The hockey world has waited eight years for the renewal of best-on-best hockey. Now it is finally here. The 4 Nations Face-Off between Team USA, Canada, Sweden and Finland begins on

What we know: There will be a market for three of the Rangers’ pending UFAs: Ryan Lindgren, Reilly Smith and Jimmy Vesey should draw varying levels of interest and varying quality of trade offers, but if the appetite is there to bank some assets rather than use these three for a playoff push, Drury will have a chance to sell.

Instead, the league will hold the first-ever 4 Nations Face-off, a best-on-best round robin style tournament between NHL players from the United States, Canada, Finland, and Sweden. Each team will play three games,