Welcome to NHL99, The Athletic’s countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We’re ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who’s No. 1 — it’s the 99 spots behind No. 99 ...

Bobby Orr's flying goal won the Bruins their first Stanley Cup in 29 years, but it did a lot more than that for hockey in the ...

Wayne Gretzky didn’t pound his hand on the table when he spoke the words. Nor did he speak those words as some kind of bold, stop-the-presses pronouncement. From his perch on the “NHL on TNT” set ...

Wilfred Kennedy "Bucko" McDonald was a robust defenseman who never met a hamburger or sirloin he didn't enjoy, his appetite a thing of legend. And in the early 1960s, he met a prime cut named Bobby ...

The honor never got stale, even if Bobby Orr wasn't always in the house to be honored as the best defenseman in the NHL. Forty-nine years ago this Tuesday, the Boston Bruins' legendary No. 4 was ...