The Ottawa Senators' season ended last week, not quite the way they had hoped. A four-game sweep at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes sent the Senators home to stew for the summer. Now, just to add a little insult to injury, the NHL has suspended forward Ridly Greig for two games to start next season for sucker punching the Canes' Sean Walker in the final game of the series. Ottawa’s Ridly Greig has been suspended for two regular season games for roughing Carolina’s Sean W...
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has been through it all for the Edmonton Oilers. He’s stuck with the team, whether they finished last place or fought tooth and nail in Game 7 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final. As the last holdover from the Decade of Darkness, he’s been a fixture in the top six for 15 years….
The last time the Ravens held the 14th overall pick in the draft, the first round did not go to plan. In 2022, the team had interest in wideouts Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave, as well as defensive tackle Jordan Davis, but all three were snapped up before Baltimore was on the clock. The Jets […]
Okay, well the Philadelphia Flyers didn’t start the second round all that well. After a brutal 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes for Game 1, the Flyers are searching their first goal of the series and even still looking for their first stretch of solid offense.
Maybe it will come Monday night, but it’s going to take a fairly large change.
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Rick Tocchet said exactly what he’s looki...
It’s hard to stay away from the stories that are very much in line with what you yourself are chasing. As a broadcaster and hockey writer, it’s those stories of individuals who have found triumphs in my industry that I often gravitate towards. The career and life of colour commentator John Garrett s...
The lingering sentiment around the Edmonton Oilers exit interviews was the team must improve because the goal is to win the Stanley Cup next year. No one tried to pull the wool after a frustrating season, not Stan Bowman, not Connor McDavid, and certainly not Leon Draisaitl. But what changes will be made in terms…
Wow. After weeks of "due diligence" to come up with their new general manager, MLSE President Keith Pelley probably didn't expect a question like this at the big news conference to introduce John Chayka (and Mats Sundin). Reporter Steve Simmons stood up at the media event and told Pelley, with Chayka seated beside him, that 19 of 20 prominent NHL people Simmons talked to called the hiring "a sham" and referred to Chayka as a "con artist", a "liar" and "salesman." Toronto is hockey cinema...
The Milwaukee Bucks will play three games in the four-team California Classic Summer League, the NBA announced last Wednesday. The Bucks will face the Golden State Warriors on July 4, the Brooklyn Nets on July 5, and the Sacramento Kings on July 6 in the Golden 1 Center. This is Milwaukee’s first year participating in […]
Leave it to the Toronto Maple Leafs to be nothing short of a source of entertainment. In a move that took the hockey world by surprise, the Leafs announced Sunday they hired John Chayka as general manager, and Mats Sundin as senior executive advisor. The Sundin news was tolerable, given his 13-years as a player…
The newest General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, John Chayka, discussed his childhood connection to the franchise, the interview process, his controversial exit from Arizona, and his plans for the first few weeks on the job. Opening Statements Chayka: This is not just a job. Being the General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs […]
The post John Chayka on the importance of selling Auston Matthews on a winning vision in Toronto: “I just came from an organization where we spent our entire...
MLSE President and CEO Keith Pelley discussed the hiring of Mats Sundin and John Chayka into senior management positions with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Opening Statements Pelley: We are here today, but we are coming off a heartbreaking loss last night for the Raptors in Cleveland. I can tell you that the Raptors were the […]
The post Keith Pelley on the rumours surrounding Tie Domi’s involvement in Chayka’s hiring as Leafs GM: “There have been countless erroneous reports and inaccurate inform...
The Maple Leafs’ new Senior Executive Advisor of Hockey Operations, Mats Sundin, discussed his decision to move back to Toronto to join the Leafs’ management and what he can bring to the organization’s front office. Opening Statements Sundin: I am extremely proud and excited to be sitting here today. I am very emotionally connected to […]
The post Mats Sundin on working with John Chayka in Leafs management: “We have the same vision of what a winning team looks like… I think we’re going to co...
The Edmonton Oilers extended a handful of players before the start of the 2025-26 season. Chief among them was Connor McDavid, who agreed to a two-year deal worth $12.5 million, the same annual average value as his previous contract. That set the deadline for the Oilers’ window of contention. With the extra money, the Blue…
Panthers News: Jalen Coker Enters 2026 as Carolina’s Most Important Receiver Nobody Is Talking About Jalen Coker never had the luxury of a full season to build on. He missed the first six weeks of 2025 with a quadriceps strain, was activated in Week 7, and then delivered the best stretch of production of his young [...]
As most of you are aware, the general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, Eric Tulsky, used to go here. He started out his incredibly hockey journey that has now led him to running a team that is one of the rare perennial and true contenders in the NHL, at this little hockey blog looking at a bunch of numbers and asking and answering a bunch of questions.
So now with the Hurricanes facing off against the Philadelphia Flyers, the team he extensively wrote about and grew up a fan off, in th...
Remembering the Manitoba Miracle one year to the day later.
Prior to the season, the Rochester Red Wings, the Nats AAA affiliate, got a lot of hype. Their lineup featured the likes of Dylan Crews, Harry Ford, Abimelec Ortiz, Robert Hassell III, and Christian Franklin. Former second round pick Yohandy Morales got lost in the shuffle a bit, but he has been the Red Wings […]
After missing the playoffs last year for the first time in close to a decade, the Bruins were back in the postseason but fell short in the opening round.
Manchester United have now secured UEFA Champions League qualification for next season, and with it, interim manager Michael Carrick has likely secured his gig beyond the end of this season. He didn’t just secure UCL qualification, he did it in absolute style, with yesterday’s home win over hated rivals Liverpool. Beating Liverpool is always sweet […]
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Real Madrid kicked off their preparations for El Clásico with their first training session of the week at Valdebebas, blending recovery work with high-intensity drills as attention turns toward Sunday’s decisive showdown with Barcelona. Following the win over Espanyol, the squad was split into two groups. The starters from that match focused on recovery exercises, […]
It was a strange feeling this past weekend, going around town at the beginning of May and not seeing people wearing their finest Edmonton Oilers threads, or a single Oilers car flag on passing cars, at least from what I saw. The Oilers were ousted by the Anaheim Ducks in the first round, their earliest…
After spending his first five seasons in the league with the New York Jets, plenty of things are new for Alijah Vera-Tucker this offseason in New England. Among the most notable differences through the first two weeks of the voluntary offseason program has been the introduction of “family meetings.” “We have family meetings where we […]