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Musings on Madison, Episode 203 — What’s left for the Blackhawks to do this season? ( SCH )
Mailbag: What’s the next phase of Blackhawks’ rebuild? ( Athletic )
What do the numbers say about the Hawks’ “shutdown” D pairing of Vlasic and Crevier? ( SCH )
Intoductions from the Mojave to the Madhouse ( SCH )
Olympic break mic check 1-2 ( Fels )
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You always want the representatives of the Minnesota Wild doing well at the various international tournaments they possibly pop into. But on the grandest stage of them all at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in the first best-on-best tournament since 2014, the stakes are only higher. In th...
So here’s where we’re at: Canada plays Czechia this morning to kick off their Olympic tournament, and John Cooper still won’t tell us who’s starting in net. All he’ll say is that two guys will rotate through the first two games, which honestly just makes this whole thing more interesting. And look, we all know…
Our first joint update in over a year!
Good morning Gang Green Nation! The NFL offseason is underway. For now, it’s a bit of a dead period. Free agency is still almost a month away. The 2026 NFL draft is more than two months away. The only thing of much note in the next few weeks is the NFL combine, which is scheduled […]
Memories like these pop up and serve as a reminder of how drastically different things were for the Pittsburgh Penguins, although now way in the past. In some ways, this moment might have been – if not rock bottom – than certainly a ‘it always gets darkest before the dawn’ for the Penguins. Kovalev was […]
BOSTON — Last Thursday, when the Celtics returned from Houston after a two-game road trip, the Celtics’ coaching staff didn’t go home from the airport. Instead, they headed straight to the Auerbach Center, where Nikola Vucevic, the team’s newest addition, awaited them. Vucevic had been traded to Boston two days earlier, and immediately dove into […]
Guillaume Cizeron claimed Olympic gold again, as accusations swirl around him and his France ice dance partner, while Canada’s Paul Poirier won bronze.
The post Gay ice dancers Cizeron and Poirier add to Team LGBTQ medal haul, amid controversy appeared first on Outsports .
The Columbus Blue Jackets hit the Olympic break playing their best hockey of the season, and that heater has flipped their trade deadline story from “sell what you can” to “how far can this go?” The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline reported that general manager Don Waddell wants to help the room, but the next few weeks will decide whether this is a real playoff push or just a hot stretch that forces a hard pivot.
Blue Jackets trade deadline: buy now or protect assets
Portzline’s read is th...
On Wednesday, the Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament began at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan with Slovakia and Sweden opening Group B play with victories. Action will ramp up even further today with four games on the schedule, including Sidney Crosby leading Team Canada against Czechia in Group A while the Americans open Group C […]
*The men’s hockey tourney kicked off yesterday and it was a bad start for our boy Risto. We’ve seen a bit of a debate… does this count as playoff Risto? Discuss. [ ESPN ]
*In case you’re still not sure, here’s a handy guide to tell you which of your favorite NHLers are playing where in these Olympics. [ The Athletic ]
*And in case you need a reason to be excited about all of this, here are three reasons to be exactly that. [ Inquirer ]
*Naturally most of the hockey world is focu...
Florida Panthers defenseman Gustav Forsling scored a goal and added an assist in Sweden’s tournament-opneing 5-2 win over host at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Forsling blasted a rolling rebound by Italy’s Damian Clara with 2:07 left in the first period to give the Swedes a 2-1 lead. He also drew the lone helper on Victor Hedman’s empty-netter with 2:49 remaining in regulation which finally put the pesky Italians away.
He finished the game with five shots on goal and a team-best plus-thr...
2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
Preliminary Round Game 3: Switzerland vs. France
How to watch
Start time: 6:10 AM EDT / 12:10 PM CET In Canada: Sportsnet (English) ICI Télé (French) Streaming: CBC Gem, Sportsnet+
It has been almost 80 years since Switzerland won a medal in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament, last claiming bronze in 1948. But the country did claim silver in the most recent World Championship, losing 1-0 in overtime to Team USA on May 25, 2025.
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Union junior defenseman Tyler Dunbar didn’t blink. He stared for a brief moment. It was as if the idea of giving up on hockey was incomprehensible...
BOSTON — Nikola Vučević’s acclimation with the Celtics picked up Wednesday night. Since acquiring him ahead of last week’s NBA trade deadline, Boston has largely operated as usual. Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has continued to start Neemias Queta at center, bringing Vučević off the bench in each of his first three games with the […]
The Sacramento Kings are bad at basketball. Like really, really bad. Lose to the infamously tanking Jazz by nearly 30 points bad. Empty Delta Center bad. So bad that the official dictionary of basketball is this close to changing the definition of “bad” to simply: an organization that used to be a professional basketball team, […]
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 talked about the Oilers‘ coaching conversation, trade rumours, the winter Olympics, spring in February, and much more. I kicked off this…
The last time we saw NHL players on Team Canada in the Olympics was in 2014. Pharell Williams’ song “Happy” was the biggest hit. True Detective debuted. One of the great TV villains of all time, King Joffrey, was killed in Game of Thrones. Sidney Crosby was the only 100-point scorer in the NHL and Drew…
I'm not sure if I was more surprised by the anger that Canadians had over the absolute beating handed to the Olympic Canadian women's hockey team by their American counterparts by the shock that some seem to express on social media about not knowing a result like we saw today was entirely in the cards. The US team has been whooping the Canadian women over the course of the calendar year, and today's exclamation point in Milan may have been a preview for a future game where gold medals are awar...
More than midway through conference play with March fast approaching we need your help to decide our men’s player of week for Feb. 2-8 by voting in the poll below. Here are our top five men’s candidates and a recap of their outstanding performances from across week 13 of the college basketball season. Collin Parker […]
CLEVELAND — Trading for James Harden two-thirds of the way through the season presents some challenges for Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson. Harden has had success playing an isolation-heavy style where he knows where everyone is on the court. Atkinson has been known for a heavy ball and player movement offense. Those opposites can’t […]
From Slovakia’s stunning upset of Finland to Sweden surviving Italy’s scare, Day One in Milan delivered chaos, goaltending heroics, and plenty of drama.
Game Details When: Wednesday, February 11, 7:30 p.m. ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: ESPNRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers
With all the talk about the Edmonton Oilers' defensive struggles, and the team potentially looking for a top-4, 'Mattias Ekholm (circa 2023) type' addition to their blueline at the deadline, at least one insider feels that's just not going to happen. Frank Seravalli insisted in a recent appearance on the Kevin Karius Show ( h/t David Staples, Edmonton Journal), that the defense is not the front office's focus right now. Honestly, I don’t see it. And I believe, just in the conversations t...