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Jim Hiller was appointed as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs on June 17, and there’s still a pressing question at hand: how will Hiller’s tactics deviate from Craig Berube’s, and how does he want his team to play, where there are renewed postseason expectations for his group? We’ll start with Hiller’s direct response,…
The week’s hottest Montreal Canadiens topics, served without the sugar-coating and with little concern for bruised feelings. With their final two pre-season games played last night, the Montreal Canadiens have officially wrapped up training camp and are now set to open the 2026-27 season Tuesday night against the Maple Leafs in Toronto. And while most […] The post Out of the Bleu, Blanc, Rouge: Montreal Canadiens & Potential appeared first on The Sick Podcast .
It may be viewed as a poisonous opinion for a Toronto Maple Leafs beat writer to hold, so consider the following a begrudgingly positive review of the 2026-27 Montreal Canadiens. The changing of the guard took place last season, and while the Canadiens were expertly dispatched by the Carolina Hurricanes, they will be back for…
Here’s the TJStats Daily Recap for September 27, 2026, covering 15 completed games. All advanced metrics (Whiffs, CSW%, tjStuff+) are sourced from the TJStats pitch database. Starting Pitchers Pitcher Team Opp IP H ER K BB Pitches Whiffs SwStr% CSW% tjStuff+ GS Dec Max Scherzer TOR CIN 7.0 6 1 7 1 114 19 16.7% […] The post MLB Daily Recap – September 27, 2026 appeared first on TJStats .
The preseason doesn’t usually tell us much about what a hockey team will look like when the games start counting. Too many lineups, too many players trying to make the…
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The preseason is over and the Toronto Maple Leafs’ regular season is just around the corner. While the Maple Leafs lost both games against the Montreal Canadiens, they were able…
Preseason is over, and now we await the final roster moves across the league before the real games begin. At the end of last week, we recorded a podcast where we went through each player on the NHL team. Given the timing, we didn’t get to talk about the other depth players and prospects in […] The post Beyond the Maple Leafs’ Opening Roster: Notes on the Call-Ups, Prospects, and Marlies to Watch appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
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The Toronto Raptors could make another significant roster move during the 2026-27 season after already bringing Kawhi Leonard back to the franchise. ClutchPoints insider Brett Siegel believes Toronto remains one piece away from becoming a more serious championship contender and expects one of Immanuel Quickley , RJ Barrett , or Jakob Poeltl to eventually be moved. "I still think that the Raptors are one piece away," Siegel said on the Clutch Scoops podcast . "And you're going to see one of tho...
The 2026-27 NHL season is upon us, and it’s exciting times around the Toronto Maple Leafs. John Chayka had himself a stellar first offseason as general manager, significantly changing the makeup of the roster, while setting the team up to go all-in the next two seasons to try and win a Stanley Cup. Chayka’s been…
Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs practiced at Mullett Arena on a team trip to Arizona ahead of the 2026-27 NHL season. AZ natives Matthews and Matthew Knies, along with former Coyotes Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Troy Stecher, spoke to the media after practice and discussed the team’s trip to the desert, NHL expansion, Arizona as an NHL market, and the team’s hospital visit to Matthew Mayich and his family. 0:00 Auston Matthews 7:29 Matthew Knies 10:35 Oliver Ekman-Larsson 14:15 Troy St...
For Matthew Mayich’s family, Saturday was never really about hockey. The Toronto Maple Leafs arrived in Arizona for the season opener, but their first stop was a hospital room. The players went to Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix to stand beside the family of the 21-year-old hockey player who remains on life support. Mayich, an […] The post Athlete on Life Support After ASU Workout Incident Finds Support From NHL Stars appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Jalen Brunson hosted the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, and he did not do it alone. Midway through his opening monologue, the Knicks captain said he would take questions from the audience, and the camera panned to Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby, and Josh Hart sitting in the crowd. Towns went first, wondering […] The post Knicks star Jalen Brunson gets a little help on SNL monologue from NY’s starting five appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Hector Rodriguez had a two-run triple in the fifth inning as the Cincinnati Reds topped the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Saturday. JJ Bleday had a solo home run in the second inning for an early Cincinnati (75-86) lead. Sal Stewart’s fielder’s choice scored a run in the third and Eugenio Suarez smashed an RBI double in the next at-bat. Rhett Lowder (7-12) pitched six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, striking out two. Connor Phillips, Graham Ashcraft and Tejay Antone came out o...
Max Scherzer still has a chance to make MLB history this season. The Toronto Blue Jays right-hander is close to catching his former teammate Justin Verlander on MLB’s all-time strikeouts list, with MLB writer Sarah Langs reporting that the retiring Detroit Tigers pitcher started his final game with 3,560 career strikeouts, while Scherzer had 3,550. […] The post How many strikeouts does Blue Jays’ Max Scherzer need to surpass Justin Verlander on Sunday? appeared first on ClutchPoints .
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The Toronto Maple Leafs preseason has concluded as their second series of split squad games were completed against the Ottawa Senators. After losing both games against the Montreal Canadiens, they…
TORONTO – Roughly 40 minutes before Justin Verlander took the mound at Comerica Park for his 557th and final major-league start, Max Scherzer sat in the dugout at Rogers Centre and contemplated the potential end of his own MLB career. A crowd of reporters and cameras surrounded Scherzer as he settled in, dressed casually in sneakers and team-issued workout gear. A brief silence ensued and before anyone could fill it with questions, Scherzer started speaking. “Ok,” he began. “I guess I can star...
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A lot was made about the fact that Kawhi Leonard left $11M on the table in negotiating a two-year, $115 million extension with the Toronto Raptors last week. Now we see that Steph Curry, signing his own two-year extension, has out-Kawhi'd Kawhi, scoring $1M more from the Golden State Warriors with a $116M deal — but he left a full $20M on the table, per reports. Stephen Curry’s 2-year, $116 Million extension is $20 MILLION LESS than what he was eligible for, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks 💰❌ ...
Given the short term of Bulls guard Norman Powell's contract and the roster overhaul of his former team, the Toronto Raptors, it may be time for a reunion.
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Elly De La Cruz reached his 30-30 milestone during Friday night’s loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, meaning the Cincinnati Reds now have a pair of games left in their 2026 season with roughly nothing left to play for. That’s true for most of the roster, in all honesty. For Rhett Lowder, though, there’s at […]
Detroit Tigers future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander is making the final start of his MLB career on Saturday. While it is emotional, Verlander wants to pitch well and turn in a strong final start. One underlying storyline surrounding the situation is the strikeout battle between Verlander and his former Tigers teammate and current Toronto […] The post Max Scherzer rooting for Tigers’ Justin Verlander despite competitive strikeout battle between them appeared first on ClutchPoints .