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Sean Gentille @seangentille.bsky.social · Sep 22
It's NHL season preview ... season.

We're going from No. 32 to No. 1.

The bottom five dropped this morning. Boy these teams are gonna stink! Not saying which ones though! ⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...
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just won a game of darts and did the DX chop. Felt great.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Staal's 'red flag' def matches the eye test
seangentille.bsky.social Sean Gentille @seangentille.bsky.social · 3d
NEW NHL POWER RANKINGS

📈 Blackhawks, Islanders, Caps
📉 Rangers, Mammoth

Plus, "green flag, red flag" for all 32 teams, with @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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NEW NHL POWER RANKINGS

📈 Blackhawks, Islanders, Caps
📉 Rangers, Mammoth

Plus, "green flag, red flag" for all 32 teams, with @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Guess which team is already cooked!

Pleasant surprises at the quarter mark!

PWHL Power Rankings - there are games tomorrow!

New TAHS with @jessegranger.bsky.social and @haileysalvian.bsky.social. It's good show.

Audio: pod.fo/e/356b32

YouTube: youtu.be/uFrUdkTsYgQ?...
The Athletic Hockey Show: A show about the NHL: NHL quarter mark shocks and surprises
At the quarter mark of the NHL season, Sean Gentille and Jesse Granger take a look at some of the shocks and surprising teams and players, including the Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit R...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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- Did Patrick Roy cross the line with Mikko Rantanen?

- Can Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini chill out a little bit?

New TAHS with @downgoesbrown.bsky.social and Frank Goes Corrado. It's a good show.

YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/channel/UCDu...

Audio everywhere: pod.fo/e/355e2e
The Athletic Hockey Show
The Athletic's flagship hockey podcast delivers daily insights, prospect rankings, betting picks, and much more, Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (Audio), and Fridays — all season long.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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domluszczyszyn.bsky.social dom 📈 @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social · 10d
🚨 NHL Power Rankings 🚨
with @seangentille.bsky.social

The entire standings is pure chaos so ranking the teams is actually difficult!!!
Plus, checking in on The New Guy on each team after one month.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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- ohhh the leeeeeeafs, with @downgoesbrown.bsky.social and frankie

- there is, however, a bigger disaster to the south

- Connor Bedard progress report, plus more Blackhawks stuff with @scottpowers.bsky.social

TAHS. it's a good show.

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The Athletic Hockey Show: A show about the NHL: Maple Leafs are on the wrong side of the puck
The Maple Leafs have lost 3 straight in regulation, and with Auston Matthews and Anthony Stolarz to injury, they are playing poor defensive hockey with seemingly no end in sight. Gentille, McIndoe ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Everyone’s asking about Gavin McKenna’s start at Penn State.

So let’s have the chat. My thoughts from East Lansing: www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
What to make of Gavin McKenna’s start at Penn State? It’s complicated
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November 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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tough session here. tough.
downgoesbrown.bsky.social Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 17d
New post: Should NHL teams be able to loan players instead of trading them?

Should we make a radical change to how suspensions work?

Do we need a "rule of cool"?

Find out, in the return of Rules Court.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
NHL Rules Court: Loaning stars to other teams? Officiating based on coolness?
Plus, should the NHL be required to advertise the time of puck drop, rather than the beginning of the broadcast for games?
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🚨 NHL Power Rankings 🚨
with
@seangentille.bsky.social

Players to watch from each team who are on the Olympic bubble.
nytimes.com/athletic/678...
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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🚨NHL Power Rankings🚨

📈 ducks (!!!), blackhawks
📉 VGK, mammoth

- another new No. 1
- Olympic bubble boys for every team

with @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social ⤵️⤵️⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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- "You're all twitchy goofs. ... Stop cheating." — @downgoesbrown.bsky.social on goalies.

- We unpack one the weirdest goal of the season so far.

- There is a team out West that appears to be Actually Good.

TAHS with McIndoe and Corrado. It's a good show.

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The Athletic Hockey Show: A show about the NHL: Are the Anaheim Ducks for real?
Sean, Frank and Sean debate if the correct call was made in Nashville when the WIld were awarded an overtime goal after Predators goalie Justus Annunen knocked the net off its mooring. The guys pra...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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NEW NHL POWER RANKINGS

📈 Vegas
📉 Minnesota

Plus, who on your team is wearing a Halloween costume?

With @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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If I had to do this, I'd have things like
7. Vacant
8. Vacant
9. Vacant

And then I'd have about 20 teams all piled into the 15-23 range.
seangentille.bsky.social Sean Gentille @seangentille.bsky.social · 24d
NEW NHL POWER RANKINGS

📈 Vegas
📉 Minnesota

Plus, who on your team is wearing a Halloween costume?

With @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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NEW NHL POWER RANKINGS

📈 Vegas
📉 Minnesota

Plus, who on your team is wearing a Halloween costume?

With @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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- How to fix Frozen Frenzy
- How to scam Wal-Mart

And other questions answered with McIndoe and Frankie

It’s a good show.

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The Athletic Hockey Show: A show about the NHL: Why NHL Frozen Frenzy is broken
The NHL's 32 teams were all in play on Tuesday night, and Frank, Sean and Sean have solutions on how to fix the execution of the frozen frenzy. The guys ask if Connor Bedard is finally levelling up...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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NEW: According to a criminal complaint, Ryan Kesler engaged in two counts of sexual contact with a 16-year-old child "through force or coercion and/or (had) reason to know the victim was physically helpless."

www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Former NHL player Ryan Kesler charged with criminal sexual conduct over alleged incident with 16-year-old
Kesler, a retired NHL center, has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Ryan Kesler, former Canucks and Ducks center, has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of criminal sexual conduct, according to Michigan court records. He's pleading not guilty.

News with Katie Strang —

www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Retired NHL center Ryan Kesler charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, pleads not guilty
Kesler, a retired NHL center, has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree.
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Weekend rankings:

- The Wild are a mess
- The Penguins are... good?
- Five early surprises I'm starting to buy into
- And lots more...

www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
NHL weekend rankings: Wild, Penguins and 5 early surprises I’m starting to buy
It is (say the line!) still early, but some of the trends around the league sure look like they might stick around long-term.
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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2017: “At the beginning of that year, I was like, ‘I don’t know if we’re gonna make it.’”

2025: “If he knew it was his last year, he would’ve said it.”

Some bits on the past, present and future of Alex Ovechkin ⤵️⤵️⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
Alex Ovechkin at 1,500 games: The making of a rare one-franchise wonder
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Alex Ovechkin is about to play in his 1,500th game.

Some stories you might not have known about the making of a one-franchise wonder —

www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
October 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Tonight, Alex Ovechkin plays his 1,500th game with the Capitals.

Why it matters, and how it almost fall apart ⤵️⤵️⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
Alex Ovechkin at 1,500 games: A rare one-franchise wonder, and how it almost all fell apart
ARLINGTON, Va. — Near center ice at the Washington Capitals’ practice rink, Alex Ovechkin stretched his hips. He chatted with his coach. He goofed around with some of his teammates and he gave p...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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New TAHS with DGB and Frankie

I got McIndoe. I got him so good.

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October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The Athletic polled 36 NHL execs to figure out which front offices are the best in the game.

“As unlikeable as they are, you have to give them credit.”

With @russohockey.bsky.social and CJ —

www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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hell is here
domluszczyszyn.bsky.social dom 📈 @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social · Oct 17
The NHL Power Rankings are BACK

For the first edition of the season, we've already seen enough. Here's all the things we're already wrong about after one week of hockey.
with @seangentille.bsky.social

nytimes.com/athletic/672...
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM