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Thanks, but no thanks. Marc-Andre Fleury appreciated the support, but he asked his agent to take down his controversial Twitter post anyway. His goal, he told reporters, is to win, even if it means he’s not on the ice, and so his agent, Allan Walsh, deleted the picture he posted of his client with a …
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This had the subtlety of a Mike Tyson roundhouse. Marc-Andre Fleury’s agent, Allan Walsh, tweeted a picture of his client with a sword in his back. Written on the sword was “DeBoer”, the last name of Las Vegas Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer. Clearly, Walsh is not happy that Fleury will not be in net …
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Sean Avery is throwing his “peacock” hat in the ring to replace Mike Milbury. The former Ranger said he was ahead of the curve in calling for Milbury to be fired from NBC Sports two weeks ago after the color commentator suggested playoff hockey should go to a three-on-three overtime and a shootout to combat …
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The NHL bubble may keep its players safe from COVID-19, but not its fans from Mike Milbury’s “insensitive and insulting” commentary. The NBC Sports analyst came under fire Thursday night, while calling the Islanders and Capitals game, for suggesting that women were a distraction to NHL players. “If you think about it, [the bubble is] …
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Jack Edwards is back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons — again. The Bruins’ play-by-play announcer for NESN offered a controversial take on Twitter regarding Hurricanes star Andrei Svechnikov’s potentially playoff-ending injury in Saturday’s Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. Svechnikov had been fighting for position in front of the net with …
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The Boston Bruins will be without their No. 1 goalie for the remainder of the 2020 NHL playoffs. Tuukka Rask announced Saturday that he was opting out of the playoffs with Boston tied 1-1 in its first-round series with the Carolina Hurricanes. “I want to be with my teammates competing,” Rask said in a statement, …
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John Davidson couldn’t look at the television screen during the NHL draft lottery Monday night. But David Quinn did and it nearly landed him on the Rangers’ injured reserve. “I almost pulled a hamstring jumping out of my chair when I saw that ping pong ball shoot up that little shoot there,” the Rangers coach …
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The man who plays Bailey, the mascot for the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually harassing a female member of the Ice Crew, according to a report. TMZ reported Wednesday that a woman using the alias Jane Doe accused Tim Smith, who dresses up as Bailey, of routinely directing …
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One game into the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs and already there’s an instant classic. Or make that two, depending on how you count. The Blue Jackets and Lightning went five overtimes — that’s two full games, plus two extra periods for good measure — before they could find a Game 1 winner, as Brayden Point …
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There might not be a frozen envelope involved, but conspiracy theories abounded after the Rangers won the NHL Draft lottery Monday night and with it the right to select consensus top pick, heralded Canadian left winger Alexis Lafreniere. The Rangers and the seven other teams eliminated from the NHL playoff qualifying round this past week …
Thanks, but no thanks. Marc-Andre Fleury appreciated the support, but he asked his agent to take down his controversial Twitter post anyway. His goal, he told reporters, is to win, even if it means he’s not on the ice, and so his agent, Allan Walsh, deleted the picture he posted of his client with a …
