team files into the Canadian Tire Centre for the 2025-26 training camp, an unfamiliar sense of stability permeates the top of the roster. The core is in place. Tkachuk, Stützle, Giroux, and Sanderson are locked in. Linus Ullmark is the undisputed number one between the pipes. On paper, this is a playoff team. But hockey games aren’t won on paper, and seasons are rarely defined by the stars alone. They are defined by resilience, by the “next