The Daily Goal Horn

Vancouver clings to the best odds for the 2026 NHL Draft lottery, and all eyes turn to Gavin McKenna, the Penn State winger who just torched Ohio State for a school-record eight points in an 11-4 rout. Scouts whisper he's pulling away from challengers like Ivar Stenberg and Keaton Verhoeff after a slow NCAA start, topping Central Scouting's North American rankings with elite hockey sense and playmaking that echoes franchise changers.

Vancouver's front office finally admits the rebuild is on, with Patrik Allvin and Jim Rutherford fielding calls on everyone from rentals to term guys like Elias Pettersson and Conor Garland before no-move clauses hit. Eastern clubs and Original Six teams smell blood, dangling picks and prospects to accelerate the reset. Phones don't stop ringing now that the Olympic freeze lifts, and the next 11 days decide if this sell-off clears the runway or just kicks the cap can.

Jacques Plante shocks the league in 1959 by strapping on that fiberglass face-saver after a puck carves up his mug, kicking off an era where goalies finally fight back against the barrage. From Gerry Cheevers' stitch-marked terror to Curtis Joseph's snarling Cujo beast, these masks turn netminders into walking nightmares that haunted shooters for decades.