The first day of the men’s hockey tournament underscored the importance of not overlooking any team in the Olympics. Can the Canadians kick off their Olympic Games on the right foot against the Czechs? (10:40 a.m. EST, CBC/CBC Gem) Game Day Quotes Jon Cooper on the process of finding chemistry on his lines ahead of […]
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This week on The IX Sports Hockey podcast, Maya is joined by Reid to check in on the Olympics.
The wheels are starting to get in motion for the Penguin players who are over in Italy. Here’s our check-in. Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell each recorded an assist in Sweden’s 5-2 win over the host nation Italy yesterday. The game was closer than many thought, with Italy scoring first and later making it a […]
Parity is a big conversation in the NHL this season. In the Eastern Conference, with just eight points separating 14th place and a playoff spot, there really only appears to be one team that is committed to being a seller, and that’s the New York Rangers. Ryley Delaney wrote about them earlier this week in…
The Ice Garden recaps what you need to know from NEWHA's January games.
The Philadelphia Flyers are a team in a position that organizations don't want to be in. They're not good enough for playoffs right now as they sit eight points back of a playoff spot and have won three of their last 10 games, they're not bad enough for a top-5 draft pick to have a good chance at winning the lottery or getting a game-changer, and they don't have players to sell for any value. So they have to either dig deep and trade players with term to get something out of the season or stan...
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The Edmonton Oilers are one of the teams linked to Bobby McMann of the Toronto Maple Leafs and that's a move that makes a lot of sense considering he's a pending UFA and Toronto is sitting six points out of a playoff spot. But there appears to be another that the Oilers may have interest in as well. David Pagnotta said, "The Leafs aren't trading (Ekman-Larsson) for Mangiapane and a pick. So, sorry, that's not going to happen. You're probably looking at something like an Isaac Howard in a deal ...
This week’s Ombudsman Report tackles emergency goalies, number 24 curses, Greentree projections, and why Chip definitely did not pitch a shutout.
That was the sort of outrage posted to social media after the Jazz…*checks notes*…won their second game in a row over three matches? No, of course not the lineup — or concept of one — the Sacramento Kings threw into the fire in Utah’s 121-93 victory last night in the Delta Center. But there’s still […]
Changes have to be made to the St. Louis Blues , and some definitely will, but the right players have to be swapped out. This is a team with some solid young talent, but there are still some younger players that may not be part of the future. Jordan Kyrou may be one of them. Nick Kypreos said, "Jordan Kyrou's been out there for the last little while. I also believe that he's open to looking at different scenarios on trying to win a Stanley Cup." At this point, the Blues may not be rebuilding, ...
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL
There were not nearly the amount of eyes on women’s hockey on February 24, 2019, but it was where my mind went to as soon as I saw Marie-Philip Poulin labouring on the bench at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
On that date, the final regular-season game of the CWHL season, Poulin went down at centre ice. It wasn’t immediately clear what happened, whether she simply got her foot stuck in a rut on the ice or if it was an awkward collision that ended badly. There weren’t cameras, and there weren’t ...
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Musings on Madison, Episode 203 — What’s left for the Blackhawks to do this season? ( SCH )
Mailbag: What’s the next phase of Blackhawks’ rebuild? ( Athletic )
What do the numbers say about the Hawks’ “shutdown” D pairing of Vlasic and Crevier? ( SCH )
Intoductions from the Mojave to the Madhouse ( SCH )
Olympic break mic check 1-2 ( Fels )
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You always want the representatives of the Minnesota Wild doing well at the various international tournaments they possibly pop into. But on the grandest stage of them all at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in the first best-on-best tournament since 2014, the stakes are only higher. In th...
So here’s where we’re at: Canada plays Czechia this morning to kick off their Olympic tournament, and John Cooper still won’t tell us who’s starting in net. All he’ll say is that two guys will rotate through the first two games, which honestly just makes this whole thing more interesting. And look, we all know…
Our first joint update in over a year!
Good morning Gang Green Nation! The NFL offseason is underway. For now, it’s a bit of a dead period. Free agency is still almost a month away. The 2026 NFL draft is more than two months away. The only thing of much note in the next few weeks is the NFL combine, which is scheduled […]
Memories like these pop up and serve as a reminder of how drastically different things were for the Pittsburgh Penguins, although now way in the past. In some ways, this moment might have been – if not rock bottom – than certainly a ‘it always gets darkest before the dawn’ for the Penguins. Kovalev was […]
BOSTON — Last Thursday, when the Celtics returned from Houston after a two-game road trip, the Celtics’ coaching staff didn’t go home from the airport. Instead, they headed straight to the Auerbach Center, where Nikola Vucevic, the team’s newest addition, awaited them. Vucevic had been traded to Boston two days earlier, and immediately dove into […]
Guillaume Cizeron claimed Olympic gold again, as accusations swirl around him and his France ice dance partner, while Canada’s Paul Poirier won bronze.
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The Columbus Blue Jackets hit the Olympic break playing their best hockey of the season, and that heater has flipped their trade deadline story from “sell what you can” to “how far can this go?” The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline reported that general manager Don Waddell wants to help the room, but the next few weeks will decide whether this is a real playoff push or just a hot stretch that forces a hard pivot.
Blue Jackets trade deadline: buy now or protect assets
Portzline’s read is th...
On Wednesday, the Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament began at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan with Slovakia and Sweden opening Group B play with victories. Action will ramp up even further today with four games on the schedule, including Sidney Crosby leading Team Canada against Czechia in Group A while the Americans open Group C […]
*The men’s hockey tourney kicked off yesterday and it was a bad start for our boy Risto. We’ve seen a bit of a debate… does this count as playoff Risto? Discuss. [ ESPN ]
*In case you’re still not sure, here’s a handy guide to tell you which of your favorite NHLers are playing where in these Olympics. [ The Athletic ]
*And in case you need a reason to be excited about all of this, here are three reasons to be exactly that. [ Inquirer ]
*Naturally most of the hockey world is focu...