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Toronto, who will also receive forward Kyle Baun, sent defenseman Rinat Valiev, forward Kerby Rychel and a 2018 second-round pick to Montreal. Montreal will also retain half of Plekanec’s $6 million salary cap hit, according to TSN’s Pierre LeBrun. TRADE TRACKER: Rumors, reported deals ahead of 2018 deadline Plekanec, 35, was the longest tenured Canadien, playing nearly 1000 games for Montreal after being drafted by the team in 2001. Since making his NHL debut in 2003, he has scored 232 goals and dished out 373 assists....

To nobody’s surprise, Stanley Cup hopefuls such as the Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes, Vegas Golden Knights, Tampa Bay Lightning and Edmonton Oilers, each made at least one major acquisition that could bolster their chances for postseason success. Conversely, a handful of lesser teams whose seasons were already on life support stood firm in their resolve to acquire additional drafts picks and notable prospects. TRADE DEADLINE: Tracker | Best, worst deals...

Timonen is rightfully excited to get back on the ice after his career looked in jeopardy a few months ago. He still isn’t completely back yet – we’ll see how his body responds after getting back on the ice, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction. MORE: Jets shut down Kane | Lundqvist out at least a month As for his potential contribution to the Flyers this season, that’s a different story....

The Purple Eagles lost to Pittsburgh in the Steel City on Monday night and hit the road around 10 p.m. They were about three hours into the four-hour trek back to campus when the blizzard hit and the bus got stuck. MORE: College basketball’s top 10 dunkers | Another game for Lauren Hill unlikely As of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, the bus still hadn’t been freed from its snowed-in post on a thruway which has since been closed....

He is a force in defense and has a total of 49 sacks in his career thus far. Ingram’s 2020 campaign was riddled with a knee injury that saw him on the Injured Reserve list twice. But with his leadership abilities at the defensive side of the ball, there are not many teams that wouldn’t want a veteran like Melvin Ingram, whether he had an injury last season or not....

With veteran quarterback Alex Smith under center since taking over for injured QB Kyle Allen, Washington has now gone 2-1 and seems more poised on the offensive side of the ball. Smith is himself coming back from a horrible injury – a broken leg in 2018 that developed an infection and nearly cost him his life – and is considered a top contender for NFL Comeback Player of the Year....

Every week, I will break down my favorite bets while weaving in a preview of exclusive data from BetQL, a web and app platform that simplifies the research process for sports bettors by equipping them with real-time line movements, value bets of the day, and meaningful team trends. Let’s take a look at three Week 3 bets you should consider making. All data presented is as of Tuesday morning. You can track all NFL line movement on BetQL’s Line Movement Dashboard....

However, there always seems to be a game where the bettor feels they have an edge over the book. To help us pinpoint that matchup we talked with betting expert Joe Rodgers, senior writer for BetIndianaNews, about the Week 6 schedule. Which game are you targeting with the most confidence in Week 4? Saints at Jaguars (-1), 1 p.m. ET Sunday (CBS) The Saints (4-1, 3-2-0 ATS) are rolling with Teddy Bridgewater, while Gardner Minshew and the Jaguars (2-3, 3-2-0 ATS) are licking their wounds after a loss to the Panthers, but Rodgers is confident Jacksonville can win this game and cover the spread....

Now, the NFLPA is allegedly investigating the way the team and the NFL handled the incident involving the New Orleans running back. MORE: NFL players behaving badly | SN’s Week 1 picks According to Pro Football Talk, Robinson struck the intern in the head after an argument over whether Robinson owed the intern money for driving him and a teammate to a store to get their phones fixed during the team’s training camp in West Virginia....

General manager Brian MacLellan had a busy off-season, with John Carlson needing a new contract, and the team needing a new bench boss. MacLellan signed Carlson to a well-deserved 8-year, $64 million contract, per capfriendly.com, followed by promoting Todd Reirden to head coach, an assistant with Washington since 2014, providing the team with some familiarity. Coach Reirden will take the ice on Wednesday with many players returning from last year’s team, something that is not always guaranteed after a Stanley Cup win....

The DLC was first hinted at on December 4th when The NHL 20 twitter account tweeted an image with “It’s about to go down, fo’ shizzle.” The next day the company released another tweet stating, “The D O Double G @SnoopDogg is now in #NHL20 and it’s LIT!”, accompanied by an official announcement trailer. RELATED: 10 Pro Tips For NHL 20 You Should Know Using Snoop Dogg in the game will come at no additional cost....

One proposal, as reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, has the NHL playing the rest of the 2019-20 regular season and playoffs in North Dakota, if given the all-clear to resume play amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The 31 NHL teams have between 11 and 14 regular-season games remaining with four playoff rounds to potentially play. Why North Dakota? A Great Plains state, North Dakota has a population of 762,062, per the 2019 census, and the fourth-lowest population density in the United States....

The NHL has announced all the finalists for the 2022 NHL awards, which there are 10 total. Included in those honors are the Vezina, the Norris, the Hart and the Selke. The winners of the awards were revealed on Tuesday, June 21 at the NHL Awards show. Here is a look at the finalists and winners that were announced. MORE: How Auston Matthews’ 2021-22 season stacks up against other Maple Leaf greats...

Once again, several games tonight have an over/under of six based on Vegas odds. However, as we saw on Tuesday and Wednesday, several games with projected high totals fizzled, which is always a worry. MORE: SN DFS | DFS Lineup Builder Because of the volatile nature of goalies (and other reasons), there will be more information on social media coming closer to roster lock. Don’t be afraid to ask questions....

The 18-year-old from Saint-Eustache, Que., has been the consensus No. 1 pick for months if not years. This past season he led the QMJHL with 112 points (35 goals, 77 assists) in 52 games for the Rimouski Oceanic. At the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship, he led Canada to the gold medal and was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and Best Forward after posting 10 points (four goals, six assists) in five games....

In a complaint filed Wednesday in Manhattan, the league argued arbitrator James Oldham “applied his own brand of industrial justice” by ignoring the findings of commissioner Gary Bettman, who had upheld the original suspension after Wideman appealed. Wideman was suspended 20 games by the league for cross-checking linesman Don Henderson from behind during a Jan. 27 game against the Nashville Predators, resulting in a concussion for Henderson. Moments before the hit in question, Wideman smacked his head on the end boards during a check and appeared woozy as he skated to the bench....

First up for the TNT doubleheader is the Blackhawks and the Blues battling in Chicago. Both teams sit in the bottom half of the Central Division, which at this point in the season, is not where people expected them to be. The Blues have been one of the more disappointing teams to start. An eight-game losing streak dropped St. Louis to the bottom of the division, as the team has a record of 6-8-0....

The Bruins, Lightning and Oilers each won their Game 6 matchups on Thursday against the Hurricanes, Maple Leafs and Kings, respectively, to force decisive Game 7 matchups. All three series have been tight throughout the playoffs, with the Hurricanes being the only team of the six that are going to play on Saturday to have at one point held a two-game advantage in the playoff series. MORE: Watch Stanley Cup playoff games live with fuboTV (free trial)...

Big, bold, blue stenciled-in-all-caps letters read “Stanley Cup Playoffs” with an accompanying image of the trophy John Tortorella held up as the coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004. The Columbus Blue Jackets coach skated past that image at the blue line at Nationwide Arena at practice Tuesday while preaching “aggression one possession at a time.” MORE: Complete Stanley Cup playoffs schedule What else would you expect? Columbus enters its Eastern Conference first-round series against the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins (Game 1 is Wednesday at PPG Paints Arena) looking to make an aggressive first statement....