by Jason Scales | Dec 19, 2023 | AHL, Boston Bruins, International, Leagues, NHL, World Juniors
On Monday, December 18, 2023, Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney met with the media at Warrior Ice Arena, where he covered a few topics related to the Bruins’ future, namely Matthew Poitras and some other AHL Providence Bruins players. The Bruins...
by Mike Gambill | Dec 19, 2023 | Ottawa Senators
Sometimes it just takes a few days for predictions to come true and for the Ottawa Senators, head coach D.J. Smith just got flame-broiled and now is unemployed. Merry Christmas, Coach. Now clean out your office. The NHL head coaching carousel keeps going in circles...
by Robert Marks | Dec 16, 2023 | Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries, Washington Capitals
The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday. Bobby Brink, Joel Farabee and Owen Tippett scored for the Flyers and Connor McMichael, Tom Wilson and Dylan Strome tallied for the Capitals during regulation. In the shootout,...
by Mike Gambill | Dec 16, 2023 | Columbus Blue Jackets, Ottawa Senators, Seattle Kraken
The NHL coaching fraternity is a notoriously tight circle with old coaches getting hired by one team, then fired, and finding their way to another team down the road. All you have to do is look around and see familiar names: Trotz, Montgomery, Bowness, DeBoer,...
by Mike Gambill | Dec 16, 2023 | Winnipeg Jets
Professional sports teams always have team leaders who are the physical and often emotional cornerstones of their organizations and when those team leaders go down to an injury, teams tend to either fall apart or find themselves with the “next man up”...
by Angie Carducci | Dec 12, 2023 | Pittsburgh Penguins
Kyle Dubas has been in sports long enough to know the saying – when things aren’t going as planned and you can’t fire the whole team, you fire the coach. Monday, the Penguins’ general manager made it clear that he has no intention whatsoever of doing that, despite his...