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Good morning Gang Green Nation! Here are your links to your New York Jets this glorious Thursday in April: Jack Bell – Why ESPN’s Jordan Reid Has Caleb Downs as a ‘Perfect Fit’ for the Jets Eric Allen – NFL Insider on Jets GM Darren Mougey: He’ll Know When It’s Right to Strike Mel Kiper […]
A young power forward with swagger drafted early in the first round can be an amazing thing for an NHL team. And unlike Cutter Gauthier, this one actually was willing to sign a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers! Porter Martone joined up with the Flyers after his 2025-26 season at Michigan State wrapped up and […]
That's Wild The Minnesota Wild were able to bully over the Anaheim Ducks by a score of 3-2 to get a win in their season finale. Getting a win in the last game before they truly matter, is at least worth something. Such as, Hunter Haight scoring his first NHL goal. [StarTribune] Jesper...
The Seattle Kraken finished the 2025-26 season tied for fourth-fewest points in the entire NHL, out of a playoff spot, and on their third head coach in five years. CEO Tod Leiweke addressed reporters last week. "It's not acceptable," he said, "and we're committed to fixing it." Ron Francis is out as president of hockey operations at the end of the season, which is a mutual parting, the team said, though Leiweke acknowledged it would be fair to say the Hall of Famer had grown fatigu...
Every year here at PensBurgh we set some over/under predictions for individual Pittsburgh Penguins players, and at the end of every regular season we like to revisit those predictions and see how everybody did. It is time to revisit those predictions. Let’s go back to the start of the 2025-26 NHL season and see what […]
*Nothing left for us to do but wait for the first round to begin, eh friends? Just hanging out, thinking about how the hockey season isn’t over, waiting for the schedule release, things of that nature. We can also think about the difficult path to the playoffs that the Flyers gave themselves and then overcame. Because it rules. [ BSH ] *We can also spend a little bit of time reflecting on Danny Briere’s tenure as GM thus far, and all of the very savvy moves that have brought the Flyers to...
With the regular season over for the Pittsburgh Penguins, all there is to do is sit and wait for everyone else to wrap up their schedules, which will be Thursday for a few select teams. What helps the Penguins at the moment is they already know who their first round opponent will be so preparations […]
Montreal Canadiens news and notes Brendan Gallagher came out with something to prove after sitting out for four games. [ Journal de Montreal ] Taking a look at the potential Canadiens’ playoff roster. [ NHL ] Five things to know about the Habs heading into the playoffs, from how they got there to their chances of going all the way. [ CBC ] There’s no such thing as a sophmore slump for Lane Hutson. [ TVA Sports ] Looking at the numbers ahead of the Canadiens meeting t...
Isaac Howard won’t be sticking around long. The Edmonton Oilers announced on Thursday that Howard is headed back to the Bakersfield Condors, officially loaned to the AHL club. With the Oilers injuries adding up, Edmonton called up Howard to play on Monday against the Colorado Avalanche. He suited up and played a total of nine…
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We could spend the next 1,000 words breaking down the action of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 4-2 loss to the New York Rangers in the final game of the regular season. However, nothing structurally or strategically from tonight’s defeat will carry forward into the playoffs. Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, J.J. Moser, Ryan McDonagh, and Andrei Vasilevskiy were high-priced fans for the night. The loss didn’t hurt the Lightning and the win didn’t help the Rangers. So, it was meaningles...
The Texas Rangers scored five runs but the Athletics of California, United States on planet Earth scored six runs. The Rangers didn’t have many hits on the night — just five total — but two of them contributed to all five of their runs with Corey Seager hitting a two-run home run in the 3rd […]
The Blackhawks ended the 2025-26 season on a positive note, rallying from a two-goal deficit to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 at the United Center on Wednesday night. San Jose opened the scoring eight minutes into the game when this Mario Ferraro shot was stopped by Spencer Knight but the rebound ricocheted into the net off of Ethan Del Mastro: Ferraro opens the scoring: pic.twitter.com/ERIa1Q2qAQ — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) April 16, 2026 The Blackhawks did not have a shot on...
The Wolf Pack came up on the wrong side of the final game of the 25 year rivalry between the AHL's Connecticut clubs.
The season is over. Bring on the Canes!
Raphinha says he’s suffering in the wake of Barcelona’s Champions League exit at the hands of La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid. The Barcelona star has been sidelined since sustaining an injury on international duty with Brazil, meaning he missed the two games against Diego Simeone’s side. Raphinha was in Madrid to watch the game, and […]
Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 3-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators in the final game of the 2025-26 regular season. Concluding thoughts on the 2025-26 season: It’s disappointing, the season. That’s really the focus, looking at everything. We didn’t live up to expectations. On Dennis Hildeby’s performance (35 saves on 37 shots): […] The post Craig Berube on the end of a taxing season as Leafs coach: “We tried to do a lot of different things this year… It didn’t work out” appear...
All of the attention — and tension — now shifts to the May 5th draft lottery, after the 2025-26 Maple Leafs suffered one final indignity of losing to James Reimer and the Ottawa Senators in game #82, capping a truly miserable season. There is a silver lining to the Maple Leafs finishing in 28th overall […] The post Maple Leafs finish fifth last in 2025-26 season, draft lottery odds now known appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
The longer the story drags on, the more apparent it becomes that we may never know the true story behind Chris Pronger’s saga with the Edmonton Oilers. And on Wednesday, the he said, she said continued, with the former defenceman refuting ex-Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe’s account of a letter of excitement he received from…
It may not be the biggest story of this Lakers season, but one of the highlights has been Bronny James’ development. He played in 42 games for LA and his best basketball came during the final games of the regular season, when the Lakers needed him to step up with Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves […]
The Rangers wrap up their 2025-26 season with a 4-2 win in Tampa, finishing with a record of 34-39-9.
It’s been another wild week around here with the Oilers rollercoaster making another loop, and I’ve got a fresh episode of Better Lait Than Never ready to recap it all. On today’s podcast, I discussed the Oilers’ potential playoff opponents, injury updates, Connor McDavid’s willingness to carry this team forward, and more. I kicked off this…
We’re about one hour away from gametime here tonight in Sacramento as the Athletics gear up for the third game of this four-game set against their division-rival Texas Rangers. Both teams are tied atop the AL West so whoever wins tonight’s contest can lay claim to sole possession of first place. Big stakes even if […]
The Texas Rangers have placed reliever Chris Martin on the 15 day injured list with a shoulder impingement and reliever Luis Curvelo on the injured list with a biceps strain. To replace the pair, the Rangers have purchased the contracts of righthanded pitchers Gavin Collyer and Cal Quantrill. To make room on the 40 man […]
Announced during team chairman Danny Wirtz’s pregame hit on CHSN prior to Wednesday’s game against the San Jose Sharks, the Blackhawks have given a multi-year contract extension to general manager Kyle Davidson. The Blackhawks then confirmed the news in a press release, which also stated that terms of the deal were not disclosed due to team policy. Here’s the moment it all happened: #Blackhawks Chairman and CEO Danny Wirtz announced that the team has extended GM Kyle Davidson: pic.tw...