The dark cloud over what has been a surprisingly decent start to the Philadelphia Flyers season has been Matvei Michkov’s performance. But after spending a night in Ottawa, there might be some signs of life.
Coming into Thursday night’s game, there were serious questions about whether or not Michkov would get his season going before people start to panic. Maybe, there are some that are already panicking, but after some reassurance that his molasses-slow start to his season is because he s...
From Broad Street Hockey
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Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! These are the answers to all YOUR questions, whether they be Panthers related, football related, or even off topic! Let’s dive right in this week’s mailbag! Bruce Guild: Why can’t we win the division. I linked your whole comment […]
From Cat Scratch Reader
| about 2 months ago
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The last analysis I did to preview the Buffalo Bills’ Week 6 game against the Atlanta Falcons leaned heavily on the idea of that team’s volatility. It turns out the Bills got a very good version of the Falcons and came away with a loss. I could write a similar article this week about the […]
From Buffalo Rumblings
| about 2 months ago
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The Winnipeg Jets ( 5-2-0 ) will face their first back-to-back game situation of the NHL’s 2025-26 campaign, but they likely should have plenty of energy left over since the True Northers only managed to exert a high level of effort in 1 period last night against the Seattle Kraken. Although the final scoreboard read 3-0 for the opposition, it was really only one goal that was the difference….and I happened to miss it while making a late supper mid-game. So it wasn’t that the Jets played horri...
From Arctic Ice Hockey
| about 2 months ago
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On Thursday night, the Edmonton Oilers put up their biggest offensive showing of the season, scoring three unanswered to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 6-5. The messy back-and-forth affair turned controversial, owing to an imbalance in power play opportunities between the two teams. Edmonton had five on the night, converting on two in the final frame,…
From In the Pressbox
| about 2 months ago
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Or is that Ottawa, and Buffalo is their third home?
From Pension Plan Puppets
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The Wisconsin Badgers take on the No. 6 Oregon Ducks this Saturday night in Eugene. Last season, the Badgers fought tooth and nail with the Ducks at Camp Randall Stadium. Despite holding a 10-6 halftime lead over the No. 1-ranked Ducks, the Badgers fell 16-13 on a field goal by Atticus Sappington, and a late […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter
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Former Barcelona legend Andrés Iniesta has attempted to cool the rising tension ahead of Sunday’s El Clásico, calling it “the biggest game there is” and urging everyone to focus on the football rather than the noise surrounding it. Speaking at the second International Congress on Health Communication at Vall d’Hebron Hospital alongside basketball star Ricky […]
From Managing Madrid
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Brennan Othmann is back with the big club, but it remains to be seen whether this is his real shot or just a short-term insurance call-up.
From Blueshirt Banter
| about 2 months ago
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The Utah Jazz were one of the biggest surprises in the NBA’s opening slate of games, trouncing the Clippers by 21 points in an ultra efficient win on Wednesday night. The Jazz got a little bit of help from everyone. Lauri Markkanen, Walker Kessler and Brice Sensabaugh all scored 20-plus points, while point guards Keyonte […]
From SLC Dunk
| about 2 months ago
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Help me pick my lunch. Or learn what’s wrong with Minnesota. Or something. MNW’s Lightly-Plagiarized Trivia Anyway. I am having lunch with WSR and a band of associated Minnesota miscreants today. (The other three are all Iowa fans, actually. We in Minnesota really need to end our acceptance of refugee resettlement. I’m tired of all […]
From Off Tackle Empire
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A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
From In the Pressbox
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When the Lakers went into their final game of the preseason against the Sacramento Kings with nearly their entire roster available — minus LeBron James, obviously — it was largely believed this would be a dress rehearsal for their season opener that would come only four days later. Head coach JJ Redick intimated as much […]
From Silver Screen and Roll
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David Jiricek probably would have liked to have drawn in for the Minnesota Wild’s home opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets on October 11. Instead, the Wild stuck him in the press box four booths down from Don Waddell, the general manager who traded him after 53 games.
While they removed J...
From Hockey Wilderness
| about 2 months ago
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey team returns home for their second of three consecutive weekends of rivalry series when they host the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs at 3M Arena at Mariucci this weekend. Minnesota sees the Bulldogs filling the sandwich between their series at North Dakota last weekend, and the Big Ten opening series at Wisconsin […]
From The Daily Gopher
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The Colorado Avalanche donned their Nordiques throwback jerseys tonight for the first time, as they took on the Carolina Hurricanes, who donned their Hartford Whaler throwbacks as well. While the Avs were able to erase a three-goal deficet and steal a point from the Hurricanes, they would ultimately lose by a final score of 5-4 […]
From Mile High Hockey
| about 2 months ago
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Similar to the ones they wore last season with a few modifications.
From In the Pressbox
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No. 5 Penn State will finish off its six-game homestand with a pair of games against Stonehill this weekend. The Skyhawks are in their third season as a Division I program. With the Big Ten opener against Ohio State looming, this is the Nittany Lions’ last chance to iron out the wrinkles before the grind […]
From Black Shoe Diaries
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With their 5-3 win over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers on Thursday night the Pittsburgh Penguins improved to 6-2-0 on the young season, making them easily one of the biggest surprises in the NHL through the first two-plus weeks of the season. Nobody expected this, even with a relatively soft early season schedule. […]
From PensBurgh
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Shane Pinto’s next contract is trending towards a shorter term.. After offering the 25-year-old center an eight-year extension, the Ottawa Senators are now widely viewed as open to a Shane Pinto short-term deal that preserves cap agility and keeps their room dynamics intact. Pinto is scorching to start the season and his leverage is growing, but Ottawa’s stacked salary chart suggests a bridge makes sense. Shane Pinto is betting on himself and has came out FLYING to start the season...
From NHL Trade Rumors
| about 2 months ago
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After snapping their three-game losing streak on Tuesday in Ottawa, the Edmonton Oilers returned to home ice to face the red-hot Montreal Canadiens. And after 60 minutes of the most ridiculous hockey you could ever imagine, the Oilers locked in a 6-5 victory that was anything but easy to get. There were ups, there were…
From In the Pressbox
| about 2 months ago
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Julian Alvarez’s agent has played down talk about a potential move from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona amid speculation his client wants out of the Spanish capital. There have been more rumors flying around this week about Alvarez’s future, with claims he’s keen to leave and more talk about a move to Catalunya. Fernando Hidalgo has been […]
From Barca Blaugranes
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It was a struggle to get there and it wasn’t a pretty path, but the San Jose Sharks can finally say the team has a win this season. It took overtime and a Herculean effort by both Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith, but the most important thing is that even when the team lost its lead late in the third period, the Sharks battled back to win and beat the New York Rangers 6-5 in overtime. Better yet, the Sharks put six goals past Igor Shesterkin, who, going into the night, had not allowed more tha...
From Fear The Fin
| about 2 months ago
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Good morning, LSB. No new Rangers news out there today, but there is some good World Series preview content out there with Game 1 starting tonight. Jayson Stark asks if the Dodgers are actually ruining baseball. And MLB Pipeline has a list of eye-popping prospects, one for every team That’s all for this morning. Happy […]
From Lone Star Ball
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The #3 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers Women’s Hockey Team will face their second of three consecutive Top-5 matchups when they head up I-35 to face the #4 ranked Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs for a two game series. Minnesota will need to deal with the talented Bulldogs shorthanded on Friday as both Chloe Primerano and Gracie Graham will […]
From The Daily Gopher
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