Rory Boylen

Scout's Analysis: What the Rangers, Kraken get in Kakko-Borgen trade

Rory Boylen

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Rory Boylen joined Sportsnet in 2014 and is the NHL and junior hockey editor at Sportsnet.ca. He is also co-host of the Tape to Tape NHL Podcast.

Scout's Analysis: Why the Blues traded for defenceman Cam Fowler

You may ask: why is a "rebuilding" team like the Blues adding a 33-year-old defenceman who has another year left on his contract? Rory Boylen and Jason Bukala give their thoughts on the Ducks sending Cam Fowler to St. Louis.

Scout's Analysis: What Avalanche, Sharks get in goalie swap

Scout's Analysis: What Rangers, Ducks get in big Jacob Trouba trade

The Jacob Trouba trade shakes a New York Rangers roster at its core, but increased cap space for this season paved the way to an extension for Igor Shesterkin. Jason Bukala shares more on what the Ducks and Rangers get in Friday's big move.

Biggest surprises and disappointments from the NHL's first quarter

As a busy slate of games gets going on Saturday, we'll officially hit the one-quarter mark of the NHL season.

Why rising salary cap comes at intriguing time for upstart Wild

Four NHL teams that need to consider making an early-season trade

The NHL trade market still needs time to fully form, but the rumours are percolating. Some potential sellers might still be waiting to see if they can hang around as a playoff hopeful before leaning further into the future. There are certain contract situations that might need to play out a little before a team understands if it can, or will, re-sign a player, or explore trading them out to be someone else's rental.

Things we've learned through the NHL's first month of the season

One month since the NHL season got going in North America, it may still be too early to draw any grand conclusion, but we're far enough in for Rory Boylen to make some broad observations.

Scout's Analysis: What Leafs get in Benning, Sharks in Liljegren

The early good news, and bad news, for every NHL team

And while it's still far too early to draw any grand conclusions about players or teams (eight games is the most any squad has played, and some have only finished four) there have been some early stats and trends worth wondering about.