Steve Scebelo gets paid to promote NHL players to the masses, and even he admits the league has a problem.

“When you go into any sports bar, you have sports fans, and they can't tell you who the top hockey players are,” said Scebelo, the chief commercial officer of the NHL Players’ Association. “We need to change that.”

The Blue Jackets, Blues, Hurricanes and Wild are turning to the NHL’s newly created centralized production arm for their local telecasts beginning in 2026-27 following the closure of the Main Street Sports Group-operated regional networks that previously carried their games. Additional teams could join before the start of the season, with the Ducks a potential candidate after informing local streaming partner Victory+ of their intent to terminate the relationship.

Now that this type of data exists , should it be something that is takin into consideration when making the schedule ?

Should a first place team get rewarded and have the easiest schedule ? Or the hardest schedule ?

Is this data skewed by only 1-2 games and really it’s not that important.

Is it solely based on who’s in what division?

Hey Everyone

I have a random ? What happens to a player signed by an NHL team but plays for an echl league when the affiliate changes

For ex

Colorado signs:

Sage Weinstein - ECHL Utah Grizzlies / Colorado Eagles

Now Colorado has. A new ECHL affiliate: New Mexico Goatheads

Does his rights transfer to the new echl or how does that work?

Hey Everyone

New NHL follower. I have a few random questions about arbitration.

In a nutshell how does arbitration work?

Ex.

Jason Robertson says Leo Carlson signed for 18 million I want 18 million. Dallas Stars come back with 8 million. They meet for arbitration and let's say arbitration says in the middle of 13 million

Once the mediator has determined the price are neither or both sides required to sign?

Can Dallas Stars say that's still too rich for our blood counter offer with their final offer of 10 million or is it 13m or nothing?

Can robo say no I want 16 million.

Can either side just walk away? If so are they a free agent or are they still an RFA?

The ducks entered the offseason with many free agents and after getting rid of half their core McTavish, Gudas, and Trouba now they have to pay Leo Carlsson a 18 mil kings ransom and now risk losing Cutter Gauthier if they don’t pay him a kings ransom too. I think they screwed up.

Steve Petros. There are 32 teams and every team plays every other team once home and once away. That takes care of 62 games. The remainder 20 games are played against the other 15 teams in your own conference. It will never even out, so you give preference to the extra games vs teams in your own division. Road trips are worked out geographically, in clusters, preferably, especially for teams on the far end of the travel spectrum. It breaks down further with venue avail.