Screenshots: Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix Marvel’s Avengers It echoed like inertia. Before the game was released, it was defined by muddy messaging, expectations from the sky, high expectations and a chaotic day by a little thing called Marvel Cinematic Universe. After the launch, the conversation shifted: it will happenSuch …
Read More »NHL playoff games postponed to Thursday, Friday to protest racism
The NHL announced that its four Stanley Cup Playoff games scheduled for Thursday and Friday have been postponed after players on all eight remaining teams decided not to play as a form of protest against systemic racism and police brutality. “After much discussion, NHL players believe the best deal would …
Read More »There will be more spins in the Islanders Flyers series
It was another Game 2 of another playoff series of the second round three years ago when Alain Vigneault was on the wrong end of another late third period of goal-scoring from Jean-Gabriel Pageau. Flashback City. It was 2017, Vigneault was behind Rangers’ bench, Pageau played for Ottawa, and not …
Read More »NHL stars angry over league response to Jacob Blake shooting
The NHL was the only professional sports league in North America that did not postpone games Wednesday in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police, a decision that drew criticism from two prominent players. “The NHL is always bothered by the party on these issues,” Minnesota Wilds defender …
Read More »Capitals fired Todd Reirden 2 years after replacing Barry Trotz
Todd Reirden was brought in to replace Barry Trotz, who taught his former understudy in this year’s playoffs. Well, Reirden is a goner. The Washington Capitals fired Reirden as head coach Sunday after being ousted by Trotz’s Islanders in the first round of the NHL playoffs. Reirden lasted just two …
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