Blackhawks CHL Prospect Update, 2/18: Pridham, Vanacker, and Behm are going off
Several Hawks prospects are flourishing on various junior teams this winter.
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Several Hawks prospects are flourishing on various junior teams this winter.
It's not a certainty that Nazem Kadri will be traded at the deadline or even this summer, but the heavy interest is there from teams desperate for a top-6/second line center with experience. The free agent market is never that good and teams will have to greatly overpay for someone if one is available. This is where the Calgary Flames come in. The team is near the bottom of the league and for the next couple of seasons, they aren't going to compete. Dustin Wolf is good, but will likely get bet...
Liverpool continue to struggle through a wave of defensive injuries that sees multiple positional players currently out, no fit senior right backs available for head coach Arne Slot, and even the emergency replacements playing out of position in cover now suffering serious setbacks. The latest was midfielder Wataru Endo, filling in at right back over […]
Vincent Trocheck has probably played his final game for the New York Rangers. The only question left is, for whom he will play his next game?
If you read my article last week, you’ll know that my general thought process when it comes to fixing the Devils is that trading away star players is a bad idea. Most teams that make those types of deals don’t get better as a result of it. There was one player that I did kind […]
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This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. BLACKHAWKS Blackhawks AHL prospect update, 2/17: Rinzel gets his groove back ( SCH ) Five storylines to follow during the final third of the Blackhawks season ( Sun-Times ) Examining the Blackhawks’ recent power-play struggles ( SCH ) Mailbag: What does Blackhawks’ cap space look like in 5 years? ( Athletic ) Mailbag: Comparing the Blackhawks and Sharks’ rebuilds ( Athletic ) Musings on Madison, ...
With the Panthers offseason underway and free agency just a few weeks away, let’s take a look at some of the areas on the roster that Dan Morgan and Brandt Tillis have to address this offseason. Instead of looking at the entire roster, we are going to break the list down by position group. For […]
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The Athletic's Harman Dayal and Thomas Drance tossed out an interesting lane for the Vancouver Canucks , and it is not the usual go get the best player available shopping list. The idea is to target distressed assets, meaning underperforming veterans on awkward contracts who might bounce back with different usage, a different role, or just a different room. In a cap world where pure talent is the scarcest thing, the Canucks sniffing around players other teams are frustrated with ca...
When the puck hits the ice hours from now for Canada’s quarterfinal matchup against Czechia, the narrative story practically writes itself. It’s the top-seeded Canadians vs. the eighth-seeded Czechs, who survived the qualifying round and eeked out a 3-2 win over Denmark Tuesday morning. Canada has earned the right to call it an easy game,…
The quarterfinals are all set and there are some intriguing match-ups as teams look to push through to the semifinals and a chance to reach the medal round. We mentioned the first two wins in yesterday’s post as Germany and Switzerland advanced. Czechia held off Denmark as Oliver Bjorkstrand became the first member of the Lightning to see his gold medal dreams dashed. Sweden handled Latvia with ease to set up a date with the United States. So today’s games are: Slovakia vs. German – ...
Here are your links for today: Devils Links Olympic updates: Nico Hischier had a goal and two assists as the Swiss advanced to the quarterfinals. Jesper Bratt was scratched but the Swedes advanced as well. [Devils NHL] “Dougie Hamilton was one of the New Jersey Devils’ biggest disappointments for the first chunk of the season. […]
It was an uncharacteristic week for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins coming out of the AHL All-Star break. The Pens phoned in a 5-0 loss to Syracuse on Saturday before battling back to force OT before falling to Cleveland on Sunday. From Nick Hart at WBSPenguins: Saturday, Feb. 14 – PENGUINS 0 vs. Syracuse 5Wilkes-Barre/Scranton saw its five-game […]
Good morning Gang Green Nation! Here are your links to your New York Jets this glorious Wednesday in February: Randy Lange – Three Newsy Notes on the Jets’ Recent Defensive Coaching Hires Matt Bowen – 2026 NFL free agency: Best team fits for the top 50 players Connor Hughes – 2026 NFL Mock Draft Top […]
The stage is set for one tournament, and the medal round is almost set for the other. Let’s check in. Women’s Tournament Bronze Medal Game: Sweden vs. Switzerland – An effort most valiant Whoever wins this game, it will be a triumph regardless for both sides. As I’ve been talking about all tourney, Sweden’s return […]
Sweden and Switzerland will compete for their first Olympic medals since 2014, when Switzerland defeated Sweden 4-3.
In last summer’s NBA Draft, Cooper Flagg went first to Dallas, Rutgers’ Dylan Harper second to San Antonio, Baylor’s V.J. Edgecombe third to Philly and Flagg’s Duke teammate Kon Knueppel fourth to Charlotte. In retrospect, San Antonio might have made a mistake. He would have been a great fit with Victor Wembanyama and more importantly, […]
After a week or so of preliminaries and qualifiers, we’ve reached the quarterfinals of the 2026 Olympic Men’s Hockey Tournament. There were four games on Tuesday, with Germany, Czechia, Switzerland, and Sweden all winning to advance to today’s quarterfinals. There will be four more games today to help whet your appetite for hockey, with things […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… Pittsburgh Penguins forward Noel Acciari, a native of Rhode Island, expressed his sadness after a mass shooting at a rink in Pawtucket that left three people dead, including the suspect, and several others wounded during a high school hockey game. [Trib Live] Filip Hallander is close […]
*The quarterfinals of the men’s tourney at the Olympics begins today, with Canada taking on Dan Vladar and his Czech teammates this morning, and then later on this afternoon Team USA will face off against Sweden. For his part, Auston Matthews is looking every bit the leader USA Hockey needed him to be. [ AP ] *Speaking of hockey surprises at the Olympics, there have been a few worth talking about a little bit. [ ESPN ] *We actually got a little something resembling Flyers news yester...
Here we are! Well, sort of…almost. The Islanders are now legally allowed to reconvene, while Wednesday at the Olympics offers a full day of men’s ice hockey quarterfinals: The U.S. and Sweden likely gave themselves the toughest mutual matchup, thanks to Sweden’s round-robin slip and the U.S. failure to run up the score against each […]
Florida Panthers defenseman Gustav Forsling and Sweden advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan with a 4-1 victory over Latvia. Forsling logged 20:03 of ice time, registered one shot on goal and finished the game with a plus-two rating. He took a delaying-the-game penalty in the first period. Uvis Balinksis played a game-high 23:50 for Latvia , which finished the tournament in tenth place. He was on the ice for Eduards Tralmaks’ second period goal and finish...
2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics Quarter-final 1: Slovakia vs. Germany How to watch Start time: 6:10 AM EDT / 12:10 PM CET In Canada: Sportsnet (English) RDS (French) Streaming: CBC Gem, RDS, Sportsnet+ Germany had a fairly easy time versus France in the qualification round, scoring early, ending the opening period with a 3-0 lead, and going on to claim a 5-1 win. They face a much tougher opponent today in Slovakia, which also has the benefit of an additional day off wit...
Brown has narrowed its coaching choices to four, according to Providence hockey reporter Mark Divver.According to his report, Brown is zeroing in on Dartmouth assistant Jason Tapp; Brown alum Scott Ford, who is an assistant coach in the NHL with Columbus; Tommy Upton, an assistant at Massachusetts; and Arizona State assistant Dana Borges.Current Brown coach Brendan Whittet announced he was stepping...