Blues defenceman Justin Faulk clearly does not want to play games in Canada right now. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) Blame Canada. That was the message from St. Louis Blues defenceman Justin Faulk, who was none too pleased about finishing his team’s road trip with games in Vancouver and Calgary on Sunday and …
ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Jerry Jones expresses frustration with Amari Cooper Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper signed a five-year, $100 contract before the 2020 season. It made him the league’s highest-paid receiver in 2021 with a $20 million base salary and a $22 million cap number. Yet, Cooper tied for 39th in receptions (68), 34th …
ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Jerry Jones expresses frustration with Amari Cooper Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper signed a five-year, $100 contract before the 2020 season. It made him the league’s highest-paid receiver in 2021 with a $20 million base salary and a $22 million cap number. Yet, Cooper tied for 39th in receptions (68), 34th …
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PRAGUE (AP) — Six players on the Czech Republic’s Olympic hockey team have tested positive for the coronavirus, national team coach Filip Pešán said Friday. The six players, all unnamed, are among a group of 12 that came from the Russia-based KHL. “It’s a complicated situation and it’s changing every hour,” Pešán said, adding none …
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Here’s the thing about changing your GM: they still have to deal with the decisions the fired executive left behind. So, sure, Marc Bergevin is no longer Canadiens GM, but Kent Hughes isn’t just charged with putting his own stamp on the Habs. He also has to deal with Bergevin’s baggage. And, frankly, you might …
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From Seattle’s perplexing decisions to the Hurricanes taking a chance on Tony DeAngelo, let’s look in on some of the iffier moves made last NHL offseason. (Getty) Where NHL teams left off at the end of last season would be enough to turn more than a few brains into mush. It was a season in …
The entire sports world came together to honour Willie O’Ree, who broke the NHL’s colour barrier in 1958. (Getty) The loud support of Hockey Twitter showed just how important #Willie22 was for the sport. Willie O’Ree received a long-overdue honour on Tuesday, as the Boston Bruins retired his jersey prior to their game versus the …
Timo Meier was unstoppable on Monday. (Photo by Kavin Mistry/NHLI via Getty Images) Monday’s game between the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings had much more meaning than anyone would have thought prior to the 2021-22 season, as both teams are unexpectedly in the playoff hunt. The Sharks trailed the Kings by just three …
If there has been any benefit to the league’s schedule being thrown off cadence these last two years, it’s that we haven’t had to lament the NHL All-Star Game in quite some time. What was once an exciting weekend for fans, sponsors, broadcast partners, and previously-gung-ho participants has devolved over the decades into something that …
Welcome to the PHT Morning Skate, a collection of links from the NHL and around the hockey world. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected] • Catch up on the weekend’s action (busy Saturday, only Canucks – Capitals on Sunday) around the NHL with PHT’s Rink Wraps. [Saturday, Sunday] • Golden …
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Don’t blame Connor McDavid for not definitively knowing if Saturday’s Oilers collapse against the Senators was the worst loss of his regular season career. Much like picking the most exciting McDavid goal, choosing the worst Oilers loss is daunting because of the staggeringly large selection. It would be like leafing through every book at The …
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Mika Zibanejad celebrates goal vs Flyers, white jersey, Fox back turned PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Chris Kreider scored with 6:30 left, fellow All-Star Adam Fox had two assists and the New York Rangers beat the slumping Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 Saturday night. Mika Zibanejad and Filip Chytil also scored for the Metropolitan Division-leading Rangers, who have won …
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Nathan MacKinnon thinks it’s “silly” his teammate Nazem Kadri didn’t get an All-Star nomination. The NHL announced the 2022 All-Star Game rosters on Thursday, setting the table for the festivities to come in early February at T-Mobile Arena, just off the Strip in Las Vegas. Practically an annual ritual at this point, hockey fans took …
The hockey world, or more specifically the online hockey world, is questioning the integrity, the morality, and the purity of the game’s greatest talent — and on reasonable grounds. Connor McDavid‘s answers and explanations when probed over the possibility of Evander Kane joining the Edmonton Oilers were disappointing, at best. He was antagonistic, mildly combative, …
Top player in the NHL on Wednesday Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins Things are going well for the Boston Bruins right now. Tuukka Rask is back in the mix, the team is playing its best hockey of the season overall, and Brad Marchand is on a roll offensively. He recorded a hat trick in the Bruins’ …
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ANAHEIM, CA – JANUARY 11: Evgeni Malkin #71 of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates his goal with teammates during the second period against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on January 11, 2022 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Debora Robinson/NHLI via Getty Images) It was worth contemplating if it was all over for this iteration of …
Evander Kane is drawing suitors as a free agent, despite all the off-ice drama. (Getty) In the salary-cap era, NHL teams have been forced to make otherwise unpalatable decisions in their efforts to continue optimizing rosters under the heavy pressure of the league’s unbending financial restrictions. In the last few months alone, the two-time defending …
