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A PGP Guide to: The Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators aesthetic is Canada’s capital, Roman centurions, black and red jerseys, the Battle of Ontario, Daniel Alfredsson, offensively gifted Swedish players, playoff heartbreak, a deeply inconvenient arena location, a fanbase that has spent years asking when the rebuild is actually going to end, and one of the messiest captain departures of the 2026 offseason. Ottawa is also unusual because this is technically two different hoc

A PGP Guide to: The New York Rangers The New York Rangers aesthetic is Madison Square Garden, royal blue sweaters, Manhattan glamour, Original Six prestige, celebrity crowds, impossible expectations, elite goaltenders, dramatic playoff runs, Mark Messier’s Guarantee, Henrik Lundqvist looking devastatingly handsome while carrying an entire franchise, and a fanbase that treats 1994 like both a religious holiday and a personality trait. The Rangers are one of the NHL’s most rec

A PGP Guide to: The New York Islanders The New York Islanders aesthetic is Long Island pride, royal blue and orange, Nassau Coliseum nostalgia, one of the greatest dynasties hockey has ever seen, an extremely personal hatred of the New York Rangers, goalie excellence, the Fisherman logo becoming cool approximately 25 years after everyone hated it, and a fanbase that will remind you, with justification, that their team once won four Stanley Cups in a row. The Islanders are on

A PGP Guide to: The New Jersey Devils The New Jersey Devils aesthetic is red and black, suburban New Jersey mythology, the Pine Barrens, the Hudson River rivalry, Martin Brodeur casually owning every goalie record imaginable, terrifying defensemen, three Stanley Cups, playoff hatred with the Rangers, and then somehow transitioning into one of the youngest, fastest, most offensively gifted cores in hockey. The Devils are one of those franchises where the history and the curre

A PGP Guide to: The Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators aesthetic is bright gold jerseys, country music, Broadway, saber toothed tigers, catfish being thrown onto the ice, incredibly specific crowd chants, elite Finnish goaltending, defensemen who somehow become superstars, and a hockey team that turned a city nobody initially thought of as a hockey market into Smashville. The Predators are one of the NHL's younger franchises, which means their history looks very dif

A PGP Guide to: The Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens aesthetic is hockey royalty, red sweaters, French-Canadian culture, ghosts at the old Forum, 24 Stanley Cup banners, impossible expectations, legendary goalies, generational stars, rivalries that are older than some NHL franchises, and an entire city treating hockey like both a sport and a civic institution. The Canadiens predate the NHL itself, are the most successful franchise in Stanley Cup history, have produc

A PGP Guide to: The Minnesota Wild The Minnesota Wild aesthetic is forest green, frozen lakes, the State of Hockey, Kirill Kaprizov doing something ridiculous, Joel Eriksson Ek getting cross checked in front of the net, approximately twenty years of playoff frustration, and an entire fanbase that takes hockey maybe more seriously than anyone else in America. Minnesota spent most of its existence being competitive enough to make the playoffs but never dangerous enough to actu