Toronto's Auston Matthews and Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon are the highest-paid NHL players this season, but Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl will pass them.

From break-out performers of the last year to musicians with exciting new material to debut, we’ve rounded up 10 rising stars we think we’ll be hearing a lot more of in the year ahead.

The Dallas Stars are surging up the Western Conference, and should target Brock Nelson to help replace Tyler Seguin in the ...