I am saddened to hear about the crash in Mapleton where four girls and one boy aged 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 tragically passed away.
My thoughts are with victims, their families and loved ones.
TWICE AS NICE 🏆🏆 #NHLAwards
Nick Suzuki surprised Cole Caufield with the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy before Caufield surprised Suzuki with the Frank J. Selke Trophy. 😂
The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is awarded for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct and the Frank J.Selke Trophy is awarded to the top defensive forward.
How opposing GMs gifted Vegas the winningest team in hockey at the expansion draft:
Bad Trades
• Anaheim traded Vegas Shea Theodore so they take on Clayton Stoner's $3.25m x 1y contract.
• Minnesota traded Vegas Alex Tuch so they would pick up Erik Haula instead of Matt Dumba or Eric Staal.
• Pittsburgh traded Vegas a 2nd round pick (Drew Commesso) so they would take on Marc-Andre Fleury's $5.75m x 3y contract.
• NY Islanders traded Vegas the 15th overall pick (Erik Brannstrom) and a 2nd round pick (Egor Sokolov) so they would take on Mikhail Grabovski's $5m x 1y contract.
• Tampa Bay traded Vegas Nikita Gusev, a 2nd round pick (Alex Texier) and a 4th round pick (Paul Cotter) so would take on Jason Garrison's $4.6m x 1y contract
• Winnipeg traded the 13th overall pick (Nick Suzuki) for the 24th overall pick so Vegas wouldn't select Tobias Enstrom.
Bad Protections
• Boston protected Kevan Miller over Colin Miller.
• Los Angeles protected Derek Forbort over Brayden McNabb.
• St. Louis protected Sobotka, Berglund, Reaves over David Perron and Jordan Binnington.
Bad Everything
• Florida traded them Reilly Smith for a 4th round pick, left Jonathan Marchessault exposed, while protecting Alex Petrovic & Mark Pysyk.
• Columbus traded them a 1st & 2nd round pick so they would take on David Clarkson's $5.25m x 3y contract. Then they exposed 43-goal scorer William Karlsson.
In total, they finessed:
• Shea Theodore
• Jonathan Marchessault
• William Karlsson
• Reilly Smith
• David Perron
• Brayden McNabb
• Marc-Andre Fleury
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• Alex Tuch (huge part of Jack Eichel package)
• Nick Suzuki (huge part of Max Pacioretty package)
• Drew Commesso (huge part of Robin Lehner package)
• Colin Miller (huge part of Alec Martinez package)
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• Erik Brannstrom & Egor Sokolov (became Mark Stone)
• Erik Haula (became Nicolas Roy -> Mitch Marner)
• Alex Texier (became Keegan Kolesar)
• Nikita Gusev (became Daniil Chayka, Lukas Cormier, and Jakub Demek)
• Paul Cotter (became Alex Holtz, Akira Schmid, and Mason Moe)
The league's got no one to blame but themselves.
I am born and raised in Alberta, and live there now.
I'll be voting against any form of separation.
From now until the vote in October, I will use my online reach to campaign against the separatists and ensure this discussion of separation ends for good in 2026.
Congratulations to the Montréal Victoire, the 2026 PWHL Walter Cup champions! An incredible and historic season — the Cup comes home for the first time 🇨🇦🏒
In the 2026 Ontario Liberal leadership race, I will be working to elect @LFairclo. She will do politics in a first class way and be the leader we need to earn the trust and confidence of voters and win seats across the province. #onpoli
Today, we celebrate the women who shape our lives with patience, kindness, wisdom, and unconditional love. The care, patience, and strength that mothers show every day often become the foundation for so many lives. Happy Mother’s Day!
OTD in 1998: Red Sox outfielder Darren Bragg robbed a Twins rookie - playing his first EVER game at Fenway Park - of a home run.
That rookie’s name? David Ortiz 😱
Imagine being those dudes playing Tuesday night men’s league at the Ford Performance Centre and having Mats Sundin & John Chayka casually stroll onto the bench after winning the draft lottery.
That’s pretty cool.
Jakub Dobes is a rookie.
In Games 5, 6 and 7, the 3 biggest games of his career:
• .961 SV%
• 1.27 GAA
• 98 saves on 102 shots
He carried the #GoHabsGo to a Game 7 win.