3 d. ago Joe Bowen gets tribute night, ready for his last year calling Maple Leaf games

It’s not the way Joe Bowen once envisioned his exit season with the Maple Leafs would unfold. He’ll only call home games again from Scotiabank Arena, with road contests restricted to a barren studio monitor, while the team has yet to provide him a signature Stanley Cup winning script with just one spring remaining. But […]

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9 d. ago Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov has surgery, could miss entire season with knee injury

Florida captain Aleksander Barkov could miss the entire regular season because of a knee injury, a major blow to the Panthers and their quest to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup. Barkov got hurt Thursday in his first official practice of training camp and was undergoing surgery Friday, coach Paul Maurice said. Barkov is expected […]

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2 w. ago Why the Edmonton Oilers' Stanley Cup window remains open beyond this year: 9 Things

What, me worry? Yes, I am invoking the words of the immortal Alfred E. Neuman to help sooth the jangled nerves of Oilers fans worried about Connor McDavid and the team’s future. That and more in this edition of 9 Things 9. Oilers goaltending prospect Daniel Salonen registered a 6-0 shutout for Rauman Lukko this […]

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2 w. ago 'That's going to be your undoing': Do Oilers possess what Vegas GM calls key ingredient to winning Stanley Cup?

This in from Vegas Golden Knights GM Kelly McCrimmon, his interview with John Shannon and Darren Millard on the 100% hockey podcast, where McCrimmon spells out a key ingredient to winning the Stanley Cup. After talking about how Vegas built up its Cup chances by bringing in star players such as Mark Stone, Alex Pietrangelo […]

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2 w. ago What to look for as Oilers open drapes on another Stanley Cup window

Going to two-straight Finals is a massive physical and emotional investment at the best of times. Playing all the way into late June and losing both of those Finals seems almost too much to bear. Is it?

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3 w. ago Leafs Mike Palmateer, Steve Thomas recall Ken Dryden’s influence

The difference between the two goalies in was, in a word, towering. Almost a half century ago, it was 6-foot-4 stand-up Ken Dryden, a two-time Stanley Cup winner, about to start a run of four more with the Montreal Canadiens, versus Mike Palmateer, 5-foot-8, 169 pounds, bouncing around his crease like a red-hot popcorn kernel. […]

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last month Legendary Montreal Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at 78

The five-time Vezina Trophy winner hoisted the Stanley Cup six times between 1971 and 1979

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