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Daily news and chat: Trade Dudline; Tyson Barrie is still here – Pension Plan Puppets

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5 years ago

February 25, 2020

The NHL trade deadline has come and gone and the Maple Leafs have made only a handful of small moves. The roster for their road trip through Florida this week will be the same as the one that went out on the ice and lost to the Hurricanes Saturday.

There’s a lot to work through here. Let’s start with links to our coverage of the actual moves yesterday, including a contract extension for Jake Muzzin.

Here’s our opinion and commentary on the day and the notes from Kyle Dubas’ meeting with the press.

Tyson Barrie was not traded yesterday despite several days of speculation by the hockey insiders that a deal was in the works and would likely be done with the Canucks. At the end of the day, Barrie is still here. His contract will end on June 30, and I suppose we anticipate he will walk away from the team the very next day to play somewhere else. Thus ends Kyle Dubas’ Tyson Barrie experiment.

As mentioned above, the Leafs are on a swing through Florida this week, playing the Lightning tonight and the Panthers on Thursday. Obviously important games, even in the sense that “they are all important now.”

We’ll have a preview of tonight’s game posted later this morning.

Other Teams Trades

Golden Knights begin road to unknown after trading for Robin Lehner – Knights On Ice
If you thought it was confusing before, it’s about to get more weird.

Buffalo Sabres acquire Wayne Simmonds – Die By The Blade
Buffalo nabs veteran forward for next-to-nothing.

Penguins add forwards Conor Sheary and Evan Rodrigues for Dominik Kahun – PensBurgh
An interesting reshuffling trade for the Pens who are tweaking their forward group today.

Sharks trade Patrick Marleau to Penguins – Fear The Fin
Who thought we’d say goodbye to Mr. Shark twice?

Lightning trade for Barclay Goodrow – Raw Charge
Barclay Goodrow. I seriously went “Who?”

Hurricanes acquire Vatanen from Devils, Skjei from Rangers – Canes Country
With minutes to go until the deadline, the Hurricanes closed two deals to acquire a pair of defensemen.

Panthers trade center Vincent Trocheck to Hurricanes – Litter Box Cats
Erik Haula, Lucas Wallmark, Chase Priskie and Eetu Luostarinen are the return

Capitals Trade Christian Djoos to the Ducks for Daniel Sprong – Japers’ Rink
This is the loosest the Djoos has ever been.

Oilers Acquire Tyler Ennis From Ottawa – The Copper & Blue
Holland makes second successful deal on deadline day.

Senators Trade Pageau to Islanders For Massive Haul – Silver Seven
Ottawa gets a 1st and a 2nd this year, and a conditional 3rd in 2022.

Flames Acquire Derek Forbort from LA – Matchsticks and Gasoline
[SPECIES: Obligatory GIF below]

Other News

There was only one NHL game last night and a few Ottawa Senators were there to play in it. Literally only a few. They were short skaters because of all the trades and waiting for call-ups to arrive.

Seldo came up with the headline pun, by the way. Don’t take your anger out on me. Send all complaint letters to “Attention: Commenter Relations, PPP Kitten Ranch and Pun Factory GmbH & co. KG, Chemical Solvents Processing Centre Building 2, Sub-basement 3, Disputed Border Zone, Antarctica”

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Sports betting roundup: NFL and college football were all about the favourites

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21 hours ago

November 4, 2024

Anne Joseph

The past weekend of football was all about the favourites.

The favoured teams went 13-1 straight up and 10-4 against the spread in the NFL. In college football, the three most teams bet at the BetMGM Sportsbook in terms of number of bets and money all won and covered. All three were favourites.

Trends of the Week

The three most bet college teams that won and covered on Saturday were Ohio State (-3.5) vs. Penn State, Indiana (-7.5) at Michigan State and Oregon (-14.5) at Michigan. Penn State has now lost seven straight home games as underdogs. The Nittany Lions were up 10-0 in the first quarter and were 3.5-point favourites at the time. The Buckeyes won 17-10.

In the NFL, the three most bet teams in terms of number of bets and money were the Washington Commanders (-4) at the New York Giants, the Detroit Lions (-2.5) at the Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills (-6) vs. the Miami Dolphins. All three teams won, but only two of the three covered the spread as Buffalo beat Miami 30-27.

When it came to the players with the most bets to score a touchdown on Sunday, only two of the five reached the end zone — Chase Brown (-125) and Taysom Hill (+185). David Montgomery (-140), Brian Robinson Jr. (+110) and AJ Barner (+500) did not score.

Upsets of the Week

The biggest upset in the NFL was the Carolina Panthers coming from behind to beat the New Orleans Saints 23-22. New Orleans closed as a 7-point favourite and took in 76% of the bets and 79% of the money in against-the-spread betting. The Saints fired head coach Dennis Allen following the loss. They have now lost seven straight games after starting the year 2-0.

Arguably the biggest upset in college football was South Carolina beating No. 10 Texas A&M 44-20 at home. Texas A&M closed as a 2.5-point favourite and took in 59% of the bets and 58% of the money.

Coming up

Right after the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees to win the World Series, odds for the 2025 World Series were released.

The Dodgers have the best odds at +400, while the Atlanta Braves and Yankees are next at +800.

The Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies round out the top five, both at +1100.

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This column was provided to The Associated Press by BetMGM online sportsbook.

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Longtime rivals Ovechkin, Crosby join Necas as NHL’s three stars of the week

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21 hours ago

November 4, 2024

Anne Joseph

NEW YORK – Washington Capitals left-wing Alex Ovechkin, Carolina Hurricanes centre Martin Necas and Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.

Ovechkin had a league-leading five goals and nine points in four games.

The 39-year-old Capitals captain has 14 points in 11 games this season, and his 860 career goals are just 34 shy of Wayne Gretzky’s record.

Necas shared the league lead with nine points (three goals, six assists) in three games.

Crosby factored on seven of the Penguins’ eight total goals scoring four goals and adding three assists in three appearances. The 37-year-old Penguins captain leads his team with 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in 13 games this season.

Crosby and Ovechkin, longtime rivals since entering the league together in 2005-06, will meet for the 70th time in the regular season and 95th time overall when Pittsburgh visits Washington on Friday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 4, 2024.

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Oliveira, Mitchell named as finalists for CFL outstanding player award

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5 days ago

October 31, 2024

Anne Joseph

TORONTO – Running back Brady Oliveira of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell are the finalists for the CFL’s outstanding player award.

Oliveira led the CFL in rushing this season with 1,353 yards while Mitchell was the league leader in passing yards (5,451) and touchdowns (32).

Oliveira is also the West Division finalist for the CFL’s top Canadian award, the second straight year he’s been nominated for both.

Oliveira was the CFL’s outstanding Canadian in 2023 and the runner-up to Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for outstanding player.

Defensive lineman Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund of the Montreal Alouettes is the East Division’s top Canadian nominee.

Voting for the awards is conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and the nine CFL head coaches.

The other award finalists include: defensive back Rolan Milligan Jr. of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Montreal linebacker Tyrice Beverette (outstanding defensive player); Saskatchewan’s Logan Ferland and Toronto’s Ryan Hunter (outstanding lineman); B.C. Lions kicker Sean Whyte and Toronto returner Janarion Grant (special teams); and Edmonton Elks linebacker Nick Anderson and Hamilton receiver Shemar Bridges (outstanding rookie).

The coach of the year finalists are Saskatchewan’s Corey Mace and Montreal’s Jason Maas.

The CFL will honour its top individual performers Nov. 14 in Vancouver.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 31.

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