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According to Sportnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the league has made two requests to the NHL Players’ Association to tweak the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that extended the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) back in July. And the players aren’t too happy about it. “We just signed a new CBA four months ago,” a player who has been on NHLPA calls told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan and Greg Wyshynski. “And in that agreement we accounted for this season being not a typical season....

The ice hockey franchise allows players to build dream teams and take to the ice and perform impressive plays. The NHL games also feature fun content that adds to the experience even if it does not contribute to realism. Due to these factors, many players were looking forward to the next iteration of the series this September but it seems that there has been a delay in making the game and there will be another month for players to wait....

The “Mini Light The Lamp” may fill easily based on increased demand. That has an $8 entry with $30,000 prize pool. Note there is also several “Light The Lamp” tournaments with some intriguing payouts. With scoring down, Vegas has a couple over/unders at six. On a semi-related note, with teams coming off bye weeks tonight, do watch out for rust. Usually, there will be more mistakes than usual which offers the chance for a greater amount of goals scored....

Entering one of the most wide-open drafts in recent history, NHL fans were able to finally see how teams valued certain prospects. The speculation that has been ongoing for nine months since the NHL Draft in October finally had its answers. The first answer came with the first-overall pick, with the Sabres selecting Owen Power with the top selection. The Kraken followed behind, starting off their prospect pool with Power’s University of Michigan teammate, Matty Beniers....

Here’s a running log of what’s happening on the floor at BB&T Arena. MORE: All-time No. 1 picks | Day 1 winners and losers | Day 2 info | First-rounders go from enemies to brothers 9:10 — Penguins GM Jim Rutherford, trying to add a top-six winger without the first-round pick they sent to Edmonton for David Perron, said there are trades to be made, and that he’s discussed deals with five or six teams, but didn’t expect to make a move tonight....

Defenseman Ron Hainsey, who was inexplicably on the scrap heap for most of the 2013 offseason, signed a three-year contract worth $2.83 million annually on Tuesday. That’s an exceedingly reasonable deal. Hainsey is 33 years old and hasn’t totaled more than 19 points since 2009-10 with the Atlanta Thrashers, but he’s been a reliable, play-driving second-pairing defenseman throughout. That certainly was the case last season; Hainsey averaged 21:26 per game, including more than 2 minutes on the penalty kill, and played well....

The quality of the elite teenagers being discussed for the top half of the draft is part of why the rumor mill continues to churn. Picking your preferred 2019 draft prospect is not easy, and the constant back-and-forth between fans on social media proves just how murky the waters have been. Whether raucous or friendly, these debates are not limited to the fight for first overall. BIG BOARD: Final ranking of top 62 players in 2019 class...

As we’ve gotten closer and closer to the draft, things have gotten spicy. There have been questions about Shane Wright’s season, but for the most part, he was still considered the consensus No. 1 pick. However, TSN’s Bob McKenzie dropped a bomb on the hockey world by ranking Slovakia’s Juraj Slafkovsky ahead of Wright in his final draft rankings. There have been rumors that the Canadiens could elect to pass on the top Canadien prospect and opt to select Slafkovsky or American Logan Cooley....

New York’s second-round series vs. the Capitals shifts to Washington for Game 3 tied at a game apiece, with Monday night’s contest being called a coin-flip by multiple Las Vegas bookmakers. Here’s a bettor’s preview. Lines are current as of Sunday evening. Check out our live odds page for updated numbers from Las Vegas. New York Rangers at Washington Capitals, 7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN Best New York line: +100 (Westgate)Best Washington line: -105 (CG Technology)Total: 5 (under -140)...

Penguins goaltender Matt Murray was injured in warmups prior to Game 1 of the team’s Eastern Conference playoff series vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. Murray was scratched from his scheduled start and replaced by veteran backup Marc-Andre Fleury. FOLLOW LIVE: NHL scores and highlights from first-round games Upon video review, Murray appeared to suffer a lower-body injury while stopping shots in warmups. Tristan Jarry will back up Fleury....

The Predators’ James Neal netted the OT game-winner in a 3-2 Nashville win in Game 1, but the Ducks needed just three periods to upend the Predators 5-3. The Ducks offense was clicking on all cylinders tonight, and came back from Nashville leads more than once in the game. With Game 3 shifting to Nashville, the Ducks can’t afford for their offense to go cold, especially if Nashville is going to jump on them the way they did in the first period of Game 2: The Predators scored two early goals vs....

The NHL’s rationale behind sending players to the Olympics was based partially on an opportunity to showcase the game before a worldwide audience, with an eye towards the ratings the Olympics draw on NBC. While sending NHL players to NBC’s biggest winter TV property made perfect sense initially, it’s in the best interest of the NHL to end the experiment. There are several good reasons: — Leading the list, playing a full NHL schedule in the weeks that immediately follow the Super Bowl and precede the NCAA men’s basketball tournament represents the best three-to-four week period for the NHL to promote its product to its largest fan base — those living in the United States....

Now we have some specifics. Per TSN’s Bob McKenzie, the rollout will come on Feb. 20 and include 35 stats. One issue according to McKenzie — and confirmed, whatever that’s worth, by Sporting News — has been what, exactly, to call them. Are we going with Corsi, the internet-borne name for 5-on-5 shot attempts, or will it just be “5-on-5 shot attempts?” Fenwick, or unblocked 5-on-5 shot attempts? Also from McKenzie, on April 20, the league will roll out still more tools for people interested in diving deeper down the rabbit hole....

Soon the NHS’s COVID-19 app will be available to download and this is exactly what it does. What is contact tracing? It’s a phrase being bandied about a lot at the moment. It’s a system which tries to figure out who an infected person has passed a disease on to, in an attempt to prevent it spreading any further. In this case, if one person develops symptoms of coronavirus and then tests positive for it, the people that this person has been in close proximity with over the past 14 days will be notified and advised to self-isolate and seek testing to find out if they also have the virus....

The umbrella term “vitamin B3” includes both niacinamide (nicotinamide) and nicotinic acid (“niacin”) to make things even more interesting. And some companies may label niacinamide and nicotinic acid as “niacin.” It’s essential, however, not to confuse niacinamide (nicotinamide) with nicotinic acid (“niacin”), “nicotinamide mononucleotide,” “nicotinamide riboside,” nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)," or “nicotine.” Although they’re both different forms of vitamin B3, niacinamide and nicotinic acid (“niacin”) have different chemical structures and work differently in your body....

Earlier this season Texas A&M punter Drew Kaser made a compelling case as to why he should win the Heisman but O’Toole may have earned himself an extra couple votes with “Hang Time.” Don’t overlook the punters this year.

According to a tweet posted by Lance Zierlein, Mike Ginniti of Spotrac has gone on record, lumping Watson in with several other players whose futures will involve a trade. Watson, Laremy Tunsil, and Brandin Cooks were all named as players whose trading looks to be “inevitable.” Where could Deshaun Watson end up? While Watson is once again a prime candidate to be traded this offseason, his destinations have shifted under his feet....

The NFL offseason has brought numerous mega-deals for quarterbacks Drew Brees, Kirk Cousins and Jimmy Garoppolo. Jimmy Graham, Richard Sherman and Malcolm Butler also received lucrative contracts. However, a number of other big-name players are still left waiting for their payday. Here, we look at the most notable contract holdouts heading into training camp and where they stand. Le’Veon Bell - Pittsburgh Steelers The running back and the Steelers have had their contract problems in the past....

Here’s a roundup of the report dates and locations for every NFL training camp, plus the core concern facing each team going into the 2017 season. Arizona Cardinals Report date: July 21 (Rookies and veterans) Location: University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.) Key question: How do they replace DE Calais Campbell? There are lot of high hopes for Robert Nkemdiche to have a big second season. Atlanta Falcons Report date: July 26 (Rookies and veterans) Location: Falcons Training Facility (Flowery Branch, Ga....

Newton said he was asked some questions after Thursday night’s game, “but nothing too serious." Asked by reporters what questions were posed to him, Newton responded, “I don’t know, there’s too much going through my head right now for me to remember what happened.” MORE: Week 1 NFL picks | Week 1 picks against the spread The NFL this offseason implemented a provision for league- and NFLPA-appointed representatives to make sure players would enter the concussion protocol when situations call for it....