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Saints sign LB Kaden Elliss The Saints’ only signing of day 2 comes on defense. Saints lose backup center Luke Fortner to Panthers free agent deal A tough loss for the Saints and to a division rival. Terron Armstead Shuts Down Cam Jordan Landing Spot Well, although Fortner left for a division rival, Cam Jordan […]
This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. BLACKHAWKS The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will Be, 3/10: Are We the Waiting ( SCH ) John Mustard has fleshed out his game with better shooting, decision-making ( Sun-Times ) RECAPS: Blackhawks 3, Mammoth 2 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( Athletic ) ( Fels ) Your new era looks a lot like the last one ( Fels ) Blackhawks forward Oliver Moore to miss “significant time” ( Sun-Times ) RECAPS: St...
Charlie McAvoy giveth away, Charlie McAvoy scoreth…or something like that. One game after some loose play with the puck cost the Bruins defenseman in OT in Pittsburgh, McAvoy scored the game-winner 39 seconds into overtime to give the Bruins a 2-1 win over the Kings. The win extended the Bruins’ home winning streak to 13 […]
The Minnesota Wild walked out of the trade deadline with more depth, more grit, and one very important piece still in the organization: Jesper Wallstedt. For weeks, Wallstedt’s name hovered over Minnesota’s search for a top-six center, with the club linked to bigger swings up front, but Bill Guerin ultimately chose not to cash in one of the organization’s biggest future assets for a deadline splash. Instead, the Wild added around the edges with players like Bobby Brink, Nick Folign...
Carter Verhaeghe scored a stunning pair of late markers to a turn a one-goal deficit into a 4-3 Florida Panthers win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings. Down 3-2 with time running out and Daniil Tarasov on the bench, Verhaeghe took a crossing pass from Matthew Tkachuk and snapped off a seeing-eye shot through a mass of bodies in front, catching the left post and igniting the red light with 90 seconds remaining in regulation. The winner came 1:15 later with Verhaeghe again providing ...
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One of the primary storylines to come out of the NHL Trade Deadline last week was Tom Fitzgerald not pulling the trigger on any trades. Fitzgerald was reportedly shopping every defenseman on the roster not named Luke Hughes or Brett Pesce, but he ultimately decided to hold on to all of the Devils blueliners. That […]
Here are your links for today: Devils Links “The Devils rank dead last in goals scored above expectation and Timo Meier might be the poster boy for their struggles. He is scoring at a pace of 23.6 goals per 82 games. That’s not a bad total but certainly not $8.8 million worthy – and the […]
The Carolina Panthers kicked off (the legal tampering period that precedes) NFL free agency by filling all of their immediate needs. That sets them up nicely to take the best players available in every round of the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft regardless of position. The rest of the division, meanwhile, mostly just lost or shuffled […]
Good morning Gang Green Nation! The big news of the day is that the New York Jets have a starting quarterback for 2026. The Jets traded a sixth round pick to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for Geno Smith and a seventh round pick. Smith will return to where he started his NFL career. […]
Game 64: Montreal Canadiens @ Ottawa Senators Start time: 7:30 PM EDT / 4:30 PM PDT In Canada: Sportsnet (English), RDS (French) Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, Sportsnet+ The landscape is shifting rapidly in the Atlantic Division coming out of the Olympics. The Tampa Bay Lightning held a big lead in early February, but have felt the weight of their excessively compressed schedule even sooner than anticipated and have lost six of eight games played since the league resumed. The drop that see...
*The Flyers are back at it tonight, at 7:30 p.m. for some reason. They’ll be taking on the Capitals, who are better than the Rangers, so who knows how this is going to go. If you’re a subscriber over at Charlie’s website, you can check out his thoughts on the last game before this one. [ PHLY ] *Danny Briere sat down with the Inky to answer some pointed post-deadline questions, including some thoughts on Matvei Michkov’s recent play and how he feels about his performance at the deadline. ...
THE DAILY SPONGIE CAT MEMES SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Bears agree to terms with DE Kentavius Street The Bears are signing veteran defensive end Kentavius Street, according to Jordan Schultz of The Schultz Report. After feel-good year, Bears’ offseason has been no place for sentimentality Football is a business. Jets to sign former Bears CB Nahshon Wright […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina, on Tuesday night for a Metropolitan Division battle against the Carolina Hurricanes. Pittsburgh took a 2-1 lead into the third period, then Carolina roared back to take a 4-2 lead. Pittsburgh scored two goals in a frantic, gutsy […]
During the regular season, there wasn't much difference between seeds 6 through 11 in Hockey East, and in fact all the road teams in Wednesday's first-round HEA Tournament games had better away records than home records during the season.But the playoffs again proved to be a different story, with the higher seeds all winning, setting up this weekend's single-game quarterfinals with the top three seeds...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes Despite the team’s success, development remains at the forefront for the Laval Rocket. [ La Presse ] Lane Hutson is changing how defenders read the game. [ The Hockey Writers ] How different is Hutson when playing on the right side vs. the left side? [ La Presse ] 71 years ago, the Zamboni made its Canadian debut at the Forum. [ NHL.com ] Yevgeni Volokhin is turning eyes on the VHL. [ Journal de Montreal ] P.K. Subban’s Canadien...
After a whirlwind weekend which saw the return of Nazem Kadri and big shootout wins over the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild, things settled back down into a game every-other-day routine with the Edmonton Oilers in town. In a possible first round match up, this game showed that Edmonton still can pose some problems as […]
Manchester City have published their squad list for Wednesday’s match against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League’s Round of 16. MANCHESTER CITY SQUAD LISTGoalkeepers: James Trafford, Marcus Bettinelli, Gianluigi Donnarumma.Defenders: Rúben Dias, John Stones, Nathan Aké, Marc Guéhi, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Abdukodir Khusanov, Max Alleyne.Midfielders: Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Cherki, Jérémy Doku, Nico, […]
Recap of the game.
Tuesday night’s affair between the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche was a much-anticipated one. After all, the last time these two teams met, the Avalanche laid a 9-1 drubbing on the Oilers in Edmonton that was salt in the wound for a team that had been as shaky as ever to start the season. And…
International breaks often arrive like a pause in the soundtrack of a season. The rhythm of weekly fixtures fades, senior players scatter across Europe and the training ground becomes quieter, more spacious and more reflective. For some clubs, these breaks are simply interruptions; for Sunderland Women, they’ve increasingly become windows of opportunity, and the moments […]
The Islanders’ incredible overtime magic continued with their 10th OT winner of the season, this time built off the foundation of a three-goal comeback and a rare double-power-play conversion from a team whose power play can rarely shoot straight. Mat Barzal finished the 4-3 win in St. Louis, using his speed to wrongfoot forward Jordan […]
Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 3-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens, which dropped the Maple Leafs’ record to 27-27-11. On the team’s performance: [The Canadiens] definitely had the play in the first. They had the puck. We didn’t check it off them, and when we did, we didn’t do anything with the […] The post Craig Berube on Bo Groulx’s Leafs debut in Montreal: “Very good game… Impressed with a couple of plays he made where he challenged defensemen and beat them” appeared fir...
A couple of players have hit some notable milestones. When the puck dropped between the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night, forward Leon Draisaitl officially dressed in the 852nd game of his NHL career, while fellow forward Trent Frederic appeared in the 400th game of his career in the big leagues. Draisaitl’s appearance…
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-4, in a shootout on Tuesday night at the Lenovo Center to get back in the win column. Jackson Blake scored the winner in the shootout, propelling the Canes to the win. Two goals, both with an empty net in the final three minutes of the third period, […]