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One of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ longest-tenured players could be out the door this offseason. So far there has been little to no discussion reported between Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins. Before the season began, Josh Yohe of The Athletic reported that they would not be bringing their assistant captain back after the 2025-26 season. However,…
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2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference QFs Game 6: Montreal Canadiens (A3) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (A2) MTL leads 3-2 Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French) In the United States: ESPN2 In the Lightning region: The Spot Streaming: Sportsnet+ Five games have been played in this Eastern Conference Quarter-final, five games have been decided by one goal. Some of the most potent offensive stars on both sides h...
It’s only fitting that Quinn Hughes scored the opening goal in the Minnesota Wild’s decisive Game 6 victory, then scored the go-ahead goal in the third. The score will read 5-2 with Matt Boldy scoring the final two goals on empty nets. However, Hughes’ wily tally in the third put the Wild in the lea...
Welcome back to another Public Skate, folks! Tonight, we’ve got a playoff home game at TD Garden on a Friday night, which should lead to a good atmosphere (provided the home side doesn’t go down 3-0 in the first five minutes again). The Bruins showed some moxie, grit, resolve, etc. in extending the series via […]
All season long, we heard speculation about whether or not Evgeni Malkin would play another year for the Pittsburgh Penguins , or decide to retire after 20 years. At the team's exit interviews for the season on Friday, the 39-year-old dropped a bombshell admission, saying he wanted to play next season—for Pittsburgh or any other team that would have him. As Dan Kingerski noted in Pittsburgh Hockey Now , Malkin has played an evasive game with the Penguins and their fans about whether or n...
The St. Louis Blues have locked up a key piece of their future, signing pending restricted free agent Dylan Holloway to a five-year contract extension, the club announced Friday. The deal will pay him an AAV of $7.75 million when it kicks in next season, The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford reported. HOLLO-STAY Dylan Holloway has agreed…
Dylan Holloway just completed his second season with the St. Louis Blues, but we've learned today that there will be five more years to come, as he and the team have agreed on a massive extension. HOLLO-STAY Dylan Holloway has agreed to terms on a five-year contract extension. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/ySkwk3lcmb — St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 1, 2026 It's a $38.75 million deal for the 24-year-old, with a $7.75 Million AAV. The Blues initially landed Holloway in their big O...
The Jets made some news this week bringing in veteran quarterback Russell Wilson for a visit. Wilson at one time was one of the top quarterbacks in the league. Those days are long in the past. Wilson’s mobility, which was so essential to his game, has eroded with age. With it, the quality of his […]
Texas Rangers lineup for May 1, 2026 against the Detroit Tigers: starting pitchers are MacKenzie Gore for the Rangers and Jack Flaherty for the Tigers. Plays the first of three in Detroit. Josh Smith is sitting again, Ezequiel Duran is starting again. The lineup: Nimmo — RF Carter — CF Seager — SS Jung — […]
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Muse has been named a finalist for the Jack Adams Award. Muse was named one of the three finalists for the award, which is the NHL’s annual “Coach of the Year” award, alongside Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper and Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff. The Penguins were […]
Before we get to NHL news and notes, a few Islanders links: Enjoy this highlight reel for Vezina finalist Ilya Sorokin. Offseason analysis from Andrew Gross: The management. [Newsday] What was it like to suffer through the ups and mostly downs of being a diehard Whalers fan? A special Weird Islanders episode. [LHH] Elsewhere Depending […]
This is exactly how this Oilers season deserved to end. We should have seen this one coming from miles away. The Edmonton Oilers bowed out in the first round to the Anaheim Ducks in six games Thursday night. Puck luck favoured the Ducks last night, combined with a lack of urgency from the Oilers, and…
The Flyers got a whole two-day break between sending Pittsburgh home and getting the ball rolling again against Carolina. Game 1 is scheduled for Saturday night in prime time but, as of this post, no other dates or times have been revealed for the next three games. Of course, that should be resolved once the remaining four series in round one conclude. However, it’s always a good time to make bold predictions, right? So, having said all that, here are three bold predictions for the Flyers...
The big D man goes from the pressure of a National Championship game to Game 1 of the second round.
The Jauan Jennings Watch continues. He visited for a couple of days and left town without a deal but negotiations are reportedly ongoing. There are no reports (yet) of him going to visit another team. The Seahawks, Raiders, Dolphins, and Commanders are all thought to be possibilities. The Seahawks have Jackson Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, and […]
The Philadelphia Flyers had a practice Friday morning prior to flying out to Raleigh, getting set for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semi-final commencing Saturday evening against the Carolina Hurricanes. And in preparation, head coach Rick Tocchet decided to shuffle up his lines and make some key personnel changes before the all-important first game of the series. Now that the dust has settled after Cam York’s heroic series-winning goal and all the reflection of the Flyers overcoming t...
Injuries will always play a factor in the NHL playoffs. Every team is going to deal with them at some point, but for the Edmonton Oilers, they piled up early. They entered the postseason with Leon Draisaitl recovering from a medical collateral ligament injury in his knee, Zach Hyman dealing with something that kept him…
Barcelona have pretty big plans for the summer as they try to give Hansi Flick a better, more complete squad to compete in all fronts next season. But they might have to make some tough decisions. The dream signings are well known — Julián Alvarez and Alessandro Bastoni are the favorite striker and center-back targets […]
A whole lot has been made of the relationship between Matvei Michkov and Rick Tocchet as just about every single fan of the Philadelphia Flyers has an opinion on the prized prospect and the head coach of this team. Well now we’re getting some deeper insight from someone that knows Michkov very well and he praises Tocchet for what he has been doing in the playoffs. Michkov’s former agent, Sergei Fedotov, appeared on one of those classic Russian sports talk shows that you see clips from dur...
On the latest 32 Thoughts, Elliotte Friedman provided some updates on the Leafs’ executive search, which appears to be nearing its end with Sundin-Chayka as the probable outcome. Friedman on the rival GM the Leafs sought permission to speak to Friedman: James Mirtle had a line about Toronto being turned down after asking to speak […] The post Latest from Friedman: Maple Leafs tried to speak to Julien BriseBois; Sundin-Chayka hires still progressing in the “proper direction” appeared first o...
The Toronto Maple Leafs , by all accounts, seem to have settled on their new hockey operations team. However, according to insider Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts podcast, MLSE initially had its sights set much higher. James Mirtle in The Athletic had a line about Toronto being turned down to speak to a current general manager. I believe that was Julien BriseBois of the Tampa Bay Lightning. That's who I think they asked permission to speak to, and they were rejected. But of co...
Fagemo’s journey has taken him from Sweden to a key role with the Moose as they enter the second round.
The Penguins magical bounce-back season comes to an end in the first round at the hands of their interstate rivals.
Summer has arrived early in Edmonton this year, with the Oilers eliminated from the playoffs far sooner than any in the market hoped. While locker room cleanout, exit interviews, and some difficult conversations are soon to follow, so will the noise around what this offseason could look like. After all, two months from today unrestricted…