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Carolina Hurricanes
How Are the Carolina Hurricanes This Good?
Nobody should be surprised by the Carolina Hurricanes anymore. And yet, every spring, the hockey world watches them dismantle another opponent and asks the same question. How are they this good? Through two rounds of the 2026 p…
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Trades & Rumours
Lottery Win Puts Matthews Trade Talk in Motion
The Toronto Maple Leafs won the draft lottery five days ago and the hockey world is still processing it. Gavin McKenna to Toronto. Mats Sundin and John Chayka installed as the new leadership. A franchise that looked rudderless …
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Trades & Rumours
Chicago Blackhawks Expected to Pursue Matthew Knies This Summer
The Chicago Blackhawks appear set to make another aggressive push to accelerate their rebuild this offseason, and one name continues to sit near the top of their wishlist: Matthew Knies . According to multiple reports, Chicago…
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San Jose Sharks
Mike Grier Is the Best GM in the NHL — And It’s Not Even Close
Three years ago, the San Jose Sharks were the worst team in hockey. Not bad in a competitive sense, not struggling through a transition year, but genuinely, historically bad. A franchise that had spent the better part of two de…
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Vancouver Canucks
The Canucks Need a GM. Soon They Will Need a President Too.
The Vancouver Canucks are closing in on a new general manager, but by the time that search ends, they will have another vacancy staring them in the face. Jim Rutherford announced Tuesday , following the NHL Draft Lottery, that …
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Toronto Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs Won the Lottery. Now the Real Work Begins.
Forty-eight hours. That is all it took for the Toronto Maple Leafs to go from the most chaotic front office story in professional sports to the most enviable position in the entire NHL. On Sunday, Maple Leafs Sports and Enterta…
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- Christopher Hodgson
- Christopher is a hockey writer and is the founder of TheBigFaceoff.com, a hockey analysis publication with over 1,000 articles and 30,000+ views, built around long-form, data-informed coverage of the game. His work has appeared in The Hockey Writers, The Hockey News, Sport Mockery, and Last Word on Hockey, and has been featured alongside Forbes, NHL.com, CBC, and The Athletic on Swift Hockey's official press page. He has conducted written interviews with industry insiders including Jeff Paterson, and contributes analysis spanning trade targets, prospect development, team strategy, and NHL Culture.Christopher approaches hockey journalism through the lens of a historian and philosopher — studying how power, decision-making, and human behavior repeat across centuries, and bringing that depth of thinking to how he analyzes teams, front offices, and the forces that shape the modern game.