The 2025-26 NHL regular season is now underway. As is often the case, we saw a flurry of extensions before the season started, plus one more early on in the year while there has been some interesting action early on. With that in mind, it’s a good time to once again open up the mailbag.
Our last call for questions yielded enough questions for a pair of mailbags. Topics in the first included one of the early CBA changes regarding paper transactions, getting out the crystal ball when it comes to non-playoff teams, and the Hughes brothers. Meanwhile, included in the second column were thoughts on what’s next for the Flyers, what type of impact Jonathan Toews could have with Winnipeg this season, and why we don’t see a lot of prominent players signing short-term contracts compared