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Draft Picks Macklin Celebrini Career Progression AHL Performance Skill Assessment Thomas Vandenberg Gavin McKenna Team Dynamics Learning Experiences Jacob Quillan

Maple Leafs Weigh How to Deploy No. 1 Pick Gavin McKenna

Coaches must choose between immediate top-line minutes that boost short-term scoring or a sheltered role that protects McKenna’s long-term upside.

Quinn Hughes Contract Talks Stall Over Term as Market Shifts

Gavin McKenna Will Wear No. 92 as Sergei Bobrovsky Keeps No. 72

Bruins Rookie Fraser Minten Wins NESN 7th Player Award

Reign Top Eagles in Overtime to Open 3-Point Pacific Lead

Zumwinkle Scores Twice as Frost Edge Sirens 4-3 in Denver

Mikko Rantanen Out of Finland’s Olympic Bronze Game With Lower-Body Injury

Sharks Say Will Smith Out Week-to-Week Into January, Graf’s Status Unclear After Facial Injury

Frankel Posts Second Shutout to Keep Fleet as PWHL’s Lone Unbeaten

Avalanche Sign Gavin Brindley to Two-Year Extension Through 2027–28

Capitals’ Dylan Strome Exits With Lower-Body Injury After Early Collision vs. Senators

Senators Finalize Roster: Yakemchuk to Belleville as Batherson, Kleven Move to IR

Blackhawks Fall to Avalanche as Rookie Artyom Levshunov Impresses in NHL Debut

Flyers Opt to Start Rookie Jett Luchanko in NHL Season Opener

Wild Forward Matt Boldy Sidelined Week-to-Week with Lower-Body Injury

Matvei Michkov Shines in Flyers Debut with Power-Play Goal