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What up, TOC Nation! It is officially sports betting season. This article is about betting, so if you are not interested in this topic, please skip this article. There will be several of these as we go through March Madness, but I will do my best to make it clear in the title if it […]
Unlike their NHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch are on a bit of a heater. With a 3-2 overtime win against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and a 4-1 win over Utica on Sunday, the Crunch ran their winning streak to five games. They now trail Laval by just three points, but have three games in hand. The Crunch will look to improve on their 4-1-1 record against the Rocket on Saturday when they meet for the final time in the regular season. According to the league’s playoff primer , the Crunch’s magic n...
Good morning Gang Green Nation! Day one of the legal tampering period is in the books, and it was quite the whirlwind for the New York Jets. The day got off to an early start, with the Jets trading a seventh round pick in the 2026 NFL draft to the Miami Dolphins for safety Minkah […]
Day 1 of Detroit Lions free agency will likely be most defined by the team’s losses rather than their gains. Detroit addressed their offensive line by agreeing to terms with former Panthers center Cade Mays and reserve tackle Larry Borom. Both of those additions certainly fill the team’s most-pressing needs, but a couple more needs […]
Ever hear the phrase, "the grass isn't always greener on the other side", maybe it is.
*Wow, what a hockey game. What a thrilling 60 minutes of action. Exactly what you’d expect when your team plays the worst team in the conference. GREAT STUFF, BOYS. RECAP . *Alex Bump continues to be A Big Story in the Flyers cinematic universe, fueled by the fact that he kinda rules, which is fueled by his own belief in himself and the belief of his friends and family. Which is very sweet! [ Inquirer ] *Bump is one of the young guys the Flyers are hoping will lead the charge down th...
Game 63: Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In Canada: Sportsnet E/O/P/1 (English), RDS (French) Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, Sportsnet+ With a three-game winning streak in the final week before the Olympics to wrap up their road trip through Western Canada, the Toronto Maple Leafs gave their fans a sliver of hope that they could turn their season around. With those six points, they were six points out of a wild-card spot. That hope has b...
Here are your Pens Points for this Tuesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins begin a difficult stretch of games on Tuesday, with a five-game road trip against several likely playoff teams, including the Carolina Hurricanes, Vegas Golden Knights, and Utah Mammoth. Pittsburgh recently earned some important points despite Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin’s absences. Is it […]
The Islanders’ final out-of-time-zone road trip comes to a conclusion tonight in St. Louis, with a golden chance to go .500 on a four-game trip that began with a couple of stinkers in Southern California. The Blues are in the middle of a cratering season that has brought Brayden Schenn to Long Island. However, they […]
The Florida Panthers (31-29-3) will finish off a home and home againts the third-place Detroit Red Wings (36-21-7) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise. Matthew Tkachuk scored all the goals in Florida’s 3-1 win over Detroit in Motown on Friday to help his club halt a four-game losing streak. It was the sixth hat trick of Tkachuk’s career and his fourth since joining the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots and Carter Verhaeghe, Brad Marchard and Sam Reinhart contribute...
The New England Patriots front office put in some long hours on Monday, but the work paid off. At 11:44 p.m. ET, news broke that the team had reached an agreement with free agent offensive lineman Alijah Vera-Tucker: the former first-round draft pick was set to make an in-division move from the Jets to the […]
As college teams begin to fall out of postseason play, keep an eye on the NHL transaction wire. For a number of the best players around the country, it’s officially free-agent season.Below is a shortlist of players at each position who could draw interest from NHL teams this spring. Several of the names included are players that at least one NHL scout told me their organization is strongly considering...
Montreal Canadiens News and Notes Juraj Slafkovsky’s games on the West Coast show that he can be “that guy” for the Habs as well as Team Slovakia. [ TVA Sports | LNH | Montreal Gazette ] Nick Suzuki, Ivan Demidov, and Lane Hutson among players whose names have been mentioned for various awards. [ ESPN ] The situation is still subject to change, but at the moment, it seems likely that the Habs will be the only Canadian team in the East come playoffs. [ TSN ] Montreal has s...
Still smarting from the previous day’s drubbing by the Lakers, the Knicks (41*-25) bounced over to the Intuit Dome to challenge the LA Clippers (32-32). Redemption was not in the cards, however. The visitors spent most of the night digging out of holes they had dug themselves. 20 turnovers, cold shooting, and long Clippers runs […]
The Chicago Blackhawks went to overtime for the third time in four games on Monday night. But this time, the Hawks ended the night with a victory: 3-2 over the Utah Mammoth. Near the middle of the first period, Barrett Hayton opened up the scoring after the Blackhawks turned the puck over following a faceoff win. Hayton tipped in Nick DeSimone’s shot from the point. Hayton tips in a shot to open the scoring. pic.twitter.com/OS7TTbLBM5 — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) March 10, 2026 ...
Don't look now, but they're only 3 points out of a playoff spot.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have been one of the biggest benefactors of the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund this season. On Monday, they contributed another $5,000 as Brandon Hagel was fined for his actions in the Bolts’ 8-7 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. In case you were wondering, yes, that is the maximum amount allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The stated reason he was fined was “for serving as the aggressor in an altercation with Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin”...
After an entertaining 4–3 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, the Philadelphia Flyers came out flat against a struggling New York Rangers squad and never recovered, losing 6–2. The Basics First period: 1:04- Noah Laba (Matthew Robertson, Tye Kartye), 13:06- Mika Zibanejad (Alexis Lafreniere, Vladislav Gavrikov), 19:23- Alexis Lafreniere (Mika Zibanejad, Vincent Trocheck) (PPG) Second period: 3:54-Matvei Michkov (Jamie Drysdale, Trevor Zegras)(PPG), 6:40- Gabe ...
Anthony Campanile’s defense faces a significant void heading into 2026 after Devin Lloyd, the Jaguars’ All-Pro linebacker, agreed to join the Carolina Panthers on a three-year, $45 million deal. While the move was widely anticipated, its impact on Jacksonville’s defensive core still may be hard to overstate. The Jaguars traded into the first round of […]
The Panthers investment in their front seven on defense continues. Late Monday Night, Adam Schefter reported the Panthers had closed the deal with someone they’d been heavily rumored to be interested in and negotiating with, arguably the best available inside linebacker in free agency. Just like with EDGE Jaelan Phillips earlier in the day, the […]
I have no idea why anyone makes a big day out of Trade Deadline Day any longer. Everyone was making a big deal about how the Nazem Kadri trade from Calgary to Colorado was a "blockbuster", yet all I did was shrug my shoulders because Colorado added a third-line centerman. Yes, Kadri likely could play higher up in the lineup, but Colorado's lineup doesn't need him in the top-six forward group. For as much as TSN, Sportsnet, and the NHL Network make Trade Deadline Day a thing, it's not. And it s...
Seven Rangers have a two-point night as the team picked up their third win of the season against the Philadelphia Flyers.
While the Edmonton Oilers swung two trades ahead of last Friday’s NHL trade deadline, with Connor Murphy and Jason Dickinson being the “big-name additions,” Colton Dach has seemingly slid under the radar. Dach’s journey to the NHL wasn’t a smooth one, marked by multiple shortened WHL seasons because of the COVID-19 pandemic or injury. He…
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