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Over the next few months, we’ll be breaking down all of the players added by the Jets during free agency and in the legal tampering window. We continue today with safety Dane Belton. The 25-year old Belton is listed at 6’1” and 205 pounds and was a fourth round pick out of Iowa in 2022. […]
With the 2025 Texas Rangers season having come to an end, we shall be, over the course of the offseason, taking a look at every player who appeared in a major league game for the Texas Rangers in 2025. Today we are looking at infielder Ezequiel Duran. Once upon a time, Ezequiel Duran was considered […]
The offseason is far from over, but we’re starting to get a clearer picture of what teams are going to look like when they report to camp in a couple of months. We still have the draft that will drastically reshape parts of the roster, but we’re still at a good point to see what […]
It’s been a while since we’ve broken out the Cap Court gimmick. The idea here is that we pick five players and try to figure out if they have bad contract from a team perspective. Too much money, too much term, that sort of thing. We make the case for and against, and find a few comparables to help us. Then we deliver a verdict. Nice and simple. Or at least it’s supposed to be. But now that the salary cap’s upper limit is growing again, and growing quickly, does anyone have a bad contract anym...
After an uncomfortable win over the Clippers on Sunday, the Spurs headed north to play the hapless Kings, who are locked in a desperate battle with the Nets, Wizards, and Pacers to be the most inept team in the NBA. Even so, the second night of a back-to-back is always somewhat unpredictable, and the Kings […]
Men’s Tennis After splitting their road trip at the Illinois schools, the men returned home last weekend to face Indiana and Purdue. On Friday against the Hoosiers the Ducks picked up what would prove to be the critical doubles point from victories by Cameron Burton / Lachlan Robertson and #39 Matthew Burton / Pierre Mouesca […]
That's Wild The Minnesota Wild were able to have a well-earned 4-3 overtime win over the Chicago Blackhawks (even if the score shouldn't have been that close) and after losing their previous three games to non-playoff teams, that was so desperately needed. Even if the puck bounced one single ot...
Morning, all! Shawn McFarland continues his top 30 prospect countdown with number 8, Winston Santos, and number 7, David Davilillo. The Rangers have two of the five minor league prospects listed as two way players after signing two teenagers last year that are both shortstops and right handed pitchers. Seong-Jun Kim and Josh Owen’s development […]
Editor’s note – Hi. A little while back, Acha, the former managing editor of this place inquired if she could share some thoughts about the U.S. Men’s Hockey team, their locker room conversation with the president, and the attendance of the vast majority of the team at the State of the Union. I agreed without hesitation. While we are primarily a site devoted to the Tampa Bay Lightning, every once in a while we have to step back and take a large look at the hockey world and how actions affect e...
Despite beating the Predators on Sunday night, the big story from the evening was Leon Draisaitl leaving the game after a hit along the boards, which clearly left more damage than we might have initially anticipated. On Tuesday, the Oilers announced the former MVP would miss the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury….
It won’t be easy—but it might be possible. Why the Rangers’ mix of Fox, Shesterkin, and rising young talent could make this retool work.
The Wilkes-Barre Penguins endured a season-long losing streak of five games, which they finally put to an end by defeating Lehigh Valley last Saturday. Rutger McGroarty scored the opening goal in the 3-1 win to set the tone. McGroarty has produced five points in the five games during month of the March. Sunday’s win was […]
The Toronto Maple Leafs are heading toward a summer of real change, and Morgan Rielly might be at the center of it. According to Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos , the organization may need to consider a route that felt unthinkable not long ago. If a trade cannot be worked out, a buyout could be the only realistic way forward. Nick Kypreos floats Morgan Rielly buyout option Kypreos openly questioned whether this is the offseason the Maple Leafs sit down with Rielly and try to move him,...
After dropping two consecutive contests on home ice this past weekend, the Montreal Canadiens found themselves in a pivotal game on Tuesday night. The Boston Bruins were in town, and arrived sitting just one point behind the Habs in the Atlantic Division standings. Despite controlling five-on-five play quite well through three periods, they lacked any semblance of puck luck, and found themselves tied through 60 minutes, heading into a tense overtime period with serious implications in the stan...
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Earlier this season, I talked about the problem that the NHL has when it comes to keeping players healthy. You can go back and re-read that article if you wish, but to summarize my point in a few sentences, it’s not a good thing for the product on the ice or the NHL in general […]
This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. BLACKHAWKS RECAPS: Wild 4, Blackhawks 3 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Athletic ) Anton Frondell has more to accomplish in Sweden before joining Blackhawks ( Athletic ) Blackhawks sign Sacha Boisvert to entry-level contract ( SCH ) ( Tribune ) ( Athletic ) ( Athletic II ) How Artyom Levshunov has improved his defensive play along with the Blackhawks ( Sun-Times ) Blackhawks’ trip to Germany will be just one ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs kept a familiar trend alive, dipping back into the college free agent market by signing Vincent Borgesi to a two-year entry-level contract. Maple Leafs add Vinny Borgesi to defensive pipeline Borgesi, 22, wraps up a strong four-year run at Northeastern University where he served as the team's captain and produced 80 points in 135 games. This past season alone, he posted 20 points in 36 games while leading all Huskies defensemen in scoring and logging massi...
The Florida Panthers were outclassed 5-2 by Elias Pettersson, who scored twice on the man-advantage to reach 200 career goals, and the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Place. Pettersson halted a 20-game drought when he smacked Marco Rossi’s crossing pass by Sergei Bobrovsky 3:49 after opening puck drop. Brock Boeser drew the second helper on the power-play goal, which came with Dmitry Kulikov off for hooking. The Panthers evened it up at 11:41 when Carter Verhaeghe blocked off Petter...
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Last Devils Game On Monday night, the Devils defeated the Bruins by a score of 4-3 in overtime. The Bruins got on the score sheet first, less than 5 minutes into the game on a goal from David Pastrnak, and would go up 2-0 a little over 10 minutes later on a goal from our […]
Here are your links for today: Devils Links “Jack Hughes wants the Hockey Hall of Fame to give him the puck from his gold-medal-winning overtime goal for Team USA in the Milan Cortina Olympics, which is currently on display in Toronto. ‘I’m trying to get it. Like, that’s bulls— that the Hockey Hall of Fame […]
Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (34-18-15, 83 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) @ Carolina Hurricanes (42-19-6, 90 points, 1st place Metropolitan Division) When: 7 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and FanDuel Sports Network South, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Penguins are coming back to Pittsburgh for a three-game homestand, starting with a weekend back-to-back […]
Good morning Gang Green Nation! Here are your links to your New York Jets this glorious Wednesday in March: Jack Bell – Jets Defensive Free Agency Reset | Extreme Makeover From Front to Back Susanna Weir – Jets Re-Sign OT Chukwuma Okorafor Randy Lange – Who Will Replace Jets K Nick Folk? For Cade York, […]
*Two days off means two days off for people who write about the Flyers too, it seems, because it’s a thin links day, folks! There was a bit of news yesterday, though: the Flyers signed nepo baby (joking!) Cole Knuble to his entry-level contract. [ BSH ] *Speaking of prospects, we have a brand new prospect report, hot off the press. [ BSH ] *If you are a Flyers fan of a particular persuasion — the kind of persuasion that would like Matvei Michkov to play the position he’s played his w...