Which NHL team has raised their stock the most in 2025?

As we approach the end of 2025, it’s time to look back on the calendar year and see which teams took big steps forward.

On Monday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Tyler Yaremchuk and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton are joined by The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta to discuss which team raised their stock the most in 2025.

Tyler Yaremchuk: Let’s start with a look back at 2025. Carter and I were talking, and while the Buffalo Sabres are a great story, but I don’t really know if they’re a team that you’d look at and go, “Oh man, this last year has been fantastic for them,” but there are other teams like that.

The Philadelphia Flyers are having a great start to this season, the Minnesota Wild are a a team you now view differently, but if you’re looking at the league through the lens of stock prices, which team in 2025 raised their stock the most?

David Pagnotta: I think there’s a few. I like the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference and what they’ve been able to accomplish in the last calendar year. Remember, in the first half of 2024-25, they weren’t near the playoffs, and it took them a while to get going. While they got bounced in five games in the playoffs, it was key for a young developing team to get that experience, and to continue to ride that as they sit third in the Atlantic Division.

To see Juraj Slafkovsky start to get going, to see Ivan Demidov get going in his first full NHL season, they’re both for more than 60 points. You see Nick Suzuki on pace for 90 and Cole Caufield on pace for 80. I like the Habs as a team that’s really on the incline. As for goaltending, we know it’s a little bit shaky, but I like the Habs in the East.

You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…