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The Toronto Maple Leafs faced a plethora of questions heading into this summer. And they have answered one of their biggest questions right out of the gate. Kyle Dubas will not return as general manager. Dubas’ future with the team was in doubt, as his contract expires in late June. However, the wording of the […]

After stepping down from coaching in 2021, Joel Quenneville is expected to meet with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to discuss reinstatement into the league following the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. “Sources say NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will meet with veteran coach Joel Quenneville as soon as the season ends to review his status,” wrote TSN […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs won a playoff round for the first time since 2004, but after following it up with a disappointing five-game loss to the Florida Panthers, the team is letting general manager Kyle Dubas go. “Brendan Shanahan, President and Alternate Governor of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced today that the club has decided […]

NHL fans witnessed history on Thursday night and Friday morning. In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final, the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes endured a marathon by playing nearly four extra periods of hockey and nearly getting to a fifth. Florida forward Matthew Tkachuk was the long-awaited hero, scoring in the final seconds of […]

There are probably a lot of tired people at work on Friday in both Carolina and Florida after Thursday night’s Game 1 ended at 1:54 a.m. ET — and the official Panthers Twitter account is doing all they can to help people account for their likely late arrival to the workplace. By order of the […]

Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has been an absolute brick wall in net for his team in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, making a legitimate case for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the postseason MVP and leading the Cats to a 1-0 series lead over the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final. After making an […]

Matthew Tkachuk scored one of the latest game-winners in NHL history early Friday morning, ending Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals late in the fourth overtime period to secure the win for the Florida Panthers. Tkachuk scored the game-winning goal against the Carolina Hurricanes with 12 seconds left in the fourth overtime. He was happy […]

Rod Brind’Amour’s Carolina Hurricanes were on the wrong end of a marathon, over-five-hour Game 1 against the Florida Panthers on Thursday night — and the 52-year-old admitted it wasn’t the way he had hoped the Eastern Conference Final would start. “Listen, it’s the worst way to lose,” Brind’Amour explained just after 2 a.m. ET on […]

The Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars are set to being their Western Conference Final series on Friday. The Golden Knights finished the season as the top team in the Pacific Division. Their route to this point has included a five-game first round series win over the Winnipeg Jets, before defeating the Edmonton Oilers in […]

The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers played the sixth longest game in NHL history on Thursday night, with Matthew Tkachuk mercifully ending the contest on a rocket to the top corner with 12.7 seconds left in the fourth overtime period. The game lasted over five hours, beginning just past 8 p.m. ET on Thursday and […]

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk silenced the sold out crowd at PNC Arena in Carolina on Thursday, sniping an absolute rocket in the waning seconds of the fourth overtime period to give the Panthers a dramatic 3-2 win over the Hurricanes in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. For the second series in a […]

At the start of the 2023 postseason, you could probably count the amount of people outside of Florida on one hand who thought the No. 8 seeded Miami Heat and second wild-card Florida Panthers would both be in their respective conference finals in the middle of May. But that’s exactly what’s happened, with playoff Jimmy […]

The Florida Panthers have been the surprise of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, barely qualifying for the postseason before knocking off the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs in back-to-back Eastern Conference upsets to set up a date with the Carolina Hurricanes. A huge part of that success has come on the road, where the […]

The first game of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs conference finals gets underway on Thursday night, as the Florida Panthers look for their third straight upset against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena in Raleigh. Hurricanes forward Teuro Teravainen has made excellent progress in his recovery for a broken hand suffered just over a month […]

Dallas Stars forwards Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin are no longer elite players like they were earlier in their careers, but the veteran leadership the two have brought to the team has been crucial during their 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs run. The two first began playing in Dallas nearly a decade ago, and were regularly […]

The Dallas Stars will play the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals for the chance to see who earns a shot at playing for Lord Stanley’s Cup. We are in Sin City sharing our NHL odds series, making a Stars-Golden Knights Game 1 prediction and pick while showing you how […]

The Edmonton Oilers suffered another disappointing postseason exit in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and general manager Ken Holland’s end of season comments confirmed that the team is desperate to reach the pinnacle of the National Hockey League. “We’re devastated,” Holland said on Wednesday, according to NHL.com’s Derek Van Diest. “I have guys in there […]

As relocation speculation runs rampant for the Arizona Coyotes, one city keeps coming up among hockey fans. “Bring the NHL back to Quebec City,” fans cry. “Bring back the Nordiques!” It makes sense. Quebec City is a diehard hockey market. The city has an NHL-ready arena and a more-than-interested owner to help facilitate a return. […]

The Arizona Coyotes will remain in the state of Arizona for the 2023-24 NHL season. Beyond that, however, the future looks grim for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman’s White Whale. It’s become a bit of a meme at this point with how hard Bettman has fought to keep the Coyotes in Arizona. Despite numerous ownership changes […]

The Arizona Coyotes declared defeat after Tempe voters rejected their proposed $2.1 billion development arena and will stay in Mullett Arena. On Tuesday, Tempe officials tallied the votes and the results of the Coyotes’ rejection came after. In response, the Coyotes released an announcement. It said: “We are very disappointed Tempe voters did not approve […]

Two teams remain in the NHL’s Eastern Conference playoff picture, and both are a bit of a surprise. The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes will battle it out in the last stop before the Stanley Cup Finals. Both teams have taken completely opposite paths to this point. Carolina finished the season as one of the […]

The Arizona Coyotes saw a proposed arena deal in the city of Tempe shut down on Tuesday night. This development has sent shockwaves through the NHL, with many expecting the Coyotes to be relocated. Among the cities potentially in the running for the Coyotes is Kansas City, Missouri. Moving the Arizona hockey team to KC […]

It is game one of the Eastern Conference Finals as the Florida Panthers visit the Carolina Hurricanes. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a game one Panthers-Hurricanes prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Panthers and Hurricanes face off in game one in the Eastern Conference Finals. Since the current playoff format took […]

Although the Calgary Flames and general manager Brad Treliving agreed to part ways earlier this offseason, the Flames are reportedly not allowing the Pittsburgh Penguins to contact him in the search for their vacant GM job until his contract expires on Jun. 30. “I was also told the Penguins wanted to include Brad Treliving as […]

After leading the New Jersey Devils to their first postseason appearance since 2018 and first series win in over a decade, head coach Lindy Ruff is not going anywhere. Team general manager Tom Fitzgerald confirmed at the team’s end of season media availability on Wednesday that the 63-year-old will be back behind the bench for […]

Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers have not been able to get over the hump in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, despite having one of their best seasons since the days of Wayne Gretzky in 2022-23. The captain got brutally honest on Tuesday about the expectations for his team after another postseason disappointment. “It’s Cup or […]

The National Hockey League expressed its disappointment on Tuesday night after a public vote went against a proposed new rink in Tempe, AZ which would have kept the Arizona Coyotes just miles outside of Phoenix. “The National Hockey League is terribly disappointed by the results of the public referendum regarding the Coyotes’ arena project in […]

The Arizona Coyotes received bad news Tuesday, with the report that the proposal to build a new arena for the team in Tempe, Arizona has been denied by voters. The news hit many Coyotes fans hard, as it puts the team’s future in Arizona in jeopardy. Even Arizona forward could not help himself but share […]

The clock struck midnight for the Seattle Kraken on Monday night. In just their second season, the Kraken took a massive step forward. They improved by 19 wins and 40 points over their debut season, made their first-ever playoff appearance and knocked out the defending-champion Colorado Avalanche in the first round. This season was already […]

It’s no secret that Vancouver Canucks forward JT Miller is an excellent hockey player — but he’s also a great golfer, and he put his skills to the test at a US Open qualifier in Pittsburgh over the weekend. Miller was among 77 golfers who competed in the one-day, 18-hole event at The Club in […]

Elite goaltending in the playoffs tends to push teams to new heights. The Dallas Stars reached the Western Conference Finals on the back of an outstanding Game 7 from goaltender Jake Oettinger. In the 2-1 Stars victory, Oettinger saved 22 of the 23 shots he faced, coming 19 seconds shy of a shutout in the […]

Roope Hintz and the Dallas Stars are Western Conference Final bound for the first time since 2020 after winning a tight 2-1 Game 7 against the Seattle Kraken on Monday night — and the Stars leading playoff scorer is already looking forward to the challenge the Vegas Golden Knights present in the final four. “They’re […]

New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes established himself as one of the premier forwards in the National Hockey League in 2022-23 — but the former No. 1 overall pick is just happy he won’t be called a bust anymore. “I think I had a really good year, established myself as a really good player in […]

The Seattle Kraken were the surprise of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, authoring a massive upset over the Colorado Avalanche in Round 1 before losing a tight, 2-1 affair in Game 7 against the Dallas Stars on Monday night. After getting within one win of the Western Conference Final in just their second year of […]

Dallas Stars forward Wyatt Johnston scored a nifty goal on Monday night to propel his team into the Western Conference Finals. Not only that, but his goal ended up going down in the history books. Johnston’s goal went down as the game-winning goal in Game 7 against the Seattle Kraken. With that, he became the […]

The Dallas Stars advanced to the Western Conference Finals on Monday, defeating the Seattle Kraken in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Dallas got the job done with the backing of another sport’s biggest star: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Dallas won a crucial Game 7 by a score of 2-1 over the Kraken. Stars forwards […]

The Dallas Stars are facing the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2023 Western Conference Finals. This latest matchup in the Stanley Cup Playoffs could be a bit personal for Stars head coach Pete DeBoer. DeBoer’s Stars defeated the Seattle Kraken in Game 7 of their second-round matchup on Monday night. Dallas is making their first […]

There are just four teams remaining in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Monday night saw the conclusion of the second round, with the Dallas Stars advancing to the Western Conference Finals. The Stars defeated the Seattle Kraken 2-1 after goals from Roope Hintz and Wyatt Johnston. Stars goalie Jake Oettinger stood on his head throughout, only […]

The Ottawa Senators have been up for sale for eight months now, and the process is coming to a close. Interested ownership groups submitted their final bids on Monday, with a couple of megastars headlining the interested parties. Musical artists Snoop Dogg and The Weeknd are involved in separate bids for the franchise, as reported […]