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The Columbus Blue Jackets are now less than a week away from returning to action in the regular season. They will face the Boston Bruins in a big game in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Once the games resume, there are just five games that separate the Blue Jackets from the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline….
Slovakia played a tight bronze medal game for 40 minutes, then the third period got away in a hurry. Down 2-1 late in the second, Slovakia had the game in reach and a path to pressure Finland into a one-goal finish. Instead, the third opened with penalties, Finland’s power play struck, and a one-goal game…
Finland closed the tournament with a bronze medal, beating Slovakia 6-1. The scoreline suggests a dominant performance from start to finish. The reality was more layered. For 40 minutes, this was competitive, tense, and occasionally uneven. Then Finland’s depth, skill, and experience separated the game quickly in the third period. Add in the physical toll…
With the 2026 Winter Olympics coming to a close, the Minnesota Wild have three players left in contention for the gold medal on Team USA. Of course, they’re the three that have garnered the most attention as well. One of them made quite a stir as the newest member of the Wild: Quinn Hughes. The…
If not for a remarkable coincidence and a remarkably modern general manager, the Montreal Canadiens might have been condemned to respectable irrelevance indefinitely. Not failure. Not a disaster. Just mediocrity, the most dangerous place in sports. That fate was avoided not by design, but by circumstance and by Kent Hughes. For all the talk about…
Some weeks around the Vancouver Canucks feel like a snapshot of the entire organization in miniature — a little bit of bad luck, a little bit of promise, and a reminder that their depth chart is always a living, moving thing. This stretch has been no different. While the big club keeps grinding through the…
It’s been a strange Olympic window for the Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans — part pride, part frustration, and part déjà vu. Players like Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews are thriving overseas, tapping into a level of freedom and rhythm that has been hard to find during Toronto’s uneven season. Meanwhile, back home, trade…
Last week we looked at some of the best trades the Buffalo Sabres have made in their history, and while the list was impressive, it raises the question – what about the ones that didn’t go so well? After all, every team has made bad trades in its history, it’s simply an inevitable part of…
The members of the Montreal Canadiens’ core could be up for debate. So, to simplify matters, for the purposes of this piece, the core is defined as all Habs under contract until 2030 at least… and rookie Ivan Demidov, who will presumably meet that criterion in short order. That list includes seven other Canadiens: Forward…
On Sunday, the United States and Canada will play for Olympic gold! After the thrilling finale to the 4 Nations Face-Off last season, it feels appropriate that these two countries are the last ones standing in the men’s hockey tournament. Eyes will be on Milan to see if the United States can win its first…
