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1 day ago | dailyfaceoff.com | Frank Seravalli

LOS ANGELES — The NHL and NHL Players’ Association are on the verge of unprecedented labor peace that will provide jet fuel for hockey’s growth over the next half decade. Sources indicate the NHL and NHLPA are putting the final touches on a Memorandum of Understanding for a four-year extension to their Collective Bargaining Agreement, the framework of which could be announced as soon as Friday ahead of the Draft.

3 days ago | dailyfaceoff.com | Frank Seravalli

Credit: Tom Horak-USA TODAY SportsAnd this is where the rubber meets the road on the way to Round 1 of the NHL Draft on Friday night. Months of preparation and endless hours of calls come down to the next few days, the biggest window on the hockey calendar to reshape a roster. The foundation for most of the transactions you see this week would have been laid over the last few months, some emanating even before the March trade deadline. Now it’s just about executing.

3 days ago | dailyfaceoff.com | Scott Maxwell

The Vancouver Canucks‘ minor league affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks, won their first-ever Calder Cup championship on Monday, and a lot of that win can be credited to the performance of goaltender Arturs Silovs, who won the playoff MVP award. After breaking out in the NHL in the 2024 playoffs, Silovs struggled in 2024-25, but there’s a chance that after a strong performance in the AHL playoffs, he may be ready next season.

3 days ago | dailyfaceoff.com | Scott Maxwell

Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY SportsThe St. Louis Blues will be changing up their uniforms in 2025-26. The Blues unveiled a new look on Tuesday morning, with changes coming to their jersey and logo for next season. The logo and jersey feature a modernized inspiration from the uniforms worn by the team during its inception in 1967 and ran until 1984 before the club opted to use a darker colour. The Blues also brought back this uniform for the 2017 Winter Classic.

4 days ago | dailyfaceoff.com | Frank Seravalli

‘Round and around it goes, when it stops – nobody knows. It’s time to take another spin on the annual game of Goaltending Musical Chairs, as we size up the most important position in the sport. Goaltending might not carry you to a Stanley Cup, but you definitely can’t win without some measure of it. Each year, nearly a third of the league’s netminders turn over – part of it due to the fickle nature of the position, part of it due to changing value propositions.