NHL Returns to 84-Game Grind for First Time Since '93-94

After more than three decades, the NHL has officially returned to the 84-game regular season format that dominated the league in the early 1990s, marking a significant shift in how teams will approach their schedules and player management. This expansion from the 82-game standard represents the first major structural change to the season length in years, and it could reshape everything from trade deadline strategy to playoff seeding implications.