To start off, I don’t want people to think this is a heat-of-the-moment type of blog post. I’ve actually had this idea sitting in my drafts for about a month. This conversation really started at a Legends pub in Richmond, BC, about a month ago, when my friends and I were just talking hockey and discussing how good Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov actually is. Then, this past Thursday, I got the chance to watch Kucherov and the Tampa Bay Lightning absolutely dominate
With the Olympic break coming to an end this Wednesday, NHL hockey will return for the stretch run of the season, with each team having roughly 26 to 28 games remaining on their schedule. With that in mind, I wanted to make a few predictions for not the remainder of the regular season, but also for how the playoff race could shake out over the next few months. Below seven predictions for the rest of the NHL’s 2025–26 season. Sidney Crosby's Injury Sinks Penguins Out of the Pl