5 h. ago Our Maple Leafs mailbag is open for your questions with NHL trade deadline looming

Send your questions to torontomapleleafs@postmedia.com

Economics

6 h. ago Connor McDavid stuck in a rut, Edmonton Oilers GM facing big problems

General manager Stan Bowman has his work cut out for him in advance of the trade deadline

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8 h. ago A look at some players potentially on the move ahead of the NHL trade deadline

A look at some of the pending UFA talent that could be on the move before next Friday at 3 p.m. ET.

Economics

19 h. ago Player grades: Slumping Edmonton Oilers fail to get job done at either end of the ice in Tampa

Oilers 1, Lightning 4 It was another bright start for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, the Oilers opening up a first period lead for the third time in 3 games. But for the third time on this nightmarish Eastern road trip, the Oil failed to either build on their early lead or to protect it, […]

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27 h. ago Jonathan Lekkerimäki returns to Abbotsford and top of Canuck prospect rankings

Even with missed time, the Swedish winger's stats hold up well when you place them against players picked in his vicinity in the 2022 NHL Draft

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27 h. ago Norman Powell says Toronto Raptors should never have traded him

For longtime fans of the Toronto Raptors, there's often been a lot of second-guessing as to how exactly the team navigated the years following their 2019 NBA title win.And for Norman Powell, who was traded away to the Portland Trail Blazers in 2021 after being a pivotal bench piece of that playoff run, there’s been a lot of “what-if” thinking in the four years since he left the Raptors."The fans still talk about [that era], especially that year after we won the championship," Powell said to the Young Man And The Three podcast, released earlier this month.Powell said he'd received reassurance from his agent in the minutes leading up to the 2021 trade deadline that he’d be staying in Toronto, before he got the sudden shocking news that he'd been sent to Portland in exchange for Gary Trent Jr. and Rodney Hood."I just got off the phone, they said I'm good," Powell recalled. "I didn’t know what to do, I didn't know what call to ...

Economics

29 h. ago Flames GM Craig Conroy not looking for rentals at the trade deadline

That doesn’t mean Conroy isn’t open to moves, though

Economics

48 h. ago Ducks’ Zegras suspended 3 games for head hit on Red Wings’ Rasmussen

NEW YORK — Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras has been suspended three games without pay for a hit to the head of Detroit’s Michael Rasmussen. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension for interference Monday after holding a disciplinary hearing with Zegras, saying it was a “late, high hit.” No penalty was called […]

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49 h. ago Edmonton Oilers will NOT trade for a goalie at deadline, says top NHL insider, plus Evander Kane turmoil

This in from NHL insider Frank Seravalli, news of his interview with Edmonton Oilers GM Stan Bowman that the Oilers will NOT be acquiring a goalie at the NHL trade deadline, as well as the team having continued questions about when or if forward Evander Kane will be available to play. On The Daily Faceoff […]

Economics

52 h. ago Time is of the essence for Senators GM Steve Staios as NHL trade deadline nears

Steve Staios, the club’s president of hockey operations and general manager, has to determine if he can find the right fit(s) to add to the roster before the trade deadline set for March 7.

Economics

53 h. ago HAVE YOUR SAY: What will the last third of Edmonton Oilers season look like?

The Edmonton Oilers have just surpassed the two-thirds mark of their regular-season schedule and all the momentum of their 22-6-2 run appears to have dried up. But things are about to get busy, what with the NHL trade deadline looming, followed by a playoff stretch that will see teams jockey for positioning for all-important home-ice […]

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60 h. ago ANALYSIS: With trade deadline looming, what’s Jets GM’s move?

Will the Jets' continued success have an effect on GM Kevin Cheveldayoff's strategy, with the trading deadline now just a week and a half away?  

Economics

3 d. ago Player grades: Edmonton Oilers, 1, vs Washington Capitals, 2, live report

The fifth-ranked Edmonton Oilers face NHL’s second-ranked team, the Washingon Capitals. To start the game, the Oilers put their lines into a blender on full power, with Connor McDavid starting with Vasili Podkolzin and Kasperi Kapanen on the top line. Mattias Janmark was sent to the pressbox for this one. Here is a running account […]

Economics

3 d. ago Player grades: Edmonton Oilers, 1, vs Washington Capitals, 5, live report

The fifth-ranked Edmonton Oilers face NHL’s second-ranked team, the Washington Capitals. To start the game, the Oilers put their lines into a blender on full power, with Connor McDavid starting with Vasili Podkolzin and Kasperi Kapanen on the top line. Mattias Janmark was sent to the pressbox for this one. Here is a running account […]

Economics

3 d. ago Player grades: Weaknesses on Edmonton Oilers exploited by Washington Capitals

The Edmonton Oilers got stomped again, this time 7-3 by the Washington Capitals, a game that saw the Oilers utterly collapse as the game went along. It was an embarrassing performance and one that might well point to some major weaknesses on the team that will need addressing at the trade deadline. In yet another […]

Economics

3 d. ago Simmons Says: 4 Nations spectacle will be tough act to follow

What does Gary Bettman and the National Hockey League do for an encore now? There may not be one available or even possible. He is 72 years old, 32 years on the job as the sometimes loved, sometimes loathed, sometimes mistrusted commissioner of the NHL. And all he and his players association counterpart Marty Walsh […]

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4 d. ago Player grades: Sluggish Edmonton Oilers get flattened in Philly

Oilers 3, Flyers 6 It was a tale of two cities. Philadelphia looked young, fast, hungry and engaged. Edmonton? Old, slow, sloppy and disinterested. The outcome was a reflection of those two observations, as the Flyers skated away from their opponents to register an easy 6-3 win. This contest that was not as close as […]

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4 d. ago ‘I will die for this exhibition tournament’: The imagined thoughts of a Canadian NHL player

'Canadian sovereignty has been besmirched, and the anthem is now being booed. For that, the shattering of American bones is now like music to me'

Events

5 d. ago Hockey players, coaches reflect on 4 Nations with NHL set for Olympic return in 2026

As champagne bottles popped and beer cans cracked after Connor McDavid's overtime winner, Canada's head coach was already starting to think about the NHL's return to the Olympics.

Sport

5 d. ago Canucks this week: What’s the future of Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser?

The Canucks got a rest from the daily grind, but now they're back at it as the trade deadline and stretch drive beckon

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