Dan Milstein Defends Kucherov as PWHL Tests New Rules

Friday's FTB: Find someone who stands up for you like Dan Milstein does for his players

This is a conversation you should make time to listen to. Overall, it's just very refreshing to listen to someone talk about hockey players as people in a positive way, that recognizes their uniqueness and who has no scorn for anyone. I'll put my bias upfront. Not the players-first bias, that can't be news, but I really like people who are as hardheaded and stubborn as Nikita Kucherov is, as Dan Milstein describes him. I loved his frustrated moc…

Dan Milstein Defends Kucherov as PWHL Tests New Rules

Agent Dan Milstein makes the case for valuing NHL players as individuals, highlighting Nikita Kucherov’s fierce, self-directed commitment to hockey. The conversation also challenges teams’ draft and talent-evaluation misses, while touching on trade speculation, Artem Zub’s free agency and news about Ivan Demidov and Evander Kane. Separately, the PWHL will test rule changes in the 2026-27 preseason, including allowing players to bat the puck with…