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2026

📝 April 8, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Weighted scoring race 2025-26: Who are the point merchants and unsung scorers?

🎯 April 1, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Where does Macklin Celebrini’s sophomore season rank all-time?

📝 March 25, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Long live the King: How good was Anze Kopitar anyway?

🎯 March 18, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
2026 career projections: Will McDavid, Crosby or MacKinnon reach 2,000 points?

📝 March 11, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Setting up the major stat races on the NHL’s stretch drive

🎯 March 5, 2026: TSN (by Paul Pidutti):
What is each franchise’s window of Stanley Cup contention?

🎯 March 4, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Are first-round draft picks overrated trade targets?

📝 February 25, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Ranking the retools: Canucks light years from Cup contention, Islanders trending up

📝 February 11, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Five NHL players who desperately need to deliver at the Olympics

📝 February 4, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
What’s the deal with all these hat tricks in the NHL this season?

🎯 January 28, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Ranking the rebuilds: Habs, Hawks on track; Devils, Kraken stumble

📝 January 21, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The top 25 Olympians of the NHL era

🎯 January 14, 2026: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Eight NHL records and trends to watch in 2026

2025

🎯 December 17, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Generational Talent Watch: Schaefer, Celebrini, Bedard and Carlsson producing at historic levels

📝 December 10, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Father Time 2025: Are McDavid, Binnington and others on the decline?

📝 December 3, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Surprise: great players rarely make great NHL coaches

🎯 November 26, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Overtime, loser points unleashing chaos in NHL’s Season of Parity

📝 November 11, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Projecting the 2026 Hall of Fame Class: Bergeron, Price and endless possibilities

🎯 November 5, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Hall of Fame tiers: Which NHL stars are destined for immortality?

📝 October 22, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Fall Frauds: Which NHL franchises fool their fans the most?

📝 October 15, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Believe it or not, Auston Matthews can still be Alex Ovechkin

🎯 October 8, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Goodbye, goals? Searching for a fix to the NHL’s falling scoring rates

📝 October 1, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The 2025-26 season is critical for these 10 Hall of Fame cases

📝 September 17, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
High Noon 2025: Ranking the NHL’s top 30 goalies

📝 September 10, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
High Noon 2025: Ranking the NHL’s top 40 defensemen

🎯 September 3, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
High Noon 2025: Ranking the NHL’s top 50 forwards

🎯 August 20, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
NHL 2030: Projecting the standings and Stanley Cup winner in five years

📝 August 6, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
NHL 2030: Projecting the league’s top 30 players in five years

📝 July 23, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Five reasons the NHL’s new 84-game schedule is a bad idea

🎯 July 9, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Do rebuilds actually work in the NHL?

📝 June 25, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Why the Hall of Fame Class of 2025 was perfect, and what it means for the future

📝 June 23, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Projecting the 2025 Hall of Fame Class: Thornton, Chara headline five potential 1st-ballot picks
(The original version of this story ran in November 2024)

📝 June 19, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Will these 10 stars ever get the call to the Hockey Hall of Fame?

🎯 June 4, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Rats in the Hall of Fame? Marchand, Perry and the pursuit of immortality

🎯 May 28, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Who is the NHL’s most disappointing playoff franchise?

📝 May 21, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
What would a Stanley Cup and second Conn Smythe Trophy do for Connor McDavid’s legacy?

📝 May 14, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Is this the greatest generation of playoff performers in NHL history?

📝 May 7, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Is great goaltending necessary to win the Stanley Cup?

🎯 April 16, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Modernizing the scoring race: Draisaitl, Caufield rise while Eichel, MacKinnon fall

📝 April 9, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Five reasons Alex Ovechkin is way better at scoring goals than you think

📝 April 2, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The disappointing Connor Bedard’s unpaved path to stardom

🎯 March 26, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Man, Myth, Flower: The Marc-Andre Fleury retrospective

🎯 March 19, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
NHL career projections: Forecasting the current generation’s final stat lines

📝 March 12, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Top eight statistical storylines to watch on the NHL’s stretch drive

📝 February 26, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The 10 biggest legacy shifts up or down after the 4 Nations Face-Off

🎯 February 19, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Six key takeaways from past best-on-best finals ahead of USA vs. Canada

📝 February 12, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
McDavid as Crosby? Matthews as Ovechkin? Matching the 4 Nations superstar storylines to past international legends

🎯 February 5, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Has scoring peaked in the NHL? You won’t like the answer…

🎯 January 29, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
In an era of inconsistent goaltending, Connor Hellebuyck stands alone

📝 January 15, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Is John Tavares a Hall of Famer?

🎯 January 7, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Five statistical NHL trends to watch in 2025

📝 January 1, 2025: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Who’s the NHL’s 2024 Player of the Year?

2024

📝 December 18, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
How the rival Capitals and Penguins have ended up in very different places

🎯 December 11, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Has Father Time caught up with these star forwards?

📝 December 4, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Can Auston Matthews still win the 2024-25 Rocket Richard Trophy?

🎯 November 27, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The rise of empty net goals is changing the NHL

🎯 November 12, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Projecting the 2025 Hall of Fame Class: Thornton, Chara headline five potential 1st-ballot picks

📝 November 6, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Who makes your Hall of Awesome?

📝 October 30, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Forget the race to 1,000 points: Connor McDavid is the third-best scorer ever

📝 October 24, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Where do the NHL’s active star defensemen & goaltenders rank among the greatest of all-time?

🎯 October 23, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Where do the NHL’s active star forwards rank among the greatest of all-time?

📝 October 16, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Sidney Crosby, 1,600 points, and the lost generation of scoring sensations

📝 October 9, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The 10 greatest forward seasons of the salary cap era

🎯 October 2, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Inside Hockeyville: What it’s like when the NHL comes to your town

📝 September 25, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Which superstars deserve to have their Hall of Fame waiting periods waived?

🎯 September 4, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Why Connor Bedard’s sophomore ceiling is much higher than you think

📝 August 28, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
High Noon 2024: Ranking the NHL’s top 25 goaltenders today

📝 August 21, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
High Noon 2024: Ranking the NHL’s 30 best defensemen today

🎯 August 14, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
High Noon 2024: Ranking the NHL’s 50 best forwards today

🎯 August 7, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Matthews, McDavid, Makar and the fast track to hockey immortality

📝 July 31, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Who’s the best candidate to break each franchise’s single-season (era-adjusted) points record?

🎯 July 24, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Most long-term UFA signings turn out even worse than you think

🎯 July 17, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
McDavid vs. Crosby: Which generational talent had the better career by 27?

📝 June 26, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Grading the Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2024 Class

🎯 June 20, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Hall of Fame 2033: Predicting the Next Decade of Inductees

📝 June 17, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Hockey Hall of Fame Mail Bag: Which players boosted their stock most in 2023-24?

📝 June 12, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Tough questions facing five new Hockey Hall of Fame candidates

🎯 May 31, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Who makes the salary cap era’s All-Playoff Team?

🎯 May 23, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Draisaitl, McDavid, Hyman, Bouchard & the NHL’s Greatest Playoff Scoring Runs

📝 May 17, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Rising Up: Whose Production Surges in the Playoffs?

📝 May 10, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Falling Short: Whose Production Drops Most in the Playoffs?

🎯 May 3, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Era Adjusted Playoff Stats: A New Post-Season Tool to Compare Generations

📝 April 19, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
10 Visuals That Define an Electric 2023-24 Season

🎯 April 12, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
After two decades of dominance, where does Sidney Crosby rank among the NHL’s greatest players?

📝 April 5, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The Art Ross Trophy Race: Who’s (Actually) Been the NHL’s Best Scorer?

📝 March 29, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
50 Goals: Matthews, Hyman, Reinhart and what it means in today’s NHL

🎯 March 22, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Connor Bedard’s Rookie Season: Where it Ranks and What it Means

🎯 March 15, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
McDavid, Matthews, Hughes: Projecting Career Totals for the NHL’s Biggest Stars

📝 March 10, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
After 700 NHL Games, Leon Draisaitl is Already a Hall of Famer

📝 March 1, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Have Four Forwards Ever Dominated an NHL Season Like This Before?

📝 February 23, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Who is the Best American in NHL History?

🎯 February 16, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Finally reunited with Pittsburgh, Jaromir Jagr was Connor McDavid in the 1990s

🎯 February 9, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Will Marc-Andre Fleury be the Last Goaltender to 500 Wins?

📝 February 2, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Can Auston Matthews Catch Alex Ovechkin and Wayne Gretzky in Goals?

📝 January 26, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl & the Greatest Duos of All-Time

📝 January 19, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The most UNDER-honored players in the NHL today (Part II)

📝 January 12, 2024: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The most OVER-honored players in the NHL today (Part I)

2023

🎯 October 12, 2023: TSN (by Paul Pidutti):
Ovechkin’s next goal will make him hockey’s greatest (era-adjusted) scorer

🎯 June 20, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Selecting the next 10 years of Hockey Hall of Fame inductees

📝 June 16, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Selecting the Best 2023 Hall of Fame Class Possible

🎯 June 13, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Who is the Hockey Hall of Fame’s most glaring omission? Featuring Alexander Mogilny

📝 June 9, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
The greatest Hockey Hall of Fame debate: Should Paul Henderson be inducted?

📝 June 10, 2023: Daily Faceoff (contributed to article by Matt Larkin):
How many future Hall of Famers are competing in the 2023 Stanley Cup Final?

📝 June 6, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Has the Hockey Hall of Fame overlooked a generation? Featuring Sergei Gonchar

📝 June 2, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Why has the Hockey Hall of Fame been so slow to elect qualified women? Featuring Jennifer Botterill

📝 May 29, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Why is the Hockey Hall of Fame so tough on goaltenders? Featuring Curtis Joseph

📝 May 23, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
How important should team playoff success be to a Hockey Hall of Fame case? Featuring Henrik Zetterberg

🎯 May 16, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Do post-playing careers affect our view of Hockey Hall of Fame cases? Featuring Rod Brind’Amour

📝 May 9, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Should six outstanding seasons get a player into the Hockey Hall of Fame? Featuring John LeClair

📝 April 11, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
These global superstars have produced all-time elite scoring seasons in 2022-23

📝 April 10, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Erik Karlsson is back – and having one of the best offensive seasons since The Great Depression

📝 April 8, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Linus Ullmark is having one of the century’s greatest goalie seasons – and he’s not alone

🎯 April 7, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Where does Connor McDavid’s 2022-23 rank among the greatest seasons in NHL history?

📝 April 6, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
2022-23’s Greatest Performances: Where Do They Rank in History? Sidney Crosby & Alex Ovechkin

🎯 April 4, 2023: Daily Faceoff (by Paul Pidutti):
Adjusted Scoring: How it works and why it matters

📝 February 2, 2023: OilersNation.com (by Paul Pidutti):
How Good Would Wayne Gretzky be in Today’s NHL?