Playoffs? Yes, you can now actually say that these are the 2020 NHL playoffs. The tournament is now officially in its first round, with only 16 teams left. Day 1 brings us a list of four games, though none before 3 pm ET. We already miss morning / afternoon hockey. …
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A tradition like no other For as long as sports leaders have held draft lotteries, fans have accused them of rigging the results. The best known example of such a collusion theory is the idea that the Knicks’ envelope was frozen in the 1985 lottery so that David Stern knew …
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The NHL playoffs in 2020 are past the awkward but comfortable qualifying round, and we are now at the visited, 16-team tournament to which we are all accustomed. Once this time round: Instead of a bracket, the teams will be racked up after each round, so that the highest seed …
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The Bruins scored just four goals in their three-round robin games, all of which resulted in losses when the presidents of the Presidents’ Trophy looked to shake some rest when reporting to the NHL bubble in Toronto. They went 0-for-9 on the power play, a far cry from the short …
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John Tortorella defended Sheldon Keefe a day after the Columbus Blue Jackets eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Stanley Cup qualifier. Tortorella, the coach of Blue Jackets, responded to criticism leveled at Keefe, the coach of Maple Leafs, for decisions made during the best-of-5 series, won by Columbus with …
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