Matt Larkin
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Matt Larkin's Mid-Season Top 250 Fantasy Hockey Players for 2021-22
Which breakouts are for real? Who are the key sell highs and buy lows? Use these rankings for your hockey pool stretch-run homework during the all-star break. → Read More
Top Five Claude Giroux Trade Destinations
With the Flyers mired in their longest losing streak in franchise history, will their longest-serving captain accept a trade to a contender? → Read More
Summer Olympic Hockey? The Pros and Cons
Would Gary Bettman's pipe-dream idea ever work? What are the advantages and disadvantages? → Read More
The Top 10 NHL Trades of 2021
Unprecedented roster turnover made 2021 a wildly memorable calendar year for major deals. Which ones will still have us talking years from now? → Read More
How Bruce Boudreau Can Rescue the Canucks
The Canucks are extremely disappointing but not lacking in raw talent. Boudreau's specialty: unlocking players' potential. → Read More
50 Goals in 50 Games: Can Leon Draisaitl do it?
His incredible season puts him on track to get Goal 50 by Game 48, but sustaining his current pace will be extremely difficult. → Read More
Reaves took a knee. Lehner, Seguin and Dickinson joined him. Here's why
Ryan Reaves wasn't the first NHLer to make a gesture in support of the Black Lives Matter movement this post-season. But he was the first to do so and not find himself alone. Three others joined him to demonstrate their allyship. → Read More
Imaginary NHL Olympics 2022: Projecting Switzerland's roster
If the NHL sent players to the Beijing Olympics in 2022, what would Switzerland's roster look like? → Read More
Imaginary NHL Olympics 2022: Projecting Germany's roster
If the NHL sent players to the Beijing Olympics in 2022, what would Germany's roster look like? → Read More
Imaginary NHL Olympics 2022: Projecting the Czech Republic's roster
If the NHL sent players to the Beijing Olympics in 2022, what would the Czech roster look like? → Read More
Imaginary Olympics 2022: Projecting the Olympic Athletes from Russia roster
If the NHL sent players to the Beijing Olympics in 2022, what would the 'Olympic Athletes from Russia' roster look like? → Read More
Imaginary NHL Olympics 2022: Projecting Sweden's roster
If the NHL sent players to the Beijing Olympics in 2022, what would Team Sweden's roster look like? → Read More
Imaginary NHL Olympics 2022: Projecting Finland's roster
If the NHL sent players to the Beijing Olympics in 2022, what would Team Finland's roster look like? → Read More
Imaginary Olympics 2022: Projecting USA's roster
If the NHL sent players to the Beijing Olympics in 2022, what would Team USA's roster look like? → Read More
Imaginary NHL Olympics 2022: Projecting Canada's roster
If the NHL sent players to the Beijing Olympics in 2022, what would Team Canada's roster look like? → Read More
The top 30 unrestricted free agents of 2020
The 2020 market lacks the flash of last year's but still offers some marquee names at every position – and tremendous depth. → Read More
The NHL shutdown is one more challenge in a season of many for the Blue Jackets
From UFA departures to injuries galore, the Blue Jackets were beaten down by misfortune like no other team in 2019-20. And that was before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. → Read More
Why Claude Giroux and the Flyers choose positivity over frustration during the NHL shutdown
The Flyers were as hot as any team in the league when play stopped. It stings to lose that momentum, but there's reason to expect they'll pick up where they left off whenever play resumes. → Read More
Future Watch 2020: The NHL's top 10 falling prospects
Which NHL-affiliated prospects have sustained the biggest drops in our scouts' top-100 rankings year over year? → Read More
Future Watch 2020: The NHL's top 10 rising prospects
Which NHL-affiliated prospects made the biggest developmental gains over the past year in the eyes of our scouts? → Read More