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NHL Rumors: 3 Seattle Kraken Trade Candidates

After a nice start to the 2025-26 season, the Seattle Kraken have fallen back down to Earth in a big way. They have lost five straight games and look more like the team that they were last season. If the Kraken continue to struggle and are out of a playoff spot closer to the deadline, they will likely be sellers. Due to this, let's look at three Kraken players who could get traded this season.  Jamie Oleksiak  Oleksiak is undoubtedly a trade candidate to watch this season from the Kr...

Wild Suffer On Western Canada Road Trip

That's Wild The Minnesota Wild were on top of the world and heading into Western Canada, which features some not-so-great hockey teams. Well, after earning that feel-good 1-0 shutout win over the Edmonton Oilers, they dropped two straight to the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks, two...

NHL Rumors: 3 Trade Destinations For Kings' Phillip Danault

Los Angeles Kings forward Phillip Danault is the latest big name in the rumor mill, as NHL insider Frank Seravalli reported that the veteran center has been drawing interest. Due to this, let's look at three teams that could make sense as landing spots for Danault. Detroit Red Wings  The Red Wings could use some help at the center position, and a player like Danault could grab their attention because of it. If acquired, he could work well in their middle six and on their penalty kill. Fur...

An open letter to Bryce Young

Dear Bryce, The Carolina Panthers stand on the precipice of recent history. Your team controls their own destiny in the playoffs in December, a fact that has long time fans of the Carolina Panthers feeling all kinds of ways. Unfortunately, confident is not commonly one of those ways. The Panthers lack of consistency against the […]

Lightning vs. Maple Leafs Prediction: Live Odds, Stats, History and Picks – Monday, December 8, 2025

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs play on Monday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, and the oddsmakers give the edge to the away team (-122) over the host (+102). Watch the NHL on Fubo! Lightning vs. Maple Leafs Favorite, Moneyline, Total Favorite: Lightning (-122) Underdog: Maple Leafs (+102) Total: 6 Best Lightning vs. Maple Leafs Promo Codes How to Watch Lightning vs. Maple Leafs Date: Monday, December 8, 2025 Time: 7:30 p.m. ET How to watch on TV: NHL...

Smash or Pass: Tatsuya Imai

Welcome back to the 2025-26 edition of Smash or Pass, in which we examine potential free agent and trade targets to determine whether the Red Sox should pursue them and what it would take to land them. Next up isone of the best pitchers in Japan’s NPB, who is on his way to North America. Who is […]

Monday Morning Bag Skate 12-8-25

This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. BLACKHAWKS RECAPS: Ducks 7, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic ) RECAPS: Kings 6, Blackhawks 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic ) Can the Blackhawks keep defying analytics models with efficient scoring and goaltending? ( Sun-Times ) ( Editor’s note: quite the headline to have under those two game scores, isn’t it?) Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson isn’t ready to say “I...

Morning Skate: Central

Welcome to a new week, folks! The first week of December is behind us, and a new week awaits. Let’s have fun out there. The Bruins had themselves a decent time on Saturday night, beating the New Jersey Devils 4-1 at TD Garden. While that game came against a slumping opponent on the second night […]

Panthers close homestand with 4-1 win over Islanders

The Florida Panthers concluded a rough six-game homestand on a high note, delivering a complete effort to beat the New York Islanders 4-1 at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida opened the scoring at the 12:14 mark. After A.J. Greer lost the handle behind the net, Mackie Samoskevich took firm possession and sent a bounce pass off the boards back to Uvis Balinksis. The Latvian defenseman notched his first of the season when his wrist shot from the left point eluded David Rittich, who was screened b...

YouTube Gold: Rick Barry, Misunderstood Genius?

Rick Barry was legitimately a great player who almost no one could stand. Yet he was truly, truly elite. Barry played at Miami, averaging 37.4 ppg from 1962-65. He was drafted by the San Francisco Warriors (now Golden State Warriors and played there from 1965 to 1967 before trying to jump to the ABA after […]

Monday Morning Fly By: Milestones on milestones

*The Flyers finally got back to action yesterday against the Avalanche, and even though they were able to stick with them for much of the game, the finish eluded them in the end. [ BSH ] *The Flyers had a pair of players in Sean Couturier and Nick Seeler hit pretty significant career milestones in that game as well. [ Inquirer ] *Speaking of Couturier, Rick Tocchet has been leaning pretty heavily on him, but hopefully the day comes before long when he won’t have to ask quite as much ...

Brady Cook thrown to the wolves in NFL Debut

Welcome to the Morning Commute Playing for the New York Jets is not a job for the faint of heart. The Jets are often terrible and shuffling through players — by trade, free agency or injury — like playing cards. It takes a special sort of resolve to choose that organization and think, “I can […]

Pens Points: Lone Star State shootout loss

Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins were in the Lone Star State on Sunday night to battle the Dallas Stars. And for a while, it looked like the Penguins might eke out a close win against the Stars, but the team blew a late, third-period lead and, familiarly, lost […]

EOTP’s Montreal Canadiens Stars of the Week

We have a new series here at Eyes On The Prize ! Each week, I’ll be selecting three stars from the Habs and one player from the Laval Rocket. A new staple in your Monday morning routine. The Montreal Canadiens went 2-2-0 in the first week of December, now sitting at 15-10-3 on the season and third in the Atlantic Division. It was a week of ups and downs, featuring a resilient, if imperfect, performance against the Maple Leafs that saw the Canadiens snap an 11-game losing streak at Scotiab...