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Maybe the most annoying and somewhat pointless exercise that so many fans do multiple times a season is look at who their team could’ve drafted instead of the one they did, because of how those players’ careers turned out and how different their team would look if they just made that decision on the draft floor differently. It often gets fairly old — such as the Cam York over Cole Caufield decision that so many Philadelphia Flyers fans bring up — or just becomes yelling about something th...
Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager has been placed on the 10 day injured list due to back spasms, the team announced today. To take his place on the active roster, the Rangers have recalled Michael Helman from AAA Round Rock. Seager last played on Wednesday, and was 0 for his last 27. The Rangers were […]
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has taken another step into football ownership after NXTPLAY — the sports investment platform he co-founded alongside Gonzalo Vila — officially acquired a stake in Spanish club CD Extremadura. The agreement was announced this week by both parties, with current club president Daniel Tafur remaining in charge of the sporting […]
When Eden Hazard arrived at Real Madrid in the summer of 2019, the expectations were impossible to ignore. Cristiano Ronaldo had left the club one year earlier, leaving behind a historic void both statistically and emotionally, and Hazard was widely viewed as the superstar signing meant to lead Madrid into its next era. But according […]
The Carolina Panthers have a thing for former Seattle Seahawks. Their head coach, Dave Canales, was a longtime assistant under Pete Carroll. General manager Dan Morgan might have been a former linebacker for Carolina, but he also worked a whopping eight seasons in various scouting and front office roles for Seattle. There are several former […]
Frank Seravalli believes that as long as the Vegas Golden Knights keep paying Bruce Cassidy’s contract, they can deny the Edmonton Oilers and other teams permission to talk to their former head coach. On Frankly Hockey on Monday, Seravalli talked about the hottest coaching candidate right now, who still hasn’t been granted permission to interview…
It’s a chilly and damp night in Denver, Colorado—which also happens to be the first Bark at the Park night—as the Texas Rangers arrive for a visit to kick off a three game series. The Rangers just lost two of their last three in Houston and just lost franchise star Corey Seager to the injured […]
Texas Rangers @ Colorado Rockies Monday, May 18, 2026, 7:40 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Coors Field LHP MacKenzie Gore vs. LHP Jose Quintana Today’s Lineups RANGERS ROCKIES Andrew McCutchen – DH Willi Castro – 2B Brandon Nimmo – RF Brenton Doyle – CF Josh Jung – 3B TJ Rumfield – […]
Analytics reigns supreme in the Toronto Maple Leafs front office. The ascent of general manager John Chayka has infused the organization with new blood and a new outlook. For better or worse, it has yet to be determined, as they're going through growing pains. Firing coach Craig Berube and taking a different path. According to TSN's Darren Dreger , the Maple Leafs new direction could find them looking within their own division to find one player who solves their playof...
The Minnesota Vikings will only get one home game during the 2026 preseason, but they’ll be spending it getting prepared against one of the more interesting teams in the AFC. Ahead of their preseason game at U.S. Bank Stadium on 22 August, the Vikings will be hosting the league’s other purple team, the Baltimore Ravens, […]
The ruthlessness of the Vegas Golden Knights front office is unmatched in the NHL. Trading goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury for an unknown prospect, while agent Allan Walsh cried foul on Twitter. Their latest move of infamy is firing former head coach Bruce Cassidy, who took them to their first Stanley Cup win in 2023, and is preventing him from speaking to other teams . They're petty and exercise their power (overtly) when possible. Today, as free-agency inches nearer and...
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) is in the process of expanding from eight teams to twelve. On Wednesday, the league announced that Detroit was going to be the next city to have a team, and on Wednesday this week, Hamilton and Las Vegas were named the most recent additions. The extension to Hamilton is…
The Philadelphia Flyers have had a few clear problems — and needs — in recent years. The most important need is a top-line center, but those aren’t exactly easy to come by. A top-of-the-line defenseman would be nice as well. Travis Sanheim has proven to be a legitimate top-pair defenseman in recent years, but he’s never going to win a Norris Trophy. Dan Vladar helped solve the Flyers’ goaltending problem, at least for now, as the veteran had a career year in his first season in Orang...
We’ve arrived at the end of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with one of hockey’s greatest gifts awaiting in the finale: a Game 7, this one between the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres in front of what should be an absolutely wild atmosphere in western New York this evening. Following that game, it’s on to the conference finals. Colorado hosts Vegas for Game 1 on Wednesday, while Carolina plays host on Thursday night to the winner of Monday’s Game 7. All times below are C...
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference SFs Game 7: Montreal Canadiens (A3) @ Buffalo Sabres (A1) Series tied 3-3 Start time: 7:30 PM EDT / 4:30 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French) In the United States: ESPN Streaming: Sportsnet+ For the first time in the playoffs, Jakub Dobeš was removed without completing a game, allowing more than three goals for the second time this round when he surrendered six, including three power-play goals....
It was a quiet day for Edmonton Oilers players at the 2026 World Championships. All five Oilers players participating in the tournament played on Victoria Day, but only one player got on the scoresheet. Canada remains undefeated, beating Denmark 5-1. However, USA dropped another game, losing 6-2 to Finland, while Germany fell 6-1 to Switzerland,…
Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here. When the Edmonton Oilers acquired Adam…
Jaguars fans may be in for a treat this preseason. Jacksonville is reportedly exploring multiple joint practice opportunities throughout the 2026 preseason, a development that carries real value at a time when most starting-caliber players see limited action in actual preseason games. Carolina Returning to Jax The first 2026 confirmation came from Carolina Panthers head […]
After losing his No. 1 standing in the Minnesota Wild net late this season, Filip Gustavsson is now facing another significant hurdle for 2026-27. It's been revealed that he will be undergoing hip surgery this week. #mnwild goaltender Filip Gustavsson will undergo surgery on his hip this offseason— questionable if he’ll be ready for start of next year — FOX 9 Sports (@Fox9Sports) May 18, 2026 GM Bill Geurin said at today's meeting with the media that he is unsure if Gustavsson will be re...
We’ve got a winner-take-all showdown tonight in Buffalo, as the most entertaining series of the second round concludes with a Game 7 that’s felt inevitable all along. The eyes of the hockey world will be focused on the KeyBank Center tonight, as fans feel the weight of suspense over who’ll win. But they shouldn’t be. Because it’s pretty obvious. I mean, the hockey gods aren’t even really trying to disguise the ending here. If you’ve been paying attention to this series, you know who’s going to...
The Toronto Maple Leafs ' head coaching search continues to churn away, as they are reaching out far and wide to candidates of all stripes. From newbies to the old experienced hands, from so-called players' coaches to disciplinarians. And everything in between. But one potential candidate, University of Denver bench boss David Carle, has something that no other coach on the Leafs' ever-expanding list can claim: Three national championships. Carle, at the age of just 36, is already a legend in ...
The last time the Oilers had a starting goaltender with a save percentage above .910 was in the 2022-23 season, when Stuart Skinner was a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy. Connor McDavid’s prime has been wasted by poor defending and mediocre goaltending, and Stan Bowman’s attempt to solve this was Tristan Jarry, who makes…
Luke Glendening was not here for a long time, but was certainly here for a good time. When the Philadelphia Flyers claimed the veteran center off of waivers on March 6, the same day as the trade deadline as rumors were swirling and some deals were being made around the league, it was expected for him to just be the replacement for Nic Deslauriers, who was traded to the Hurricanes earlier in the day. But for some reason, things just clicked on the ice. It was almost immediate — as soo...
Ilya Mikheyev is set for unrestricted free agency on July 1st, and it sounds like the Chicago Blackhawks have been unable to come to an agreement on extending him. Insider Elliotte Friedman reported Monday morning that the Hawks have made his negotiating rights available for trade. Friedman reports the Blackhawks have made pending UFA Ilya Mikheyev’s negotiating rights available for trade https://t.co/8OoAivYhmK — Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) May 18, 2026 Mikheyev, 31, is coming off a four-yea...