Emily Sadler

3 days ago | sportsnet.ca | Emily Sadler

Who will be the next head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins? Two weeks after the team parted ways with longtime bench boss Mike Sullivan, that’s still a big question mark. Of the eight teams on this summer’s coaching carousel, two have found their new bench boss — the New York Rangers wasted no time scooping up Sullivan, and the Anaheim Ducks hired veteran Joel Quenneville last week. There’s plenty of intrigue on this year’s list of coaching vacancies, particularly when it comes to the Penguins.

5 days ago | sportsnet.ca | Emily Sadler

As the cliché goes, you’ve got to play a full 60 minutes if you want to win in the playoffs. But as the Carolina Hurricanes learned on Saturday night, sometimes a solid 30 will do just fine. After a sluggish start for the home side in Raleigh, the Hurricanes regained their game and ran away with all the momentum in a 4-0 victory to take a 2-1 series lead at home. The victory brings them to a perfect 4-0 record on home ice so far this post-season. Here’s what we learned from the matchup.

1 week ago | sportsnet.ca | Emily Sadler

As enticing as this year’s class of pending unrestricted free agents is, led by intrigue about what Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner will earn next season, it’s hard not to peek ahead at the upcoming class of 2026 UFAs. It’s a big one, to say the least, headlined by Connor McDavid and other franchise cornerstones like Jack Eichel, Kyle Connor, and Kirill Kaprizov, among others, all of whom are extension-eligible this summer.

1 week ago | sportsnet.ca | Emily Sadler

The Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes, the first two teams to emerge from the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, are now poised to square off in Round 2. The Hurricanes became the first team to advance after dispatching the banged-up New Jersey Devils in a first-round series that was never particularly close.

2 weeks ago | sportsnet.ca | Emily Sadler

The NHL coaching carousel is about to go for another spin, with eight franchises searching for a new bench boss after declaring themselves ready for a change. Eight teams, and eight very different situations. Some clubs, like the Anaheim Ducks and Chicago Blackhawks, for example, are looking for the right candidate to lead them out of rebuilds and take meaningful steps towards contending. Others, the Pittsburgh Penguins likely among them, appear to be eyeing a rebuild of their own.