The Detroit Red Wings’ offseason has already delivered one seismic departure, with Steve Yzerman no longer the general manager. The team is also likely to trade captain Dylan Larkin, who requested a trade, in part because of his relationship with Yzerman and the forward’s impatience over the team’s lack of success. It’s no wonder that…
Freddy Peralta is on the move once more, as the New York Mets dealt the veteran starter to the Tampa Bay Rays, per The Athletic. He will now join Drew Rasmussen, Shane McClanahan and Nick Martinez in one of the American League’s best pitching staffs. The Mets are acquiring three top 30 prospects from the…
Sweden arrived in Windsor as the reigning World Junior champions, and Canada with the deepest pool of NHL-drafted talent in the building. The two took opposite paths through the week. Canada lost two of its three games, beating only Finland. Sweden dropped its first two to the United States, then won its last three, over…
In the NHL, August is not usually a time when big stories are easy to find. But it is a time when organizations start looking more closely at what they have coming into the season, when prospects get a chance to show whether they are moving closer to the NHL, and when management decisions that…
With Tarik Skubal off the board, the second wave of trade-deadline targets is likely to be dealt next. Among the top position players on the trade market is Giants second baseman Luis Arráez, who is having a strong season in the National League West and is drawing interest from multiple contenders. According to Jon Heyman,…
In today’s NHL rumour rundown, we start off with the Montreal Canadiens as they continue to try to bring Michael Hage into the organization. Next, we look at Kirill Marchenko and the reported asking price, which seems to be on par with what was offered for Matthew Knies. Finally, Gavin McKenna seems to have a…
We have recapped how the Columbus Blue Jackets got to this point. We talked about the importance of why the team must maximize their current core in order to become a contender. We now turn our attention to what is truly and realistically missing from the Blue Jackets in order for them to become a…
LOS ANGELES — Shortly before first pitch Saturday night at Double-A Tulsa, Dodgers outfield prospects Zyhir Hope and Kendall George were scratched from the lineup. Nearly 1,500 miles away, eyes began to dart toward the home dugout at Dodger Stadium, where pitcher Emmet Sheehan stood on the top step. Surely, the Dodgers had to be…
On Feb. 4, 1978, Hockey Hall of Famer and a member of the 100 Greatest NHL Players club, Mike Bossy, recorded the first hat trick of his NHL career as the New York Islanders won 6-1 over Washington. In honor of that first of many accomplishments, we have pulled this nugget from the THW Archives, written by…
We are officially in the dog days of August, and NHL news is few and far between. The season is just under two months away, and we are gaining clarity on what the Edmonton Oilers’ roster will look like. They made some great moves, including trading Darnell Nurse’s entire $9.25 million contract and adding a…
