When does nhl season start 2025

The 2024-2025 NHL season is rapidly approaching. The annual NHL/NHLPA Media Tour just kicked off, players are returning to their respective cities, and training camps are right around the corner.

With the regular season looming, we now know what the season's calendar will look like all the way through the end of the Stanley Cup Finals.

David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period shared some of the most important dates for the upcoming season.

He highlighted the key ones via his X account. The season kicks off on October 4 and 5, with the New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres dueling it out in Prague as part of the NHL's Global Series. The NHL's Four Nations Face-Off was already planned, with the tournament taking place between February 10 and 21, 2025.

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The annual holiday roster freeze will also take place at the end of the calendar year.

The trade deadline, one of the NHL season's biggest dates, is slated for March 7, 2025. This season's deadline hopes to follow up or outperform last years' trade marathon that finished with 23 trades.

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