The NHL trade deadline is set for Friday at 3 p.m. ET, but some of the biggest trades have already gone down as the competitive Eastern Conference powers up with some Western Conference talent.

Fresh off Wednesday’s dominant 5–0 Rivalry Series comeback victory over the Americans, Team Canada’s best teamed up with their biggest rivals to create an official PWHPA league, with reports that players organized a formal union and are negotiating a collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

Seems like a clear message that hockey is, in fact, not for everyone.

The weekend showcase has evolved into an opportunity for the league’s top talent to display their skill and show off their personalities through some friendly competition.

According to a Boston Globe report, Stone, who’s helmed the Crimson for 26 seasons, engages in toxic behaviors that have created “a culture of complete fear.”

With the All-Star break just around the corner (more to come later this week), let’s journey across the nation to see how the league’s Canadian teams have been faring.

While the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) was known for its quality of play, the PHF (then National Women’s Hockey League) offered to do what no women’s league had done before: pay its players.

With only two and a half months until college hockey’s national tourney, the fellas have been bringing bedlam to the ice.

On Monday, the women’s hockey union teamed up with the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for an upcoming PWHPA Dream Gap Tour event, marking the latest collab between North American women’s and men’s hockey organizations.

There was no holiday break in the NHL, as stars (looking at you, Washington Capital Alex Ovechkin) rang in the new year with some fireworks. Let’s welcome in 2023 by checking on where the nation’s teams stand.

It may be getting colder outside, but three of the NHL’s best are just heating up. Bundle up and check in on a few of the league’s ongoing milestone quests.

The PHF announced plans to double its salary cap for the 2023–24 season on Wednesday, and didn’t stop there, announcing a splashy All-Star weekend yesterday — two major steps towards luring top talent from the PWHPA and solidifying itself as a power player in the budding women’s hockey space.