4 d. ago 'A special hatred in your heart': Vancouver sports commentator rages over Evander Kane trade

Evander Kane is known for upsetting and outraging other NHL players, but he’s evidently also got a knack for enraging hockey commentators and fans, given the reaction in Vancouver to the trade that sent him there for a fourth round draft pick. On Sportsnet’s Halford and Brough show, in particular, there was no shortage of […]

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5 d. ago Craziest Edmonton Oilers trade talk? Toronto sports commentator for the win

In Edmonton, Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer is talking about 25-year-old Evan Bouchard signing a new four-year deal. That is sensible and informed hockey rumour talk, the kind that Stauffer regularly provides. In Toronto? Well, you can count on one Toronto sports commentator or another to be hatching some wild-eyed and negative outcome for the […]

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5 d. ago Letters: Carney a positive change from previous PM, opposition

Will the Kane trade be good for the Oilers? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! CREDIT TO CARNEY In my mind, Mark Carney, gets an ‘A’ in his role as Canada’s new prime minister. Whenever our previous ‘look-at-me’ leader spoke on TV, I inevitably switched channels. My reaction was the same whenever the ‘everything-is-broken’ Opposition […]

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6 d. ago Edmonton Oilers trade Evander Kane to rival Vancouver Canucks

By trading Kane away without any salary retention, the Oilers clear $5.125M off their salary cap

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6 d. ago Edmonton Oilers trade Evander Kane to Vancouver Canucks. What does it mean?

The Edmonton Oilers have traded Evander Kane to the Vancouver Canucks. Kane himself broke the news on social media. TSN’s Ryan Rishaug said the Oilers are not retaining any salary on the last year of Kane’s $5.1 million per deal. In return the Oilers got a fourth round draft pick. Dallas got a fourth and […]

Economics

6 d. ago Oilers winger near top of NHL trade bait lists. Why move him if he's so good?

Edmonton Oilers power forward Evander Kane is near the top of every major National Hockey League trade bait board. But why? Kane, 33, has one year remaining on a contract with a $5.1 million cap hit. He missed the NHL’s regular season due to multiple injuries and multiple surgeries, but came back and played strong […]

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2 w. ago Brittney Griner denies, but doesn’t remember, making racial comment to Caitlin Clark

Brittney Griner doesn’t remember exactly what she said to Caitlin Clark after a game last month — but she has denied unequivocally that it was a racial slur. The Atlanta Dream star fouled out in the May 22 game against the Indiana Fever. Like many athletes before her, Clark may have caused the contact that […]

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2 w. ago 'Oh God, that hurt': Toronto Maple Leafs insider can't bring himself to celebrate Oilers OT win

You don’t get much more deep into the Toronto Maple Leafs sports scene than Sam McKee, a prominent Toronto sports producer and media personality, who co-hosts ‘Leafs Talk’ on YouTube and is a producer and part-time host on ‘The Real Kyper & Bourne Show’ on Sportsnet 590. McKee is an engaging and interesting hockey commentator, […]

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2 w. ago 'McDavid ain't doing anything right now': Iconic U.S. sports host rips Oilers superstar

They don’t get bigger in the United States when it comes to sports commentary than ESPN’s iconic Stephen A. Smith. Smith, a former U.S. college basketball player, is a man known for eloquence and outrageousness in his takes, and one so popular he’s come to transcend the little world of sports with some political commentators […]

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