As training camps continue and preseason games begin, there’s a lot of of interesting news going on around the NHL.
On Thursday, we got a scary update from Dallas, a significant injury in Florida and word that Edmonton might go big up front to start the season. So let’s take a quick lap and catch up with some news and notes.
Panthers lose Barkov?
The Florida Panthers are coming off three consecutive trips to the Stanley Cup Final and two straight championships, so their veterans didn’t report to training camp until Thursday. Unfortunately for the Panthers, it didn’t take long for the first significant issue to pop up. As you can see in the clip below, captain Aleksander Barkov went down. He needed help from two trainers to leave the ice and is being evaluated.
This is obviously significant for the Blackhawks because Chicago opens the regular season in Florida in less than two weeks.
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— WPLG Local 10 News (@WPLGLocal10) September 25, 2025Scary news from Dallas
The news out of Dallas on Thursday was scary. Jamie Benn suffered a collapsed lung in their preseason game on Tuesday and required surgery. The team says he’ll be reevaluated in four weeks, which is obviously a full two weeks into the regular season. That doesn’t mean he’ll be skating and available for games at that time. Here’s hoping for a healthy recovery for the long-time leader in Dallas.
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— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) September 25, 2025Oilers loading up already?
Over the past few years, the “nuclear option” for the Edmonton Oilers has been putting arguably the two best players on the planet — Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl — together on the same line. Reports out of Edmonton already in camp are that the Oilers might start the season with the two superstars skating together.
Some really good comments on the idea from Pierre LeBrun on TSN here:
Odds & Ends
LeBrun updated a number of the situations surrounding potential 2026 free agents. Three potentially big-ticket forwards had my attention. We’ll start there:
Adrian Kempe — LA Kings: still working on a long-term extension with the Kings. Trying to gauge the market and what the future of the cap means for a 29-year-old winger. Alex Tuch — Buffalo Sabres: ditto everything I wrote about Kempe. In fact, Kempe getting a deal done might help this one get done. Martin Nečas — Colorado Avalanche: “There’s no question Colorado has communicated clearly to the Necas camp that it wants to extend him at some point this season. And there have been preliminary talks, but my sense is that they haven’t yet gotten into the nitty-gritty of exchanging offers and counteroffers.“ The Oilers shared that forward Vasily Podkolzin’s father suddenly passed away, and he will be taking a leave of absence to return to Russia. Finally, Pittsburgh was trying to hit some non-residents for a “jock tax” that was thrown out on Thuresday by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.News: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the PA Usage Fee (a jock tax in Pittsburgh) is unconstitutional.#NHLPA and Kyle Palmieri were named among the appellees. Key text: Pittsburgh could not justify why they were taxing nonresident athletes and entertainers more… pic.twitter.com/ZKMmCy5tqc
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